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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History of IsraelUnsurpassed for nearly half a century, and now with a new introduction and appendix by William P. Brown, John Bright's A History of Israel will continue to be a standard for a new generation of students of the Old Testament. This book remains a...
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Preaching as TestimonyBy exploring the historical, theoretical, and practical elements of the tradition of testimony, Anna Carter Florence seeks in this much-anticipated book to establish the historical and contemporary validity of women's preaching and to introduce testimony to a new generation of preachers and teachers. She...
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The History of the Coptic Church After Chalcedon (451-1300)While there are few books that recounts the history of the Coptic church before the council of Chalcedon there are not many that talk about the period after the council and before and after the Arab conquest and the political turmoil of the time...
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Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIBVolume IIB is the second volume relating to (and completing) the Wehrmacht, and the German mobilisation and war-economy, from June to December 1941. It includes the most detailed Orders of Battle ever published on the German Heer, Luftwaffe, Waffen SS and Kriegsmarine, in all...
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Companion to American ThoughtThis outstanding book assesses the whole sweep of American thought from the colonial area to the present day. Some 250 scholars from philosophy, history, literature, and the social sciences have written original and substantial essays on the pivotal topics and figures in the history...
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Corrupting Sea Mediterranean HThe Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It offers a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong.Author: Horden,...
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February HouseFebruary House is the uncovered story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941. It was a...
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The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933, volume one of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series, is the first of three books that interpret the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the early twentieth century in...
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Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a MarriageClementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, her character, intelligence, and good looks won the attention of the impetuous Winston Churchill. Their courtship was swift, but their marriage...
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To Fly: The Story of the Wright BrothersOrville and Wilbur Wright were a fascinating pair. Not only did they invent, build, and fly the first airplane, they were also idiosyncratic individuals who had a unique relationship, sharing a home, a bank account, and a business throughout their lives. Their story is...
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Age of Reason: The Definitive EditionAge of Reason, The Definitive Edition, includes Paine's original two volumes of Age of Reason, plus his third volume which remained unreleased until 1807. President Thomas Jefferson convinced Paine not to publish his third volume in 1802, as Paine originally intended, out of fear...
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The Veterans of History: A Young Person's History of the JewsA compelling narrative of Jewish history from Biblical times to the present day. Written for young adults, it provides the historical basis for an exploration of Jewish identity rooted in Jewish cultural literacy and traditions of social justice.Author: Mitchell SilverPublisher: Boston Workmen's Circle Center...
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An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of AssentNewman is a magnificent guide for all those who perceive that the key, the focal point and the goal of all human history is to be found in Christ.-St. John Paul IICarefully composed over twenty years, Newman's Essay in Aid of a Grammar of...
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Thus Fell Tecumseh"Rumpsey-dumpsey, Rumpsey-dumpsey, Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh " Did he really? Such was the slogan craftily used by Richard M. Johnson's campaign strategists to win him the vice-presidency of the United States in 1836, but . . . If you enjoy solving a real mystery,...
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The Finishing School: Earning the Navy Seal TridentIn The Finishing School, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch, author of the acclaimed Warrior Elite, follows SEALs on the ground and in the water as they undergo SEAL Tactical Training. In America's new war, the first guns in the fight are special operations forces,...
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Wars of the Irish Kings: A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth Through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth IThe riveting true story of how Ireland came to be, told through eyewitness accounts from a thousand years of struggle "A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical events. . . . Lovers of Irish and medieval literature will relish this book."--Booklist For the...
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Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It ArousedA vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted--and beautiful--commodity in Europe. In...
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IndiaWelcome to India--home of the Himalayas, the Taj Mahal, and the Bollywood movie industry! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about India's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with...
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Titanic: Disaster at SeaExplore the glory and tragedy of the "Titanic" in a fascinating book that traces the events leading up to her fateful end. On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths....
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Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in ItalyAuthor: Philip P. WillanPublisher: iUniversePublished: 10/07/2002Pages: 376Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.24h x 6.14w x 0.94dISBN: 9780595246977This title is not returnable
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