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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Chicago's Fashion History: 1865-1945From the ashes of the Chicago Fire of 1871 came the birth of the city s fashion scene as entrepreneurs built new storefronts virtually overnight. Aided by the Windy City s incredible network of railroads, these fledgling enterprises in turn created millionaires who wanted...
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Cedar LakeCedar Lake has been home to Indians, pioneers, industrialists, hotelkeepers, and more. At the center of town is a 787-acre body of water also called Cedar Lake. In 1882, the Monon Railroad laid tracks along the western lakeshore. In winter, the Armour brothers, John...
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Cecily Brown: Themes and VariationsSurveying three decades of the British painter Cecily Brown's career, with its vibrant mixture of gestural expression, canonical and pop references, and subversive themes This stunning volume surveys the pioneering career of Cecily Brown (b. 1969), one of the most celebrated artists working in...
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CarthageThis book traces the formation of the archaeological site of Carthage and how it re-emerged in the minds of European antiquarians and travellers in the early modern world. For almost 1,600 years the ancient city sat on the north coast of Africa, dominating the...
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Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the lands their own rulers sought to conquer, Colley also offers an intimate understanding of...
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Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli AgricultureFor decades, the agricultural settlements of Israel's arid Central Arabah prided themselves on their labor-Zionist commitment to abstaining from hiring outside labor. But beginning in the late 1980s, the region's agrarian economy was rapidly transformed by the removal of state protections, a shift to...
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Canadian Warplanes IIThis book is meant to honour and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force and its heritage and to engage in the preservation of Canada's aviation history. Canadian Warplanes II covers the military aircraft flown by the RCAF and Canadian Forces...
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Calvin and the CalvinistsChallenges the thesis that later Calvinism departed from the doctrines of John Calvin.Author: Paul HelmPublisher: Banner of TruthPublished: 10/01/1998Pages: 96Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.83h x 5.67w x 0.51dISBN: 9780851517506This title is only available via back order
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But I Live: Three Stories from Child Survivors of the HolocaustShortlisted - 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Reality-Based WorkAn intimate co-creation of three graphic novelists and four Holocaust survivors, But I Live consists of three illustrated stories based on the experiences of each survivor during and after the Holocaust.David Schaffer and...
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Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost SucceededMost fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to "fix" the 1919 World Series--the Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot Asinof's Eight Men Out, referred to in literary classics like W. P....
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Bronson Alcott's FruitlandsIn June of 1843, Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane, both reformers involved in the Transcendentalist movement, founded Fruitlands in an attempt to strengthen their spirituality through self-reliant, simple living. Joinmed by their families and about a dozen other individuals, the Con-Sociate family (as they...
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Breuer'The most complete monograph on the pioneering modernist.' - Fast Company This acclaimed book is the most comprehensive published on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed in Europe and the United...
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Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz CommonsA new understanding of the birth of jazz through a fine-grained social history of early African American musiciansBrassroots Democracy recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of...
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BOXING (V-Five) The Aviation Training Office of the Chief of Naval OperationsThe V-Five programme of the 1940s represented a comprehensive overhaul and alignment of US Naval Aviation Physical Training. The programme covered combat sports like Boxing and Wrestling, alongside Swimming, American Football, Track & Field, Swimming and more. The Boxing edition of the V-Five programme...
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Bounded Wilderness: Land and Reform at the Hermitage of Fonte Avellana, Ca. 1035-1072In Bounded Wilderness, Kathryn Jasper focuses on the innovations undertaken at the hermitage of Fonte Avellana in central Italy during the eleventh century by its prior, Peter Damian (d. 1072). The congregation of Fonte Avellana experimented with reforming practices that led to new ways...
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Boston's Oldest Buildings and Where to Find ThemA lavishly illustrated look at some of Boston's most historic buildings, now available in a new, updated edition. Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize and a Boston Preservation Alliance Annual Achievement Award. As Boston fast approaches its four-hundredth anniversary, the city's architecture...
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Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather: The FBI and Paul Castellano"At least as good as Mario Puzo, with shades of David Mamet or even Arthur Miller."--New York Daily News Paul Castellano headed New York's immensely powerful Gambino crime family for more than ten years. On December 16, 1985, he was gunned down in a...
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Boom: Bubbles and the End of StagnationA timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation. "Read this book for the alternative history of our age." --Peter Thiel, investor and author of Zero to One "A must-read for those who seek to...
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Book of Giants"Book Of Giants: A to Z" is not just a compendium of over 1000 mythological and folkloric tales, but a daring exploration into the tantalizing question: Could giants have truly walked the Earth? This book takes readers on a captivating journey from A to...
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BombersThis book describes the history, features, and uses of bombers. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with plenty of colorful photos to make reading engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an...
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