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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Robinson Crusoe: 300th Anniversary EditionRestless Classics presents the Three-Hundredth Anniversary Edition of Robinson Crusoe, the classic Caribbean adventure story and foundational English novel, with new illustrations by Eko and an introduction by Jamaica Kincaid that contextualizes the book for our globalized, postcolonial era.Three centuries after Daniel Defoe published...
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American Cuisine: And How It Got This WayFor centuries, skeptical foreigners--and even millions of Americans--have believed there was no such thing as American cuisine. In recent decades, hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza have been thought to define the nation's palate. Not so, says food historian Paul Freedman, who demonstrates that there...
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Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads FoundThe human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is...
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Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's MovementsEschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women s movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative...
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Quien Fue Alexander Graham Bell?Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young...
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An Introduction to the Zhou yi (Book of Changes)The I Ching (a. k. a. Yi jing, the Book of Changes, Zhou Changes) is one of the oldest texts in world history, and it is often considered the "first in the Confucian classics." To this date, it continues to be an important source...
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Five O'Clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the Greatest Baseball Team in History, the 1927 New York YankeesAn entertaining read about the greatest baseball team, the 1927 New York Yankees, who beat up on American League rivals during the regular season and then swept the World Series. With verve, facts, and stories, Harvey Frommer evokes the Murderers' Row of Babe Ruth,...
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al CaponeThe machine-gun murders of seven men on the morning of February 14, 1929, by killers dressed as cops became the gangland crime of the century. Or so the story went. Since then it has been featured in countless histories, biographies, movies, and television specials....
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War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict During World War IIA leading naval and military historian presents the first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theaters. Vividly recreates the experience of submarine and anti-submarine warfare from the decision makers in the war offices to the men in the boats....
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Company Aytch or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil WarIn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War: The definitive Civil War classic as Sam wanted it revised complete with his edits, new perspectives, authoritative text, and images of his changes. Company Aytch has reigned as one of the most memorable and...
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The First Fighter Pilot - Roland Garros: The Life and Times of the Playboy Who Invented Air CombatRoland Garros enjoyed an exciting life. An aviation pioneer in the early 1900s, he taught himself how to fly a bamboo airplane despite crashing it at Versailles. He was a world-class athlete, a lawyer who wouldn't learn Latin, a sports car salesman on the...
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War for the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of VietnamEd, "Fast Eddie," Cobleigh served two tours of duty during the Vietnam air war, logging 375 combat sorties in the F-4 Phantom fighter/bomber. In War for the Hell of It, Cobleigh shares his perspectives in a deeply personal account of a fighter pilot's life,...
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Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay AreaThe San Francisco Bay Area is currently the jewel in the crown of capitalism--the tech capital of the world and a gusher of wealth from the Silicon Gold Rush. It has been generating jobs, spawning new innovation, and spreading ideas that are changing lives...
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Red Sox Triviology: Fascinating Facts from the Bleacher SeatsInterspersing exciting history and fun quizzes, this trivia book ranges from basic questions to challenges that will teach even the most die-hard fans a thing or two about Red Sox baseball. The facts presented are grouped into categories that include positions, the early years,...
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The Most Glorious Crown: The Story of America's Triple Crown Thoroughbreds from Sir Barton to American PharoahThe definitive work on this rare coronation, this book delves into the history, personalities, and subplots of each of the 12 Triple Crown champions. From Sir Barton in 1919 through American Pharaoh in 2015, each Triple Crown winner has exhibited a true personality and...
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Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red SoxIn Red Sox Nation, five-time New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings forth the definitive oral history of the Boston Red Sox. His focus is on the players, managers, and owners who were the colorful characters and legends who guided their legion of...
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The Guardian of Mercy: How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life TodayA Profound New Look at the Italian Master and His Lasting Legacy Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later...
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Army Board Study Guide: Army Board Book and Practice Test Questions for the Army Promotion Board HearingTest Prep Books' Army Board Study Guide: Army Board Book and Practice Test Questions for the Army Promotion Board Hearing Taking the Army test? Want to get a good score? Written by Test Prep Books, this comprehensive study guide includes: - Quick Overview -...
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Voltaire's History of Charles XII King of SwedenVoltaire's History of Charles XII King of Sweden By Voltaire INTRODUCTION THE "Life of Charles XII" that Mr. John Burns once bought for a penny in the New Cut an incident in itself historical if one looks at it in the right way--was, he...
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Theology of the Hebrew Bible, volume 1: Methodological StudiesThis volume presents a collection of studies on the methodology for conceiving the theological interpretation of the Hebrew Bible among Jews and Christians as well as the treatment of key issues such as creation, the land of Israel, and divine absence.Author: Marvin a. SweeneyPublisher:...
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