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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She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of three Oprah Book Club Picks including The River Is Waiting--Wally Lamb takes us on an extraordinary journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. "Mine is...
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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for DesegregationSeven years before Brown v. Board of Education, the Mendez family fought to end segregation in California schools. Discover their incredible story in Separate Is Never Equal, a picture book from award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh. Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner * A Pura...
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Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the CityAn updated and expanded new edition of the definitive walking guide to Seattle One of America's most walkable cities, Seattle rewards urban trekkers with expansive scenery and architectural and historical riches. The second edition of this acclaimed guidebook offers eighteen walks chosen for interest...
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of LoveThe critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller--a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco's ultimate rebirth and triumph. Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when...
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Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Professional Wrestling's New World Order Changed AmericaFrom ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi comes a compelling, gripping narrative history of professional wrestling's legendary faction, The NWO (New World Order), from their inception in 1996 to their influence on American pop culture today. In 1996, professional wrestling was one of the most watched...
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Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of BreadThe ultimate book for the sandwich connoisseur (or even the sandwich curious): nearly 100 recipes spanning the centuries, from the most well-known to obscure but delicious sandwiches. *As featured in The New York Times and Gastro Obscura**As seen on CBS Sunday Morning**An NPR Books...
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Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land OwnershipWhy is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth....
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for JusticeFreezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! "[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar's Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder's business...
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Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of JapanWith the development of the B-29 "Superfortress" in summer 1944, strategic bombing, a central component of the Allied war effort against Germany, arrived in the Pacific theater. In 1945 Japan experienced the three most deadly bombing attacks of the war. The firebombing of Tokyo...
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Puerto Rico: A National HistoryA panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo provides...
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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the...
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Precolonial Black AfricaThis comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.Author: Cheikh Anta DiopPublisher: Lawrence Hill BooksPublished: 08/01/1988Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.49h x...
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Pow! Right in the Eye!: Thirty Years Behind the Scenes of Modern French PaintingMemoir of a provocative Parisian art dealer at the heart of the 20th-century art world, available in English for the first time. Berthe Weill, a formidable Parisian dealer, was born into a Jewish family of very modest means. One of the first female gallerists...
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Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-'new' present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated."--Wall Street Journal "A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed...
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Powerful Like a DragonIn this life-affirming picture book, acclaimed author Christopher Cheng weaves the true story of his family's search for safety in the midst of war, demonstrating the strength of children in the face of the impossible.Young Shu Lok didn't know there was a war until...
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and ProsperityAwarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity--in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the...
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and HealingFrom the beginning of American chattel slavery in 1619, until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psycho- logical and spiritual abuse. Given such history,...
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Pedal Pusher: How One Woman's Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the WorldAnnie Cohen Kopchovsky was ready to ride her bicycle.Not to the market.Not around the block.Not across town.Annie was going to ride her bike all theway around the world. In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as...
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Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War IIFrom Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of courage, resilience, and faith during the Second World War General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued...
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Palestine Peace Not ApartheidFollowing his #1 New York Times bestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine. President Carter, who was able...
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