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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Stronger Together / Kammanatut Atausigun / Iknaqataghaghluta Qerngaamta: Bering Strait Communities Respond to the Covid-19 PandemicA collection of first-person narratives offering a vivid, nuanced look at the lived and shared experiences of Bering Strait communities in the COVID-19 era, Stronger Together is a unique collaboration between the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum in Nome, Alaska, and over forty community...
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Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped EuropeAuthor: Diana DarkePublisher: Hurst & Co.Published: 07/15/2024Pages: 480Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.10dISBN: 9781911723479About the AuthorDiana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. She is the author of...
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Standing on the PromisesAuthor: Beverly DanielPublisher: Paragon Book PublishingPublished: 07/03/2024Pages: 272Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9798869362131This title is not returnable
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Spying for Freedom: James Lafayette's StoryWhen the Revolutionary War began, James Lafayette was a slave with little hope of being free. But his daring work as a double agent helped lead the Americans to victory at Yorktown, and eventually win him freedom. In this graphic nonfiction title, reluctant readers...
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Southern Footprints: Exploring Gulf Coast ArchaeologyA "greatest hits" of archaeological research that has transformed knowledge of human historySouthern Footprints celebrates more than fifty years of archaeological research along the Gulf Coast by the University of South Alabama and the Center for Archaeological Studies. Archaeologists Gregory A. Waselkov and Philip...
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Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and LibertyWhat would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach. She...
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Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular AgeIn his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of supernatural belief. 'We are apt', says Hume, 'to imagine ourselves transported into some new world; where the whole form of nature is disjointed, and every element performs...
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Soccer Record BreakersWith billions of fans and giant stadiums packed with cheering crowds, soccer itself is record-breaking. Find out even more by reading about soccer's record-breaking superstar players, trophy-winning teams, and standout coaches.Author: Nick HunterPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 08/01/2024Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.20w x...
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Soccer Record BreakersWith billions of fans and giant stadiums packed with cheering crowds, soccer itself is record-breaking. Find out even more by reading about soccer's record-breaking superstar players, trophy-winning teams, and standout coaches.Author: Nick HunterPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 08/01/2024Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.90w x...
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Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity: China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First MillenniumWhat type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE? What sort of connections existed between Persia and China? What did the Chinese know of early Islam? This study offers an overview of the cultural, diplomatic, commercial, and religious...
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Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying GamesFor fans of dungeon crawls and dice rolls--and anyone wanting to know more about them--Side Quest is a stand-alone graphic novel history of roleplaying games (RPGs), from ancient games to those played today, with personal stories from creators throughout!With a meld of history, fantasy,...
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Shooting for Change: Korean Photography After the WarIn Shooting for Change, Jung Joon Lee examines postwar Korean photography across multiple genres and practices, including vernacular, art, documentary, and archival photography. Tracing the history of Korean photography while considering what is disguised or lost by framing the history of photography through nationhood,...
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September 11, 2001The 9/11 attacks make up one of the most important moments in United States history. Everything changed after September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked airplanes and crashed them into important buildings in the United States. Thousands of Americans died. The tragic day brought the...
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Seduced by Hitler: The Choices of a Nation and the Ethics of Survival"A macabrely fascinating work...recommended."--BooklistIt may seem impossible to explain how an entire nation could allow itself to be seduced by a man such as Adolf Hitler. By examining the everyday lives of Germans under Nazi rule, Seduced by Hitler proposes an explanation more complex,...
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Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American ExperienceBetween 2012 and 2018, Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled Seattle Tomodachi ("friend of Seattle") comic strips for The North American Post. These comics chronicled the lives and stories of early Japanese settlers and their American-born offspring. Through his work, he captured elements of...
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Seasons of Impressionism 12-Month 2025 Engagement CalendarAuthor: The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublisher: ABRAMSPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 124Binding Type: DeskWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9781419773006About the AuthorFounded in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City's Central Park, along Fifth Avenue. The Met presents over 5,000 years...
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Scottish Highlanders and Native Americans: Indigenous Education in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic WorldThe Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SSPCK) was founded in 1709 by Scottish Lowlanders for the education of Highlanders: specifically to convert them from the Gaelic language to English, from the Episcopal faith to Presbyterianism, and from latent Jacobitism to...
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Scotland's Stories: Historic Tales for Incredible PlacesEverybody loves stories and Scotland is full of them. Every town, village, glen, loch, nook and cranny has a tale to tell and it's these stories that bring those places to life. Scotland's Stories is the key to unlocking those legends and seeing these...
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Say What?: ColloquialismsProverbs, Tall Tales, and Humorous Sayings of a Bygone Era Fred G. Wilson's childhood was set against the backdrop of The Great Depression and World War II, formative years that shaped his own character and the character of a nation. "Having a sense of...
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Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's BankIn the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad for economic growth and self-determination. But only nine years after it opened,...
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