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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Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.#1 New York Times Bestseller The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, now available as a beautifully packaged paperbackFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a...
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review The star of her school's running team, Sadako is lively and athletic...until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life--the race against...
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Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to CatholicismThe well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly travelling and speaking all over North America for the last few years about their conversion to the Catholic Church. Now these two outstanding Catholic apologists tell in their own words...
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Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War: 1914The dramatic story of 1914--the start of World War I--presenting an expansive, dynamic history of the start of this truly global conflict. Most countries did not know what they were getting into during the precarious days of 1914. Global citizens believed they were going...
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Re-Inhabited: Republic for the United States of America Volume I America's Truthful HistoryRe-inhabited: Republic for the United States of America is an unprecedented truthful historical account of America that has been "hidden in plain sight" from the American people. This account is based on historical records and government documents as well as firsthand accounts of events...
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American ValorTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating in Afghanistan by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. "'It...
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Putin vs. Zelensky: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Why It's Happening and How It All Got StartedEverything you needed to know about the war between Russia and Ukraine as told by children's nonfiction author Ben Thompson (Guts & Glory series). Conversational and straightforward, this is a must-read for any reader looking to have a better understanding of the current global...
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Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse Into Mercenary ChaosThe astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world's deadliest militia - "a must-read for anyone interested in the future of Russia and how to counter the Kremlin's wars" (H. R. McMaster) In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that...
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Puerto Rico: A National HistoryA panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides...
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Plato - Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, PhaedoPlato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly...
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Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic MasterpiecePlato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens. Yet the image we...
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Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World** Nominated for a NAACP Image Award ** A groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America, from the Picturing Black History project. "Stunning . . . Provides fresh perspective on historical photographs and snapshots of...
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of ImpressionismFrom the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the "Terrible Year" by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans--then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the...
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Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost ContinentBest-selling novelist and art historian Iain Pears enchants readers with the real-life romance between Larissa Salmina, a Russian art curator, and Francis Haskell, a British art historian. His fabulous book brings into sharp focus the strange world of the Soviet Union, and the even...
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Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken GenerationTwo of Russia's most prominent investigative journalists tell the "gripping" (Foreign Policy) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s was replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayal Our Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group...
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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to AmericaThe "remarkable" story of America's secret post-WWII science programs (The Boston Globe), from the New York Times bestselling author of Area 51. In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's...
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." - Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the...
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On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines DemocracyThe freedom to read is under attack.From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today's state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical arguments, Ira Wells...
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Ojibwe Sky Star Map - Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction to Ojibwe Star KnowledgeA constellation guidebook focusing on Ojibwe Star Knowledge. Greek constellations and astronomical objects of interest are included along with the Ojibwe constellations organized by the four seasons and north circumpolar stars. Written by four native authors: Annette Lee, William Wilson, Jeff Tibbetts, Carl Gawboy....
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Nothing But Courage: The 82nd Airborne's Daring D-Day Mission--And Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fière BridgeFrom the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a...
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