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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Interpreting the French RevolutionThe French Revolution is an historical event unlike any other. It is more than just a topic of intellectual interest: it has become part of a moral and political heritage. But after two centuries, this central event in French history has usually been thought...
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Tutankhamun s ArmiesThe force that forged an empire. The furious thunder of thousands of hooves, the clatter and sheen of bronze armor sparkling in the desert sun, the crunch of wooden wheels racing across a rock-strewn battlefield-and leading this terrifying chariot charge, the gallant Pharaoh, the...
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Flint Hills Cowboys: Tales from the Tallgrass PrairieThe Flint Hills are America's last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Known as the home of the Big Beef Steer, these rugged hills have produced exemplary cowboys--both the ranch and rodeo varieties--whose hard work...
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Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of NationsThe fight over the League of Nations at the end of World War I was one of the great political debates of the American twentieth century. President Woodrow Wilson, himself a key architect of the League, was uncompromising in his belief that the United...
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Caen: Anvil of VictoryThe D-Day landings of June 6th 1944 did not bring immediate victory, that first foothold on French soil was won at enormous cost and for the next two months a fierce battle raged for control of the key town of Caen. Using the eye-witness...
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Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire: From Charlemagne to NapoleonThe controversial history of the Holy Roman Empire is back in print. Attacked by revisionist historians for its integration of church history and the secular history of the Holy Roman Empire, "The Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire" is the only complete...
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The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453The Byzantine empire in the last two centuries of its existence had to rebuild itself after its conquest and dismemberment by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Its emperors in exile recovered Constantinople in 1261 and this book narrates their empire's struggles for survival from...
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A Celebration of BellsThe books of Eric Sloane celebrate the time-honored traditions of early America--from the crafting of furniture to the building of barns to the folk wisdom that sustains us--and they're reminders of the heartfelt ties that will forever bind us to these rural arts. Two...
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All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed AmericaThe birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise...
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Freud for BeginnersThe Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- Newsday Everything you need to know about neurosis, libido, ego, and id -- but somehow it slipped your mind. Freud for Beginners is a perfect introduction to...
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Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi OlympicsThe Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past the 75,000 spectators crowding the riverbank....
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Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages ReconsideredThe barbarians who destroyed the glory that was Rome demolished civilization along with it, and for the next four centuries the peasants and artisans of Europe barely held on. Random violence, mass migration, disease, and starvation were the only ways of life. This is...
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What the Anti-Federalists Were for: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the ConstitutionThe Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists, he writes,...
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The Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya WorldThe ancient Mayan civilization of southern Mexico and northern Central America has long been described as "mysterious," even though scholars have been studying this culture for hundreds of years. Our view of the Maya has changed dramatically based on the various findings of these...
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The Rough RidersThe advent of war with Spain was a glorious opportunity for forceful leadership not to be missed by the hotheaded young Theodore Roosevelt. He resigned his post as assistant-secretary of the Navy in April, 1898, and, despite the strong disapproval of family and friends,...
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The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945: A Brief History with DocumentsThe 45 primary sources found in Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 provide you with a rich context to understand the multifaceted role FDR had as president, reformer, policymaker, and commander-in-chief.Author: Richard D. PolenbergPublisher: Bedford BooksPublished: 01/21/2000Pages: 251Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.56w...
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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable Fourteenth LegionThe 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire, a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion...
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The Story of JamestownTells the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Eric BraunPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.84h x 6.70w x 0.09dISBN: 9780736862103Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 101378...
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A Stronger Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and FaithStarting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals.Author: Anna-Lisa CoxPublisher:...
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Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military EffectivenessSince the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military...
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