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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Appalachian Magazine's Mountain Voice: 2017: A Collection of Memories, Histories, and Tall Tales of AppalachiaAppalachian Magazine's Mountain Voice 2017 serves as an exhaustive collection of published online articles showcasing the Memories, Histories, and Tall Tales of life in Appalachia. Containing over eighty heart-warming and thought provoking stories of "down home," the publication takes readers on a timeless journey...
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Ideas and American Foreign Policy: A ReaderAndrew Bacevich's Ideas and American Foreign Policy is a broad-ranging reader that serves as a comprehensive overview of the role of ideas in American foreign policy over the entirety of the nation's history. Chronological in structure, the book features over 100 writings from major...
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Democracy: A LifeAncient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy", yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount...
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Delaware (a True Book: My United States)An in-depth look at this tiny northeastern state.A True Book: My United States series allows readers to experience what makes each of the fifty state distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each states' history, geography, wildlife and future outlook. This series includes...
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The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential GuideAn indispensable introduction to Roman society, culture, law, politics, religion, and daily life as they relate to the study of the New Testament.The Roman Empire formed the central context in which the New Testament was written. Anyone who wishes to understand the New Testament...
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Charleston: Past and Present: The Official Guide to One of Bloomsbury's Cultural TreasuresAn illustrated guide to Charleston, the Sussex farmhouse where Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant provided a gathering place for the Bloomsbury group, which included such literary and artistic luminaries as E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf.Author: Quentin Bell, Angelica Garnett, Henrietta GarnettPublisher:...
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The Origins of the First and Second World WarsAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. This text analyses the origins of the First and Second World Wars in one single volume, drawing on a wide range of material, including original sources. In concise chapters,...
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The Lost World of the KalahariAn account of the author's grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa's remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky.Author: Laurens Van Der PostPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 11/03/1977Pages: 288Binding Type:...
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Taming Democracy: The People, the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American RevolutionAmericans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers, the noble group of men who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the Revolutionary...
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Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American DreamAmerica was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who...
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California in the 1930s: The Wpa Guide to the Golden StateAlive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside...
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The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient EgyptAccording to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the...
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Central Asia in World HistoryA vast region stretching roughly from the Volga River to Manchuria and the northern Chinese borderlands, Central Asia has been called the "pivot of history," a land where nomadic invaders and Silk Road traders changed the destinies of states that ringed its borders, including...
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Harvard University Press: A HistoryA university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and occasionally attacked by...
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The New York Colony (a True Book: The Thirteen Colonies)A True Book: Thirteen Colonies series allows readers to experience what makes each of America's colonies distinctive and exceptional.Readers will get to know each colonies' history, geography, and contributions. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust...
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The Condition of ManA study of the development of the personality and the community. With a preface by the author. 16 pages of illustrations.Author: Lewis MumfordPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 03/21/1973Pages: 467Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.42h x 6.46w x 1.06dISBN: 9780156215503
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The Commissariat of Enlightenment: Soviet Organization of Education and the Arts Under Lunacharsky, October 1917-1921A study in the formation and development of a Soviet government institution after the Revolution of October 1917. The commissariat - which was responsible both for education and the arts - was the main channel of communication between the government and Bolshevik party on...
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The Dawn of Astronomy: A Study of Temple Worship and Mythology of the Ancient EgyptiansA pioneer in the fields of astrophysics and astro-archeology, J. Norman Lockyer believed that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed in strict relation to the stars. In this celebrated study, he explores the relationship between astronomy and architecture in the age of the pharaohs.Lockyer addresses...
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The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-SeventyA pioneer in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is one of the founders and foremost scholars of Women's History. The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book in her two-volume...
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Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World EventsA NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY: A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE.Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples as...
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