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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Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's FairLess celebrated than the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition brought visitors face-to-face with gleaming American consumerism in the midst of the Great Depression. Lindsay Fullerton draws on a wealth of personal photographs, scrapbooks, oral histories, and writings to illuminate...
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Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing FoodsApples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' "most endangered food." The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at "critical" risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California's Coachella Valley--but the family farms...
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Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the ChurchTwenty-one timely, affecting essays by those who survived hardline, authoritarian religious ideology and uprooted themselves from the reality-averse churches that ultimately failed to contain their spirits. Winner of the 2019 Eos Award. In this necessary and revealing anthology, Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O'Neal collect...
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Empire of SignsWith this book, Barthes offers a broad-ranging meditation on the culture, society, art, literature, language, and iconography--in short, both the sign-oriented realities and fantasies--of Japan itself.Author: Roland BarthesPublisher: Hill & WangPublished: 09/01/1983Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.30dISBN: 9780374522070About the AuthorRoland...
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Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's VietnamWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam....
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition: A Radical Democratic VisionOne of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer,...
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Education's Not the PointEducation's Not the Point: Why Schools Fail to Train Children's Minds and Nurture Their CharactersThese essays are a "must read" for parents concerned about their children's education. John Taylor Gatto gives some insights into the "dumbed-down" nature of modern schools, the men behind modern...
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Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters Volume 10Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features over 60 great artists across the ages. A concise biography for each artist tells why his or her work is important, and a kid-tested art activity tries out the artist's approach. Young artists...
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Dedicated to the Soul: The Writings and Drawings of Emma JungA richly illustrated collection of never-before-seen writings and drawings from the notebooks, portfolios, and personal papers of C. G. Jung's wife and collaborator Emma Jung (1882-1955) was the life and work partner of one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century, yet...
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."--Entertainment Weekly"Thrilling, dramatic and powerful."--NPR"Thoroughly engrossing."--George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its...
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Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks"Readers should come away from Crisis Averted with a better comprehension of what public health does and why it is such a crucial endeavor." --The Washington Post "A master class in how we can pinpoint and prevent health crises before they spiral out of...
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Crazy as Hell: The Best Little Guide to Black HistoryA refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America's greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the runaways and the rebels, the badass and funky, the activists and the inmates--from Harriet Tubman, Nina Simone, and...
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Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold WarO'Rourke's book offers a onestop shop for understanding foreign-imposed regime change. Covert Regime Change is an impressive book and required reading for anyone interested in understanding hidden power in world politics.― Political Science Quarterly States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They...
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Count on Chicago: Baby's First Book about the Windy CityIntroduce babies and toddlers to iconic symbols of the Windy City with Nicole LaRue's quirky, modern illustrations.This bright board book makes learning about Chicago as easy as 1, 2, 3! Covering everything from deep-dish pizza to sailboats, baseballs, monarch butterflies, and fishing poles Count...
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Chronological and Background Charts of the Old TestamentApproach the Old Testament with confidence.Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament helps students organize and synthesize the vast amount of biblical and extrabiblical information on the Old Testament by providing a helpful visual overview of the data, chronology, historical background, and criticism.This...
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Christ Alone---The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior: What the Reformers Taught...and Why It Still MattersProfessor of theology Stephen Wellum considers Christ's singular uniqueness and significance biblically, historically, and today, in our pluralistic and postmodern age. Christ Alone is a much-needed study and defense of the doctrine that provides coherency to the Christian faith.If the church is to proclaim...
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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War IISee E.B. Sledge's story in the HBO miniseries The Pacific! China Marine is the extraordinary sequel to E.B. Sledge's memoir, With the Old Breed, which remains the most powerful and moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Sledge continues his story...
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Chicano Bakes: Recipes for Mexican Pan Dulce, Tamales, and My Favorite DessertsIn this companion cookbook to Chicano Eats, the blogger, and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People's Choice Award shows off the sweet and dreamy side of Chicano cuisine in 80 recipes for irresistible desserts, cakes, tamales, pan dulce and drinks.With Chicano Eats:...
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Chicago's Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and MurderLet Keir Graff take you inside Chicago's Fine Arts Building - a building that hides worlds behind its doors. Exploring the Fine Arts Building's warren of hallways is like stepping into a time machine. It's not a museum--it's a place of work. The walls...
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Chernobyl: The Fall of AtomgradHarrowing and graphic re-telling of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster from the creator of George Orwell's 1984 graphic novel.This graphic and harrowing account of nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl in April 1986 follows the dozens of human stories cruelly affected by disaster.From the engineers and firefighters...
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