History
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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Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew Survived the HolocaustThis is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the British and, later, American economies by creating and putting into circulation millions of counterfeit banknotes. A team of typographers and printers was pulled out of the rows...
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Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace The Path Of American History, Ninth EditionA thorough yet concise walking guide to one of America's most important historic destinationsRelive the birth of America along Boston's historic two-and-a-half-mile Freedom Trail with this guide to twenty-six legendary landmarks-including the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument. This new...
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Montana Cowboy: An Anthology of Western LifeThe Montana Cowboy brings together true stories of real cowboys and cowgirls from across the state of Montana. Cowboys who have chased wild horses in the Missouri badlands, ridden through freezing blizzards, and followed the roundup wagons while branding calves in the spring and...
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Outlaw Tales of Washington: True Stories Of The Evergreen State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats, Second EditionA refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Northwest.Author: Elizabeth GibsonPublisher: Two Dot BooksPublished: 01/11/2011Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9780762760305Review Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 54About the AuthorElizabeth Gibson of Kennewick,...
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It Happened in Indiana: Remarkable Events That Shaped History, First EditionThis book offers an inside look at over 25 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State.Author: Jackie Sheckler FinchPublisher: Globe Pequot PressPublished: 01/11/2011Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.14w x 0.41dISBN: 9780762760237About the AuthorJackie Sheckler Finch has covered...
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Tennessee Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, First EditionThe definitive collection of Tennessee's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Tennessee residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.Author: Kristin LunaPublisher: Globe Pequot PressPublished: 11/23/2010Pages: 232Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN:...
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The Elements Notebooks: Set of 3 Life-Sustaining Ruled NotebooksThe beautiful, vivid imagery of Theodore Gray's The Elements now graces this irresistible set of 3 paper-bound notebooks, perfect for students and science enthusiasts of all ages.Each of the 3 notebooks in this set features a different stunning image of an element of the...
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Wild Bunch WomenExplore the lives of the pistol-packing, hell-raising, high-spirited gals who hung out with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch outlaw gang.Author: Michael RutterPublisher: Two Dot BooksPublished: 07/01/2003Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.14h x 6.02w x 0.45dISBN: 9780762725854About the AuthorMichael Rutter is a freelance writer who lives...
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A Brief History of the House of WindsorThis Brief History tells the story of The House of Windsor. Starting with George V and going through Charles, Prince of Wales, all the way to Queen Elizabeth II. Plus it will touch on the next generations of the monarchy, with Prince William, Duchess...
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46 Pages: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to American IndependenceThomas Paine, a native of Thetford, England, arrived in America's colonies with little in the way of money, reputation, or prospects, though he did have a letter of recommendation in his pocket from Benjamin Franklin. Paine also had a passion for liberty in all...
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A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert EinsteinWith commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it a gem of a collection while New Scientist magazine notes the thrill of reading Einstein's own words. From the writings that revealed the...
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The Second World War Asia and the Pacific Atlas*** OVER 210,000 WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES SETS IN PRINT *** Beginning with a look at the readiness of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and the United States armed forces, this book gives a detailed account of the Allies' brutal five-year struggle...
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Fighting to Survive Space Disasters: Terrifying True StoriesBeing lost is scary. Being lost in space is terrifying. These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts, and courage to survive.Author: Elizabeth RaumPublisher: Compass Point BooksPublished: 08/01/2019Pages: 64Binding...
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The Chrodegang Rules: The Rules for the Common Life of the Secular Clergy from the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Critical Texts with TranslatiSince its earliest days, the Christian Church sought to draw up rules by which its members could live together in religious communities. Whilst those of Augustine (c.400 AD) and Benedict (c.530 AD) provided detailed guidance for monastic life, it took another two centuries for...
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Exploration FawcettThe life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z. The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered...
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Haunted WiltshireThe dark side of Wiltshire's ancient history has left its mark on the county's inns, hotels, stately homes and burial barrows. A hideous dwarf is said to haunt Lacock Abbey; a spooky white cat stalks walkers on the ancient Ridgeway; the Lady in White...
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By Tram from DudleyDudley was connected by tram to various parts of the Black Country, first by steam trams and then by electric ones. This book takes a route-by-route look at the development, operation and run-down of the tramway system which once linked Dudley to Brierley Hill,...
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The A-Z of Curious Essex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics'Curious' is perhaps not the first word you would use to label Essex. But 'curiouser and curiouser' it becomes when you dig below the surface. Meet larger-than-life characters, including the one-time fattest man in England whose waist was wider than the height of an...
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Ceredigion Folk TalesThis is a captivating collection of thirty traditional and modern stories from within the county of Ceredigio, with traditional stories of the submerged city of Cantre'r Gweilod, the Welsh Atlantis, how the Devil came to build a bridge over the Rheidol, how the holy...
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The A-Z of Curious LondonAn A-Z of eccentric characters, strange events, and curious happenings, this book reveals the amazing and curious history of the city of LondonSpooky, gruesome, and weird, but true, things about one of the world's greatest cities come alive here. Discover London's tiniest house, a...
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