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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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Disasters!: A Who HQ CollectionAn eight-book box set from the creators of the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series that details the most famous disasters in history, including the Titanic, Pompeii, and the Great Depression. Perfect for curious young readers, these eight titles provide exciting details about...
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The Pan-African Love Story of Arnold and Mignon FordIn this thrilling narrative, the reader is introduced to Arnold Josiah Ford - giant of black music; legendary black Jewish Rabbi; stalwart of the Marcus Garvey Movement; heroic "back to Africa" pioneer - and to Mignon Lorraine Inniss Ford - a courageous freedom fighter...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces In Prose And Poetry: Selected From The Best Writers: Designed To Assist Young Persons To Read With Propriety And EffectThe English Reader, Or, Pieces In Prose And Poetry: Selected From The Best Writers: Designed To Assist Young Persons To Read With Propriety And Effect, To Improve Their Language And Sentiments, And To Inculcate Some Of The Most Important Principles Of Piety And Virtue:...
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The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell: The Man Who Shot the Informer James CareyPatrick O'Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland's most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the coast of South Africa in 1883. Why did the quiet-spoken labourer from the Donegal Gaeltacht shoot the leading Fenian in...
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Art and Religion in Medieval ArmeniaFeaturing texts by leading scholars of the history and culture of medieval Armenia, this book offers an in-depth look at its art, trade, and religious traditions The papers in this volume, first presented at an international symposium celebrating The Met's blockbuster 2018 exhibition, Armenia!,...
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Forged in the Shadow of Mars: Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval FlorenceIn Forged in the Shadow of Mars, Peter W. Sposato traces chivalry's powerful influence on the mentalitè and behavior of a sizeable segment of the elite in late medieval Florence. He finds that the strenuous knights and men-at-arms of the Florentine chivalric elite--a cultural...
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Changing Land: Diaspora Activism and the Irish Land WarHow diaspora activism in the Irish land movement intersected with wider radical and reform causes The Irish Land War represented a turning point in modern Irish history, a social revolution that was part of a broader ideological moment when established ideas of property and...
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Friends of Freedom: The Rise of Social Movements in the Age of Atlantic RevolutionsFrom the Sons of Liberty to British reformers, Irish patriots, French Jacobins, Haitian revolutionaries and American Democrats, the greatest social movements of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions grew as part of a common, interrelated pattern. In this new transnational history, Micah Alpaugh demonstrates the...
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Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt: Volume 56This volume collects studies exploring the relationship of Christians and Muslims in everyday life in Early Islamic Egypt (642-10th c.) focusing mainly, but not exclusively on administrative and social history. The contributions concentrate on the papyrological documentation preserved in Greek, Coptic, and Arabic. By...
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Nación Genízara: Ethnogenesis, Place, and Identity in New MexicoWinner of the 2021 Heritage Publication Award from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division Second Place Winner of the 2020 International Latino Book Award for Best History BookNación Genízara examines the history, cultural evolution, and survival of the Genízaro people. The contributors to this...
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Hope Is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a PandemicIn March 2020, as a pandemic began to ravage our world, writer and professor B. J. Hollars started a collaborative writing project to bridge the emotional challenges created by our physical distancing. Drawing upon Emily Dickinson's famous poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers,"...
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Drug Wars and Covert Netherworlds: The Transformations of Mexico's Narco CartelsThe popular history of narco-Mexico has long been narrowly framed by the U.S. "War on Drugs." Stereotypes overemphasize the criminal agency of celebrity drug lords. Common understanding of the narco world is rooted in mythology and misunderstanding, and the public narrative has consistently downplayed...
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Disorder: A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American MedicineAn incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's health "A comprehensive, revealing and surprising account of the history of American medicine."--David Blumenthal, M.D., coauthor of The Heart of Power: Health and Politics...
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Green Fields Beyond: The Story of the Sherbrooke Fusilier RegimentWhen the German Army encircled the British Expeditionary Force in Dunkirk, Canada expanded its commitment to the war effort. The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment was created, initially as an infantry unit, but it was converted into an armored regiment in January 1942. On June 6,...
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Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval HagiographyTrans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography. Scholarship has productively combined analysis of medieval literary texts with modern queer theory - yet, too often, questions of gender are explored almost exclusively through...
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Essays In Sikh History: From Guru Nanak To Maharaja Ranjit SinghAuthor: J. S. GrewalPublisher: Gyan BooksPublished: 01/01/2017Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48dISBN: 9789351285823This title is not returnable
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Seve: His Life Through the LensA beautiful tribute to Severiano Ballesteros This R&A and European Tour supported book, launched to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Seve's passing, is a stunning photographic celebration of his life. Award-winning photographer, David Cannon (who was a friend of Seve and took the...
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Chaining Down Leviathan: The American Dream of Self-Government 1776-1865As a distinguished historian of political thought at the University of Milan, Italy, Professor Marco Bassani brings a cosmopolitan perspective to the study of American political thought unencumbered by such self-congratulatory myths as "American exceptionalism." He views America as an extension of European civilization....
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Developing the Naval MindThroughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval officers but have also made the case that true naval professionalism requires a career-long dedication to learning and to self-improvement. This...
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Asheville, North Carolina: A History of the Land of the SkyBeloved Asheville author and historian Lou Harshaw once observed that Asheville has always been a place apart. It is not really a southern city, but always of the South. Its differences make for a fascinating whole. In this time, more than two hundred years...
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