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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Harvard University Press: A HistoryA university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and occasionally attacked by...
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The New York Colony (a True Book: The Thirteen Colonies)A True Book: Thirteen Colonies series allows readers to experience what makes each of America's colonies distinctive and exceptional.Readers will get to know each colonies' history, geography, and contributions. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust...
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The Condition of ManA study of the development of the personality and the community. With a preface by the author. 16 pages of illustrations.Author: Lewis MumfordPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 03/21/1973Pages: 467Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.42h x 6.46w x 1.06dISBN: 9780156215503
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The Commissariat of Enlightenment: Soviet Organization of Education and the Arts Under Lunacharsky, October 1917-1921A study in the formation and development of a Soviet government institution after the Revolution of October 1917. The commissariat - which was responsible both for education and the arts - was the main channel of communication between the government and Bolshevik party on...
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The Dawn of Astronomy: A Study of Temple Worship and Mythology of the Ancient EgyptiansA pioneer in the fields of astrophysics and astro-archeology, J. Norman Lockyer believed that ancient Egyptian monuments were constructed in strict relation to the stars. In this celebrated study, he explores the relationship between astronomy and architecture in the age of the pharaohs.Lockyer addresses...
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The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-SeventyA pioneer in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is one of the founders and foremost scholars of Women's History. The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book in her two-volume...
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Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World EventsA NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY: A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE.Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples as...
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Doris SalcedoA mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. Powerful works like these by sculptor Doris Salcedo evoke the significance of bearing witness and processes of collective healing....
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The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian SocietyA major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the...
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Leap Into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime EuropeA harrowing, action-packed account of the author's series of audacious escapes from the Nazis' Final Solution--"riveting...a fascinating and moving piece of history" (Library Journal). Young Leo Bretholz survived the Holocaust by escaping from the Nazis (and others) not once, but seven times during his...
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A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong linkages exist in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing...
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Farm Recipes and Food Secrets from Norske NookA collection of poems which reveal the inner workings of the human psyche and show us that sometimes the best defense against terror is making mischief.Author: Helen MyhrePublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPublished: 02/19/2008Pages: 286Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.54w x 0.59dISBN: 9780299172343About the...
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The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers MovementA "vivid, well-documented account of the farmworkers movement"(Philadelphia Inquirer) and its prime mover, Cesar Chavez. Edited by Diana Hembree with a foreword by Gary Soto and essays by Carey McWilliams, Victor Villase or, Alfredo V a, Jr., Peter Matthiessen, Rudolfo Anaya, and others. Black-and-white...
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Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen Behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand AllianceThe full story of the first and only time American and Soviets fought side-by-side in World War II At the conference held in in Moscow in October 1943, American officials proposed to their Soviet allies a new operation in the effort to defeat Nazi...
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Framley Parsonage'The fact is, Mark, that you and I cannot conceive the depth of fraud in such a man as that.' The Reverend Mark Robarts makes a mistake. Drawn into a social set at odds with his clerical responsibilities, he guarantees the debts of an...
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Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in VietnamHow two Vietnam POWs, one white and one black, formed an unexpected friendship that saved them both: "A moving story."--John McCainFred Cherry was one of the few black pilots taken prisoner by the Vietnamese, tortured and intimidated by captors who tried and failed to...
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Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the UsflFrom Jeff Pearlman--the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus--comes the rollicking, outrageous story of the USFL, full of larger-than-life characters and you-can't-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game. The United States Football League--known fondly to...
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Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond ReproachAward-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Meryl Gordon's Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach is "an even-handed and fascinating portrait of a wealthy family torn apart by money, jealousy, and emotional distance" (USA Today). The fate of...
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Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to HatredA highly engaging, yet hearbreaking account of the Irish's plight due to the Great Potato Famine. Gallagher explains why and how the famine happened, but also details the agonizing human experience of life in Ireland and aboard devastatingly crowded ships in search of a...
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Gray Lines Across TimeWritten by my grandfather, Marion Gray, in 1925, never published. Given to my mom after his death in 1971, she passed it to me in 1981. It is a coming of age story in NW Illinois of Marion Gray's 1916 senior year of high...
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