History
Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Alaska - Not for a Woman!In 1962 Mary Carey, newly widowed, drove the Alcan Highway alone from Texas to Alaska, where she would make herself a new life. And her life there - whether she was teaching in an eight-pupil pilot school in Talkeetna, flying Mt. McKinley with bush...
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A Jewish Appendix: a memoirKnown for his smart, lively baseball writing, his acclaimed biography of the rock music legend Chrissie Hynde, and his erudite literary essays, Adam Sobsey returns with a powerful, passionate, deeply personal memoir of reckoning with his Jewish identity. In October of 2018, the day...
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A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism"Dramatic, heartbreaking and sweeping in scope." --Wall Street JournalThe acclaimed author of A Train in Winter returns with the "moving finale" (The Economist) of her Resistance Quartet--the powerful and inspiring true story of the women of the partisan resistance who fought against Italy's fascist...
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Age of DinosaursIt was the dawn of a blue planet two hundred and thirty-five million years ago. Around the globe, dinosaurs were taking dominion over their territory. Discover their confidence hundreds of millions of years ago as they roamed the land, certain that they could never...
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan"A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." --The Washington PostThe remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.Warrior. Samurai. Legend.When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already...
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A Concise History of the WorldThis book tells the story of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining social and cultural developments across the globe, including families and kin...
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A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and EnlightenmentA "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)--as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of [France's] . . . most iconic dishes...
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7 Continents: North America, Grade 4 - 6 - Teacher ResourceDevelop geography literacy while learning about the unique characteristics of North America! The 7 Continents: North America helps students learn about North America through engaging reading and writing activities. Five geography units cover the following standards-based topics: Section 1: North America in the World...
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52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to HealingFrom bestselling author of the Misewa Saga series David A. Robertson, this is the essential guide for all Canadians to understand how small and attainable acts towards reconciliation can make an enormous difference in our collective efforts to build a reconciled country. 52 Ways...
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusA groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the...
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Yellowstone National Park: Lift the FactDid you know that Yellowstone National Park spans three states? With beautiful illustrations throughout and more than 50 flaps to explore, this book celebrates one of the wonderful national parks of North America. Open up to find out more about this fascinating world we...
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961The extraordinary untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life in espionageA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A finalist for the William E. Colby Military Writers' Award"IMPORTANT" (Wall Street Journal) - "FASCINATING" (New York Review of Books) - "CAPTIVATING" (Missourian)A riveting international cloak-and-dagger epic...
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World War II Map by MapExplore World War II in unprecedented detail with this compelling geographical guide. If you're interested in finding out more about one of the deadliest wars in history, then this war book is perfect for you. World War II Map by Map is an intricately...
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World Mythology for Beginners: 50 Timeless Tales from Around the GlobeLose yourself in the world's most compelling myths People have always created stories to explain and explore the world around them. World Mythology for Beginners introduces you to 50 of the most incredible tales of gods, heroes, and monsters. From common classics to lesser-known...
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Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields: Subject to DustExploring themes of work and labor in everyday life, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., offers a history of how coal miners and their families lived their religion in eastern Kentucky's coal fields during the early 20th century. Callahan follows coal miners and their families from...
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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's EliteA haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea:...
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William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete DrawingsCelebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing,...
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Why War?Richard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whether there was "a way of delivering mankind from...
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Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in HistoryWho wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented soap? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations. Who invented the...
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Who Are The Biblical Israelites?Who Are the Biblical Israelites?In roughly 701 BC, a chilling moment in history was carved into stone - the Lachish Relief, a vast Assyrian masterpiece capturing the brutal siege of a Judean city. But hidden within its intricate lines and faces lies more than...
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