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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An Introduction to System Safety EngineeringA comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the foundations of classical safety engineering, with an emphasis on preparing for future challenges. Systems today are orders of magnitude more complex than in the past, and their complexity is increasing exponentially. Preventing accidents and losses in such systems...
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An Introduction to EntomologyThis classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to the fascinating world of insects. Written by a renowned entomologist, it covers everything from insect anatomy and behavior to the ways in which insects impact human society. Whether you are a student, a hobbyist, or just...
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Angela Harding Set of 3 Standard NotebooksShrink-wrapped set of 3 standard A5 notebooks, each with a different design. Stitched spine, with ruled and blank pages. High-quality production makes a stunning gift. Ideal for personal use too. A collection of three A5, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each...
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An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored ChildrenA unique collaboration from two of America's leading artists that explores the fascination and hidden history of the plant world. In this hard-hitting, witty, deeply original book, the renowned novelist Jamaica Kincaid offers an ABC of the plants that define our world and reveals...
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Ando. Complete Works 1975-Today. 2023 EditionDiscover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.Philippe Starck defines him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip...
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Ancient Iraq: A Captivating Guide to Mesopotamia from the Sumerians and Akkadians through the Assyrians and Persians to the Romans aThe first transportation wheel, the first writing, the first law codes, and the first empires-the innovative ancient Iraqis transformed our world!The "Cradle of Civilization" brought us the sixty-second minute, the sixty-minute hour, and the twelve-hour day and night. Their brilliant sages predicted solar and...
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Ancient Greek AthleticsA comprehensive survey of sports in ancient Greece, available just in time for the Summer Olympics in Athens The earliest Olympic games began more than twenty-five-hundred years ago. What were they like, how were they organized, who participated? Were ancient sports a means of...
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Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Illustrated: A Formal Writing System Used in Ancient EgyptPresented in a high-quality Chinese-bound format with accompanying artwork, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Illustrated provides a compact, easy-to-understand introduction to the writing system of Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic writing system that still resonates today. These hieroglyphics were discovered by adventurers and...
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American Dreams: The United States Since 1945The story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone from bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American...
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American Big-Game Hunting The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club"American Big-Game Hunting: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club" is a captivating and authoritative volume that delves deep into the rich history, daring adventures, and conservation efforts of big-game hunting in North America. Named after two legendary figures in American hunting lore,...
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AmerasiaA connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum America and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imagination of Europe for well over a century after 1492. Through an array...
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A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages2016 Foreword INDIES Award Winner in 3 Categories: -Bronze: Women's Studies-Honorable Mention: History-Honorable Mention: Young Adult NonfictionWhat have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a condemned heretic to do with one another? They are...
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All Rights for All: Working for JusticeMy dad was born in London. My grandparents were English and they became citizens. Their British outlook on life didn't match my mother's Brooklyn Irish Catholic ways or what I had learned from living in France with my family as a girl. Growing up,...
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Air Warriors: World War One - International Aces - Volume 4Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield...
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A History Of The Castle Family: From 1635 To 1900 (1903)""A History of the Castle Family: From 1635 to 1900"" is a book written by William Wallace Ingraham and published in 1903. It is a detailed account of the Castle family's history, spanning over two centuries, from their arrival in America in 1635 to...
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A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth CenturyThis important book on economic development in the modern Middle East examines, for the first time, the separate national economies of the Arab states, including the Gulf, Israel, and Turkey, from 1918 to the present. It describes the main trends within each economy based...
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A History Of Golf: The Royal And Ancient GameAuthor: Robert BrowningPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLCPublished: 05/01/2011Pages: 298Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.62lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.69dISBN: 9781258009977This title is not returnable
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A History of ChristianityWho really was Jesus Christ? How did Christianity spread around the world? How has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing the answers to these and many other questions, A History of Christianity charts the 2,000-year-long history of the world's largest religion....
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A Heart Afire: Helen Brooke Taussigs Battle Against Heart Defects, Unsafe Drugs, and Injustice in MedicineA deeply compelling biography of the pioneering children's heart doctor Helen Taussig, who helped start heart surgery and became a global force against preventable suffering. In A Heart Afire, Patricia Meisol renders a moving portrait of the indomitable pediatrician and global patient activist Helen...
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Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to HadrianThe world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE. His successors reorganized Persian lands to create a new empire stretching from the eastern Mediterranean as far as present-day Afghanistan, while in Greece and Macedonia a...
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