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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Righteousness NOW: Let's Roll, America!Let's roll--words that will be forever etched in our memory were spoken by Todd Beamer, a passenger on Flight 93, on September 11, 2001. As the cell phones continued to ring, these brave men and women were all piecing together the horrific events of...
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Richard Hakluyt: A Bibliography 1580-1588: With Essays on the Suppression of the Voyage to Cadiz in Hakluyt's Principal Navigations and Hakluyt and thPublisher: Hakluyt SocietyPublished: 06/25/2024Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 4.06lbsSize: 9.76h x 6.93w x 2.28dISBN: 9781916931008
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Restoring Identities: The Contextualizing Story of Christianity in OceaniaIn a sense, Oceania can be considered a microcosm of World Christianity. Within this region are many of the same observable trends on the global level that impact Christian life, faith, and witness. The geography of Oceania--the "liquid continent"--is unique. Christianity arrived in Australia...
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Religion in Plain View: Public Aesthetics of American DisplayA revelatory critique of public display in the United States. In Religion in Plain View, Sally M. Promey analyzes religion's visible saturation of American public space and the histories that shaped this exhibitionary aesthetics. In street art, vehicle d?cor, signs, monuments, architecture, zoning policy,...
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Red Arrow Across the Pacific: The Thirty-Second Infantry Division During World War IIThe history of WWII's most battle-tested US Army division and its crucial role in achieving Allied victory in the Pacific Red Arrow across the Pacific reveals the long-overdue story of the renowned Thirty-Second "Red Arrow" Infantry Division. Discover how this National Guard unit--which originated...
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Recreation Without Humiliation: Black Leisure in the Twentieth-Century SouthRecreation without Humiliation is the first comprehensive study of Black amusement venues established by Black Americans for Black Americans. Mary Stanton's extensive research on African American amusement parks in America explores not only segregation, class, and social barriers but also the notion of the...
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Quotable Churchill: Inspiring Quotes from a British HeroExperience the indomitable spirit and wisdom of Winston Churchill with this, a collection of his most inspiring and wittiest quotes, perfect for history enthusiasts and fans of eloquent prose. Celebrate the wit and wisdom of Winston Churchill with this collection of inspiring quotes Sir...
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Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914Levelling the playing field Life in the Canadian countryside at the turn of the twentieth century is often generalized as insular, backwards, and arduous. These assumptions are redressed in Rebecca Beausaert's Pursuing Play, which highlights the complexity of small-town culture through a lively examination...
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Puritan FamilyThe Puritans came to New England not merely to save their souls but to establish a "visible" kingdom of God, a society where outward conduct would be according to God's laws. This book discusses the desire of the Puritans to be socially virtuous and...
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Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon Revisited: The Published Versus the Unpublished RecordChaco Canyon and Mesa Verde are arguably the two best-known archaeological areas in the American Southwest. Yet despite more than a century of archaeological research, many questions remain unanswered. From more than fifty years of research, archaeologist Jonathan E. Reyman has uncovered a wealth...
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Prophet of Hope: Fulton Sheen Responds to the Modern WorldAmid the pervasive cultural upheaval and moral uncertainty of the mid-twentieth century, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen emerged as a prophet of hope, always giving people a reason to believe that life is worth living. For decades, "America's bishop" wrote, taught, and preached about the...
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Prequel: Younger Dryas meteor impacts, the Flood & AtlantisEvidence of an ancient human civilization that flowered between 18,000 and 12,000 years ago. Traces left by this culture point to technology that in some disciplines was not that far behind us. Evidence points to remarkable skills in medicine, precision stone working & finishing,...
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Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of HistoryA sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracy--with lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorship Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia's artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when...
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Political Liberalism and the Rise of American RomanticismPolitical Liberalism and the Rise of American Romanticism explores how American Romanticism developed in response to pervasive conflicts over democracy's moral dimensions in the early republic and antebellum eras. By recovering the long-under-examined tradition of political liberalism for literary studies, it traces how US...
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Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic PhilosophyThis volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished...
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 3It is the author's opinion that it is not an exaggeration to say that if anyone wishes to experience one of those rare moments of true happiness that occurs in a lifetime, they should go to the maintains and search for a teller of...
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Paul Harvey's the Rest of the StoryAuthor: Paul AurandtPublisher: Bantam BooksPublished: 01/01/1978Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 6.98h x 4.28w x 0.52dISBN: 9780553259629This title is not returnable
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Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the BodySheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in ancient Greece to their modern transformation into a visually powerful event on the world stage, the Olympics have retained their unique place in sport and...
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Overcoming the Odds of Life: From a Humble Birth in a Rice Field to Multi-Million-Dollar Business DealsWe cannot control when hardships in life happen, but we can control how we overcome them. Born in 1935 while the Great Depression was in full swing, Dudley M. Sims had no idea the incredible life full of obstacles as well as blessings he...
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Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay AreaOther Avenues Are Possible offers a vivid account of the dramatic rise and fall of the San Francisco People's Food System of the 1970s. Weaving new interviews, historical research, and the author's personal story as a longstanding co-op member, the book captures the excitement...
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