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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 Hitler of History"A valuable service . . . serious, entertaining, provocative and distinctive." --Cleveland Plain Dealer In the fifty years since his suicide amid the ruins of Berlin, Adolf Hitler has been the subject of more biographies than any comparable figure of our time--and at the...
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Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America"A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular c"Author: James Davison HunterPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 10/14/1992Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.08h x 5.30w x 1.08dISBN: 9780465015344About...
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In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson"A major contribution." Washington PostThe authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, perhaps the most significant figure in American history. He was a complex and compelling man: a fervent advocate of democracy who enjoyed the life of a southern aristocrat and owned slaves, a revolutionary...
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America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century"A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire."--Fred Ross Raised by conservative parents who hoped he would "stay with his own kind," Fred Ross instead became one of the most influential community organizers in American history. His activism...
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Target Switzerland"A fascinating and enlightening explanation of the dilemma Switzerland found itself in during the 1930's and 1940's." --Publishers WeeklyAuthor: Stephen P. HalbrookPublisher: Da Capo PressPublished: 12/01/2003Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.20h x 5.91w x 0.94dISBN: 9780306813252About the AuthorStephen P. Halbrook has a Ph.D. from...
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Shakespearean Actor!: Some Roles You Might Not Want to Play- Fits in well with social studies and U.S. history curricula.- Draws in even the most reluctant reader with a lighthearted tone and hilarious illustrations.- Includes glossary and index.National Social Studies Education Standards: Grades K-4II. Time, Continuity, and Change- Accounts of past events, people,...
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversFor two thousand years, cadavers - some willingly, some unwittingly - have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud...
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkEqual parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." --The New York Observer "The Poisoner's Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties." --Financial Times "Reads like...
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SpareIt was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must...
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Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against TerroristsInstant #1 New York Times bestseller! In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard reveal the startling, dramatic story of the global war against terrorists.In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take readers...
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From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black HebrewsAuthor: Rudolph R. WindsorPublisher: Windsor Golden SeriesPublished: 08/25/2006Pages: 151Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.40dISBN: 9780962088117
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Die Ausgrabungen im Bêl-Tempel zu NippurDie Ausgrabungen der Universität von Pennsylvania im Bêl-Tempel zu NippurDas Land, in das ich Sie bitten mchte, mich heute abend kurz zu begleiten, ist Ihnen allen von Jugend auf aus dem Alten Testamente wohl bekannt. Es ist die kleine Alluvialebene sdlich von Baghdd, von...
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Sketches from the history of medicine, ancient and modernSketches from the history of medicine, ancient and modern - An oration delivered before the Hunterian SocietyThe few minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber's note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of...
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Élisabeth de Bavière, Impératrice d'AutricheÉlisabeth de Bavière, Impératrice d'Autriche - Pages de journal, impressions, conversations, souvenirsCette impratrice qui, par une fuite continuelle, par son ventail interpos et par la pratique de la restriction mentale avait pu jusqu sa mort cacher le chef-duvre quelle stait elle-mme cre, nous allons...
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Opinion de Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 16 Pluviôse, an VOpinion de Defrance, sur les postes et messageries: Séance du 16 Pluviôse, an VDepuis trop long-temps le Directoire excutif appelle votre attention sur la situation actuelle des postes et messageries, et sollicite, en faveur de ces tablissemens dutilit publique et particulire, des moyens prompts...
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Travels in Western AustraliaTravels in Western Australia - being a description of the various cities and towns, goldfields, and agricultural districts of that stateThe Daily Chronicle: This book is a pleasant and interesting one; it tells what somebody really saw and felt, not what somebody thought the...
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Langs den Nijl: Herinneringen eener reis in EgypteLangs den Nijl: Herinneringen eener reis in Egypte - De Aarde en haar volken, 1868Wat ik u mededeelen ga, zijn schetsen uit mijne reisportefeuille: herinneringen aan een tochtje door Egypte, in het voorjaar van 1863 ondernomen. Het doel mijner reis is voor u van...
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Travels in Western Africa in 1845 & 1846, Volume 2 (of 2)Travels in Western Africa in 1845 & 1846, Volume 2 (of 2) - comprising a journey from Whydah through the Kingdom of Dahomey to Adofoodia in the interiorThe Zafidah MountainsZoogahReception by the CaboceerBamayIts MarketCuriosity of the PeoplePopulationThe Davity MountainsDaragowQualifications for a CaboceerThe River Zoa,...
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Clovis, Tome 1 (of 2)Clovis, Tome 1 (of 2)L'histoire de la socit moderne a gravit pendant plusieurs sicles autour d'un peuple prdestin, qui en a crit les pages les plus mmorables: je veux parler du peuple franc. Le premier aprs la chute du monde antique, il a jet...
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The cobbler of NîmesThe cobbler of NîmesIt was the month of June, 1703, and about noontide on the last day of the week. The fair in the market-place at Nmes was therefore at its height. A juggler was swallowing a sword in the midst of an admiring...
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