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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The Art of Newspaper MakingThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Art of Fashion: 1850 - 1859: Dress, Sewing, and Clothing Care Advice"To increase the beauty of the female person, by a gracefully made attire, is not only not wrong, but absolutely commendable; and the woman who neglects it pays the penalty of being called a sloven, if not a fright."Peterson's Magazine, April 1852During the 1850s,...
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The Apostle of the ChippewasThis is the biography of Most Reverend Frederic Baraga, a missionary to the Indigenous peoples in the Upper Peninsula from 1830 to his death in 1868. It was written in 1932 by Joseph Gregorich, one of the founders of the Bishop Baraga Association. The...
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The American Revolution: What Can We Learn from the People Who Witnessed War?The American Revolution shaped the future of every man, woman, and child who lived through it. Full of eyewitness accounts, this book reveals what it was like to be part of this devastating conflict. With primary sources, timelines, and insightful accounts that reveal the...
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The American CrisisThomas Paine wrote the American Crisis in an effort to justify the American Revolution and to bolster the moral of the Continental Army. THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from...
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The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth CenturyA panoramic global history of Africa in the age of imperialism Africa's long nineteenth century was a time of revolutionary ferment and cultural innovation for the continent's states, societies, and economies. Yet the period preceding what became known as "the Scramble for Africa" by...
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Telling Blackness: Young Liberians and the Raciosemiotics of Contemporary Black DiasporaTelling Blackness begins with two simple premises: conventional models of the ways people make meaning of the world fail to account for the particularities of Blackness; and accounts of Black life often miss the significance of the smallest and subtlest acts that sustain it....
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Tatau: Samoan Tattoo, New Zealand Art, Global CultureWhen Tatau was first published in 2010, Mark Adams' renowned images documenting a great Polynesian art tradition were a revelation. Mostly taken between 1978 and 2005, these photographs recorded the contemporary expressions of tatau (tattoo) and told the story of the late Sulu'ape Paulo...
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Tarmacs and Trenches: The Life and Disappearance of Lt Gen Millard F. Harmon, Jr."Millard Harmon is the most important airman people don't know. A flyer through and through, it fell to him alone among senior pilots in World War II to command a large Army organization on the fighting front. He remains the shining light for air...
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Tanks in the Philippines 1944-45: The Biggest Armored Clashes of the Pacific WarThe first book to examine the Japanese and American tank forces in the Philippines campaigns, which saw the biggest armored clashes of the Pacific War. The Philippines saw the most extensive tank combat of any single theater in the Pacific War. In this book,...
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Taken by the NazisThis book, although not academic will certainly give the reader a glimpse of prewar Holland and a much more detailed account of the German Occupation, 1940-1945. The author now resides with his wife in Oregon and is a retired Assistant Professor of the University...
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Survivors on 9/11Showcases survival stories of people who made it out of the attacks alive. This book describes the experiences of people who survived the harrowing events at the 9/11 attack sites. Additional features include a table of contents, a fast-facts section, infographics, critical-thinking questions, a...
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Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala DaliSurreal, the long-awaited, definitive biography of Gala Dal?, unmasks this famous yet little-known queen of the twentieth-century art world, who graced the canvases, inspired the poetry, and influenced the careers of her illustrious lovers and husbands with tenderness, courage, and agency.Using previously undiscovered material,...
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Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish HistoryA comparative legal history of Jewish sovereignty and religious freedom, illuminating the surprising ways that collective and individual rights have evolved over the past two centuries It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews...
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Southern California Top Fuel DragstersSouthern California front-engine top fuel dragsters were the kings of the quarter mile. Fathers and sons, friends, and next-door neighbors joined together to build and race these cars. From 1963 to 1971, considered the toughest years to complete, the top fuel dragster became faster...
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Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern BakersThe essential history of bread baking and sourdough's rise to a global phenomenon.Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sourdough bread...
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Soul-Making by Grace: Purgatory's Past, Present, and FuturePurgatory holds a precarious position in the afterlife beliefs of most Christians. Often viewed as a doctrine that is held only by Roman Catholics, purgatory has historically been maligned by its detractors as unbiblical, theologically problematic, and a product (and source) of superstition. Moreover,...
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Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. Into a Manufacturing PowerhouseWe live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods - from beds to batteries to printer paper - are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes...
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Sic Itur ad Astra: A Chronological History of Canadian Civil and Military Aviation on the 100th Anniversary of the RCAF Volume 2, 1946 toThe year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the RCAF. This book, Volume 2, covers the period of our Canadian Civil and Military aviation history from 1946 to 2024. It serves as a tribute to the Canadian Forces men and women and the families...
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Show Time: A tattoo artist's storyShow Time is a true story which found its roots in the answer to the question, 'how did the author get into tattooing', which she fielded from almost every person that she met. The book travels the backroads of Europe in the 1980s and...
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