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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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Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed BaseballThe riveting story of four men--Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige--whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after...
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Our Constitution Rocks!Discover the United States Constitution like never before, from the viewpoint of a child! Learn how those guys in wigs and tights came up with some of the best ideas ever and changed the course of history. With a unique look at our founding...
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Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and PlaceForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award WinnerFind Strength in the Legacy of the Saints Who Walked Before Us Step into the stories of faith, courage, and perseverance that have defined Christian history through the ages. Our Church Speaks offers a beautifully illustrated, deeply...
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Only One Year: A Memoir"Among the great Russian autobiographical works: Herzen, Kropotkin, Tolstoy's Confession." --Edmund Wilson, The New YorkerAfter the success of her New York Times bestselling childhood memoir Twenty Letters to a Friend, Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva--subject of Rosemary Sullivan's critically acclaimed biography Stalin's Daughter--penned this...
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Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short IntroductionNuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of...
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Norse Paganism for Beginners: Explore The History of The Old Norse Religion - Asatru, Cosmology, Astrology, Mythology, Magic, Runes, Tarot, WitchcraDiscover The History, Mythology & Practices of Norse PaganismLet us take you back in time. When the Norse people lived in an enchanted and sacred world. A time famously shrouded in mystery, magic and witchcraft.Norse Paganism has survived the centuries, the rise and fall...
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Nkjv, Chronological Study Bible, Hardcover, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James VersionTake a journey through the history and culture of the Bible with the only study Bible that unfolds in historical order.The NKJV Chronological Study Bible presents Scripture in chronological order--the order in which the events happened--with notes, articles, and full-color graphics that connect the...
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New English Translation of the Septuagint-OEThe Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of Jewish sacred writings) is of great importance in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. The first translation of the books of the Hebrew Bible (plus additions) into the common language of the ancient Mediterranean world made...
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Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of MidwayHailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of Midway, including two aircraft carriers, helping turn the tide of the Second World War. This is his extraordinary memoir....
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National Geographic: The National Parks: An Illustrated HistoryAn inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographic's photographs, combined with an expertly told history:...
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Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and ScienceBiologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon explores the historical tension between evolutionary biology and taxonomy. Carl Linnaeus struggled in the eighteenth century to define species in light of their mutability while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments. As taxonomy modernized, it moved into labs, yielding results...
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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United StatesGeorge R. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its...
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Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to SchoenbergHow music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century Music is filled with mathematical elements. The works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote music explicitly...
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Money: The True Story of a Made-Up ThingThe co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs.Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In...
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Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher-KingThe moving life and legacy of Rome's great emperor philosopher. This book guides us through the fascinating life and writings of Marcus Aurelius, Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor. Philosopher William O. Stephens explores Marcus's reluctant rise to power, his marriage, and his efforts to...
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Life in Biblical IsraelThis special-edition volume of the Library of Ancient Israel, based on the latest research, presents a vivid description of the world of Ancient Israel, covering such topics as domestic life, the means of existence, cultural expression, and religious practices. With over 175 full-color pictures...
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Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on EarthA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extraordinary. . . . Anyone with the slightest interest in biology should read this book."--The New York Times Book Review "A marvelous museum of the past four billion years on earth--capacious, jammed with treasures, full of...
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KJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Blue, Red Letter EditionThe Thomas Nelson KJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at...
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Kachka: A Return to Russian CookingCelebrated Portland chef Bonnie Frumkin Morales brings her acclaimed Portland restaurant Kachka into your home kitchen with a debut cookbook enlivening Russian cuisine with an emphasis on vibrant, locally sourced ingredients. "With Kachka, Bonnie Morales has done something amazing: thoroughly update and modernize Russian...
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Italy Reborn: From Fascism to DemocracyThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history. In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputation in the international arena was nil. Yet by December 1955, when Italy...
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