History
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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Bill ClintonThis biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, 2000 Camp David Summit, and his impeachment by the House of Representatives. Information about his childhood, family, personal life,...
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On Cold Iron: A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge CollapseWhen engineering students in Canada are soon to graduate, the solemn "Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer," penned by none other than Rudyard Kipling, charges them with their Obligation to high standards, humility, and ethics. Each budding engineer then receives an Iron Ring...
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The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New YorkAuthor: Suzanne HinmanPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 06/24/2020Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 7.60w x 1.00dISBN: 9780815611219About the AuthorSuzanne Hinman holds a PhD in American art history. She has taught courses in art history at a number of colleges and universities, served as director...
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Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 - Japan's First Land Defeat in World War IIThe Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the...
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Shrimp Tales: Port Isabel and Brownsville Shrimping Historyhrimp Tales is the history of the shrimping industry in Port Isabel and Brownsville, Texas. It includes profiles of the men and women who participated in the heyday of shrimping as boat owners, fish house owners, captains, rig men, headers, and other roles.Includes the...
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The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval ClergyIn the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes--patristic authors, popes, theologians, canonists, monastic founders, and commentators--became progressively...
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As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay SermonFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, the fascinating story of how an obscure Puritan sermon was remade into a founding document of American identity "For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill," John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans at...
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A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian RepublicIt has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India's greater population. Drawing upon the previously unexplored records of the Supreme Court of India, A People's Constitution upends this...
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The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900An essential work on the origins of statistics The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 explores the history of statistics from the field's origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century....
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Stalin: Passage to RevolutionA spellbinding new biography of Stalin in his formative years This is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist...
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Carleton Watkins: Making the West American" A] fascinating and indispensable book."--Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2018--The Guardian Gold Medal for Contribution to Publishing, 2019 California Book Awards Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) is widely considered the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential...
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Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties--emotion, perception and reason--to shape the history of human mental life."--The Wall Street Journal To imagine--to see what is not there--is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through...
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Kahlo: Masters of ArtDiscover the life and work of Frida Kahlo in this introduction to the iconic Mexican artist. Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full...
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The Gulf War: A Captivating Guide to the United States-Led Persian Gulf War against Iraq for Their Invasion and Annexation of KuwaitIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Gulf War, then keep reading...The late 1980s and early 1990s were times of significant changes. The Cold War was nearing its end as communism was slowly unraveling, new cyber and communication technologies were becoming...
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The 1919 Black Sox ScandalAll kinds of spurious rumors had swirled around the 1919 World Series. Allegations about a fixed game between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies on August 31, 1920, began a chain of events that led to a grand jury indicting eight White Sox players...
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Flight 777: The Mystery of Leslie HowardOn 1 June 1943 Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3, en route from Lisbon to Britain, was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German aircraft. Among the dead was the actor Leslie Howard, who had returned from Hollywood to England to help the...
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de ChiricoWith his Pittura Metafisica, Greek-born Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) was a major influence in Europe's interwar avant-garde, hailed by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Paul luard.The artist's Pittura Metafisica set statues or mannequin-like figures in exaggerated one-point perspective spaces including city...
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Sensuous Thoughts: Essays on the Work of Donald JuddTwenty years of thinking about Judd: authoritative meditations on the epochal minimalist from renowned American art historian Richard ShiffThis important new publication collects more than 20 years of sustained thinking about Donald Judd from one of today's most respected art historians and theorists. In...
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Roman Mythology: Captivating Roman Myths of Roman Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Mythological CreaturesIf you're looking for a collection of Roman myths that speaks to all ages then keep reading...Feats of strength and skill, monsters, magic, divine interventions, and the overcoming of impossible odds by larger-than-life figures all feature in this book.The Roman myths contained in this...
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Mitología Griega: Fascinantes Mitos de Dioses, Diosas, Monstruos y Héroes GriegosExplora los Fascinantes Mitos de los Dioses y H roes GriegosAunque los dioses y diosas griegos eran seres inmortales y poderosos, estos eran muy similares a los humanos que los adoraban. Los dioses y diosas sufren ataques de celos, se enamoran, se enfadan cuando...
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