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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Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier PoetsMichael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolize the war's tragic...
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Mining the MemoriesWorking at the Burgin Mine changed my life forever. The grueling labor, harsh conditions, and constant danger shaped not only my character but forged bonds that could only be built underground. This is not a book about mining techniques. It's a memoir of survival,...
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Mid-Century Modern FurnitureFrom armchairs and chaises lounges to cabinets and nightstands, the period between the late 1930s and early 1970s was one of the most productive, inventive, and exciting eras for objects and furniture in the home. Following 1945, when postwar optimism combined with new manufacturing...
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Michelangelo. the Complete Paintings, Sculptures and Arch.Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique--no artist...
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Marie Antoinette StyleWelcome to a pastel-colored world of excess, filled with rustling silks, gravity-defying hairstyles, delicious intrigue, and, of course, bloody revolution Marie Antoinette: The very name conjures up a vibrant pastel-coloued world of excess, filled with satin shoes, rustling silks, gravity-defying hairstyles, decadent macarons, delicious...
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Maps and GeographyDiscover fun facts about the world and become a master of geography with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! host and champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings. With this Junior Genius Guide to maps and geography, you'll become an expert and...
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Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm BeachThe New York Times bestselling history of the glamour and debauchery of the ultra-wealthy Palm Beach community--from The Breakers to Trump's Mar-a-Lago. For more than a hundred years, Palm Beach has been an exclusive and exotic universe of wealth and privilege in America. And...
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Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial MarriageA dual biography of two activists whose marriage challenged the gender and racial norms of their time Like any set of star-crossed lovers, Elaine and Charles came from different worlds. Elaine, an acclaimed childhood poet from a remote corner of the Massachusetts Berkshires, traveled...
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Latin American Artists: From 1785 to NowAs seen in The New York Times, Vogue Mexico, Latina Magazine, and The Art NewspaperThe essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin AmericaLatin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art...
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Last Ship to FreedomAs the Russian Civil War reached its final, tumultuous stages, 11-year-old Lydia Komarkoff and her parents had already spent 11 months living aboard the steamship Kherson adrift in the Black Sea, seeking refuge from the chaos engulfing their homeland. But on November 14, 1920,...
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Kjv, Sovereign Collection Bible, Personal Size, Leathersoft, Black, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James VersionThis beautiful Bible edition honors the legacy of the King James Version Bible in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed...
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Kashmir: The Case for FreedomKashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world--and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is...
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Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn't SorryA clever, charmingly quirky portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock - and the first in a series of picture-book biographies of contemporary artistsJackson Pollock was unlike any other painter. Instead of sitting in front of an easel with brushes, he poured paint over canvases rolled-out...
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It Happened in Vermont: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Green Mountain State HistoryFrom a cross-border Confederate attack to the underdressed men from Maple Corner, It Happened in Vermont looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Green Mountain State. Learn why a militia sent to defuse a dangerous mob of striking miners ended...
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Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice DepartmentFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, a shocking investigation of unparalleled depth into the subversion of the Justice Department over the last decade, culminating in President Donald Trump upending this cornerstone of democracy and threatening America's rule of law as...
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Indignity: A Life ReimaginedThe author of Free returns with an extraordinary inquiry into historical injustice, dignity, truth, and imagination. When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling...
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How the Ghost Army Hoodwinked Hitler: The Story of American Artistry and Deception in World War IIThe unbelievable true story of the American soldiers who used inflatable tanks and fake radio broadcasts as weapons in World War II. Right around D-Day of World War II, a small, unarmed American army unit deployed to Nazi-occupied France. Instead of artillery, this unit...
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How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes ArtistsHow artists make a living and how money changes artIt may not be the worst time in history to get paid to make art, but it certainly is the strangest. The institutions and markets that have been supporting the arts are undergoing massive changes,...
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HorrorScope: The Zodiac Killer ExposedIt was one of the most unnerving times in American history. A counterculture was spreading through society like a contagion. Its most esoteric and flamboyant center was San Francisco. From within this psychedelic culture of peace, drugs and daisies, there arose the most boastful...
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History Smashers the Boxed SetSecrets? Myths? One giant boxed set? The award-winning History Smashers series delivers a four-book collectible set taking down some of the biggest misconceptions, secrets, and outright lies of early American history! In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? WRONG!...
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