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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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Antarctica: A BiographySince the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, and contentious geopolitics....
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History of the Christian ChurchSince publication of the first edition in 1918, A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker has enjoyed outstanding success and recognition as a classic in the field. Written by an eminent theologian, it combines in its narrative a rare blend of clarity,...
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Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: Original Texts with English TranslationsSince its original publication in 1849, Mrs. Merrifield's two-volume work on the technology of medieval and Renaissance oil painting has been one of the foremost among a scarce handful of valued reference books dealing with the subject. The work reprints (with the original language...
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Handbook to Life in the Aztec WorldSince its violent dissolution in 1521, the Aztec Empire of Mexico has continually intrigued us. Recent discoveries resulting from the excavation of the Templo Mayor in the heart of Mexico City have taught us even more about this fascinating culture. The increasing recognition that...
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The European ReformationSince its first appearance in 1991, The European Reformation has offered a clear, integrated, and coherent analysis and explanation of how Christianity in Western and Central Europe from Iceland to Hungary, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees splintered into separate Protestant and Catholic identities...
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The 'Malleus Maleficarum' and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular BeliefShows the Malleus, a very well known and widely quoted medieval text, to be highly idiosyncratic, and unusual in its ideas, even among the texts of other contemporary witch-theorists. The first book to deal with the discourse of witchcraft among fifteenth-century theorists in its...
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The Boston Irish: A Political HistorySettling in a city founded by the Puritans, the Boston Irish evolved into one of America's most distinctive ethnic communities and eventually came to dominate local politics. This book offers a history of Boston's Irish community.Author: Thomas H. O'Connor, Thomas H. C'ConnorPublisher: Back Bay...
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Surrealist Painting: Colour Library'Sexual instinct, feeling of death, physical notion of the enigma of space....' - these, according to Salvador Dalí, are the 'great vital constants' that make up the vocabulary of the language of the unconscious - the language of the Surrealist painters. Dealing with the...
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The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Cicle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for DarwinSet in nineteenth-century England, The Dragon Seekers chronicles the amazing discoveries of the first fossilists, whose findings in geology and paleontology led to the discovery of the age of dinosaurs. The intriguing cast of characters includes Mary Anning, a working-class woman who became one...
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas IIRussian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days.Author: Edvard RadzinskyPublisher: Anchor BooksPublished: 06/15/1993Pages: 528Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.12dISBN: 9780385469623Review Citation(s): Publishers...
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Wisconsin: A HistoryRobert Nesbit's classic single-volume history of Wisconsin was expanded by Wisconsin State Historian William F. Thompson to include the period from 1940 to the late 1980s, along with updated bibliographies and appendices. First paperback edition.Author: Robert C. NesbitPublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPublished: 12/08/2008Pages: 630Binding...
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Roads to SantiagoRoads to Santiago is an evocative travelogue through the sights, sounds, and smells of a little known Spain-its architecture, art, history, landscapes, villages, and people. And as much as it is the story of his travels, it is an elegant and detailed chronicle of...
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American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and OilResistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War. In his 1993 Bombs, Cities, and Civilians, which the American Historical Review judged "must reading for anyone interested in the subject of air warfare," Conrad C. Crane...
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Collected Letters of a Renaissance FeministRenaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469-1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue--the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In...
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Battle of the AtlanticRecounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher: Little Brown and CompanyPublished: 01/30/1947Pages: 434Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.12w...
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The American Republic to 1877 Spanish Reading Essentials and Study Guide Student WorkbookReading Essentials, Teacher Edition contains the student edition, along with answers and/or teaching strategies.Author: McGraw-Hill/GlencoePublisher: McGraw-Hill/GlencoePublished: 10/01/2004Pages: 253Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 10.88h x 8.54w x 0.48dISBN: 9780078654930Language: SpanishAudience: Ages 9-12This title is only available via back order
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A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher EducationRead the news about America's colleges and universities--rising student debt, affirmative action debates, and conflicts between faculty and administrators--and it's clear that higher education in this country is a total mess. But as David F. Labaree reminds us in this book, it's always been...
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India's Ancient PastR.S. Sharma, one of the best-known historians of early India, provides a comprehensive yet accessible text on the ancient period of Indian history. Beginning with topics such as historiography and the importance of Ancient Indian history, he goes on to cover the geographical, econological...
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Specimen Days & CollectPublished in 1882, Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the Civil War era and its aftermath, offer a rare excursion into the mind and heart of one of America's greatest poets. His intimate observations and reflections...
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Germany's Aims in the First World WarProfessor Fischer's great work is possibly the most important book of any sort, probably the most important historical book, certainly the most controversial book, to come out of Germany since the war.Author: Fritz FischerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 09/17/1968Pages: 704Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize:...
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