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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Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black ResistanceJoin award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide.For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers experienced locked...
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Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart"Here is a voice seldom heard, the voice of Latin America's majority, those who bear the burdens of society. If we are to understand Honduras, Central America, or, for that matter, Latin America, we must listen attentively to this voice. It has much to...
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Doc Holliday: A Family PortraitJohn H. Holliday, D. D. S., better known as Doc Holliday, has become a legendary figure in the history of the American West. In Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the real man behind the legend. Shedding light on Holliday's early...
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DK Super World: JapanFrom Mount Fuji and hot springs to the bustling city of Tokyo, explore the wonders of Japan. DK Super World: Japan is part of the new DK Super World series for children aged 7-11 to explore the wonders of diverse cultures and landscapes across...
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Discontinuity to Continuity: A Survey of Dispensational and Covenantal TheologiesWhat is the best framework for reading the Bible? The question of how to relate the Old and New Testaments is as old as the Bible itself. While most Protestants are unified on the foundations, there are major disagreements on particular issues. Who should...
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Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens: ReportageWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE! The only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the 21st century Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European...
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Deployment: One of Our Pieces Is MissingFrom bestselling author Julia Cook, comes a story about the challenging (and fun) changes a military family goes through when a parent is deployed."I think I'm pretty lucky because I'm part of a military family. It makes me really proud to know my parents...
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Delusions and Grandeur: Dreamers of the New WestIn these new and selected essays, Mark Sundeen recounts two decades of political activism, outdoor exploration, and empathetic curiosity. He was both witness to and active participant in pivotal cultural and political events of the new millennium, from Howard Dean's presidential campaign to the...
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Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians who lived through Fascism and the HolocaustIt takes victims, blood, and years to rid a country of tyranny. Those are words of a Jewish Italian woman who lived during Fascism and the Holocaust. Italian Fascism was thuggish and promised order during the chaotic post World War I period. But in...
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Craftland: In Search of Lost Arts and Disappearing TradesAn "impassioned and inspiring account of the extraordinary men and women still doing traditional artisanal work" (The Sunday Times) in the face of massive technological industrialization--by renowned Cambridge art historian Dr. James Fox. "Shimmers with love for a dwindling world of meticulous, patient labour...
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Courageous Christianity: How a 19th century revival sparked the Muscular Christianity movement, Y.M.C.A. athletics, and a youth-led race to save the wDid you know modern Olympics were inspired by the Muscular Christianity movement, as was the game of rugby? Were you aware basketball, volleyball, racquetball, softball, body-building, sportsmanship, and swimming lessons, were pioneered by Y.M.C.A. trainers and used as evangelism outreach tools to bring youth...
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Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance in Nazi GermanyConscience before Conformity tells the story of German students who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Third Reich, and died for their beliefs. Operating under the name of the White Rose, they printed and distributed leaflets condemning Nazism and urging Germans to...
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Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the GospelsWritten by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a "cold case" it makes a claim about an...
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Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa's Naked Ride & MoreExplore the eccentric side of yesterday's Queen City Cincinnatians today wrap themselves in a comforting blanket of serene conformity, soothed by the myth that the Queen City has always been a bland, somewhat Germanic, little backwater. History tells us otherwise. Old Cincinnati was a...
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Charles Dickens: A LifeAward-winning Claire Tomalin, author of A Life of My Own, sets the standard for sophisticated and popular biography, having written lives of Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, among others. Here she tackles the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England, Charles...
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Challenging the Myths of Us History: Seven Short Essays on the Past and PresentA provocative, critical take on the traditional narrative of US history--and a call to reimagine America's past. According to textbooks, the media, and politicians of all stripes, the story of the United States is one of steady progress toward a "more perfect union." In...
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Causes of War, 3rd Ed.The third edition of Geoffery Blainey's highly acclaimed study on the causes of war has been expanded and updated to include a complete discussion of World War II and the road towards nuclear war. Analyzing all international wars since 1700, Causes of War solves...
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Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language TeacherCarrie Cavender Schommer grew up in a home where Dakota was spoken, but going to school where everyone spoke English kept her from sharing her love of her Indigenous language. As an adult, Schommer spent decades teaching Dakota language and culture at the University...
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Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900 (Updated)One July week in 1900 an obscure black laborer named Robert Charles drew national headlines when he shot twenty-seven whites--including seven policemen--in a series of encounters with the New Orleans police. An avid supporter of black emigration, Charles believed it foolish to rely on...
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Caregiver Log Book: Medical Log Book to Record Daily Signs for Patients (Light Blue)Looking for a way to organize your caregiving journey and keep track of important details? Look no further than the Caregiver Log Book!Whether you're a professional caregiver or a family member providing support, this log book will help you stay on top of your...
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