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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No One Ever Asked Me: The World War II Memoirs of an Omaha Indian SoldierAs a young adolescent, Hollis Dorion Stabler underwent a Native ceremony in which he was given the new name Na-zhin-thia, Slow to Rise. It was a name that no white person asked to know during Hollis's tour of duty in Anzio, his unacknowledged difference...
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Historical Atlas of OklahomaThe Historical Atlas of Oklahoma has been an indispensable reference for longer than four decades. Issued on the eve of the Oklahoma Centennial, this fourth edition of the atlas is much more than an updated version. Oklahoma authors Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble...
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Introduction to African CivilizationsTimely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches to the history of Africa from early African civilizations to Africa's significance in world history. With brilliantly...
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The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern AmericaPerfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR's closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life, "the most important...
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War IINEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard "Billy" Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill...
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Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket IslandHere is one of the classics of modern Gaelic literature--the autobiography of Peig Sayers, a remarkable woman who lived forty years at the edge of survival on barren Great Blasket Island, and who came to be recognized as one of the last of Ireland's...
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Vasily Kandinsky: Around the CircleTwenty-first-century Kandinsky: a reappraisal of the Russian abstractionist's art, life and thought through the extraordinary collection of the iconic museumOne of the foremost artistic innovators of abstraction in the 20th century, Vasily Kandinsky sought to liberate painting from its ties to the natural world...
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We're Not Leaving: 9/11 Responders Tell Their Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Renewal"We're Not Leaving" is a compilation of powerful first-person narratives told from the vantage point of World Trade Center disaster workers-police officers, firefighters, construction workers, and other volunteers at the site. While the effects of 9/11 on these everyday heroes and heroines are indelible,...
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The Divine Blueprint: Temples, power places, and the global plan to shape the human soul.A fresh and insightful account of the origin of ancient temples and the role played by sacred sites in raising human consciousness. Can a temple transform an ordinary person into an extraordinary being? Ancient texts refer to temples as living beings, intermediaries between matter...
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St. Augustine A to Z: A Young Reader's Guide to America's Oldest CitySt. Augustine A to Z is a rhyming, ABC adventure book that explores St. Augustine, Florida's historical figures and landmarks. You'll see a fort, a lighthouse, a pirate ship, Spanish conquistadors, and much more. Tourists and residents alike will also enjoy the map at...
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Africa Must UniteThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn't: The Story Of The Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band To Ever Come Out Of The Pacific Northwest, The ScreamiIn 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened. It wasn't because the band didn't have great songs-indeed, the Trees were revered for...
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Armed Forces EncyclopediaTogether, the branches of the US military defend the nation at sea, in the air, and on land. This title explores the history of each military branch, how it has evolved over time, and what its role is today. Features include a glossary, additional...
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & TreacheryNew York Times bestselling author, Newbery Honor recipient, and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin presents both the heroism and the treachery of one of the Revolutionary War's most infamous players in his biography of Benedict Arnold. Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award...
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The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary AmericaNew York Times Editors' ChoiceWinner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize Winner of the Gotham Book PrizeWinner of the New York Society Library's New York City Book AwardJournal of the American Revolution Book of the YearWinner of the David J. Langum,...
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Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's EnemiesAccused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even today, a...
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Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an IslandTold in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, critically acclaimed author-illustrator Jennifer Thermes's Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle,...
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Ten Days in a Mad-HouseIn Ten Days in a Mad-House, pioneering journalist Nellie Bly recounts her harrowing experience posing as a patient to investigate abuses at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. Her brave and immersive exposé sheds light on the cruel conditions faced by patients and...
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The Carolinian Murder at Nags Head: The Janet Siclari StoryThe Saga of a Brutal Murder Janet Siclari, a beautiful 35-year-old visitor to the Outer Banks, was found raped and fatally stabbed on the early morning of August 28, 1993, behind the iconic Carolinian hotel at Nags Head. After a long and intriguing probe,...
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This Little Explorer: A Pioneer PrimerLearn all about the most influential explorers who searched the world far and wide in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for pioneers-in-training! Little explorers discover a great big world. The follow up to This Little President, now even the youngest adventurers can...
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