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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The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJFrom the mind of legendary political insider Roger Stone, here is the sensational New York Times bestseller that reveals the truth about who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy. From the mind of consummate political insider Roger Stone, unofficial adviser to Donald...
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The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval ManuscriptsA fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor England, great rulers, religious figures, and scholars sought to harness supernatural power. They tried...
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The Lost World of the KalahariAn account of the author's grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa's remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky.Author: Laurens Van Der PostPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 11/03/1977Pages: 288Binding Type:...
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being AloneFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography,...
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The Little Book of Floriography: The Secret Language of FlowersRevealing a world of secret messages contained within a single petal. Floriography - the language of flowers - is the ancient art of encoding hidden messages in the type, colour and arrangement of plants, allowing individuals to express emotions and sentiments that they may...
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The Lions Finally Roar: The Ford Family, the Detroit Lions, and the Road to Redemption in the NFLThe epic and tumultuous story of the Lions, the Ford family, the city of Detroit--and how all three have come together on the cusp of a new era. On Nov. 22, 1963, William Clay Ford, the youngest grandson of auto pioneer Henry Ford, made...
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The Korean Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and LegendsThe myths of Korea may seem a complex and intriguing mix of ghosts, spirits, and superstition, but they form the bedrock of one of the most vibrant global cultures today. In the past few decades, South Korea has experienced a rapid rise to prominence...
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The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota HistoryDrawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall's intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota communityMost of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little...
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The Jew Who Would Be King: A True Story of Shipwreck, Survival, and Scandal in Victorian Africa"Brings the nineteenth century to life, with its attendant disease, violence, and colonial machinations."--Jewish Book Council "In Rovner's deeply researched biography, the adventurer's swashbuckling memoirs are. . . . a crowbar of sorts, used to pry open a window onto an era of possibility,...
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The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of MoralityIn this sweeping new history of humanity, told through the prism of our ever-changing moral norms and values, Hanno Sauer shows how modern society is just the latest step in the long evolution of good and evil and everything in between. What makes us...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND...
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create...
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary...
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The Houdini Club: The Epic Journey and Daring Escapes of the First Army Rangers of WWIIHighlighted by the prisoner-of-war escapes that earned them the name "The Houdini Club," here is the elite combat odyssey of World War II's "Darby's Rangers" as never told before--drawing on previously unknown sources and former Army Ranger Mir Bahmanyar's exclusive, uncensored interviews with the...
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The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised EditionWritten four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." The conflicts between the two empires...
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The History of the Negro ChurchThis book is the non-illustrated version. An illustrated version, which includes images of some of the people mentioned in the book, is available via ISBN 9781680920666.The importance of the church in the life of the Negro justifies the publication of this brief account of...
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The Hand-book Of Water-coloursThis comprehensive guide to watercolour paints and techniques is a must-have for any artist. Filled with tips and tricks from experts at Winsor and Newton, this book will help you take your watercolour skills to the next level.This work has been selected by scholars...
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American CapitalismA groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people Winner of the 2015 Avery O. Craven Prize from the Organization of American Historians Winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize Americans tend to cast slavery as a...
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The Gospel According to Paul: Embracing the Good News at the Heart of Paul's TeachingsFrom Bible teacher John MacArthur, a revelatory exploration of what the apostle Paul actually taught about the Good News of Jesus.The apostle Paul penned a number of very concise, focused passages in his letters to the early church that summarize the gospel message in...
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The Galveston Dispatches: A Swiss Missionary's Account of Nineteenth-Century TexasPersonal stories of life in Galveston in the mid-nineteenth century.In 1855, Friedrich Gloor was just nineteen when he was sent from Basel, Switzerland, halfway around the world to teach at the First German Lutheran Church school in Galveston, Texas. He spent the next eleven...
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