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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Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649--1815The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. Based on the author's own research in a...
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Classic Michigan Food and Drinks: The Stories Behind the BrandsMichigan is home to an amazing array of food and drink brands, each with a fascinating story behind it. Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals like Kellogg's and Post changed how the world eats, and Gerber first made baby food commercially available. But the Wolverine State is...
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Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsThe New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time--from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses...
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New EnglandThe book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of...
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Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of MigrationRestores the region's fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and connects the United States' interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today. At the center of the current immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing poverty, corruption,...
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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to SoundA cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents--a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book. In this luminous narrative, Kate Kennedy, a writer and cellist herself, weaves...
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Cats in Art: From Prehistoric to Neo-Pop Masterpieces"Fascinating, informative, compelling, memorable" --Midwest Book Review Unravel the symbolic significance and creative influence of cats in art history through a curated collection of masterpieces, enhanced by timelines, maps, graphs, and quotes. Did you know that, until the Middle Ages, people were wary of...
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Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football'sgreatest BattleIn this stunning work of narrative nonfiction, Lars Anderson recounts one of college football's greatest contests: Carlisle vs. Army, the fateful 1912 gridiron clash that had far-reaching implications both real and symbolic. The story centers on three men: Glenn "Pop" Warner, who came to...
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By Any Means NecessarySpeeches tracing the evolution of Malcolm X's views on political alliances, women's rights, intermarriage, capitalism and socialism, and more.Author: Malcolm XPublisher: PathfinderPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 227Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.22w x 0.57dISBN: 9780873487542
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Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet PolandA moving graphic memoir in the vein of Almost All American Girl and Persepolis, Breadcrumbs is a coming-of-age story set in Poland as the country transitions from communism to capitalism. In the late 1980s, Poland faces debilitating food shortages, worker discontent, and astronomical inflation....
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BraveTart: Iconic American DessertsFrom One-Bowl Devil's Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that's crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like Blueberry Muffins and Glossy Fudge Brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and...
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Blow Up!: The Explosion of Contemporary ArtHow did a urinal become art? And a can of tomato soup, a tent, a pickled shark. . . . How did what seemed like a prank at the New York Armory Show of 1917 explode to become today's global multibillion-dollar art world? Blow...
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Bloody Mary: A Graphic Biography of Mary TudorAn elegant, intimate graphic novel retelling of Mary "the Bloody" Tudor's infamous life and evolution from loyal subject to royal tyrant. The story of Mary Tudor -- oldest child and daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, sister to the famous Elizabeth I...
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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First FrontierThe Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors' finest work to date." --Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power--Bob...
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Black Man, The Father Of Civilization Proven By Biblical History HardcoverJames Morris Webb (born 1874) was a Christian preacher from USA who was active ca 1910-1930, related to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which is considered the first African-American denomination in the United States. He was one of several preachers from this denomination who...
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Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic*A NPR Here and Now Editor's Pick!* An absorbing work of cultural history that reveals the stories behind one of the world's most coveted and beloved ceramic. When over seventy-five pieces of rare and intriguing 17th and 18th century Delftware are rediscovered in an...
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Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and PresentImmerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published! Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is deemed "acceptable" in published works have shifted over the centuries,...
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Ballparks: A Journey Through the Fields of the Past, Present, and FutureIf you love baseball and the venerable stadiums its played in, you need this definitive history and guide to Major League ballparks of the past, present, and future. With a tear-out checklist to mark ballparks you've visited and those on your bucket list, Ballparks...
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A Training School for ElephantsOut of a sidelined, colonial-era expedition in Africa comes a new history of cruelty, deception and adventure from the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of SiberiaIn 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa's resources. The key to...
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Atlas of Brutalist Architecture: Classic FormatA landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styleThe Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance - and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of architecture's most powerful movements, more than 850...
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