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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Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic LandmarkAuthor: Manfred Dutch Von EhrenfriedPublisher: SpringerPublished: 07/04/2018Pages: 285Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.48h x 6.70w x 0.61dISBN: 9783319766836Review Citation(s): Choice 02/01/2019About the AuthorDutch Von Ehrenfried has worked in both the spaceflight and aviation fields for about 25 years. He was a NASA Flight Controller in...
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A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel's Genocide in Palestine'Albanese has spoken truth with unflinching clarity in a world largely silent in the face of a holocaust, carrying out her mandate with integrity and defiance that honours both the law and the human conscience. This book is a formidable indictment of injustice and...
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Artists Who Changed HistoryThis visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas. Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence Art as we know it...
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The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes"Burrough, with his gifts for both synthesis and lyricism, brings more to the table . . . [he] has also done estimable new reporting, showing links between Texas money and national politics that stretch back far earlier than the days of Lyndon B. Johnson."...
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Ghost Ship (Unsolved)Discover the unsolved mystery of the Mary Celeste in this beautifully illustrated book for kids, accessible for all readers!The ship Mary Celeste was discovered drifting in the ocean without its 10 passengers in 1872. The cargo and everyone's personal belongings were still on the...
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All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal MindAcclaimed crime historian, podcaster, and author of American Sherlock Kate Winkler Dawson tells the thrilling story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intelligent to be killed"--and the array of 19th century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to...
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Wrecking Ball: Race, Friendship, God, and FootballSuit up with celebrated literary master Rick Bass as he writes, ala Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights) and George Plimpton (Paper Lions), through the prism of battered semi-professional football and the refractions it casts on matters of race, masculinity, and yes, faith. The Montana...
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The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine"A vividly detailed, heartbreaking tale about a dark, alien place, the people who loved working there and a town that has never been the same. He brings to life the hot, dirty, treasure-hunt environment where danger was a miner's heroin." --Seattle Times "Investigation at...
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A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern EuropeA groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions,...
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Foundations of Chinese Civilization: The Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty (2697 BCE - 220 CE)The first volume in this easy to read, comic-style series on Chinese historyAuthor: Jing LiuPublisher: Stone Bridge PressPublished: 05/31/2016Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781611720273Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/11/2016Library Journal 05/15/2016 pg. 60School Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 133Booklist 08/01/2016 pg....
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Sixties SurrealA reevaluation of American art of the 1960s that foregrounds the role of surrealism during a period of social and political upheaval Challenging what we think we know about art of the 1960s, this volume moves beyond the established movements of pop art, minimalism,...
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The History of Art in One Sentence: 500 Years of Art (But Funny)How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian one? Why were the Pre-Raphaelites so obsessed with redheads? What does "Dada" mean? Verity Babbs has the answers, as she takes you on a whirlwind tour through 50 key Western art movements spanning 500 years--from...
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Uttermost Part of the EarthThe Compelling True Story of Life at the Far Reaches of Civilization"E. Lucas Bridges provides in his brilliantly written book our most valuable resource on the lost heritage of the Yamana." The Daily BeagleFamous for being the southernmost city in the world, the wild...
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Texian Exodus: The Runaway Scrape and Its Enduring LegacyA narrative account of the evacuation of the Texians in 1836, which was redeemed by the defeat of the Mexican army and the creation of the Republic of Texas. Two events in Texas history shine so brightly that they can be almost blinding: the...
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military HistoryThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper...
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The Maginot Line: A New HistoryAn authoritative and original history of the Maginot Line that reshapes our understanding of interwar France and the events of 1940 The Maginot Line was a marvel of 1930s engineering. The huge forts, up to eighty meters underground, contained hospitals, modern kitchens, telephone exchanges,...
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Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the UsflFrom Jeff Pearlman--the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus--comes the rollicking, outrageous story of the USFL, full of larger-than-life characters and you-can't-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game. The United States Football League--known fondly to...
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Weimar Under the Palms: Pacific Palisades, German Exiles, and the Invention of HollywoodThe story of the German exiles--and cultural titans--who settled in Pacific Palisades and influenced American culture. In the early twentieth century, Pacific Palisades was home to America's most modern film studio of the time as well as the proposed site of the world's largest...
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The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt AmericaWinner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial PrizeWinner of the C. L. R. James AwardA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA ProMarket Best Political Economy Book of the Year "The Next Shift is an original work...
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The World in Books: A Year of Reading--WiselyA bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world's most influential writers--from Plato to Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway to bell hooks, and Marcus Aurelius to Joan Didion....
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