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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Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982Artists, writers, musicians, choreographers and filmmakers explore the possibilities of data, digitization and algorithms at the dawn of computer technologyCoded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982 explores how the rise of computer technology, together with its emergence in popular consciousness, impacted the making of...
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This History Of MagicMagic has been confounded too long with the jugglery of mountebanks, the hallucinations of disordered minds and the crimes of certain unusual malefactors. There are otherwise many who would promptly explain Magic as the art of producing effects in the absence of causes; and...
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Birdie - Not Just 'Soul of Anzac': Field Marshal Lord Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, 1865-1951Historians have long cited Field Marshal Lord Birdwood as being overdue comprehensive study. His Indian and South African service experiences prepared him for his significant achievements at Gallipoli, commanding the Anzacs, and leading the successful final evacuations. Throughout his life he displayed great diplomatic...
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An Outlaw's DiaryWith the shout of "LONG LIVE THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT!", the Hungarian Soviet Republic, formed on the evening of March 21st, 1919 lasted for only 133 days. The violence and intensity of the Red Terror in Hungary rivaled that of Soviet Russia. The...
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Sherman's Praetorian Guard: Civil War Letters of John McIntyre Lemmon, 72nd Ohio Volunteer InfantryThis collection of Civil War letters from the pen of Captain John M. Lemmon of the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry fills a void in Civil War scholarship, covering the entire service of one of most highly regarded regiments in the Army of the Tennessee....
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Of Plymouth PlantationOf Plymouth Plantation is the story of the first settlers from The Mayflower and how they were able to survive and flourish in a hostile land despite incredible odds. Enduring starvation, plague, internal and external conflicts, natural disasters and countless other calamities, about a...
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Spatialities of Byzantine Culture from the Human Body to the UniverseCompensating a four-decades shortfall, this collective volume is the first reader in Byzantine spatial studies. It offers a diversity of topics and scientific approaches, articulated by up-to-date interdisciplinary dialogue, and reflects on the future challenges of Byzantine spatial studies.Author: Myrto VeikouPublisher: BrillPublished: 11/17/2022Pages: 708Binding...
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The History & Material Culture Of The Muscogee Creek In Alabama and GeorgiaIn his current work, The History & Material Culture of the Muscogee Creek in Alabama and Georgia, Lloyd has built on earlier studies of the ceramic art of the Upper Creek people along the Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers and their Lower Creek relatives in...
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Good News: Women in ArchitectureFrom Lina Bo Bardi to Elizabeth Diller: how women have reshaped the disciplineIn the space of a few decades, the perception and culture of what an architect can be has evolved from the stereotype of "one man at the helm" to a far more...
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Vintage Journal Alaska Travel PosterThe Vintage Found Image Press Pocket Journal, Alaska Travel Poster, features an illustrated travel poster pormoting tourism in Alaska. Five people on a ship are enjoying the view of ice formations and ice bergs. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the...
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John Zonaras' Epitome of Histories: A Compendium of Jewish-Roman History and Its ReceptionThe twelfth-century chronicle of John Zonaras, which begins with the biblical Creation and ends in 1118, is one of the longest historical accounts written in Greek that has come down to us. It was also one of the most popular historical works of the...
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The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American CommuneThe devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult. In the middle of the Ozzie and Harriet 1950s, the birth control pill became available and a maverick psychoanalytic institute, the Sullivan Institute for Research in Psychoanalysis, opened its doors in...
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Aspects of UFOs and Aliens: Reports of similar UFO and alien interactions around the world, and the unofficial and military responsesOver the years, UFO and alien research has been a massive patchwork quilt abalysis by the military, government scientists and departments, volunteer organisations and individual investigators all over the world. Each one of us 'does our bit'. However individually we only have a small...
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The Beaux and the DandiesThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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RussiaWelcome to Russia--home of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, Lake Baikal, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Russia's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline...
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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the CrownVanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she is handing down to the next generation. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth has ruled over an institution...
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Abandoned IrelandAbandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography. From big houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches...
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My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's MemoirGeneral Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check.Unlike his counterparts in Europe, whose war had quickly come to a standstill and...
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In a world of veganismThe goal of this book is to set out the facts and assist you in making the choice and sticking to it as you take your first baby steps toward a healthier and better life for you and society as a whole. Though this...
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General Seydlitz: Accounts of the Military Career of Frederick the Great's Outstanding Commander of Cavalry-Memoirs of a General of CavaAccounts of one of the great commanders of European cavalry Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz was indisputably one of the greatest cavalry commanders in Frederick the Great's Prussian Army. As a senior officer he is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry during...
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