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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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350 Years of New Jersey History: From Stuyvesant to SandyIn 2014, the great state of New Jersey celebrates its sesquarcentennial--its 350th year since being founded in 1664. First settled as part of New Netherland, each year since has brought moments to remember. In this collection, Jersey authors Joseph Bilby, James Madden and Harry...
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19th Century Baseball in ChicagoThe Chicago area today hosts two of the most historic major league franchises and half a dozen minor or independent league teams. Baseball's roots run deep in the Windy City. Indeed, it was Chicago businessman William "I'd rather be a lamp-post in Chicago than...
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11th Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland": An Illustrated HistoryThe 11th SS Freiwilligen (Volunteer) Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" was formed in 1943. Despite what the name indicated, this was not an all-volunteer or fully Nordic unit. The ranks were filled with men from across Europe, many of them conscripts. A cadre of Norwegians in...
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101 Most Horrible Tortures In History: History Needn't Be Torture!101 Most Horrible Tortures In History misses out all the boring stuff and gets straight to the very sharp point, the weird, bizarre and even a bit of the gore Often when learning history at school, we'd all squirm in our chairs at hearing...
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100 Amazing Facts for Kids: A Collection of Interesting Facts about Science, Animals, and History for Fun TimesDiscover fun facts for kids in this amazing knowledge-packed book! If you've ever wondered why the sky is blue, what clouds are made of, or why snakes sleep with their eyes open, this is the perfect read for you. Get ready to become an...
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Zuozhuan and Early Chinese HistoriographyZuozhuan (Zuo Tradition) is the foundational text of Chinese historiography and the largest text from preimperial China. For two millennia, its immense complexity has given rise to countless controversies, with scholars debating its nature, time of composition, and historical reliability. In the present volume--the...
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ZimbabweZimbabwe is a fascinating country, with stunning landscapes that range from the towering peaks of the Eastern Highlands to the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe. It also has a rich history, beginning with its ancient kingdoms and running to the modern-day struggles and triumphs...
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Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the CrownThe first definitive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years--drawing on a rich variety of primary sources--tracing her tumultuous path to the crown. Queen Elizabeth I is renowned for her hugely successful reign that makes her, perhaps, the most celebrated monarch...
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Worlds Ending. Ending Worlds: Understanding Apocalyptic TransformationThe notion of apocalypse is an age-old concept which has gained renewed interest in popular and scholarly discourse. The book highlights the versatile explications of apocalypse today, demonstrating that apocalyptic transformations - the various encounters with anthropogenic climate change, nuclear violence, polarized politics, colonial...
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World History Biographies: Isaac Newton: The Scientist Who Changed EverythingBorn in England in 1643, Isaac Newton grew up in the age when Renaissance thinkers were challenging accepted ideas throughout Europe. Fascinated by all earthly science, Newton developed laws of motion and universal gravitation which also furthered our understanding of the movement of celestial...
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Working Towards the Führer: Essays in Honour of Sir Ian KershawWorking towards the Führer is a remarkable collection of essays by some of the most prominent historians writing on the history of the Third Reich, covering the legacy of the World Wars in Germany, the female Nazi voter, Nazi Propaganda, occupied territories, resistance and...
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Women in the Civil War: Warriors, Patriots, Nurses, and SpiesFrom freedom fighters and spies to volunteer nurses and patriots on the homefront, women of the North and South served critical and largely unexamined roles in the Civil War. Through a collection of original source documents and the words of the women engaged on...
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Within Judaism?: Interpretive Trajectories in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the First to the Twenty-First CenturyThis book charts the shifting boundaries of Judaism from antiquity to the modern period in order to bring clarity to what scholars mean when they claim that ancient texts or groups are "within Judaism," as well as exploring how rabbinic Jews, Christians, and Muslims...
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William Morris: Compton (Foiled Journal)Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps,...
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Why Any Woman: Feminism and Popular Culture in the Late Twentieth-Century SouthScholars are revisiting the history of feminist activism and organizations, mining it for a revisionist, grassroots gender politics in the South. Why Any Woman advances this line of historical inquiry by focusing on one of the most productive sites of late twentieth-century southern feminisms:...
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Why Any Woman: Feminism and Popular Culture in the Late Twentieth-Century SouthScholars are revisiting the history of feminist activism and organizations, mining it for a revisionist, grassroots gender politics in the South. Why Any Woman advances this line of historical inquiry by focusing on one of the most productive sites of late twentieth-century southern feminisms:...
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Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? is an exhilarating, course-correcting account about one of the most iconic sculptures ever created. Carved by an obscure Greek sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch, in the first first century BCE, and inspired by the Greek myth...
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Whitey on the MoonOn July 20th, 1969, man first stood on the moon; on December 18th, 1972, man stood on the moon for the last time. What happened to end the dream of space exploration? Paul Kersey answers this question through thirty-eight articles on the topic, originally...
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When Montana and I Were Young: A Frontier ChildhoodLost for almost half a century and never before published, When Montana and I Were Young is a remarkable primary account of a child's life in the early part of the twentieth century. Margaret Bell (1888-1982) was a rancher and horse breaker whose memoir...
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What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series. On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed...
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