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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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Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, & Religion, 1250-1750Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called "superstitious" by educated elites. For centuries religious...
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Emil Nolde: Unpainted PicturesUnpainted Pictures is the title of a fascinating watercolors series painted by Emil Nolde from 1938 through 1945. Nolde created these works in the seclusion of his own home in Seebll, after his works had been confiscated by the Nazis and he himself had...
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Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865Challenges conventional narratives of the Civil War era that emphasize Irish Americans' unceasing opposition to Black freedom Embracing Emancipation tackles a perennial question in scholarship on the Civil War era: Why did Irish Americans, who claimed to have been oppressed in Ireland, so vehemently...
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El SalvadorAlthough El Salvador is the smallest Central American nation geographically, it has the highest population density. So, what is life like for the many people who call this small nation home? Readers find out in this comprehensive guide to the people, natural landscape, and...
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El Espejo del Juda?smo: La inversi?n acusatoriaLos jud?os est?n diseminados en todos los pa?ses del mundo, aunque residen principalmente en los pa?ses de origen europeo. La mayor?a de ellos son de origen "askenaz?", es decir aquellos provenientes de Europa central y oriental que abandonaron en olas sucesivas a partir de...
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El antiguo Egipto: Un apasionante recorrido por la historia de Egipto, desde la colonización del valle del Nilo hasta la muerte de CleopaSabía que los gatos eran extremadamente sagrados en el antiguo Egipto y que quienes mataban a uno podían ser castigados con la muerte? Según muchos egiptólogos, los antiguos egipcios nunca consideraron dioses a los animales. En cambio, los consideraban la personificación de sus poderosas...
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Einstein on Israel and Zionism, New Enrriched EditionAuthor: Fred JeromePublisher: Baraka BooksPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.70dISBN: 9781771863667
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Egyptian Things: Translating Egypt to Early Imperial RomeA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. After the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, Rome finally took control of Egypt. This occupation simultaneously facilitated and circumscribed the...
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Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's LandA firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man's land--the violence they endure and their immense resilience. "No man's land" invokes stretches of barren landscape, twisted barbed wire, desolation, and the devastation of war. But this is not always the...
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Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjäger on the Eastern Front, 1941-43Participating in every key campaign on the Eastern Front, a young German soldier keeps a private uncensored diary as he battles the Red Army to conquer Russia.This book presents the remarkable personal journals of a German soldier who participated in Operation Barbarossa and subsequent...
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Duval County Tejanos: An Epic Narrative of Liberty and Democracy Volume 9In Texas, to hear the words "Duval County" evokes Archie and George Parr, politics, and corruption. But this does not represent the full truth about this South Texas county and its Tejano citizens. Duval County Tejanos showcases Tejanos engaged in community life: they organized...
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Downrange at Gardez: Forward Operating Base LightningExperience a soldier's journey in Afghanistan through the lens of a sergeant. Discover military life, perilous drives on icy roads, and the power of home support in this compelling tale.Downrange at Gardez is a raw, unfiltered account of Sergeant First Class Wynn's life on...
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Double Exposure: Resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Most Mysterious War Photographer"Singular . . . Virtuosic . . . Double Exposure is the best book I've read about America . . . in many, many years." --Corey Seymour, Vogue (a best book of 2024)"Extraordinary . . . A transformative experience for the reader." --Lucy Sante...
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Dos CasasDos Casas es una historia para todas aquellas personas que han tenido la experiencia de vivir en un nuevo hogar lejos de casa. Cuenta la historia de una ni?a llamada Elena que, en ocasi?n de sus vacaciones escolares, visita, por primera vez y durante...
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Don Troiani's Black Soldiers in America's Wars: 1754-1865Using a masterful combination of artistry and accuracy, Don Troiani has dedicated his career to transforming our understanding of the military soldier. Don now turns his talents to capturing the under-recognized African-American soldiers as they fought in the French and Indian War, the War...
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Do Not Cry When I Die: A Holocaust Memoir of a Mother and Daughter's Survival in Jewish Ghettos, Auschwitz, and Bergen-BelsenOne of the oldest living Holocaust survivors recounts her family's imprisonment at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in this moving memoir of love, loss, courage, and hope. "I only survived because of my mother's love." When German soldiers invaded Poland in September 1939, it began a...
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Dodge ViperNow in Paperback! The Viper stunned Americans by showing that Dodge, whose cars were all front-wheel drive (and mostly powered by four-cylinder engines), could make a raw, brutal, V10-powered car that could run with the best. Team Viper went a step further at Le...
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Discerning Buddhas: Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan BuddhismIn Song-period China (960-1279 CE), masters in the Chan (Japanese Zen) school of Buddhism were presented as sources of religious authority on par with the Buddha, an almost unthinkably lofty status before the rise of Chan. This claim carried great rhetorical power, facilitating Chan's...
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DiplodocusThis beginning reader title introduces Diplodocus by covering when it lived, what it looked like, what it ate, and where some of its fossils have been found. This title is a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to the Common...
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Dietary Reconstruction at Chalcatzingo: A Formative Period Site in Morelos, Mexico Volume 9In this work, Margaret Schoeninger investigates the use of bone strontium levels in archaeologists' reconstruction of diet in prehistoric and recent human populations.Author: Margaret J. SchoeningerPublisher: U of M Museum Anthro ArchaeologyPublished: 01/01/1979Pages: 97Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780932206787This title is only available via back order
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