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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Quest for the GrailUsing the mythological investigations of Joseph Campbell and Robert Moore, Richard Rohr brings alive the ancient legends of knights and the search for King Arthur's grail, and shows how they can serve as models for a journey of the psyche and spirit.Author: Richard RohrPublisher:...
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Prince Edward IslandWelcome to Prince Edward Island! Come with me, Ezra, as I show you around the province where I live. Learn about the provincial flag, animal, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding...
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President Lincoln: The Duty of a StatesmanIn his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a...
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Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship That Fought for EmancipationThe dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter--which brings new insights into Britain's involvement in the end of the trade in enslaved people In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the Black Joke. Assigned to the Preventative Squadron, she...
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Practical ArchaeogamingAs a sequel to Archaeogaming: an Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games, the author focuses on the practical and applied side of the discipline, collecting recent digital fieldwork together in one place for the first time to share new methods in treating...
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Por Tierrras ExtranasAuthor: Andres ResendezPublisher: Edaf AntillasPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.03h x 6.04w x 0.74dISBN: 9788441442931Language: SpanishAbout the AuthorEgresado de El Colegio de México y de la Universidad de Chicago, donde se doctoró en historia, Andrés Reséndez es profesor en la Universidad de California,...
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PoliticsThis classic work of political philosophy by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle is one of the most influential texts on the subject ever written. In this edition, the renowned translator H. Rackham provides a clear and accessible rendering of the text, making it an...
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Perfected Guide to the Spanish Castilian Language"Perfected Guide to the Spanish Castilian Language" is an essential tool for anyone looking to learn or improve their Castilian Spanish. Written by Aurelius Varona de Quesada, a noted Spanish linguist and educator, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the language's grammar, syntax,...
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 1Anyone who has ever lived in the great state of Pennsylvania has at one time or another either read about or heard someone talk about one of its folktales and legends. These types of stories seem to be a part of our heritage here...
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Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at WarIn this family story that includes more than 70 letters from Vietnam, the raw honesty of one homesick teenage boy speaks for every lonely soldier at war. Huey crew chief Larry Smith grew into a hardened man in his First Cavalry helicopter while his...
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Paul Revere's Ride PPaul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the...
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Paula Modersohn-Becker: Self-Portrait with Two Flowers: MoMA One on One SeriesPaula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) painted her last self-portrait in 1907, while she was in her third trimester. In the painting she gazes straight at the viewer, holding up two flowers--symbols representing the creativity and procreativity of women artists--and resting a protective hand atop her swelling...
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Patrick Connor's War: The 1865 Powder River Indian ExpeditionThe summer of 1865 marked the transition from the Civil War to Indian war on the western plains. With the rest of the country's attention still focused on the East, the U.S. Army began an often forgotten campaign against the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho....
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Our Way To Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege In Israel-PalestineThis book follows the dangerous lives of peace activists in Israel and Palestine. It explores the crises that stirred them to act, the risks they face, and the small victories that sustain them.Michael Riordon takes us to thousand year-old olive groves, besieged villages, refugee...
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Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate CrisisIn this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course....
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Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San FranciscoA historical approach to reintegrating the city with its natural environmentFew cities are so dramatically identified with their environment as San Francisco-the landscape of hills, the expansive bay, the engulfing fog, and even the deadly fault line shifting below. Yet most residents think of...
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Operation Mockingbird: The Controversial History of the CIA's Efforts to Manipulate American Media OutletsFreedom of the press isn't just a fundamental right in America but a key part of the democratic process. When the United States secured its independence against Britain in the War of Independence in 1783, there was no certainty about what the new country...
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Operation Match: Jeff Tarr and the Invention of Computer DatingThe improbable and untold story of the college student who invented the world's first computer dating serviceIn the fall of 1962, Jeff Tarr, a teenager from a small town in Maine, began his freshman year at Harvard University. By the time he graduated, he...
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Oh No He Didn't! Brilliant Women and the Men Who Took Credit for Their WorkAuthor: Wendy J. MurphyPublisher: Cynren PressPublished: 09/24/2024Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56dISBN: 9781947976436Review Citation(s): Library Journal 06/01/2024 pg. 116
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Off the Hook Too!: Off-Beat Reporter's Tales from Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.)In 1981, L'Anse Sentinel publisher Ed Danner unleashed the madness when he invited a rookie reporter from Chicago's South Side to work for his Upper Michigan weekly newspaper. Nancy Besonen's Off The Hook is a collection of humor columns she successfully slipped by her...
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