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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What We Eat: A Global History of FoodKetchup seems iconically American, but the word comes from a Southeast Asian anchovy sauce, and today it is made largely from Chinese tomato paste. Japan's beloved ramen arose from the meeting of Chinese noodles and American wheat flour before attaining worldwide popularity in both...
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What Was Built to Be a Ship of Dreams?: The Titanic: A Who HQ Graphic NovelDiscover the story of the Titanic's ill-fated voyage through three diverse perspectives of survivors in this affecting graphic novel by Let Me Out author Emmett Nahil and award-winning illustrator Shazleen Khan. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York...
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What Do We Know about Zombies?The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Are zombies real, myth, or legend? Find out all we know about the history of zombies. Zombies--the undead--have long been a subject of fascination. But can the dead really...
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What Do We Know about the Curse of King Tut's Tomb?The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Is this ancient curse fact, myth, or legend? Find out all we know about the curse of King Tut's tomb and its history in this exciting book! There have...
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We Survived the Holocaust Teacher's GuideThis comprehensive teacher's guide accompanies the graphic novel We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma and Felix Goldberg Story. It provides educators with lesson plans, vocabulary lists, discussion questions, and strategies to effectively teach about the Holocaust through the personal narratives of Bluma and Felix...
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West African MythologyAncient West African mythology is full complicated systems of beliefs and stories. This title focuses on the Yoruba, Akan, and Igbo characters and stories. Assisted by easy-to-understand text, historic and colorful images, infographics, and QR codes loaded with extra materials young readers will learn...
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Water Confidential: A Memoir about First Nations' Drinking Water and Justice DeniedIn Water Confidential, Susan Blacklin revisits the important work of her late ex-husband, Dr. Hans Peterson. Beginning in 1996, Peterson, growing frustrated with his work in government funded research in Saskatchewan, brought attention to the desperate need for equal access to safe drinking water...
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Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and RevolutionariesThe untold history of Czechoslovakia's complex relations with Middle Eastern terrorists and revolutionaries during the closing decades of the Cold WarIn the 1970s and 1980s, Prague became a favorite destination for the world's most prominent terrorists and revolutionaries. They arrived here to seek refuge,...
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Wars of the Mexican Gulf: The Breakaway Republics of Texas and Yucatan, Us Mexican War, and Limits of Empire 1835-1850In turbulent 1830s Mexico, Texas and Yucat?n declared independence, leading to the U.S.-Mexican War and European intrigue.One nation in turmoil, another seeking aggrandizement, smaller states jostling for security, mercenary expeditions, and political and racial armed struggles breaking out. In 1835 the northern Mexican state...
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Warriors of God: The Great Religious Orders and Their FoundersWarriors of God: The Great Religious Orders and Their Founders, by church historian Walter Nigg, is a detailed and lively account of eleven of the great Christian monastic and religious orders and the fascinatingly diverse figures who launched them. The author begins with St....
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Walled in by Hate: Kevin O'Higgins, His Friends and His EnemiesIn July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O' Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin. A reviled figure for anti-Treaty republicans, O' Higgins became the target of particular venom for his vocal support of the Free State...
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Vukovarski DnevnikKnjiga je dokumentarnog karaktera i predstavlja ispovijest autora kao ucesnika ratnih zbivanja u Vukovaru 1991.Author: Goran IvankovicPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 07/02/2015Pages: 154Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33dISBN: 9781514800423Language: SerbianThis title is not returnable
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Vive PeligrosamenteNuevo formato, nueva cubierta, nueva tipograf a. Este libro narra la vida de un soldado contada por el mismo. Ingeniero de profesi n, Otto Skorzeny sirvi a su patria como soldado durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que termino con el grado de coronel. Se...
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Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden AgeA must-have hardcover edition of the watershed book on 18th-century pirates and the amazingly democratic and egalitarian communities they created Part of the Beacon Classics series Villains of All Nations explores the "Golden Age" of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images...
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Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong: Settlement and HistoryEver since he came to Hong Kong some 50 years ago, Patrick Hase has researched the local history of Hong Kong, and especially of the New Territories villages and market towns. Written documentation for the study of these communities has been lacking, so much...
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USS Arizona (Bb-39): From Keel Laying to Pearl Harbor MemorialA battleship of the Pennsylvania class, USS Arizona is most famous for her disastrous loss, along with over 1,000 of her men, during the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Armed with 12 14-inch guns, and numerous smaller weapons, Arizona was one of the most...
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US Immigration History Post 1870 - Demography & Settlement for Kids Timelines of History for Kids 6th Grade Social StudiesAfter America was discovered, foreigners kept pouring in. Later, immigration into the US changed with established rules and laws. This history book covers US immigration history after 1870. It also include demographics and facts on settlements that kids would love to learn about. Go...
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Untold History: Africans in the American Diaspora Origins, Past and Present ContributionsUNTOLD HISTORY illustrates how African history is intertwined with and foundational to American history. The book begins this narrative in the fourteenth century, when European seafarers discovered the coastal regions of Africa, describes the meeting of the three worlds aEUR" Europe, Africa, and the...
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Unjust Restitution: A Century of Black Struggle for EqualityThe question of economic justice for Black Americans continues to be the subject of contentious political debate. Here, Michael K. Brown examines the meaning of racial equality during three transformative periods when economic opportunity appeared to be a real possibility: Reconstruction, the New Deal,...
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United States Special Operations ForcesIn October and November of 2001, small numbers of soldiers from the Army Special Forces entered Afghanistan, linked up with elements of the Northern Alliance (an assortment of Afghanis opposed to the Taliban), and, in a remarkably short period of time, destroyed the Taliban...
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