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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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A Kids' Guide to the American RevolutionPacked with anecdotes, sidebars, quotes, and illustrations, A Kids' Guide to the American Revolution brings vividly to life the birth of our nation.Introduce young readers to the stakes, challenges, setbacks, and victories involved in the single most important event in our nation's history, the...
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A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie ProulxAn unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to the present. In a narrative of immense scope and fascination, here are more than 250 female writers, including the famous--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dorothy Parker, Flannery O'Connor, and Toni Morrison,...
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A Journey Through New Mexico HistoryMany conditions, cultures, and events have played a part in the history of New Mexico. The author, a recognized authority, guides the reader from the earliest land formations into the present time and has illustrated the narrative with photographs, maps, and artwork depicting various...
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900A magisterial history inspired by Winston Churchill's famous opus, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 is an engrossing account of the twentieth century, with a unique perspective on our turbulent times. In 1900, where Churchill ended the fourth volume of his History...
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Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIAThe timely and revelatory exploration of the pioneering women who changed the insulated world of international espionage--from the barrier-crashing challenges of the 1960s to the present-day reckoning--told through the eyes of a former intelligence operative herself. Foreword by Valerie Plame, New York Times bestselling...
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Acts of Art in Greenwich VillageA first-ever look at a network of Black visual artists in New York City's Manhattan and downtown art worlds in the 1960s and 1970s. This comprehensive account of the six-year history of Acts of Art, a gallery founded by and for Black artists in...
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A CourseGuide for Know the Creeds and CouncilsA CourseGuide for Know the Creeds and Councils, when used with the accompanying book and video lectures, provides everything you need to learn on your own and go deeper in understanding topics related to the Bible, theology, ministry, and more.Author: ZondervanPublisher: Zondervan AcademicPublished: 03/10/2020Pages:...
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AC MilanThis action-packed book gives young readers a full history of AC Milan, from the club's founding to the present day. The book features a table of contents, informative sidebars, a Superstar Profile special feature, a Quick Stats page, a glossary, links to additional resources,...
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A Century of MiraclesThe fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle. Traditionally, in the year 312, the Roman emperor Constantine experienced a "vision of the Cross" that led him to convert to Christianity and to defeat his last rival to the imperial...
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A Carpetbagger in Reverse: Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic CongressmanA long overdue account of the pioneering life and work of controversial African American Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell of ChicagoAuthor: John Morris KnappPublisher: University Alabama PressPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 318Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.22w x 1.10dISBN: 9780817322151This title is only available via back order
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A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume One: From the Crossing of the James to the CraterGrinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee squared off for more than nine months in their struggle for Petersburg, the key to the Confederate capital at...
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A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 2: From the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess MillGrinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg offers a gripping, comprehensive history of the decisive campaign in the eastern theater. In this second of three...
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A Black Patriot and a White Priest: Andr? Cailloux and Claude Paschal Maistre in Civil War New OrleansStephen J. Ochs chronicles the intersecting lives of the first black military Civil War hero, Captain Andr Cailloux of the 1st Louisiana Native Guards, and the lone Catholic clerical voice of abolition in New Orleans, the Reverend Claude Paschal Maistre. Their paths converged in...
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45 Great Philosophers and What They Mean for JudaismIn this new forty-five-chapter series, Rabbi Shmuly explores forty-five of the most influential philosophers throughout history and how Jewish ideas might engage with each of the philosophers and their philosophical projects. At times, Judaism may need to reject harmful, foreign ideas. Other times, Judaism...
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40 Hudson Valley Historical & Whimsical Observations From Anthony's Nose MountainFrom its top, Anthony's Nose, a mountain located along the Hudson River in New York State, offers a -180 degree, panoramic, awe-inspiring view of the Hudson Valley. It stands as the southern gateway to the Hudson Highlands, a series of 17 mountains on the...
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12 Rings: Stories of the St. Louis Cardinals World Championships, Second Edition, Expanded and UpdatedAuthor: Bob TiemannPublisher: Reedy PressPublished: 03/28/2025Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781681065748About the AuthorRobert L. Tiemann is an award-winning baseball historian who has written several books and contributed to and edited many journals for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He is the author of...
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100 Years of Planetaria: 100 Stories of People, Places, and DevicesThis book marks the centenary of the remarkable invention of an opto-mechanical planetarium projector, the Zeiss Mk I. In May 1925, the first public planetarium opened at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. In the ensuing decades, this invention spread all over the world, becoming...
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Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power ProphetAn intimate and masterful biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski--President Carter's national security advisor and one of America's leading geopolitical thinkers--from one of the finest columnists and political writers at work today. Zbigniew Brzezinski was a key architect of the Soviet Union's demise, which ended the...
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Zay'ah: Lord of AmericaIt is 1800. Nearly 20 years have passed since the end of the American Revolution. Now, the United States finds itself at the brink of another war. From nowhere, a Black man named Zay'ah - the Master General - leads his army of Blacks...
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Yves Klein ItalyFrom the blue of Giotto's frescoes to the monochromatic canvases of Lucio Fontana, Klein found a natural niche for his work in ItalyFollowing Yves Klein USA, Yves Klein Germany and Yves Klein Japan, this book, prepared in collaboration with the Yves Klein Archives, presents...
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