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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We're Not OK: Jewish & Ally Experiences Post 10/7On October 7th, 2023, one of the most barbaric massacres of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, took place in Israel. While the attacks demonstrated the cruel savagery of a modern death cult, some of the most shocking outcomes arose from the reactions of...
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We Hold These Truths: How to Spot the Myths That Are Holding America Back"We Hold These 'Truths' dismantles dozens of myths about American politics in the service of rebuilding American democracy. Burgat teaches us that the solutions are never simple or quick--but that they are within our reach if we're humble enough to rethink our assumptions and...
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Wayne Ngan, Island Potter: A Portrait by a FriendWhen Ngan Gui Wang arrived in Canada at age thirteen to live with his unwelcoming grandfather, he was poor, illiterate, and bereft of his family in China. In school, he faced racist taunts and saw little hope for a future until his junior high...
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War, Global Capitalism and ResistanceFor the last twenty years, William I. Robinson has been developing a new theory of capitalism and the state; now his selected writings are collected in War, Global Capitalism and Resistance. His theory of capitalism, imperialism, and the state - describing a transnational capitalist...
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Wacky Dust: What Happens on a TrainIt's 1946, and you're aboard Santa Fe Railway's all-Pullman Super Chief, leavingChicago for Los Angeles. What a cast of characters boarded with you! Walt Disneydreams of a park like no other that he can't afford to build. Singer Nat Cole has fallen inlove-but not...
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Views from Beyond Metropolis: Reimagine the American Way and learn ways to bridge multicultural divides in an ever-changing worldAuthor Alan O'Hashi reimagines Superman's American Way in his memoir Views from Beyond Metropolis: True Stories of a Japanese American Baby Boomer. He provides the reader with practical techniques to become more aware of their biases, how to undo them, and equip themselves to...
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Venice and the Ottoman Empire: A Tale of Art, Culture, and ExchangeAccompanying a major traveling exhibition, this book examines the unique artistic and cultural exchange between the Republic of Venice and Turkish Ottoman culture and identity over a three-hundred-year period. From the early Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century, Venice held a central...
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Vanishing SeattleThough Seattle is still a young city, growing and changing, much of its short past is already lost-but not forgotten. Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This...
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Up Against a Crooked Gospel: Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of RedemptionEthics and Intersectionality Series UP AGAINST A CROOKED GOSPEL Black Women's Bodies and the Politics of Redemption Melanie Jones Quarles An essential text for students and scholars of womanist thought, ethics, biblical studies, and Black religion. Drawing upon her grandmother's personal struggles with physical...
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Understanding Contemporary Russian Militarism: From Revolutionary to New Generation WarfareRussian perceptions of the deep crisis after the demise of the USSR led certain circles in Moscow to conclude that an "Anglo-Saxon" anti-Soviet clandestine information war had nearly destroyed Russia. Russian political-military elites decided that the nature of war had changed, and Moscow must...
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Uncommon Valor: The Recon Company That Earned Five Medals of Honor and Included the Most Decorated Green BeretUncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such...
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Uncertain Allies: General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India TheaterUncertain Allies looks at the U.S. military's experience in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater during World War II through the eyes of Joseph Stilwell, the commanding general of all American forces in those three countries. Accomplished historian Eric Setzekorn, focuses on two key themes: uncertain...
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Ukraine Not 'The' UkraineThis Element is a historical tour of Ukraine from the medieval Kyivan prince Volodymyr the Great through to Ukraine's twenty-first-century rock star president Volodymyr Zelensky. It presents Ukraine as an actor, not a pawn, in international history. And it focuses on people. In the...
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Ukraine Not 'The' UkraineThis Element is a historical tour of Ukraine from the medieval Kyivan prince Volodymyr the Great through to Ukraine's twenty-first-century rock star president Volodymyr Zelensky. It presents Ukraine as an actor, not a pawn, in international history. And it focuses on people. In the...
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True Crime Stories of the TriadCrime writer Cathy Pickens brings a novelist's eye to the stories that define the sinister--and quirky--side of the Triad.The Triad region ranks high in national murder statistics, but crime stories are always more interesting than numbers. Crimes in North Carolina's Piedmont happen in small...
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Transforming Presidential Healthcare: Ensuring Comprehensive Care for the Commander in Chief Amid 21st Century ThreatsWith the impending presidential election, there is more interest than ever around the most significant figure in American government--particularly the physical and mental requirements to serve as president. Transforming Presidential Healthcare offers a compelling journey through the corridors of power as seen through the...
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Total Modernism. Mass Housing and Urbanism in Soviet Zaporizhzhia: 1958-1985A quiet rural town until World War I, Zaporizhzhia exploded into a major industrial centre in the 1920s following con-struction of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station. This book looks at a later period in the history of what is now one of the largest cities...
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Tony Alcoseba: MetamorphosesTony Alcoseba: MetamorphosesEmbark on a transformative journey through the life of Tony Alcoseba, a visionary artist whose work transcends boundaries. From his early days selling paintings at Christie's in Hong Kong to groundbreaking exhibitions at Qube Gallery, Tony's story is one of relentless self-expression...
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The Whole Duty Of Man: Laid Down In A Plain And Familiar Way For The Use Of All, But Especially The Meanest Reader: Divided Into Xvii ChapterThis classic work provides a plain and accessible guide to Christian faith and practice. It is structured around 17 chapters, each of which is designed to be read on a weekly basis. The text covers a wide range of topics, from divine providence and...
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The Washington Apple: Orchards and the Development of Industrial Agriculture Volume 7In the nineteenth century, most American farms had a small orchard or at least a few fruit-bearing trees. People grew their own apple trees or purchased apples grown within a few hundred miles of their homes. Nowadays, in contrast, Americans buy mass-produced fruit in...
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