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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Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest WriterA fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare's beloved plays. Shakespeare's plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Using the latest techniques in textual analysis Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers a...
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Shadows of Tyranny: Defending Democracy in an Age of DictatorshipIn response to right-wing extremism in the United States and around the world, Ken McGoogan offers lessons from history by looking back at the rise of authoritarianism and the collapse of European democracies in the lead-up to World War II. In Shadows of Tyranny,...
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Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai'i and the Making of Us EmpireUnder martial law during World War II, Hawaiʻi was located at the intersection of home front and war front. In Settler Militarism, Juliet Nebolon shows how settler colonialism and militarization simultaneously perpetuated, legitimated, and concealed one another in wartime Hawaiʻi for the purposes of...
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Seasons at Lakeside Dairy: Family Stories from a Black-Owned Dairy, Louisiana to California and BeyondOpened in 1907 in Shreveport, Louisiana, by Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins's grandfather, Black dairy farmer Angus Bates, Lakeside Dairy was a rarity in the post-Reconstruction South. The dairy thrived despite the time's challenging, racially oppressive, and hostile social and political climate. While Lakeside Dairy closed in...
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School & Library It's Her Story Read-Along SeriesThis inspiring series explores the lives of amazing women who have changed the world, from scientists and activists to writers and artists. Each illustrated graphic novel takes young readers through the hardships and triumphs of real women, featuring Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Ida B....
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School & Library It's Her Story eBook SeriesThis inspiring series explores the lives of amazing women who have changed the world, from scientists and activists to writers and artists. Each illustrated graphic novel takes young readers through the hardships and triumphs of real women, featuring Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Ida B....
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Saving the North Coast RedwoodsThe battle to preserve a natural wonder. Towering and majestic, the redwood forests of California's North Coast once drew not visitors, but fortune-seeking timber companies. By 1917, the region had been logged for nearly 70 years and concerns arose that the rapidly disappearing redwoods...
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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and MurderFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal. On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were...
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Savages: Infantry Culture in the Global War on TerrorBlackwell paints a provocative, brutally honest picture of a Global War on Terror infantryman.In his debut book, Blackwell explores the complex culture, complete with its own value system, of the American warrior serving during the Global War on Terror, known as "GWOT." The GWOT...
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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Ed]: A Brief History of HumankindAuthor: Yuval Noah HarariPublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 02/04/2025Pages: 464Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780063422001
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Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity: Life as a UnityPublished in conjunction with the first monographic exhibition of sculptor Ruth Duckworth's work since 2006, this book makes use of art historical advances of the last several decades to examine her work and practice in a new light. Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity...
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RSV Personal Size Bible with Cross References, Brown Leathersoft, (Sovereign Collection)This elegant Bible edition of the RSV delivers this classic translation in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional accents.The Revised Standard Version (RSV) in the Sovereign Collection reflects its place in the legacy and majesty of the King James Version...
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Rollins CollegeRollins College was founded by New England Congregationalists in 1885 and is recognized as the first coeducational institution of higher learning in Florida. Built upon classical values, the Rollins College founders sought to introduce a liberal arts education to the Florida frontier. Throughout the...
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Rethinking European Modernity: Reason, Power, and Coloniality in Early Modern ThoughtThis open access book undertakes a self-critical reinterpretation of European modernity and responds to the need for a global understanding of the development of Western thought. Showcasing contemporary Latin American approaches that align modernity with colonialism, and European theories of modernity, Hans Schelkshorn reassesses...
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Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the PastWhat makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit--the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today--offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication of history as an empirical discipline. Based on a new reading...
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Recipe for Life: The AutobiographyFrom Queen of Tarts to the nation's heart, Mary Berry shares her Recipe for Life. From the moment she came into the world--two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray--Mary has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. Born in 1935, in...
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Purple Heart Valley: A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy""Purple Heart Valley: A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy"" is a non-fiction book written by Margaret Bourke-White. The book is an account of her experiences as a war correspondent during World War II in Italy. The book covers the period from 1943...
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Princess Victoria Ka'iulani: Last Heir of the Hawaiian KingdomThis new biography of Princess Victoria Ka'iulani goes far beyond most accounts of her life, which tend to dwell on nostalgic recollections of what could have been rather than the reality of her life. Many of the most cherished depictions of Ka'iulani originate from...
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Pre-Adamite Man: Demonstrating the Existence of the Human Race Upon this Earth 100,000 Years Ago!Pre-Adamite Man: Demonstrating the Existence of the Human Race Upon this Earth 100,000 Years Ago! is a book written by Paschal Beverly Randolph. The book is an attempt to prove the existence of pre-Adamite humans, who lived on Earth 100,000 years ago. According to...
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Politics: The Complete 8 BooksPolitics by Aristotle and translated by Benjamin Jowett. The Complete 8 Books. Politics is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher. The end of the Nicomachean Ethics declared that the inquiry into ethics necessarily follows into politics, and the...
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