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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The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler: Telling Stories in Colonial AmericaWho was Acorn Whistler, and why did he have to die? A deeply researched analysis of a bloody eighteenth-century conflict and its tangled aftermath, The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler unearths competing accounts of the events surrounding the death of this Creek Indian. Told...
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The Foote Family: Or The Descendants Of Nathaniel Foote, One Of The First Settlers Of Wethersfield, Connecticut""The Foote Family: Or The Descendants Of Nathaniel Foote, One Of The First Settlers Of Wethersfield, Connecticut"" is a comprehensive genealogy book written by Nathaniel Goodwin. The book is focused on the descendants of Nathaniel Foote, who was one of the first settlers of...
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The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself about Russia and Betrayed UkraineA bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism - with catastrophic consequences. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six U.S. presidential administrations of both parties pursued policies for...
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The Farm at Black Mountain CollegeA record of the rise and fall of the BMC farm that foregrounds the voices of a new cast of characters Black Mountain College (BMC) was a wellspring of 20th-century creative unorthodoxy. From its founding in 1933 and over its celebrated 23-year history, the...
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The Fall of Berlin: The Final Days of Hitler's Evil RegimeIn April 1945, Soviet forces descended on Berlin in the final phase of the war in Europe. The fighting was fierce as soldiers fanatically loyal to the Nazi party - and those afraid of the vengeance their opponents might enact - sought to stave...
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The Emergence of Arabic Poetry: From Regional Identities to Islamic CanonizationA new literary history of Arabic poetry from 500-750 CE that includes hundreds of lines of poetry never before translated into English To interpret the Quran's Arabic, early medieval Muslims turned to pre-Islamic poetry, a corpus that the Prophet Muhammad's cousin called "the archive...
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The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus V2: Facsimile Plates And Line For Line Hieroglyphic TransliterationThe Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus V2 is a book that presents facsimile plates and a line-for-line hieroglyphic transliteration of the ancient Egyptian medical text known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus. This papyrus is one of the oldest and most important surviving medical documents from...
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The Dark Past: The Us Supreme Court and African Americans, 1800--2015Author: William M. WiecekPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 11/04/2024Pages: 552Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.60w x 2.00dISBN: 9780197654439
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The Curious History of the Heart: A Cultural and Scientific JourneyGold Award Winner, 2024 Nonfiction Book Awards Runner-up, 2024 History category, San Francisco Book Festival Runner-up, 2024 General Non-Fiction, New York Book Festival For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around...
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The Charles W. Morgan: The World's Last Wooden WhaleshipAs America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry, the Charles W. Morgan has a complex story to tell.Elaborating on earlier volumes on the ship's history at Mystic Seaport Museum, this new book offers an expanded...
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The Case of Galileo and the ChurchDid the Church really martyr Galileo?Throughout the modern era, Galileo Galilei has been presented as a victim of cruel torture of conscience, theological narrow-mindedness, and ecclesiastical harassment typical of a dark, closed-minded Church. Frequently portrayed as such in theaters due to prevailing political ideologies,...
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The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek RuleThe Business of Transition examines how the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigated the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century. In this social and cultural history, Paris Papamichos Chronakis shows how the Jewish and Greek merchants of Salonica (present-day...
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The Big Lies and Fake News About Israel TodayAntisemitism has evolved from religious persecution to supposedly racial discrimination, and currently manifests as a direct attack on the Jew of the world, represented by Israel. The lies, diatribes, and fake news about the Jewish state range from the absurd to the implausible. Despite...
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The Bell Curve Plus: Intelligence and The War of CivilizationsThe two aspects of cognitive abilities (IQ and wisdom) are leveraged by Dr. Harry Chang et al. in The Bell Curve Plus: Intelligence and the War of Civilizations in analyzing the current situation in the United States. After reviewing different cultures, religions, and Jewish...
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The Beechers: America's Most Influential FamilyThe Reverend Lyman Beecher was once called "the father of more brains than any other man in America." Among his eleven living children were a celebrity novelist, a college president, the most well-known preacher in America, a suffragist, a radical abolitionist, a pioneer in...
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The Art of DuellingThis rare little book was first published in 1836. Only a handful of the original editions remain, and are now extremely costly. OBSCURE PRESS has republished this classic work in a high quality, modern edition, using the original text and artwork. The author remains...
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The Antietam Journal, Volume 6Volume 6 of The Antietam Journal includes articles on Robert E. Lee's health, Ezra Carman and the Antietam Battlefield Board, the diary of a Confederate artilleryman, the 2nd Wisconsin at South Mountain, and a tour of the Harpers Ferry battlefield.Author: Kevin R. PawlakPublisher: Antietam...
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The American FlagDescribes the flag comprised of stars and stripes that represents the United States, its meaning, and how it came to become a symbol of the country. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, infographics, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an...
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The Aluminaire HouseAn exciting review of the history, architecture, and rescue of the Aluminaire House, a midcentury modern experimental house designed by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey and now moving to its new, permanent home at the Palm Springs Art Museum.The Aluminaire House was...
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The Adam and Eve Story: Secrets RevisitedThe Adam and Eve Story: Secrets RevisitedAuthor: Demetri WelshIn "The Adam and Eve Story: Secrets Revisited," Demetri Welsh offers an expansive and thoroughly researched modern rewrite of Chan Thomas's controversial book. This volume delves into the mysteries of cataclysmic events that have shaped human...
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