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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Blackbeard: The Truth RevealedThroughout the centuries, tales of Blackbeard's piratical activities and buried treasure have sparked the public's fascination and curiosity. Who was Blackbeard? What vessels did he take? Where is his treasure? What about Stede Bonnet and Benjamin Hornigold? Are the stories real? Writers and historians...
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Black Bart, Daring Pirate of the AtlanticThroughout his three years as a pirate, Bartholomew Roberts--aka Black Bart--ruled the Atlantic Ocean. He plundered more than 400 ships in three years, making him one of the most successful captains of piracy's golden age. Learn how Roberts went from a humble farmer to...
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Bible Study Workbook: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Unlocking the Essentials of All 66 BooksUnlock the Bible: Simplify Complex Scriptures and Apply Them to Your Life!Does the Bible seem intimidating when you look through the pages and see the dense paragraphs?Have you tried reading the Bible but struggled to piece together the scripture's meanings?Do you understand a few...
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Beyond the Wonder: An Ecologist's View of Wild AlaskaThe grizzly paused in knee-deep water, staring straight at the man behind the camera. Abruptly he bolted, racing full tilt toward Thomas Bancroft, his eyes glued to the photographer's face. The bear kept coming, closer and closer, as Bancroft snapped pictures and frantically debated...
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Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic LawA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. One of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary Muslim ethics is the status of women in Islamic law. Whereas...
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A Voice For IraIn 1932 Ira Gurley was sitting on the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Ira was the father of future Cosmopolitan Magazine Editor in Chief Helen Gurley Brown. He had served four terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives, elected by his peers in Carroll...
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A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social WorkingA Violent History of Benevolence traces how standard histories of liberalism, progress, and social work are inextricable from systemic violences of colonialism, racism, disablism, cisheteropatriarchy, eugenics, and capitalism. Author: Chris Chapman, A. J. WithersPublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 02/20/2019Pages: 536Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 8.90h...
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A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine ConflictA short primer unravelling the Israel-Palestine conflict from the nineteenth century to today The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel-Palestine conflict didn't start on 7 October. It didn't start in 1967 either, when Israel...
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Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek HistoryA charming introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece, Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History is a beloved classic of children's literature. Written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and illustrated with black-and-white engravings, this volume is perfect for young readers eager to explore...
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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First EmpireA "sweeping, delightfully readable" (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first...
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A Spy in the Field: Moe Berg's StoryMoe Berg was not a great hitter during his Major League Baseball career. But he found success in a world beyond baseball when he became a spy for the United States during World War II. In this graphic nonfiction title, readers will follow the...
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A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman EmpireFrom the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a "clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist" (Booklist) history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world The history of Rome...
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A Place Called IldaThe compelling history of a racially integrated, and now forgotten, community in northern Virginia Established by two Black entrepreneurs and their families, who provided the economic engine for its initial success, the village of Ilda flourished as a racially integrated community before the Jim...
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Apache Nightmare: The Battle at Cibecue CreekIn An Apache Nightmare, Charles Collins tells the story of the Battle at Cibecue Creek, a pivotal event in the Apache Wars.On August 28, 1881, Col. Eugene Asa Carr left Fort Apache, Arizona Territory, with two cavalry troops and a company of Indian scouts....
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An Infinite Treasury: Grace in the Piety of William BridgeAn Infinite Treasury acquaints you with one of the most uplifting Puritan authors, William Bridge (1600-1670). Brian G. Hedges traces Bridge's life and ministry in a brief biography, emphasizing Bridge's theology of grace in the Christian life. Hedges then presents excerpts from Bridge's writings,...
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Animals in Time, Volume 1 Storybook: Historical Empires and CivilizationsThese twenty-six A-Z animal adventure stories will whisk kids across the globe as they paddle the Nile River, lumber through the Amazon rain forest, and march across the Mesoamerican terrain. There is one item that makes traveling through time and space possible for the...
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Angels to Ashes: Largest Unsolved Mass Murder in Alaska HistoryThe book details the murders aboard the fishing vessel Investor. This is the largest unsolved mass murder in Alaska State history. Eight people were slaughtered, including two small children and the Captians pregnant wife. The book starts with the actual scene of the murders...
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A New No-Man's-Land: Writing and Art at Guant?namo, CubaGuant?namo sits at the center of two of the most vexing issues of US policy of the past century: relations with Cuba and the Global War on Terror. It is a contested, extralegal space. In A New No-Man's-Land, Esther Whitfield explores a multilingual archive...
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An Ethnography of Faith. Personal Conceptions of Religiosity in the Soutpansberg, South Africa, in the Early 20th CenturyResearch into the history of Christian missions in the context of colonialism has focused primarily on missions as institutions and on the ways in which people were integrated into the economic, political and ideological spheres of imperial powers. Reduced to an experience occurring within...
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Ancient Egypt: A Photographic HistoryColorful, engaging, and illustrated throughout with more than 180 photographs, Ancient Egypt is a vivid pictorial introduction to 4,000 years of Ancient Egyptian civilization. Arranged chronologically, Ancient Egypt offers a compact photographic guide, from the 4000 BC Naqada culture to the end of the...
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