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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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The Book of Esther in the Age of RembrandtAn exploration of how the biblical heroine Queen Esther, a symbol of resilience and a figure of immense popularity, was portrayed in seventeenth-century Dutch art In the age of Rembrandt van Rijn, the biblical Book of Esther was a popular source of inspiration for...
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The Book of EnochThe Book of Enoch - The Prophet - Translated from an ethiopic MS. In the Bodleian Library. COMPLETE EDITION The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious work, ascribed by tradition to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, although modern scholars estimate the older...
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The Blind Mechanic: The Amazing Story of Eric Davidson, Survivor of the 1917 Halifax ExplosionEric Davidson lost both eyes in the Halifax Explosion when he was two years old. Against all odds, he taught himself to become an auto mechanic and had a successful decades-long career as "one of the boys." Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler...
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The Bills of Exchange Act, 1890: Being a Codification of the Law-Merchant Respecting Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes: With ExplanatorThis 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 Biggest Hole in the Iron Curtain: The Batizy StoryThe Batizy family was Eastern European nobility during the thirteenth to twentieth centuries and continued to lead comfortable lives even as the importance of aristocracy faded. Then, the unimaginable happened. These centuries of happy, committed citizenship would all seemingly fade away in an instant...
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The Bible and the Making of Modern IndiaSome politicians want to change the name "India." They are embarrassed by the fact that the name and the idea of "India" came from the Bible. In 1492, Columbus sailed and failed to find the sea route to "India." Vasco da Gama reached Calicut...
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The Battalion: Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western FrontHow did ordinary citizens become soldiers during the First World War, and how did they cope with the extraordinary challenges they confronted on the Western Front? These are questions Ian Isherwood seeks to answer in this absorbing and deeply researched study of the actions...
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Theatre and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Identity, Resistance and Contested NarrativesThis book delves into the complex narratives surrounding the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute through the unique lens of theatre. This ground-breaking exploration employs postcolonial theory to analyze a diverse array of theatrical works by Israeli, Palestinian, and Western playwrights. By juxtaposing portrayals of significant events...
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The Astronomical System of Aristotle: An InterpretationThis book shows that a rigorous study of Aristotle's Metaphysics is not simply an exercise in the history of astronomy, but constitutes a broad inquiry into our germinal ideas about speed, motion, and the spherical nature of celestial entities, as well as the relation...
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The Art of Publication from the Ninth to the Sixteenth CenturyWritten transmission relies on the fact of 'publication', the step between the authorial process and reception. But what does 'publishing' mean in the context of a manuscript culture, in which books were copied slowly and singly by hand? This is a fundamental question. If...
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The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ is Levi's most famous work, published in 1907. In it, he fills in the missing years of Jesus' life with reports on his early education with Jewish rabbis, a trip to India where he learned about Hinduism...
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The Ancient English Morris DanceThe idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for over four hundred years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history of those attitudes, from the dance's introduction to England in the fifteenth century,...
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The 50 Greatest Athletes in Boston Sports HistoryBoston fans are passionate about sports and are proud of their players and teams, all of which have enjoyed tremendous success through the years. In The 50 Greatest Athletes in Boston Sports History, Martin Gitlin ranks the top 50 superstars in the city's rich...
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The 1968 Florida Teachers' Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight Against Sunshine State ConservatismIn early 1968, more than 27,000 teachers across Florida mailed their resignation letters, initiating the country's first statewide teachers' strike. The striking teachers fought for and won a monumental victory, improving education in the state and gaining collective bargaining rights for all public sector...
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The 14th Shanghai Biennale: Cosmos CinemaVisual documentation of the 14th Shanghai Biennale with newly commissioned essays reflecting on its themes. Published to complement the 14th Shanghai Biennale, entitled Cosmos Cinema and curated by Anton Vidokle, this illustrated catalogue extends the exhibition's proposal that the methodologies of filmmaking might offer...
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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 expos? sheds light on the cruel conditions faced by patients and...
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Tectonic Archaeology: Subduction Zone Geology in Japan and Its Archaeological ImplicationsThe effects of tectonic processes on archaeological sites are evidenced by earthquake damage, volcanic eruptions, and tsunami destruction. However, these processes affect a far broader sphere of landform structures, environment, and even climate that envelops an archaeological site and triggers human behavioural activities. Tectonic...
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Technologies of the Human Corpse"One of our greatest thinkers" on death presents a radical new approach to thinking about dying and the human corpse (Caitlin Doughty, mortician and bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes). A fascinating exploration of the relationship between technology and the human corpse...
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Tactics in Counterinsurgency (FM 3-24.2 / FM 90-8 / FM 7-98)This field manual, "Tactics in Counterinsurgency" (FM 3-24.2), establishes doctrine (fundamental principles) for tactical counterinsurgency (COIN) operations at the company, battalion, and brigade level. It is based on lessons learned from historic counterinsurgencies and current operations. This manual continues the efforts of FM 3-24,...
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Systemizing the Past: Papers in Near Eastern and Caucasian Archaeology Dedicated to Pavel S. Avetisyan on the Occasion of His 65th BirthdaySystemizing the Past takes the reader to the fascinating world of Caucasian archaeology demonstrating the essential role of the region in shaping the prehistoric cultural landscape of the Ancient Near East. It is dedicated to Pavel Avetisyan, a leading modern Armenian archaeologist with wide...
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