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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The Compact History of MankindA compact no-nonsense text that lists and addresses the milestones that mark the journey of humans from the beginning to where we are today (updated to December 2023).Author: James GaultPublisher: James GaultPublished: 01/20/2023Pages: 210Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dISBN: 9798215528150This title...
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The Civil WarThe Civil War is one of the most important moments in United States history. Everything changed after April 12, 1861, when the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. North and South fought in bloody battles to decide whether slavery would continue in America....
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The City Different: The History, Mystery, and the FacadeBradley Ortiz, born Phillip Anthony Ortiz, was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His surname Ortiz has a long history that ties to the meek beginnings of Santa Fe, New Mexico (The City Different). This history shared by his ancestors and enhanced...
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The Big Hat LawFrom the force's origins as the "Arkansas Rangers" to Governor Cherry's plan for "a trooper in every county" and on to today's sophisticated, diversified force, this new history of Arkansas's statewide policing authority--from its earliest days to dramatic manhunts and modernization--tells an important part...
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The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman LevantThis book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events...
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The Assyrians: Lost CivilizationsAn accessible guide to the history of the Assyrian empire from the perspective of its powerful elites. At the height of its power near 660 BC, the Assyrian empire, centered in northern Iraq, wielded dominance from Egypt to Iran. This vast region was ruled...
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The Astrological Self InstructorThis book is a beginner's guide to astrology that provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the zodiac signs, astrological houses, and planetary movements. The author, Banglore Suryanarain Row, was an Indian astrologer and writer who combined Western and Vedic astrology in his teachings....
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The Art of Money Getting"I was a farmhand, a merchant, a clerk, a boss, a theater director and a bank director; I lived in prisons and palaces, I knew poverty and abundance, I've traveled extensively on two continents, I've met all kinds of people and seen the human...
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The Archko Volume Or, the Archeological Writings of the Sanhedrim & Talmuds of the JewsClaiming to be official documents written in the days of Christ-taken from manuscripts in Constantinople as well as records of the senatorial docket in the Vatican-these controversial writings, first published in 1887, offer a riveting look at the people and events surrounding Jesus' life....
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The Ancient Mesopotamian CityUrban history starts in ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume Marc Van de Mieroop examines the evolution of the very earliest cities which, for millennia, inspired the rest of the ancient world. The author argues that the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization, and...
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Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary EducationTeaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary Education foregrounds the importance of arts education to children's development and learning while connecting each arts area to the Australian Curriculum. The third edition provides comprehensive coverage and an exciting introduction to arts education in Australia, with...
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Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest ComposerA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky--composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we...
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Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern ArtThe true history of tattoo as both art and profession in the West There is a pervasive stereotype of tattoo culture as relating to an underworld of scoundrels, sailors, and ne'er-do-wells, yet it has existed in the West as a professionalized art practice for...
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Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on TerrorThe first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut....
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Tamara de LempickaA landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the "Baroness with a Brush," is often cast as one of Art Deco's most celebrated artists, though her work transcends categorization, incorporating elements of Cubism and Neoclassicism in...
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Tales from the SeaBirger Sjöberg, born in 1953 in Stockholm, grew up in an overclass family with seven siblings. His father was a physician and ran a private practice for almost 30 years. Illness in the family and his father's drug addiction made the young man take...
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Symie's Story: Early Memories of an Old Jew: from South Haven, MichiganThe early farming years of the 1900's in South Haven Michigan are recounted by an old Jewish resident to his local Jewish Doctor, David Liscow. Dr. Liscow weaves Symie's recollections into a wonderful memoir of Jewish immigration to this rural community and the family's...
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Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the WorldA New Yorker Best Book of the Year . "Moving and beautifully written." --BBC Music Magazine "Hotta is an unobtrusive narrator whose personal anecdotes are like grace notes on the larger score of Suzuki's life." --Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal "Suzuki will take...
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Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries: Revealing the World's Greatest Secrets of Science and MedicineA scientist with a revolutionary cure for AIDS is incarcerated without explanation. Valuable artifacts are mysteriously misplaced by a prominent archaeological institution. Three celebrated astronauts perish in a suspicious fire after voicing their criticism of the US space program. Yet our world's most powerful...
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Suerte O Desastre: El Azar Como Modelo Econ?mico de Amlo / Luck or Disaster. Cha Nce as Amlo's Economic ModelCualquiera que desee entender la visión económica de AMLO y cómo se enmarca no solo en la coyuntura histórica del México actual, sino ante el cambiante escenario geopolítico del mundo debe, con urgencia, leer este libro. Ante la figura desbordante de AMLO como presidente...
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