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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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Deeds/Abstracts: The History of a London Lot, 1 January 1991 - 6 October 1992Before his tragic death in 1992, Greg Curnoe had submitted to Brick Books a manuscript based on extraordinarily detailed research into the history of 38 Weston, his address in London, Ontario. The result is a journal/collage that traces the occupancy of that one small...
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Decisions of the Galveston Campaigns: The Twenty-One Critical Decisions That Defined the OperationsThe Galveston Campaigns were a series of naval and overland battles that pitted Confederate General John B. Magruder and his often-improvised Confederate forces against General Nathaniel P. Banks and a variety of Union army and naval forces. A Federal fleet entered Galveston Bay on...
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Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American StoryOn January 25, 1787, in Springfield, Massachusetts, militia Major General William Shepard ordered his cannon to fire grapeshot at a peaceful demonstration of 1,200 farmers approaching the federal arsenal. The shots killed four and wounded twenty, marking the climax of five months of civil...
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Cyprus 1974, This Ain't No Picnic, It's War: The Combat Diary of Al Gaudet, Canadian Peacekeeper"Cyprus 1974: This Ain t No Picnic, It s War " is the edited personal diary of Alain Gaudet, a twenty-two-year-old paratrooper with the Canadian Forces in a peacekeeping role in Nicosia, Cyprus. The diary is a fascinating look at daily life from the...
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Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RailroadSince 1975, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad offered year-round scenic train rides and is the longest running national park-based railroad.Since 1975, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad has provided transportation to and within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Northeast Ohio. Starting as a steam...
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Cunningham & Co.: Stories of San Joaquin County, California, Sheriff Thomas Cunningham & His DeputiesThomas Cunningham served as San Joaquin County, California's sheriff for over a quarter of a century at a time when lawmen were in the saddle, tracking down murderers, highwaymen and horse thieves. Cunningham not only chased down outlaws in his own county, but he...
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Confronting Jim Crow: Race, Memory, and the University of Georgia in the Twentieth CenturySince the onset of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, America has grappled with its racial history, leading to the removal of statues and other markers commemorating pro-slavery sympathizers and segregationists from public spaces. Some of these...
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Confronting China: US Defense Policy in an Era of Great Power CompetitionInformed by senior policymakers with extensive expertise in defense, this book provides a comprehensive regional and functional perspective on US policy toward the People's Republic of China. Confronting China addresses the central security questions of our generation: How best can the United States deter...
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Concordia University at 50: A Collective HistoryChronicles the evolution of Concordia University to commemorate its fiftieth anniversary. Concordia University at 50: A Collective History celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the merging of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University in Montreal in August 1974. Distinct from traditional institutional histories, this...
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Colonial Suspects: Suspicion, Imperial Rule, and Colonial Society in Interwar French West AfricaA Vietnamese cook, a German journalist, and a Senegalese student--what did they have in common? They were all suspicious persons kept under surveillance by French colonial authorities in West Africa in the 1920s and 1930s. Colonial Suspects looks at the web of surveillance set...
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Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMCFeatured on the Commandant of the Marine Corps' Reading List and the Chief of Naval Operation's "Naval Power" Reading List The Marine Corps is known for its heroes, and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller has long been considered the greatest of them all. His...
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Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio: Stones, Symbols and StoriesA guide to more than 150 cemeteries and memorials in 15 counties throughout Northeast Ohio. Shares the fascinating stories of Cleveland's most notable permanent residents, including celebrities, villains, patriarchs, and just plain folks. Gives details about where and when to visit, historical facts, oldest...
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Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the ChurchIn 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. According to the Catholic view, modern concepts like these, unleashed by the French Revolution, had been a disaster. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. How did...
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Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political ThoughtIn the mid-twentieth century, a certain idea of technology emerged in the work of many influential political theorists: a critical, catastrophic concept of technology, entangled with the apocalyptic fears fuelled by two all-consuming world wars and the looming nuclear threat. Drawing on the work...
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Cases of Citation: On Literature in ArtCases of citation presents a history of artists who incorporated literary references into their work from the 1960s onwards. Through a series of object-focused chapters that each take up a singular 'case of citation', the collection considers how literary citation emerged as a viable...
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Cameron JamieThe first serious study on the work of one of the most iconoclastic artists living today An aesthetic outlier and artistic maverick, Cameron Jamie is a Los Angeles-born, Paris-based American artist whose critically acclaimed art has been exhibited worldwide in some of the most...
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CairoLocated on the Nile River, the area that is now Cairo has been home to people for millennia. This fun title uses narrative text and vibrant illustrations to take readers from the creation of the pyramids to the city as it is today. Features...
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Byzantium: Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100Byzantium was a strange entity--a relic of classical antiquity which survived deep into the Middle Ages. Drawing on a lifetime's work in the field of Byzantine studies, James Howard-Johnston aims to explain Byzantium's longevity, first as a state geared to fighting a two-centuries long...
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(Burke County, NC) Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina (Vol. #1)By: Emmett R.White, Pub. 1984, Reprinted 2017, 340 pages, Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #0-89308-536-7.The contributions of the Revolutionary War soldiers of Western N.C. during the conflict of 1775-1782 were immense. The rolling hills of the Carolina Piedmont were as much a battleground as those...
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Britons: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient People Living in Britain Before the Anglo-Saxon InvasionsStep into the lost world of ancient Britain, where fierce warriors painted themselves blue and wise Druids practiced mysterious magic. This book uncovers the untold story of the Britons-an ancient people often overshadowed by Roman invaders and Anglo-Saxon conquerors. Yet, their legacy, filled with...
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