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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 Picayune's Creole Cook BookThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011Each phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been inordinately difficult in its own right, and every critical juncture and decision point in the long process has been shaped by U.S. politics and the U.S. leaders of the moment. The Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination...
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The Paragould MeteoriteIn the pre-dawn hours of February 17, 1930, on a cold and sleepy Monday, a burning streak three times brighter than any full moon flashed across the sky. Seen across the central United States many residents, some as far away as St. Louis, and...
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The Pacesetter: The Complete StoryWho was responsible for the these Great American Landmarks: The Indy 500, The Dixie Highway, The Lincoln Highway, Miami Beach and Montauk New York?Author: Jerry M. FisherPublisher: FriesenPressPublished: 10/27/2014Pages: 552Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.12lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38dISBN: 9781460245354About the AuthorFisher, Jerry M.: -...
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The Oxford Handbook of ChristmasThe Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines, including literary scholars,...
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The Other Civil WarA lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history. The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 hoped the new Republic would grant them unprecedented power and influence. But it was not...
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The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the PresentAs the descendent of Martha Carrier, an accused woman executed at Salem, Alice Markham-Cantor presents a riveting story that spans centuries and brings the historical significance of the witch trials into modern times. Extensively researched and told through alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters, this...
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Theodor Herzl: Architect of a NationTheodor Herzl, Architect of a Nation, is the compelling account of a complex individual who sacrificed his health and family in pursuit of an ideal: the establishment of a homeland where Jews throughout the world could go to escape anti-Semitism. "If you will it,...
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The NyacksSettled on the Hudson River more than 300 years ago, Nyack has a long and interesting history, a history that has always been defined by the river. The Nyacks portrays that history, with more than 200 stunning photographs from the archives of the Nyack...
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The Never-Ending Lives of Liver-Eating JohnsonFrom Farmer and Sailor to Mountain Man, Crow Killer, and Town Sheriff, One man's reputation lives past all others When it came to western mountain men, no one on earth ever matched the physical prowess or will to survive of John "Liver-Eating" Johnson. Throughout...
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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and ChurchillINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." --Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author "Meltzer and Mensch are masters." --Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America "A true story that reads like a thriller."...
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The Namesake, the Biography of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.Except for Douglas MacArthur, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is the most decorated soldier in American history, having earned his Congressional Medal of Honor and every other medal offered by the United States to the foot soldier for combat heroism. As a young man, he wanted...
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The Muhammad Code: How a Desert Prophet Brought You ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Boko HaramOsama bin Laden called Muhammad a Prophet of Conquest. Pakistan's Universal Sunnah Foundation brags that under Muhammad's battlefield leadership, Islam spread an average of 317 square miles per day.Right now ISIS, al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the Supreme Leader of Iran know that Islam...
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The Missions of New Mexico, 1776: A Description by Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez with Other Contemporary DocumentsFray Francisco Atanasio Dom nguez, canonical inspector of the missions of New Mexico in 1776, compared most everything in New Mexico to Mexico City, "the delightful and alluring cradle of my birth, for which no praise is ever adequate." And hardly anything measured up....
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The Matrix & The Forbidden Knowledge (Part 4): The IlluminatiChapters 11-16 (The Illuminati) The most important secrets that have been kept from the general public will now be exposed in this book. In this publication, I uncover a myriad of mysteries and uncomfortable truths about the world we live in. It's time to...
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The Long War on DrugsSince the early twentieth century, the United States has led a global prohibition effort against certain drugs in which production restriction and criminalization are emphasized over prevention and treatment as means to reduce problematic usage. This "war on drugs" is widely seen to have...
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The Little Book of Wine: In Vino VeritasA oenophile's guide to all things wineRed, white, sparkling or rosé - arguably no other alcoholic drink has had more impact on our society than wine. From its earliest iterations in earthenware jars all the way to the bottles we find lining supermarket shelves...
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The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to RomeThis print-on-demand title is available by request from most booksellers. -- BOOK TWO in the Canadian Battle Series For the Allied Armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944. Rome was the prize that could only be won through one of...
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The Line Of Dissent: Gay Outsiders and the Shaping of HistoryAuthor: Martin DubermanPublisher: G&lr BooksPublished: 01/08/2024Pages: 270Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57dISBN: 9798988815006
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The Lincoln Highway: The Story of a Crusade That Made Transportation HistoryThis 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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