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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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Muslims and Crusaders: Christianity's Wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic SourcesMuslims and Crusaders combines chronological narrative, discussion of important areas of scholarly enquiry and evidence from Islamic primary sources to give a well-rounded survey of Christianity's wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382. Revised, expanded and updated to take account of the most recent scholarship,...
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Early Ontario Settlers: A Source BookCovering the years 1783 to 1789, this source book contains official records of the early settlers of Upper Canada, or Ontario--chiefly population returns, provisioning lists, settlers' location lists, and lists of immigrant arrivals. The core of the work consists of two provisioning, or ration,...
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Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the SovietsThis book traces the legacies of the two most extreme manifestations of tsarist antisemitism-pogroms and blood libels-in the Soviet Union, from 1917 to the early 1960s. Closely intertwined in history and memory, pogroms and blood libels were and are considered central to the Jewish...
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The Open Sea: The Economic Life of the Ancient Mediterranean World from the Iron Age to the Rise of RomeA major new economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world during the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning...
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Christian Globalism at Home: Child Sponsorship in the United StatesAn exploration of how ordinary U.S. Christians create global connections through the multibillion-dollar child sponsorship industry Child sponsorship emerged from nineteenth-century Protestant missions to become one of today's most profitable private fund-raising tools in organizations including World Vision, Compassion International, and ChildFund. Investigating two...
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Taliban: A Critical History from WithinTaliban: A Critical History from Within by Abdul Hai Mutma'in offers an inside account of the Afghan movement and their government. In his preface, the author notes that his book will please neither supporters of the Taliban nor those who fight and condemn them....
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Fashion in the 1960sFrom Mary Quant to Mods and Rockers, this is a colorful illustrated history of the most revolutionary decade for British fashion in the twentieth century: the 1960s. Perhaps more so than any other decade, the Sixties had the broadest impact on the twentieth century...
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Vietnam - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & CultureDon't just see the sights―get to know the people.Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's most fascinating and alluring countries; its rich history, fragrant and flavorful cuisine, and offerings of fast-paced city life, sun-soaked coastline, and idyllic rural getaways are drawing travelers from around the...
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"Help Indians Help Themselves": The Later Writings of Gertrude Simmons-Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa)Zitkala-Sa, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was born on the Yankton Sioux reservation in 1876 and went on to become one of the most influential American Indian writer/activists of the twentieth century. "Help Indians Help Themselves" The Later Writings of Gertrude Simmons Bonnin...
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Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland DisasterOn July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, filled to capacity with 2,500 aboard, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. The disaster took more passenger lives than the Titanic and stands today as the greatest loss of life on the...
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Cleveland Architecture 1890-1930: Building the City BeautifulThis study looks at the architectural transformation of Cleveland during its "golden age"--roughly the period between post-Civil War reconstruction and World War I. By the early twentieth century, Cleveland, which would evolve into the fifth largest city in America, hoped to shed the gritty...
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Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing RevolutionHow the Cuban health care system became the blueprint for accessible medical care around the world Quiet as it's kept inside the United States, the Cuban revolution has achieved some phenomenal goals, reclaiming Cuba's agriculture, advancing its literacy rate to nearly 100 percent -...
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The Man Who Made Babe Ruth: Brother Matthias of St. Mary's SchoolAt six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him...
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The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-Shaking Tour Through Cycling's Flemish HeartlandsA journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'A joy.' - Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In The Beast, the Emperor and the...
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Yamato Colony: The Pioneers Who Brought Japan to FloridaOpening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that left behind an important legacy. Ryusuke Kawai tells how a Japanese farming settlement came to be in south Florida, far from other...
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Bibliography of Israeli PoliticsThis bibliography is a response to the problems facing students and scholars of Israeli politics who need to find the most current resources for their research. It includes studies on the Israeli constitutional system; Israel's elections, political history, and economics; and its foreign policy.Author:...
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Aristotle's History of AnimalsThe following Translation of Aristotle's History of Animals has been made from the text of Schneider. In a work of considerable difficulty it is hardly possible entirely to avoid errors; but it is hoped that those which have escaped are neither numerous nor important....
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Poisoning the Pacific: The Us Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent OrangeFor decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed--but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to...
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Rolling Thunder: The Golden Age of Roller Derby & the Rise and Fall of the L.A. T-BirdsScott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 - and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about...
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Barnum: An American Life"Robert Wilson's Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clich s for a more nuanced story...It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves." --The Wall Street Journal P.T. Barnum is the greatest showman the world has ever seen....
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