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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 Revolutionary War in Bennington County: A History & GuideJourney back to the Spring of 1775, when Bennington County, Vermont, was no more than the wild frontier of the northern territory. It was from here that the first victory of the American Revolution was won, when Patriot Ethan Allen led the famed Green...
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The Revolt of the WhipThis short book brings to life a unique and spectacular set of events in Latin American history. In November 1910, shortly after the inauguration of Brazilian President Hermes da Fonseca, ordinary sailors killed several officers and seized control of major new combat vessels, including...
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The Retrospective Muse: Pathways Through Ancient Greek Literature and CultureThe Retrospective Muse showcases the celebrated work of Froma I. Zeitlin. Over many decades, Zeitlin's innovative studies have changed the field of classics. Her instantly recognizable work brings together anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies, and an acute literary sensibility to open ancient texts and...
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The Real Cost of FreedomThis book will put into words what many veterans went through and what they must endure today, years later. The stories are true and told the way I remember them having been told to me. I have visited with thousands of veterans over the...
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The Price of Misfortune: Rights and Wrongs in Indebted AmericaA history of the struggle for debtors' rights from the Civil War to the Great Depression What can be taken from someone who has borrowed money and cannot repay? What do the victims of misfortune owe to their lenders, and what can they keep...
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The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D.The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D. covers great swathes of time beginning with the earliest written records of the Hebrews, Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and the ancient East, through the rise of the Greeks...
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The Poetics of Fire: Metaphors of Chile Eating in the BorderlandsIn The Poetics of Fire, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Chicano author Victor M. Valle posits the chile as a metaphor for understanding the shared cultural histories of ChicanX and LatinX peoples from preconquest Mesoamerica to twentieth-century New Mexico. Valle uses the chile as a...
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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold WarWith 50 maps and easily accessible text, the newest title in the Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas series presents the Cold War in a form which is both useful and understandable. Covering popular issues such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Blockade, and the...
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The PagodaA bold and important history of lesbian-feminism on the Florida coast.In 1977, two lesbian couples living in St. Augustine, Florida, found a row of small beach houses for sale next to a house they wanted to turn into a feminist theatre. They bought the...
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The Ninety Prettiest County Courthouses in Texas...and the Ten UgliestTexas has 254 counties, and every one has its own county courthouse. Many of these buildings are historic, beautiful, and a fitting tribute to their community! Some of them are...none of those. Native Texan Kevin Miller spent a decade criss-crossing this great state to...
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The Nasirean Ethics (Rle Iran C)The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia, if not in all mediaeval Islam. It appeared initially in 633/1235 when Tūsī was already a celebrated scholar, scientist, politico-religious propagandist. The work has a special significance as being...
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The Meaning of HistoryThe great Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) believed that the dawn of the twentieth century would bring an end to the old atheistic and positivistic worldview and the beginning of a new era of the spirit. His philosophy goes beyond mere rational conceptualization and...
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The manufacture and sale of St Einstein - IIIThe First World War emancipated the Jews of Russia. Turkey and Germany were greatly weakened and were further crippled by unjust debts placed on them through treacherous treaties. Jews in Eastern Europe were segregated and seemed ready for emigration to Palestine--though most did not...
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The Lucayan Taîno: First People of the BahamasWhen Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on the Lucayan island of Guanahan , the people greeted him with gifts of parrots and cotton. They gave all they had.Columbus later told Queen Isabella of Spain that these gentle, peaceful islandersseemed poor in everything but blessed with...
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The Little Girl Who Could Not CryThe Number One International Bestseller. The heartbreaking, inspiring true story of a girl sent to Auschwitz who survived the evil Dr Josef Mengele's pseudo-medical experiments. With a foreword by His Holiness Pope Francis. Lidia Maksymowicz was just three years old when she arrived in...
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The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American FamilyThere are few American families that feature such a collection of characters, both heroic and ignoble, who have made such a mark on history as the Lees. In The Lees of Virginia, Paul Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, covering over two hundred years...
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The Last Emperor RevisitedA behind-the-scenes look into the filming of The Last Emperor through the photographs of Basil Pao. The Last Emperor Revisited is a true behind-the-scenes look at the making of Bernardo Bertolucci's legendary film through the exquisite eye of a photographer who had unlimited access...
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The Laney Saga: A Suggested History of the Ancestry of Titus and Hannah Laney"The Laney Saga" is an historical fiction about the ancestry and lives of Titus and Hannah Laney. The book is actually three books, depicting the ancestry of Titus, the ancestry of Hannah and finally, their life together. The book begins in the year 69...
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The Jacksonville JaguarsSince the team's start in 1995, the Jacksonville Jaguars have delighted fans with big plays and even bigger wins! In this hi-lo title, reluctant readers are introduced to the team's history, players, and traditions through leveled text and action-packed images. Special features highlight the...
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The Insurrection in DublinJames Stephens was an early 20th century Irish poet and writer. His humor and lyric writing style are a wonderful addition to the retelling of Irish fairytales. His novels A Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight are also based on Irish fairytales. The...
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