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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Writing Literary History in the Greek and Roman WorldAuthor: Giacomo FedeliPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/27/2024Pages: 398Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88dISBN: 9781009464529This title is not returnable
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World War I and the Jews: Conflict and Transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and AmericaWorld War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world: it allowed them to display their patriotism, to dispel antisemitic myths about Jewish cowardice, and to fight for Jewish rights. Yet Jews also suffered as refugees and deportees, at times catastrophically. And...
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World War 2 for Kids: Amazing Facts, Epic Battles, Heroes and Villains, Secret Missions, Spies and Codebreakers. All You Need to Know About WW2!Fact-packed WW2 book for elementary/primary school children. Includes over 40 photographs, bringing the war to life!Buckle up, because we're about to embark on an adventure through the thrilling twists and turns of World War 2! We'll uncover the stories behind epic battles, meet real-life...
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Women, Resistance and Revolution: A History Of Women And Revolution In The Modern WorldAuthor: Sheila RowbothamPublisher: VersoPublished: 01/14/2014Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.90dISBN: 9781781681466About the AuthorSheila Rowbotham is Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences within the Faculty of Humanities at Manchester University and Visiting Fellow in the School...
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Witch Trials: A Worldwide ChronologyThis chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media, correspondence,...
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Windfall: Viola MacMillan and Her Notorious Mining ScandalThe fascinating, scandalous, and true story of Viola MacMillan and the Windfall mining scandal Viola MacMillan had it all: success, money, and respect. Influence, even. But in 1964, after three decades in the mining industry, one of the most fascinating women in Canadian business...
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Whiskey Stories: The True Spirit Behind the LabelsPour a dram and immerse yourself in the captivating saga of whiskey--a tale as rich and layered as the drink itself.Whiskey expert Richard Thomas offers an enthralling expedition into the heart of whiskey's heritage, unfolding the rich tapestry of intrigue, innovation, and tradition that...
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While England Slept: A Survey of World Affairs 1932-1938"We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavor by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigor, can even at this...
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Where in the World? Famous Buildings and Landmarks Then and Now - Geography Book for Kids Children's Explore the World BooksIf you can identify all these landmarks, then half of the job is already done. The other half is in locating where in the world these landmarks are found. You will need to know your geography to do that. It's okay if you don't...
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When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential WorkersIn When the City Stopped, Robert Snyder tells the story of COVID-19 in the words of ordinary New Yorkers, illuminating the fear and uncertainty of life in the early weeks and months, as well as the solidarity that sustained the city. New Yorkers were...
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What Is Ancient History?From one of today's most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters--and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way It's easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history--obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on...
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West With the NightThis 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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West Germany: A Society in Motion, 1949-89Julia Sneeringer's book provides a concise overview of developments in the Federal Republic of Germany from the end of the Second World War and Germany's division, to the unification of East and West Germany in 1990. Within the framework of key political and economic...
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Well Beings: How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find OurselvesJames Riley, author of the cult hit The Bad Trip: Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties, returns with another incisive and thought-provoking cultural history, turning his trenchant eye to the wellness industry that emerged in the 1970s. Concepts such as...
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W.E. Fairbairn: The Man Who Taught the OSS How To Get Tough!In April of 1942, W.E. Fairbairn joined the Office of Strategic Services instructing in close combat until the wars end in 1945. This 500 page book chronicles Fairbairn's service with the OSS using the compilation of actual OSS documents and photographs from the National...
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Wall Power!: Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier National, ParisA striking collection of French tapestries, from the 1940s to today, from the collection of the Mobilier nationale, Paris Beginning in the 1930s, artists, government officials, art dealers, and entrepreneurs sought ways to modernize the ancient tradition of tapestry-making in France to reassert its...
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Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient RiteFrom the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the "timely" (The New Yorker), "fascinating, and morally serious," (The Wall Street Journal) story of our wedding vows--what they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises...
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Visualizing the Celtic Revival: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland - Selected Writings by Nicola Gordon BoweThis volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe's most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on its cultural and art historical background and contexts, the leading patrons and artists of the movement, as well as key studies of...
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Visible Upon Breakdown: Exploring the Cultural, Political and Spatial Nature of InfrastructureHow disrupted global infrastructures bring the interdependence of our world into harsh reliefFrom the war in Ukraine disrupting wheat exports to Covid and wood shortages affecting construction sites worldwide, this volume questions the cultural, political and spatial nature of infrastructure, investigating its tangible components...
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Virtue That Matters: Chastity Culture and Social Power in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910)Virtue That Matters is a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate dynamics of chastity culture in Chosŏn Korea from 1392 to 1910, shedding light on its political, legal, social, and cultural significance. In this book, Jungwon Kim demonstrates how an emphasis on female chastity came...
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