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Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Women of Influence: Ten Extraordinary IAS CareersWomen of Influence a compilation of the work of a few women who have walked that extra mile and made a difference despite major pressures in governance. Most of the books in the public space are autobiographies of men narrating how important they were...
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Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Change?Explore an insightful and original discussion of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire In Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Change?, celebrated scholar of Roman history Dr. Michael Arnheim delivers a fascinating and robust exploration of the causes...
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Marcel Breuer: Shaping Architecture in the Post-War EraThis book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer's aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detailed examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer's other work and the contemporary movements/architects of the post-war era such...
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Pakistan: At the HelmFascinating vignettes about the men and woman who ruled PakistanWhat did Muhammad Ali Jinnah say when he received a royal salute from the last British regiment about to leave Pakistan? Did Ayub Khan consider turning Pakistan into a monarchy? Why was Yahya Khan so...
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Atlas Histórico de EspañaThis Historical Atlas of Spain is an enjoyable and accessible guide that begins in the first millennium BC and ends in the 21st century. With a very tight narrative approach, it synthesizes the political, social, economic, and cultural development of Spain with numerous maps,...
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Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume II (1938-1947)The second part of Sergey Voronkov's three-volume treatise continues from where Volume I left off. It covers the eleventh to fifteenth Soviet championships, the 1941 match tournament for the title of Soviet Absolute Champion, and the main events in the country's chess history between...
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Anzac Nations: The Legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia,1965-2015In Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965-2015, author Rowan Light examines the myth-making around Anzac and how commemoration has evolved. Anzac Nations examines three key aspects: the changing and contested meanings of Anzac from the 1960s to the...
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There Must Be Something in the Water: Anthology of the Fourth Generation: Descendants of Green Pond after the EmancipationA small rural community in the Low Country along Ocean Highway, Green Pond, South Carolina, has long lacked cultural and educational opportunities for its young people's future success. Still, many have gone on to serve in the highest levels of education, government, public service,...
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Currency Wars III: Financial high frontiersCurrency, which has been overlooked by historians, is precisely the key to unlocking many historical puzzles, the compass to discern the maze of today's reality, and the telescope to discover the road to the future. In the course of studying the financial history of...
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The Tudors: Passion, Power and PoliticsOn the Tudors and their legacy, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth IThis illustrated volume shows how the Tudor monarchs of Britain engaged with the internationalism of court culture; the tumultuous years of the Reformation; and the emergence of the transatlantic slave trade and English...
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Towards a Collaborative Memory: German Memory Work in a Transnational ContextFocusing on the memory of the German Democratic Republic, Towards a Collaborative Memory explores the cross-border collaborations of three German institutions. Using an innovative theoretical and methodological framework, drawing on relational sociology, network analysis and narrative, the study highlights the epistemic coloniality that has...
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The Handy Armed Forces Answer Book: Your Guide to the Whats and Whys of the U.S. MilitaryThe story of the United States military is the story of the countryitself. Both have grown and changed over time. Learn about the uniquehistories, traditions, weapons, leaders, stats, and fun facts of theArmy, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force, and...
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Tea on the Terrace: Hotels and Egyptologists' Social Networks, 1885-1925Histories of Egyptology often focus on the excavation site, site report, or the museum when talking about important places in the development of the discipline. Tea on the terrace focuses instead on the hotels Egyptologists stayed in before going out to excavate, and after...
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The Pastor in Print: Genre, Audience, and Religious Change in Early Modern EnglandThe pastor in print explores the phenomenon of early modern pastors who chose to become print authors, addressing ways authorship could enhance, limit or change clerical ministry and ways pastor-authors conceived of their work in parish and print. It identifies strategies through which pastor-authors...
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The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations: The Korean Question RevisitedThis book contends that the long history of America's interaction with Korea started with the signing of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation in 1882, and with the establishment of the Seward-Shufeldt Line. William Seward and Robert Shufeldt shared the same vision...
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Self-Discipline and Nature: A History of Humanity's War Against the PandemicWhile the wheels of history roll forward, their trajectory is repetitive. Throughout history, unexpected plagues present themselves and pose a great threat to our lives. However, they can also make us stop and think about the relationship between nature and ourselves. It can be...
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The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical PastInvestigates the construction of democratic ideology in Classical Athens through a study of the social memory of Athens' mythical past Proposes a novel approach to Athenian democratic ideology that opens new frontiers of investigation in ancient history and the social sciences The introduction clearly...
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An Unrecognized Contribution: Women and Their Work in 19th-Century TorontoA treasure trove of incredible lives lived.-- RICK MERCER, comedian and authorMuir sets out to restore the faces of women who worked and struggled in nineteenth-century Toronto. A fascinating read.-- WARREN CLEMENTS, author and publisherEmphasizes the enormously influential role women had in laying the...
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Early English Queens, 650-850: Speculum ReginaeThis book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850.The queens of early England are often shadowy figures in the historical record, beset...
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The Righteous Killers The John A. Murrell Excitement and Southern Mob Law, 1835William Faulkner once said, "To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."In 1883 Mark Twain turned John Andrews Murrell into a legend when he mentioned him in his classic memoir "Life on the Mississippi." He drew a difference between Murrell...
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