History
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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100 Years on: Revisiting the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922The First Russian Art Exhibition (Erste Russische Kunstausstellung), which opened at the Galerie van Diemen in Berlin on October 15, 1922, and later travelled to Amsterdam, introduced a broad Western audience to the most recent artistic developments in Russia. The extensive show - more...
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Yale and Slavery: A HistoryA comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University "The most mature examination ever made of the role of slavery in a university's past."--John Samuel Harpham, Times Literary Supplement Award-winning historian David W. Blight, with the Yale and Slavery...
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Writing Violence: The Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese LiteratureEdo-period Japan was a golden age for commercial literature. A host of new narrative genres cast their gaze across the social landscape, probed the realms of history and the fantastic, and breathed new life into literary tradition. But how to understand the politics of...
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Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and Their Neighbors in Eastern EuropeA comprehensive guide to the medicinal plants and folk healers of Eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement--mapping ancestral folkways, herbal traditions, and shared legacies of Ashkenazi Jews and their neighbors Includes a materia medica of healing plants and their traditional applications A companion guide to...
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Women of FaithA study of significant women in the Bible and their long-standing contributions. This is a study by James M. Stanton, a former bishop of the Diocese of Dallas in the Episcopal Church. This books has been used by Bishop Stanton and several women's organizations...
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Women in Allied Naval Intelligence in the Second World War: A Close SecretClosely examining the work of women in the US and British naval services towards Allied naval intelligence during the Second World War, this book focuses on their contributions during the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific Naval War, in order to shed new light...
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WinslowIn 1880, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad laid out the Winslow townsite along its new transcontinental line through northeastern Arizona Territory because the nearby Little Colorado River supplied a vital water source. The river had sustained the prehistoric Homol'ovi villages, and a passable ford...
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a MarriageA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARD WINNER - AN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST - A WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORKER 2023 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's...
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William Ockham: Two Volume SetWilliam Ockham is probably the most notorious and most widely misunderstood philosopher of the later Middle Ages. Accused by John Lutterell, the former chancellor of Oxford University, of teaching heretical doctrines, Ockham was summoned to Avignon by Pope John XXII and eventually lived under...
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Willard Gibbs: The Whole Is Simpler Than Its PartsMarginalian Editions presents a groundbreaking poet's biography of the forgotten scientist who founded physical chemistry, shaping much of the 20th century--and an ingenious, expansive treatise on American creativity, character, and remembrance. Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903) was an American visionary whose work shaped a century...
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Wildly Different: How Five Women Reclaimed Nature in a Man's WorldThe globe-trotting tales of five women who fought for the right to enjoy the wild places of the earth. For millennia the 'wild' was a place heroic men went on epic quests. Women were prevented from joining them, either through physical control or powerful...
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Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A HistoryA bracing, accessible history of white American liberals--and why it's time to change the conversation about them. If there's one thing most Americans can agree on, it's that everyone hates white liberals. Conservatives hate them for being culturally tolerant and threatening to usher in...
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While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle EastA powerful indictment of the political and military decisions that led to October 7 While Israel Slept tells the gripping inside story of how Hamas, Israel's weakest enemy, succeed in launching a surprise attack on one of the world's most powerful militaries. Through a...
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When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and WarriorsDiscover the reigns of twelve African queens and warriors from across the continent in this immersive and pioneering history. Njinga Mbande. Nana Yaa Asantewaa. Makobo Modjadji VI. Ranavalona the First. These queens and warriors ruled vast swathes of the African continent, where they led,...
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Western CivilizationsIn this timely revision of their beloved #1 Western Civ text, authors Joshua Cole and Carol Symes help students see the relevance of history to their own lives and concerns. New material helps students think critically about the emergence of Western ideals, such as...
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Welcome to Junior's!: Remembering Brooklyn with Recipes and Memories from Its Favorite RestaurantWelcome to Junior's is a nostalgic tour of Brooklyn from the 1930s to the 1990s with reminiscences and recipes from the legendary restaurant renowned for its rich and creamy cheesecake. Junior's holds a special place in Brooklyn, also home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Coney...
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Way Beyond The GRITS: A Historical Saga of the Antics of a Girl Raised in the South in the 50s, 60s and 70sGrowing up in the Deep South of the USA during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, Sidney Kate's early life was marked by turbulence and uncertainty. Born into a complex, blended family, her journey unfolds against a backdrop of racial tension, gender inequality, and intergenerational...
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Water Into Bones: Birth Rituals, Ancestors, and Religious Pluralism in Northern MadagascarWater into Bones explores the spiritual importance of water in Madagascar. Families in northern Madagascar conceptualize water as a spiritual realm where magical creatures and some ancestors live, and believe that infants are born with a special connection to the spirit world that makes...
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WASPs of WWIIBecause all records of the WASP's efforts were classified and sealed for 35 years, many in this country are unaware of their work as military pilots during WWII. These women were pioneers and the expertise they demonstrated in successfully flying every type of military...
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War and Violence in the Western Sources for the First CrusadeMedieval Westerners accepted killing for religion and praised the outcome of the First Crusade (1096-1099). At the same time, their attitude to violence was ambivalent. Theologians shunned the practical use of force, while the warrior aristocracy valued the capacity for physical destruction. In the...
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