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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Smallwood: The Unlikely RevolutionaryThe extraordinary life of Joey Smallwood is the stuff of fiction--literally: Wayne Johnston's acclaimed novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, draws heavily on this definitive biography. And no wonder Set against a colorful background in stirring times it has, as its hero, a character...
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Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)In the 1960s and '70s, collaborations between artists and engineers led to groundbreaking innovations in multisensory performance art that continue to resonate today. In 1966, Billy Kl?ver and Fred Waldhauer, engineers at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, teamed up with artists Robert...
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Selections from the HusiaAuthor: Maulana KarengaPublisher: Univ of Sankore Pr;Published: 01/01/1989Pages: 125Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55dISBN: 9780943412061
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Seasons in the Son: 52 Game Changers in Sports Who Live and Compete in the Shadow of the CrossMaybe you have witnessed the practice of some athletes pointing to the heavens after hitting a home run or scoring a touchdown. Perhaps you have caught some of today's biggest sports stars delivering declarations of faith during postgame interviews with tributes like, "Glory to...
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Science and Religion: A Very Short IntroductionThe debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by polemical bestsellers like The God Delusion and, at the other end of the spectrum, high-profile campaigns to teach "Intelligent Design" in schools. Yet there is much more...
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Sandoz Studies, Volume 2: Sandoz and the Battle of the Little BighornMari Sandoz's The Battle of the Little Bighorn encouraged a change in how Americans viewed this infamous fight. By the mid-twentieth century a towering Custer myth had come to dominate the national psyche as a tale that confirmed national exceptionalism and continental destiny. Sandoz...
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Sacred Thought: Mi'kmaq Meditations for Our TimesIn this philosophical exploration, Mi'kmaq Elder George Paul shares his traditional knowledge with those on a quest to better understand themselves and the world around them. Practiced and maintained by North American Indigenous tribes since time immemorial, this search for spirituality is informed by...
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Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the InternetBeginning with the development of the compass, Ruling the Waves examines a series of technological revolutions that promised, in their time, to transform the world's politics and business. With Debora Spar's gifted storytelling, each chapter reads like an adventure tale as she recounts the...
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Rule and Ceremonial of the Third Order of St. Francis, According to the Constitution of Leo Xiii, and the Decree of the Sacred Congregation of RitesThe rule and ceremonial of the Third Order of St. Francis is a guide for lay people who wish to live a Franciscan way of life. This book outlines the prayers, practices, and beliefs of the Third Order, which was founded in the 13th...
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Roosevelt and the Russians""Roosevelt and the Russians"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Edward R. Stettinius Jr. The book delves into the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, and the Soviet Union during World War II. Stettinius Jr. was a...
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Rome's Greatest Emperor: VespasianTo anyone scanning the sea from the southern coast of Britain in the year 43 AD, the sight of hundreds of ships appearing one by one as dots on the horizon would have filled them with awe and dread. On a leading warship, a...
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Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, and Great Power PoliticsWhy did a nation-state order emerge when nationalist activism was usually an elitist pursuit in the age of empire? Ordinary inhabitants and even most indigenous elites tended to possess religious, ethnic, or status-based identities rather than national identities. Why then did the desires of...
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Reshaping' Atlantic Connections: Ireland and Irish America 1917-1921This new study offers unique insights into the variety of Irish American identities and nationalist ideologies as well as on the larger question of what it meant to be 'ethnic' in the U.S. during and after America's entry into World War 1. 'Reshaping' Atlantic...
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Rescue of the Danish Jews: Moral Courage Under Stress"An immensely valuable ocntribution. As the last generation of witnesses to the Holocaust testify to its horrors, tehy must also testify to its heroes - those who risked all to safe lives. These movingly told stories restore our faith in the human spirit."--William Shirer...
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Religions of Early India: A Cultural HistoryThe extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand years From its earliest recorded history, India was a place of remarkable and varied religious activity, ranging from elaborate sacrificial rituals and rigorous regimes of personal austerity to psycho-spiritual experimentation...
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Religion and Secular Modernity in Russian Christianity, Judaism, and AtheismReligion and Secular Modernity in Russian Christianity, Judaism, and Atheism is a multifaceted account of the engagement between religion and the secular in Russia's Christian, Jewish, and atheist traditions. Ana Siljak brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to present unique perspectives on...
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Reconstruction Violence and the Ku Klux Klan Hearings: A Brief History with DocumentsFocusing on a carefully edited selection of testimony from the Ku Klux Klan hearings, Reconstruction Violence and the Ku Klux Klan Hearings brings to light what part violence against freedmen and Republicans played in shaping Reconstruction. Author: Shawn AlexanderPublisher: Bedford BooksPublished: 01/23/2015Pages: 160Binding Type:...
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Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II's Most Infamous MistressBarbara Villiers was a woman so beautiful, so magnetic and so sexually attractive that she captured the hearts of many in Stuart-era Britain. Her beauty is legendary: she became the muse of artists such as Peter Lely, the inspiration of writers such as John...
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Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, KingThrough exquisite artworks, glittering jewellery and weaponry discover how Ranjit Singh, one of the greatest figures in the history of India, established a hugely influential Sikh Empire at the beginning of the 19th century. Through a stunning selection of over one hundred key objects...
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Rancho MirageDr. Leo Mallette is an adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University's doctoral program. He has collected postcards depicting Rancho Mirage starting with the dude ranches in the 1940s and accelerating with the country clubs in the 1950s. The city of Rancho Mirage is a low-density...
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