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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A History of the Middle Ages, 300-1500This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events--both natural and human--that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective,...
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Kansas City: A Food BiographyWhile some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with...
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The Concise History of the CrusadesWhat is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and...
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Women and China's RevolutionsIf we place women at the center of our account of China's last two centuries, how does this change our understanding of what happened? This deeply knowledgeable book illuminates the places where the Big History of recognizable events intersects with the daily lives of...
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Carolina LintheadAuthor: John D. Wilson Sr.Publisher: XlibrisPublished: 03/23/2009Pages: 136Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32dISBN: 9781441502070This title is not returnable
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African American Literature: An Encyclopedia for StudentsThis compact encyclopedia, aimed at students, selects the most important authors, literary movements, and key topics for them to know. Entries cover the most influential and highly regarded African American writers, including novelists, playwrights, poets, and nonfiction writers. The book covers key periods of...
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The Middle Ages: Facts and FictionsThis book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history. Instead of merely listing myths and stating they are wrong, this volume promotes critical historical analysis of those myths and how they came to be. Each of...
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Polish Re-Enactors Handbook: A Guide To 17Th Century Living History In The Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Polish Re-enactors Handbook is a fascinating look into living history and military re-enactors in the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Whether you are new to living history or a seasoned re-enactor this book will assist you with well researched information on period clothing, weapons...
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Boston and the State of Massachusetts: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should KnowHelp your child discover and understand exactly what makes Boston and the state of Massachusetts so great - and perhaps learn a thing or two yourself HOW one Boston building provides a daily weather forecast? (Hint: If you know the poem you can crack...
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Absence of ClosureAbsence of Closure by Gustav Schonfeld is an incredible memoir torn from the pages of history. Written in clear, forceful prose, this amazing story begins in Czechoslovakia, when Schonfeld was a boy and the Nazis came to power. A survivor of the concentration camps,...
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Rainy Season: Haiti-Then and NowConsidered the best book ever written about Haiti, now updated with a New Introduction, "After the Earthquake," features first hand-reporting from Haiti weeks after the 2010 earthquake.Through a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, Amy Wilentz brings to...
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Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in ChinaAs incredible as it may seem, the American missionaries who journeyed to China in 1860 planning solely to spread the Gospel ultimately reinvented their entire enterprise. By 1900, they were modernizing China with schools, colleges, hospitals, museums, and even YMCA chapters. In Cultures Colliding,...
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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a NationIn this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner shines a powerful light on race, politics, and the lives and legacies of Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which...
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The Orange Bowl: A Photographic Journey & Architectural SurveyThe Orange Bowl Stadium. Put to rest and carted away in 2008. It was an example of a bygone era in sports stadium architecture, when simple design provided a basic function. A place just for football born in the late 1930's. The book is...
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The Backwash of WarEllen LaMotte (1873 - 1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. She began her nursing career as a tuberculosis nurse in Baltimore and then served as an army nurse in Europe during World War I. After that she traveled to Asia where she...
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American Chartres: Buffalo's Waterfront Grain ElevatorsOn a visit to Buffalo, New York, the French poet Dominique Fourcade was awed by the huge concrete grain elevators that line the city's river and lakefront. Turning to his guide, the poet Susan Howe, he exclaimed, The American Chartres! Taking Fourcade's exclamation as...
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Great Women Exploring Nature: How Wild Florida Influenced Their LivesAuthor: Linda TaylorPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 04/05/2008Pages: 136Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32dISBN: 9781434343086This title is not returnable
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A History of Christianity: An Introductory SurveyA History of Christianity examines the development of Christianity from its biblical foundations to modern times. While seeking to be comprehensive, historian Joseph Early Jr. centers on key events, people, theological developments, and conflicts that have shaped Christianity over its two-thousand-year history. He also...
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George WashingtonFollow the life of George Washington as he makes his way from being a farmer to the first president of the United States of America. Readers will learn all about his interesting and inspiring life in this engaging biography that features informational text, vibrant,...
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Research Methods in Africana Studies Revised EditionThe revised edition of Research Methods in Africana Studies is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general. The first edition was the first of its kind, offering instruction on how to conduct...
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