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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Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American StoryFor much of American history, an impassable gulf seemed to separate Jews and Christians, keeping their respective peoples and cultures far apart. But in recent decades that has begun to change. The rise of a militant secularism, one equally hostile to Israel and to...
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Jewish History: A Very Short IntroductionHow have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine intervention. In this engaging book, David N....
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Jerry Bird: The Making of a Skydiving LegendJerry Bird became the 20th century's most widely recognized skydiver during the evolution of sport skydiving in America. This book is a compilation of writings by many who knew and flew with Bird, and by Jerry himself-a skydiving life-and-times of Jerry Bird from 1963...
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Jean--Michel Basquiat: The Making of an IconIn a resurrection few could have predicted, Jean-Michel Basquiat joined Picasso, Modigliani, and Munch when one of his paintings sold for more than $100 million. Nearly four decades after his untimely death at 27 years of age, Basquiat is one of the most recognizable...
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Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America's Longest-Running MysteriesJean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America's Longest-Running Mysteries takes a fresh look at the various myths and legends surrounding one of the last great pirates. Beginning in 1805, the book traces Laffite through his rise to power as a privateer and smuggler in...
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Japan Style: Architecture + Interiors + DesignJapanese homes speak to the soul and provide a contemplative environment from which to experience the world. Japan Style offers rare glimpses into twenty exquisite traditional homes in Japan. The lavish photographs in this volume demonstrate how Japanese design achieves a timeless tranquility using...
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Jane Austen's Fashion BibleFans of Jane Austen revel in the visual world that she creates in her novels and early writing, and how she brings the lives of regency women to life. They adore the films and television adaptations and around the world Jane Austen societies celebrate...
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Jamestown: Architecture, Landscape, and the Making of a Rhode Island ParadiseA highly visual and new study of the rustic and whimsical shingled houses of Jamestown, Rhode Island from the colonial era to the development of the town as a picturesque report set in a coastal landscape.Jamestown, Rhode Island, set in the shimmering waters at...
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James Burnham: An Intellectual BiographyIn this intellectual biography of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century, David T. Byrne reveals the fascinating life of James Burnham. Beginning his intellectual career as a disciple of Leon Trotsky, Burnham preached socialist revolution to the American working...
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It Happened in Montana: Remarkable Events That Shaped HistoryAuthor James A. Crutchfield has mined thirty-seven of the most colorful episodes from Montana's provocative past--from the first glimpse of French explorers of the "Shining Mountains" in 1743 to the attempt to round up the wild horses of the Pryor Mountains.Author: James A. CrutchfieldPublisher:...
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Israel In Palestine: Jewish Rejection of ZionismIn the wake of the Hamas attack of October 7 and the Israeli response, historian and current affairs commentator Yakov Rabkin brings together his writings that shed light on the violence in Palestine since the creation of the State of Israel.For decades, Yakov Rabkin...
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Islam, Israel, and the West: A Former Muslim's AnalysisIf you get Islam wrong, you will get the Arab-Israeli conflict wrong. You will misunderstand the immigration crisis reshaping the West. You will be blind to how the greatest civilization ever created is slowly being erased and replaced. And you will fail to appreciate...
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Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500"The scholarship of this book is breathtaking...No one interested in the history of Europe, and of the Germans in particular, can afford not to read this stupendous book." --Simon Heffer, The Telegraph "[Iron and Blood's] long view of Germany's military history, magisterial detail and...
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Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World"Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America's pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race of unlikely heroes to bring the dream of world flight to the public imagination."--Wall...
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Into the Void: Adventures of the SpacewalkersThe world had been fascinated with astronauts and spaceflight since well before the first crewed launches in 1961, when Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn became household names. But when Alexei Leonov of the Soviet Union exited his spacecraft in March of 1965,...
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El FaroA NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF JANET MASLIN'S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICEONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERONE OF AMAZON'S BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO...
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab EmpireA thrillingly panoramic historical account of the rise of Islam, hailed as "a veritable tour de force" (The Wall Street Journal), from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and co-host of the hit podcast The Rest Is History "Accessible but delightful . . . as...
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In the Garden of MemoryWinner of the Nike Prize, Poland's most prestigious literary awardJoanna Olczak-Ronikier is one of Poland's most admired dramatists, screenwriters, and authors. In the Garden of Memory, her most acclaimed work, traces the lives of four generations of her own family-Polish Jews who were members...
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In the Days of Billy the Kid: The Lives and Times of José Chávez Y Chávez, Juan Patrón, Martín Chávez, and Yginio SalazarThe legend of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War remains prominent in the annals of American frontier history, but for men like José Chávez y Chávez, Juan Patrón, Martín Chávez, and Yginio Salazar, it was merely one famous epoch in a much...
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Inspirational Native American Stories for Kids: Empowering Tales of Tradition, Wisdom and Resilience-Inspiring Cultural Pride, Empathy and HopeUnlock a World of Wisdom: Inspiring Native American Stories for Curious KidsDo you want to help your child connect with a rich and important part of history and culture? This beautiful book weaves together two captivating collections of Native American tales, perfect for readers...
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