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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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Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War"Explores how Syria's peaceful uprising gave way to armed insurgency and sectarian jihad...a sympathetic portrait of a heroic uprising gone wrong, describing in all too painful detail the transformations wrought by armed groups and Assad's brutality. This is an important, honest, and insightful book,...
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Burn Back Better - Lahaina: A perfect storm or a perfect crime?"Freedom For Hawaii Is Freedom For Us All..." On August 8th, 2023 beautiful historic Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA was destroyed. Although fences were immediately erected around the burn area to prevent reporters, journalists, and families from investigating the destruction, there...
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Bully Nation: How the American Establishment Creates a Bullying SocietyIt's not just the bully in the schoolyard that we should be worried about. The one-on-one bullying that dominates the national conversation, this timely book suggests, is actually part of a larger problem--a natural outcome of the bullying nature of our national institutions. And...
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Building the National WWII MuseumAs the second-most visited museum in the United States, The National WWII Museum attracts hundreds of thousands of patrons every year to its campus in New Orleans. Guests can tour its extensive permanent galleries and embedded multimedia displays, view special or traveling exhibits, dine...
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Brief Biographies of Badass Bitches - Volume II: Women You Should Know More About But Probably Don'tYou may know who this actor is, and yes, you may really love this musician. Or, hey, you may actually despise them. But do you know about their contributions to civil rights causes? Or to science? Or what they've overcome just to survive in...
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BREAKING THE BOMBERS - How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit'Mark Shaw is the foremost analyst of organised crime in SA.' - Jonny SteinbergAt the dawn of the country's brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which began as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group...
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Brainwashing In The High Schools: An Examination Of Eleven American History TextbooksAuthor: E. Merrill RootPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLCPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 284Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60dISBN: 9781258125486This title is not returnable
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Boudicca: The Warrior QueenThis is the story of a British icon: Boudicca - humiliated widow of Prasutagus - who led British tribes into rage-fuelled war with the Roman Empire.Boudicca is a legendary figure today, as the mother determined to avenge her ravaged children and the warrior who...
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Bokuden Ryu Jujutsu: A Record of Intensive Lessons in Jujutsu with Additional Secret Teachings on ResuscitationA full reproduction and English translation of a 1916 book on the Bokuden School of Jujutsu. This fully illustrated book contains 60 illustrated Jujutsu techniques. It shows how the Bokuden School taught Jujutsu in the early 20th century. An interesting look at how Japanese...
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Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid MediumA richly illustrated exploration of the history, art, and design of printed LSD blotter tabs. Blotter is the first comprehensive written account of the history, art, and design of LSD blotter paper, the iconic drug delivery device that will perhaps forever be linked to...
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Black Time and the Aesthetic Possibility of ObjectsThe decades following the civil rights and decolonization movements of the sixties and seventies--termed the post-soul era--created new ways to understand the aesthetics of global racial representation. Daphne Lamothe shows that beginning around 1980 and continuing to the present day, Black literature, art, and...
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Black Time and the Aesthetic Possibility of ObjectsThe decades following the civil rights and decolonization movements of the sixties and seventies--termed the post-soul era--created new ways to understand the aesthetics of global racial representation. Daphne Lamothe shows that beginning around 1980 and continuing to the present day, Black literature, art, and...
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Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War WorldWhen confronted with a persistent foreign policy problem that threatens U.S. interests, and that cannot be adequately addressed through economic or political pressure, American policymakers and opinion formers have increasingly resorted to recommending the use of limited military force: that is, enough force to...
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Best Teams of World SoccerTop clubs and international teams have influenced soccer's history for nearly two centuries. Along the way, many teams have built both lasting legacies and huge fan bases all over the globe. This title introduces readers to the top clubs and countries in both men's...
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Best of Christmas Coloring Book for Adults: Christmas Coloring Book for Adults Grayscale most beautiful motifs from all christmas coloring books A454P★Best of Christmas Grayscale Coloring Book★The most beautiful motifs from all Christmas coloring books from Monsoon Publishing - for relaxation and creative hours A4 52S white backs Christmas tree balls Christmas tree decorations Christmas house decorations Fireplaces with Christmas decorations Animals at Christmas Children...
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Berthe MorisotA detailed and highly personal account of the life and works of Berthe Morisot, the most influential female impressionist painter. Berthe Morisot won over the impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group alongside Monet, Degas, and Renoir. She was...
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Bat, Ball and Field: The Elements of CricketBat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. 'Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best' Cricketer Chronicling the evolution of the sport since its earliest years, highlighting transcendent moments as well as tragedies,...
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Bataan Death March: The Eye-Witness Account of the Death March from Bataan and the Narrative of Experiences in Japanese Prison Camps and oBataan Death March, originally published as The Dyess Story in 1944, is the moving World War II account of William Dyess (1916-1943), a US Army Air Force pilot who was captured by the Japanese in the fall of the Philippines. Dyess then took part...
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BakersfieldBakersfield was established in 1863 in the western shadow of the Sierra Nevada at the intersection of two of the country's defining events: the California Gold Rush and the Civil War. Bakersfield's first generation of pioneers--gold-seekers, Southern sympathizers, and European immigrants--tamed the region's confluence...
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Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury TalesAcclaimed for centuries as the "Father of English Literature," Geoffrey Chaucer enjoys widespread and effusive praise for his classic Canterbury Tales--and rightfully so. Still, even the greatest of authors cannot claim perfection, and so Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury...
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