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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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The Norns in Old Norse MythologyThe nornir or norns were a group of female supernatural beings closely related to ideas about fate in Old Norse tradition. Karen Bek-Pedersen provides a thorough understanding of the role played by norns and other beings like them in the relevant sources. Although they...
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The Negro In Business: Report Of A Social Study Made Under The Direction Of Atlanta UniversityExplore the challenges and triumphs of African American entrepreneurs in the early 20th century with this groundbreaking social study. Based on research conducted under the direction of Atlanta University, this report offers valuable insights into the state of black business in America, and provides...
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The Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive SlaveThirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was hungry, and you fed me. Naked was I, and you clothed me. Even a name by which to...
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The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans BibleAvailable again after a long absence!This book celebrates the iconic Moto Guzzi V7 Sport and Le Mans sporting motorcycles of the 1970s and 1980s, telling the story of these classic bikes, among the first Superbikes to combine Italian style, handling and performance. After struggling...
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The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-GardeAuthor: Alyce MahonPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.98lbsSize: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9780691264622About the AuthorAlyce Mahon is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Surrealism and the Politics of Eros,...
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The Louvre: A Guide to ArtThe world's greatest museum takes readers inside its unparalleled art collection to understand the keys to the history of art. The Louvre's art collection is a training ground for the eye. In this book, readers will discover more than four hundred of the museum's...
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The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War IINearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers who fought courageously for freedom in WWII--only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Their story was almost forgotten by history. Now known as...
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The Long Picturesque, or Unraveling the Rules of ArtThis book provides a Renaissance art historian's view of how the picturesque aesthetic developed from roots in the sixteenth century (mostly in painting, but with ramifications for printmaking, landscape design, and architecture), and further, how the picturesque aesthetic fundamentally changed the relationship between art...
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The Life of St. AnsgarThe text of the Vita Ansgarii, also known as the 'Life of St. Ansgar', is the hagiography work relating to his life and missionary travels, written by Rimbert of Hamburg, his disciple and successor, who assumed the chair of the archbishopic in the German...
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The Life of Nuns: Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German ConventsIn the Middle Ages half of those who chose the religious life were women, yet historians have overlooked entire generations of educated, feisty, capable and enterprising nuns, condemning them to the dusty silence of the archives. What, though, were their motives for entering a...
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The law of mind in action; daily lessons and treatments in mental and spiritual scienceThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern EuropeA history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after World War I--and how it changed the course of interwar politics and World War II As the First World War ended, villages across central and eastern Europe rose in...
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The King's Road: Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk RoadAn exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for trade The King's Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as...
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The Invention of Design: A Twentieth-Century HistoryA critical history of the idea of design--and its utopian promise Design has penetrated every dimension of contemporary society, from classrooms to statehouses to corporate boardrooms. It's seen as a kind of mega-power, one that can solve all our problems and elevate our experiences...
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The Internal Colony: Race and the American Politics of Global DecolonizationAn explication of how global decolonization provoked profound changes in American political theory and practice. In The Internal Colony, Sam Klug reveals the central but underappreciated importance of global decolonization to the divergence between mainstream liberalism and the Black freedom movement in postwar America....
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The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-PersuasionBecause brainwashing affects both the world and our observation of the world, we often don't recognize it while it's happening--unless we know where to look. As Rebecca Lemov writes in The Instability of Truth, "Brainwashing erases itself." What we call brainwashing is more common...
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The Imperial Q?n Dynasty: Elements of Governance as Reflected in the Lǐyē 里耶 ManuscriptsThe Lǐyē 里耶 text corpus, which is named after an ancient township in present-day L?ngshān 龍山, H?n?n province, grants unique opportunities to reshape the image and redefine our knowledge about social, legal, political, administrative and ritual responsibilities of the first Chinese empire. The impressive...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary...
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The Holy Bible Translated From The Latin Vulgate ... The Old Testament First Published By The English College At Douay ... The New Testament At RheimsThis classic translation of the Bible draws on the Latin Vulgate and was first published by the English College at Douay in the sixteenth century. Featuring both the Old and New Testaments, this edition offers a valuable resource for scholars and readers interested in...
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The Helmets and Crests of the NFLSome of the most identifiable and iconic crests in the world, these sporting logos are the focal points for fans to converge and to support their team through shared passion, storytelling and love for their NFL team. The Helmets and Crests of The NFL...
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