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Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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The Village Clock: A Collection of Folk TalesIn The Village Clock, Arshud Mahmood takes us inside a remotely beautiful world, a rural village in India under British colonial rule. How distant the empire seems! In one story, a young government clerk forsakes his desk job for a less remunerative one that...
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The Very Hungry Donner PartyBrrr! It's wintertime in the Sierra Madre mountains and the snowbound Donner Party is starting to get hungry. However will they feed their rumbly tummies? I wonder!Illustrated in the classic hand-painted paper collage style, this brutal parody of a children's classic is a historically...
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The Unknown Life of Jesus ChristWhere was Jesus and what was he doing from ages 12-30? Why does the Bible leave out this important information? Is there any truth to the myths and legends that proclaim that Jesus visited many other countries? This book contains amazing accounts of Jesus'...
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The Underdogs: Conquering Life with Man's Best Friend and Seal Team -----Benito Olson should have been a statistic. That's what seems to happen to children when their father heads to prison. Others considered Olson an underdog. Too scrawny. Too young. He let that mindset sink in--for a moment. Ultimately, he chose to follow another path,...
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The Tragedy of VietnamThe Tragedy of Vietnam is a brief and accessible text providing a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences of the Vietnam War. Patrick J. Hearden offers historical background of the conflict and examines its long-term consequences on a regional and global scale. This...
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The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste TradeIn 1986 the Khian Sea, carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Philadelphia, began a two-year journey, roaming the world's oceans in search of a dumping ground. Its initial destination and then country after country refused to accept the waste. The ship ended...
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The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1795-1975This lavishly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive view of a unique community that is called by some the "southern part of heaven." Ruth Little tells the story of Chapel Hill's "town" and "gown" from the earliest architecture of the town and campus to the...
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The Taming of the ShrewAuthor: William ShakespearePublisher: Simon & BrownPublished: 11/04/2011Pages: 148Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34dISBN: 9781613821589This title is not returnable
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The TalmudAuthor: Arsène DarmesteterPublisher: Fv EditionsPublished: 03/04/2021Pages: 88Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9791029911965This title is not returnable
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The Spurs Shirt: The Official History of the Tottenham Hotspur JerseyA brand new edition of this highly regarded book on the history of the Spurs jersey showcases the greatest collection of Tottenham Hotspur match worn shirts ever seen The Spurs Shirt was the conclusion of three years of painstaking research. In the process a...
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The Spellbinders: Charismatic Political LeadershipThis book explains in depth the nature of charismatic political leadership and the processes by which it comes into being. Willner deals with cultural myths, the importance of crisis, the relationship between sexual potency and political power, the role of oratory and political rhetoric,...
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The Speech, and Its Context: Jacob Blaustein's Speech the Meaning of Palestine Partition to American Jews Given to the Baltimore Chapter, AmericaAbba A. Solomon provides startling explanations for the ""Zionizing"" of the otherwise integrated American Jewish community, and the development of inordinate American support for the State of Israel. The author's investigation - of a watershed February 1948 speech by chairman Jacob Blaustein - shows...
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The Spatiality and Temporality of Urban Violence: Histories, Rhythms and RupturesThis interdisciplinary edited volume studies practices and representations of urban violence from a spatiotemporal perspective. It discusses how the spatial and temporal characteristics of the urban can produce and shape violence, and how practices as well as memories of violence transform spatialities and temporalities...
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The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico: Revolution, Reform, and RepressionTwo generals from the northwestern state of Sonora, Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles, dominated Mexico between 1920 and 1934, having risen to prominence in the course of the Mexican Revolution. Torn between popular demands for ending the privileges of wealthy foreign investors and...
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The Shepherd of HermasFrom its original composition and wide distribution in the early second century, the Shepherd of Hermas has both puzzled and intrigued readers with its strange images, surprising language, and challenging rhetoric. Today, both critical and confessional scholars struggle with placing its message in its...
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The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World: A History of Honey, Salt, Chile, Pork, Rice, Cacao, and TomatoA culinary history of the seven food staples that have shaped human history, including 63 original recipes The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World is a global culinary history told through the stories of seven essential ingredients found in cuisines all over the world:...
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The School That Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied HitlerNamed one of Book Riot's BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2022 The "devastatingly affecting and moving" true story of a courageous school principal who saw the dangers of Nazi Germany and took drastic steps to save those in harm's way (The Times of London) In 1933,...
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The Scenes of the Street and Other EssaysAnthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings--including the iconic, long unavailable "Scenes...
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The Roman Games: Historical Sources in TranslationThis sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. Offers snapshots...
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There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and the End of the HeartlandA thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.--a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern America On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of...
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