History
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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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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Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United StatesPrivate money, public good, and the original fight for control of America's energy industry. Until the 1930s, financial interests dominated electrical power in the United States. That changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal which restructured the industry. The government expanded public ownership,...
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Deeds, Mortgages And Easements And Examination Of Land TitlesThis book provides a comprehensive overview of real estate law, including deeds, mortgages, easements, and land title examinations. It is written in clear, easy-to-understand language, making it a valuable resource for both legal professionals and property owners.This work has been selected by scholars as...
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of JonestownHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history....
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Davidson County Murder & MayhemExplore the dark side of Davidson County's past.After killing his brother-in-law in 1904, wealthy businessman Henry Clay Grubb of the Churchland community was himself killed in 1913. In 1918 an adulterous affair led Graham Hege to kill his best friend, Frank Deaderick. Though most...
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Darzah: 200 Years of Sartorial Heritage in Saudi ArabiaThe first high-end volume published on the traditional costumes of Saudi Arabia, with authentic and previously unpublished artworks and documentation from the acclaimed Darat Safeya Binzagr collection. Considered the "founding mother" of Saudi Arabia's fine art movement, Safeya Binzagr has forged a precious and...
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Danvers State HospitalDanvers State Hospital revolutionized mental health care for more than a century, beginning in 1878. Today, it's buildings still have stories to tell.Perched high on the top of Hathorne Hill in what was once the village of Salem, Danvers State Insane Asylum was, for...
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Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights EraA deep dive into racial politics, Hollywood, and Black cultural struggles for liberation as reflected in the extraordinary life and times of Sammy Davis Jr. Through the lens of Sammy Davis Jr.'s six-decade career in show business--from vaudeville to Vegas to Broadway, Hollywood, and...
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Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End: Africa's Children Return!Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End: Africa's Children Return! examines the history and impressive dimensions of the Cuban Revolution's solidarity with Africa. Cuba's role in the southern African national liberation and anti-colonial struggle was the largest and most consequential manifestation of the island's commitment to...
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Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe TrailThe Santa Fe Trail has a special allure in southwestern history--it was a road of lucrative commerce, military expansion, and great adventure. Because these themes are connected with the Santa Fe Trail in the American imagination, however, the trail is not often associated with...
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Courting the Virgin Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and Her SuitorsExamines Queen Elizabeth I's complex courtships, revealing how her romantic and political decisions shaped her reign as England's Virgin QueenThe many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was an infant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a...
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Count on Tennessee: Baby's First Book about the Volunteer StateIntroduce babies and toddlers to iconic symbols of the Volunteer State with Nicole LaRue's quirky, modern illustrations.This bright board book makes learning about Tennessee as easy as 1, 2, 3! Covering things like fireflies, saucy barbecue ribs, smoky mountains, and toe-tapping tune-makers, Count On...
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Counterculture: The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-HopA political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics--from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of...
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Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's EmpireOngoing arguments over how histories are honoured - as evidenced by the conflict between South Korea and Japan over the opening of Tokyo's Heritage Information Centre in June 2020 - reveal the extent to which heritage processes enable states to assert legitimacy and power...
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