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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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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information AgeWinner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics "We owe Claude Shannon a lot, and Soni & Goodman's book takes a big first step in paying that debt." --San Francisco Review of Books "Soni and Goodman are at their best when they...
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America's Protectionist Takeoff 1815-1914The contribution of the American School of Political Economy (1848 to 1914) to America's wildly successful industrial development has disappeared from today's history books. American protectionists and technology theorists of the day were concerned with securing an economic competitive advantage and conversely, with offsetting...
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America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a NationKenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Davis's dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and...
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America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic HistoryA YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction - 4 starred reviews - Kirkus Prize Winner - Kirkus Best Book of the Year - Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year - School Library Journal Best Book of the Year - New York Public Library...
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American Patriot's Bible-NKJV: The Word of God and the Shaping of AmericaThe Bible alongside key events in American history. Printed in the USA. This beautiful Bible spotlights the people and events that demonstrate the godly qualities that have made America great. The American Patriot's Bible connects three important elements: the teachings of the Bible, the...
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American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a NationThis fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation's history.Eric Rutkow's "deeply fascinating" (The Boston Globe) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic...
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A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging"This stunning meditation on nostalgia, heritage, and compassion asks us to dismantle the stories we've been told--and told ourselves--in order to naturalize the forms of injustice we've come to understand as order." --Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams When and how did migration...
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Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman WorldSister of Caligula. Wife of Claudius. Mother of Nero. The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty--and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith. In her own...
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal"Ben Macintyre's rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh."--William Grimes, The New York Times (Editors' Choice) "Wildly improbable but entirely true . . . [a] compellingly cinematic spy thriller with verve."--Entertainment Weekly...
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African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American IdealsIn this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States. African Founders explores the little-known...
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A Flag for JuneteenthExpert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in...
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A Fighting Dream: The Political Writings of Claudia JonesClaudia Jones stood at many crossroads. Her world was one of heated battles for Black liberation, of anti-fascism in the build-up to World War II, of national liberation struggles across the Global South, of the US government persecuting her and her comrades for their...
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Action JacksonOne late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist). Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure point for a unique...
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American ContinentPresident James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this "compelling, perceptive" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson's protégé, and champion of "manifest destiny." When James K. Polk was elected president in...
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A Concise History of Modern IndiaA Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed...
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A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built CivilizationA celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun--or more intoxicating....
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Abraham: The First JewThe story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of the origins of a fundamental struggle...
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About Dinosaurs/Acerca de Los DinosauriosNonfiction - Featuring beautiful illustrations and written with the assistance of dinosaur specialist, Dr. Marrhew Lamanna, this book explores the lives of many species of these ancient creatures.Author: Sindy McKayPublisher: Treasure BayPublished: 06/01/2011Pages: 39Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.20dISBN: 9781601150509Audience: Ages...
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Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the LaconiaAn incredible World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman. At the height of World War II, the RMS Laconia was torpedoed by a German submarine five hundred miles off the...
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1978: Baseball and America in the Disco EraAmericans struggled to find their footing in the late 1970s. The Vietnam War ended with more than fifty-eight thousand American soldiers' deaths; the public's trust in politicians plummeted amid the Watergate scandal. As deadly blizzards ripped through the Midwest and Northeast in early 1978...
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