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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Gaza Medic: A War Surgeon's Story 2024No stranger to operating in conflict-torn countries, Richard Villar, a former SAS Medical Officer and current war surgeon, volunteered to provide medical support in Central Gaza during the 2024 invasion. In Gaza Medic, he offers a gripping and harrowing first-hand account of his experiences...
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From Banned Book to Bestseller: The Bible Mission in Contemporary ChinaHow God's Word Spreads in China and BeyondHow did China become the world's largest supplier of Bibles? There was a time when people smuggled Bibles into China. Now, millions of copies are printed there annually. In the process, God's word has impacted different segments...
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Freedom and Resistance: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the BahamasAfter the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who...
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Francis Bacon: Books and PaintingPublished to accompany a major Francis Bacon retrospective in Paris, which will travel to the Fine Arts Museum, Houston, Francis Bacon analyzes Bacon's works from 1971 onward in light of his relationship to literature. Bacon always vigorously opposed overanalysis of his paintings, preferring to...
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Fragmentary Forms: A New History of CollageA beautifully illustrated global history of collage from the origins of paper to today While the emergence of collage is frequently placed in the twentieth century when it was a favored medium of modern artists, its earliest beginnings are tied to the invention of...
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Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the HolocaustThe New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways.Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana...
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Four Corners: Looking Back on 100 YearsFour Corners, an Italian American history, records the lives of three generations in one family and connects the past to the present. These stories span over one hundred years and are mostly true. There is no plot, no protagonist, just a recorded and remembered...
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Found in Translation: The Unexpected Origins of Place NamesHave you ever stopped and thought about the name of your home country or one you're travelling to? What it means, where it came from, how it came to be? From The Land of Many Rabbits to The Land of the Thunder Dragon, and...
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Forgotten Queens of IslamWhen Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988, many claimed that it was a blasphemous assault on Islamic tradition since no Muslim state, critics alleged, had ever been governed by a woman. But Fatima Mernissi examined fifteen centuries of Islamic history and...
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Forever Rose: 150 Years of STEM Education"Rose-Hulman graduates are not in the business of predicting the future. We're in the business of creating the future." Rick Stamper, PhD (Mechanical Engineering, 1985) Rose-Hulman Provost and Vice President of Academic AffairsCelebrating 150 Years of Excellence Commemorating the 150-year journey of Rose-Hulman Institute...
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Florida Natural Springs: A HistoryAuthor Holly Sprinkle unveils the secrets hidden within Florida's aquatic wonders. Florida's springs swirl a spectrum of greens and blues with a crystal clarity seen nowhere else inAuthor: Holly SprinklePublisher: History PressPublished: 10/14/2024Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781467156974
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Exploring Airline History with David H. Stringer, Volume One: The Airways Magazine ArticlesDavid H. Stringer, the History Editor for AIRWAYS Magazine, has chronicled the story of the commercial aviation industry with his airline history articles that have appeared in AIRWAYS over the course of two decades. Here, for the first time, is a compilation of those...
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Energy Citizenship: Coal and Democracy in the American CenturyThe history of the modern United States is the history of coal--and of coal miners. Trish Kahle reveals miners as forgers of a coal-fired social contract that was contested throughout the twentieth century as Americans sought to define the meaning of citizenship in an...
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Enemies of Africa: Second EditionWinner of The Literary Titan Gold Book Award!A gripping expos?, shining new light on Africa's users and abusers, from the past to the present.Enemies of Africa delivers an eye-opening narrative highlighting the monumental scope of exploitation and ill-treatment both Africa and its people have...
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Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative EconomyEmpire of Culture brings together contemporary representations of Victorian Britain to reveal how the nation's imperial past inheres in the ways post-imperial subjects commodify and consume "culture" in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The globalization of English literature, along with British forms...
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Embracing Shared Ministry: Power and Status in the Early Church and Why It Matters TodayHealthy church leadership based on the model of shared ministry in the early churchSocial historian and pastor Joe Hellerman addresses issues of power and authority in the church--in the New Testament and in the church today--in a fresh, culturally nuanced way. The local church,...
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Elisabeth of Schonau: The Complete WorksIn this Classic of Western Spirituality(TM) readers will find the first English translation of the complete works of Elisabeth of Schönau, a twelfth-century Benedictine nun who claimed to have a series of extraordinary visionary experiences. In the complete works of Elisabeth are: -- three...
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Eerie ArizonaMysterious lights, mystical vortexes, and the Mogollon Monster GoAuthor: Patrick WhitehurstPublisher: History PressPublished: 10/21/2024Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.40dISBN: 9781467156141
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Early Wynn, the Go-Go White Sox and the 1959 World SeriesThis is the story of how the hapless Chicago White Sox, badly hurt by the banning of players after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, floundered until the 1950s when they were finally rebuilt and had their first success in 40 years. The culminating event...
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Dr Ida The Story Of Dr Ida Scudder Of VelloreThis inspiring biography tells the story of Dr. Ida Scudder, a pioneering medical missionary who spent decades providing medical care to women and children in rural India. Through her selfless dedication and tireless efforts, Dr. Scudder transformed the lives of countless individuals and helped...
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