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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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The young man's remembrancer, and youth's best choice: being an exhortation to conversion, in two anniversary discourses from Eccles. xii.1. By M.M. TThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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The White WitchThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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The War Economy of the Roman Republic (406-100 Bce): The System That Built an EmpireHow did the Roman economy support the expansion of the Republic and play a crucial role in its success and rise from regional power in Central Italy to the dominant superpower of the Mediterranean world? To what extent did the intensification of the military...
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The Untold Story of the Dodge Brothers: The Men Behind an American Automotive IconBeneath the roar of engines and the hum of factory floors lies the remarkable story of John and Horace Dodge, two brothers who revolutionized the American automotive industry. From their humble beginnings in Niles, Michigan, to becoming key players in Detroit's rise as the...
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The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists of New YorkAn intimate history of America's first publicly funded artists' housing project and its residents that casts light on the precarious place of art-makers in a changing New York. Westbeth Artists Housing was founded in 1970 to provide affordable housing for artists and their families....
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The Trail of TearsThis book explores the Trail of Tears, providing an engaging overview of how this brutal forced removal unfolded and the legacy it left behind. Short paragraphs provide easy-to-read text, while vivid photographs make each book engaging and accessible. The book also includes informative sidebars,...
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The Super Highway in Upstate South CarolinaA Highway Runs Through ItWhen U.S. Highway 29 between Greenville and Spartanburg was completed in 1946, it became the first modern super highway in the Upstate region. Known by many as the Super Highway, it was lauded as the "finest type in the country."...
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The Story of Yorktown: Told By the Men Who Were ThereIn 1781, the colonies, Great Britain, and France had grown tired of the Revolution. It was clear that one side needed to score a knockout blow and seize victory. Both Cornwallis and Washington saw that this victory might come in Virginia in 1781. In...
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The Story of the Roman People: An Elementary History of RomeThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 - Great Depression for Kids - History Book 5th Grade Children's HistoryDuring the Great Depression of 1929, the stock market crashed. Companies closed, people lost their jobs and life just got a lot more difficult. But what is the stock market and why does it play such a big role in the economy? Know the...
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The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920In the twentieth century, natural resource conservation emerged as a vital force in US politics, laying the groundwork for present-day sustainability. Merging environmental, agricultural, and political history, Joshua Nygren examines the political economy and ecology of agricultural conservation through the lens of the "conservation-industrial...
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The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia: Alfonso X's General EstoriaA captivating study of translation, adaptation, and intellectual cross-pollination that situates the Castilian Hermes in the center of medieval Mediterranean cultural exchange Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic conflation of the Greek Hermes (god of interpretative wisdom) and the Egyptian Thoth (god of wisdom) was considered...
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The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's HistoryA highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on...
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The Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry TudorAs England's most celebrated royal dynasty, it's often overlooked that the Tudors have their origins in rural Wales, far from the urban centres of English power where they dared to become great. When Henry Tudor won the English crown by defeating Richard III in...
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The Singer: A Classic Retelling of Cosmic ConflictIn this timeless classic now available in the IVP Signature Collection, Calvin Miller retells the story of Jesus through an allegorical poem about a Singer whose song could not be silenced. Since it was first published in 1975, The Singer has offered believers and...
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The Siege of Jerusalem by TitusA blow-by-blow account of the final siege of Jerusalem that ended with the complete overthrow of the Jewish people and their religion --and all of it orchestrated by God in A.D. 70.Read about the major players in the battle, the ups and downs, the...
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The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination'Fascinating, absorbing and educative' A. C. Grayling'Highly original and beautifully written' Dominic LawsonA compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research People often think of imagination as something used only in creative endeavours. In fact, we use imagination constantly...
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The Scandinavian Home: Art and Identity, 1880-1920A wide-ranging study of the intertwined notions of home and homeland that were central to the art and material culture of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland in the second half of the nineteenth century.The arts played a crucial role in reinforcing a shared sense...
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The Roma and the Holocaust: The Romani Genocide Under NazismHalf a million European Roma were exterminated by the Nazi regime; many more were subjected to a policy of racial discrimination similar to that suffered by the Jewish people. However, the persecution and torment of Roma in Hitler's Europe has little presence in the...
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The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets WrongA cultural "biography" of Robert Frost's beloved poem, arguably the most popular piece of American literature "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . ." One hundred years after its first publication in August 1915, Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is...
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