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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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The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became SinThe complete story of how we came to worship money, and how we can stop greed from destroying everything.The pursuit of wealth is considered an essential function of human nature, and greed is an unspoken civic virtue. Many of us revere billionaires and Wall...
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The Age of Liutprand: Dynamics of Power in Eighth-Century ItalyThe Age of Liutprand provides a thematic analysis of Lombard Italy in the pivotal early part of the 8th century. It surveys the crucial role and rule of Liutprand [712-44], the powerful and effective Lombard king. By restoring this successful exemplar of Lombard kingship...
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Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, ArtSpanning the life's work of archaeologist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, craft, art is the first wide-ranging book on the archaeological textiles of Ireland published since 1989. The volume includes studies of cloth found in bogs, burials, hoards, sacked castles, docklands and...
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Te Hau Kainga: The Maori Home Front During the Second World WarTaking readers to the farms and factories, the marae and churches where Maori lived, worked and raised their families, Te Hau Kainga tells the story of the profound transformation in Maori life during the Second World War. While the Maori Battalion fought overseas, the...
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Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the WorldThe untold story of OC punk--the loud, rebellious force behind the '90s explosion of the Orange County music scene, featuring stories about legendary bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, No Doubt, Sublime, The Adolescents, The Vandals, and many more When it comes to punk...
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Tattoo Chronicles: History Written in InkTattoo Chronicles: History Written in Ink explores the endurance of tattoos as a cultural and personal expression, starting with the indigenous natives and ending with personal stories of individuals and their tattoos. This book shows that ultimately, tattoos are a biographical map steeped in...
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Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern ArizonaRUSA BOOK AND MEDIA AWARD WINNERMPIBA's EATING THE WEST AWARD FINALISTAMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 37 WINNERIPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERNamed one of the best cookbooks of the year by the Arizona Republic, Phoenix New Times, and Arizona Daily StarLearn how to make Mexican food the Sonoran...
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Taking Flight: The Nadine Ramsey StoryIn October 1944, Nadine Ramsey was thirty-three and she was flying the cutting-edge P-51 Mustang to New Jersey, its last stop before heading to the war in Europe. The irrepressible young woman from Wichita had long been determined to fly and the gathering storm...
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Surrealism Through Its Journals 1924-2024: Les Portes Du R?veDissecting the role of magazines and journals as laboratories for Surrealism, from Litt?rature to La R?volution Surr?aliste and beyondArt historian Rosalind Krauss once defined Surrealist journals as "the true Surrealist object." These periodicals are works of art in themselves, ones that challenge conventions and...
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Sublime Lead: At the Intersection of Art, Science, and PoliticsLead is a silent toxin that became the fascination of humanity early on. The story of lead has been portrayed simply as evil vs good, but it is far more complex than one thinks. It is a story of many individuals and many cultures,...
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Stories of Favorite OperasOpera belongs to everyone, and its appeal knows no age limit. Clyde Robert Bulla presents twenty-three stories on which his favorite musical dramas are based. They are all so lively and vivid that the reader has the sense of being there as the stories...
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Stonehenge, Monument of MysteryTravel to Stonehenge and discover the secrets of this ancient stone monument! How were these massive stones transported and set upright using only the tools of early humans? This book explores the possible purposes of the so-called Monument of Mystery--from space observatory to sacred...
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St. Louis Parks, Second EditionAuthor: Nini HarrisPublisher: Reedy PressPublished: 06/15/2025Pages: 176Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781681065885About the AuthorNiNi Harris's earliest memory is of an early autumn evening, picking up acorns as she and her father walked along Bellerive Boulevard to Bellerive Park. Her great-great-grandfather's first job when he arrived in...
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Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold WarCan you keep a secret?Maybe you can, but the United States government cannot. Since the birth of the country, nations large and small, from Russia and China to Ghana and Ecuador, have stolen the most precious secrets of the United States. Written by Michael...
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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern WorldThe story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could...
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Southern Cultures: The Future of Textiles: Volume 30, Number 4 - Winter 2024 IssueAuthor: Marcie Cohen FerrisPublisher: Unc Center for the Study of the American SoutPublished: 03/15/2025Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.89h x 7.11w x 0.31dISBN: 9781469683706
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South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical PioneerThe Life of a TrailblazerMatilda Arabella Evans was born four years after the abolition of slavery and raised on a family farm in eastern Aiken County. She was the first African American woman in South Carolina to obtain a medical license and fervently championed...
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South Broadway Athletic Club: St. Louis's Home for Boxing, Wrestling, and Cheap Beer Since 1899Author: Miriam MoynihanPublisher: Reedy PressPublished: 05/01/2025Pages: 128Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781681065878About the AuthorMiriam Moynihan is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. An award-winning writer and designer, she worked at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, the Houston Post, and the Houston Chronicle....
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Sonia Delaunay: Living ArtA richly crafted tribute to the avant-garde artist and designer Sonia Delaunay, whose boundary-breaking approach is echoed in the volume's interdisciplinarity and its inspired designAuthor: Waleria Dorogova, Rachel SilveriPublisher: Bard Graduate CenterPublished: 04/16/2024Pages: 540Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780300275766Review Citation(s): Library Journal 04/12/2024 pg. 1About the...
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Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led ItMore than ever, terrorist acts command enormous attention. Concerns about terrorism have led to sweeping new restrictive government policies on such matters as immigration and airline security. In an often repeated syndrome, the one lasting legacy the departed terrorists leave behind them is a...
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