History
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Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian HistoryIs the world better off without Christianity?Combining narrative with keen critique of contemporary debates, author and historian John Dickson gives an honest account of 2,000 years of Christian history that helps us understand what Christianity is and what it's meant to be.To say that...
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Britain's War for the Mediterranean: The Fight Against Revolutionary FranceBritain's War for the Mediterranean provides a definitive study on British warmaking in the Mediterranean during the War of the First Coalition. It traces the origins of foreign and naval policies from the early eighteenth century to describe the duality of British affairs. These...
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Bribed with Our Own Money: Federal Abuse of American Indian Funds in the Termination EraIn Bribed with Our Own Money David R. M. Beck analyzes the successes and failures of Indigenous nations' opposition to federal policy in the 1950s and 1960s. Focusing on case studies from six Native nations, Beck recounts how the U.S. government coerced American Indian...
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Breaking the Mold: India's Untraveled Path to ProsperityThe new path for economic development that India must create The whole world has a stake in India's future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population--now the world's largest--while staying democratic. India's economy has overtaken...
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Boredom-Buster Puzzle Activity Book of the Unsinkable TitanicThis hugely entertaining activity book provides hours of fun for kids, whether they're on a long trip or stuck inside on a rainy day. Follow the doomed ship Titanic, from its creation to its tragic end. Come on board, look at the plans, fill...
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Books Like Sapphires: From the Library of Congress Judaica CollectionIllustrated highlights from the Judaica Collection of the Library of Congress. Books Like Sapphires showcases a wide range of Hebraic treasures from the storied collection at the Library of Congress, many of them for the first time. Tracing the history of Judaica collecting in...
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War IIThe untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a...
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Bonds of EmpireAuthor: Lee B. WilsonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/04/2024Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65dISBN: 9781108817899
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Bloody Crimes LPIn Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson--the Edgar(R) Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt--brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln assassination and the momentous...
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Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic BombSeven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened...
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Black Cowboys and Early Cattle Drives: On the Trails from Texas to MontanaDust and Determination After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn't want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove two thousand longhorns across southern Texas blazing a trail to...
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Black Bill: A Novel of Walker Valley and Tremont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?1859 - Walker Valley, now known as Tremont, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is just beginning its intricately woven community; a tapestry of freedom, unity, connection, and unconventional relationships. Founded by one man, as comfortable in the mountains as if he were...
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Between Britain: Walking the History of England and ScotlandA walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on the conflict and union of their relationship through history and in the futureThe border between Scotland and England is rich in history. It has been...
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Bentonville Battlefield State Historic SiteOn March 19-21, 1865, nearly 80,000 soldiers clashed near the small hamlet of Bentonville, North Carolina, in a bitter battle that would prove to be the largest ever fought in the state and one of the last major battles of the Civil War. Over...
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Ben's Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker HillHistory comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Award-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick's New York Times bestseller Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, this...
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Beachhead Normandy: An LCT's OdysseyWorld War II naval history has been discussed and examined from almost every possible angle. One story that has never been told in detail, however, is that of the U.S. Navy's vessel designated the Landing Craft Tank (LCT). Even though they are known for...
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Battling for a New Nation at Lexington and Concord: A History-Seeking AdventureYOU are living under British rule in the Massachusetts colony in the 1770s. You're sick and tired of Britain's unfair laws and high taxes. You and your fellow colonists long for independence. When British redcoats march on Lexington and Concord, will you join the...
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A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1: Containing, a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island inThis is a thrilling adventure story about the loss of His Majesty's ship, the Wager, on a desolate island in the South Pacific in 1740-1741. Bulkeley and Cummins recount the harrowing experience of being stranded on the island for months and their eventual rescue....
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Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome"[A]n excellent [book] and a worthy addition to the library of any enthusiast of the subject." -- De Re MilitariThis is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ('Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other...
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A treatise on the law of roads and streetsThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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