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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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Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11- 10th Anniversary EditionMany Americans believe that their own government is guilty of shocking crimes. Government agents shot the president. They faked the moon landing. They stood by and allowed the murders of 2,400 servicemen in Hawaii. Although paranoia has been a feature of the American scene...
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The Lost BabesManchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich A moving story of how a legendary football team was lost to tragedy - and how this disaster irrevocably altered the lives of the survivors and the bereaved families, and ultimately brought shame on the biggest...
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Iowa (a True Book: My United States)Located in the heart of the Midwest, Iowa is filled with sprawling farms and welcoming communities.A True Book: My United States series allows readers to experience what makes each of the fifty state distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each states' history,...
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Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar AmericaLiterature departments are staffed by, and tend to be focused on turning out, "good" readers--attentive to nuance, aware of history, interested in literary texts as self-contained works. But the vast majority of readers are, to use Merve Emre's tongue-in-cheek term, "bad" readers. They read...
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Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero = Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a NumberLike that earlier grouse hunter Aldo Leopold, Mark Parman takes to the woods when the aspens are smoky gold. Here, in an evocative almanac that chronicles the early season of the grouse hunt through its end in the snows of January, Parman follows his...
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Lee Harvey Oswald as I Knew HimLet us hope that this book, poorly written and disjointed, but sincere, will help to clear up our relationship with our dear, dead friend Lee. Thus concludes a largely forgotten manuscript appended to Volume XII of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Lee, of...
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The Bill of Rights (Cornerstones of Freedom: Third Series)Learn about the reasons for the Bill of Rights, key players in drafting it, and the effects it has today.Even before the first glorious ring of the Liberty Bell, America was a land of freedom and promise. The Cornerstones of Freedom series explores what...
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A Concise History of South AfricaLays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and...
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The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom BombLaunched in 1942, the Manhattan Project was a well-funded, secret effort by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada to develop an atomic bomb before the Nazis. The results--the bombs named "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"--were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August...
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Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the PhilippinesLabeled "Amazons" by the national press, women played a central role in the Huk rebellion, one of the most significant peasant-based revolutions in modern Philippine history. As spies, organizers, nurses, couriers, soldiers, and even military commanders, women worked closely with men to resist first...
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Montana (a True Book: My United States)Just over a million people live in Montana, spread across 147,040 square miles of land. This makes it one of the most sparsely populated states in the country.A True Book: My United States series allows readers to experience what makes each of the fifty...
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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their LandsJohn Marshall's landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v. M'Intosh gave the European sovereigns who "discovered" North America rights to the land, converting Native Americans in one stroke into mere tenants. In 1991, while investigating the historical origins of this highly controversial decision, Lindsay Robertson...
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The Anglo-Saxon AgeJohn Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England and it is the...
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Mocha Dick: Or The White Whale of the PacificJeremiah N. Reynolds (1799-1858), an American newspaper editor, lecturer, explorer and author who became an influential advocate for scientific expeditions. Reynolds gathered first-hand observations of Mocha Dick, an albino sperm whale off Chile who bedeviled a generation of whalers for thirty years before succumbing...
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Defusing Armageddon: Inside Nest, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb SquadJeffrey T. Richelson reveals the history of the Nuclear Emergency Support Team, from the events leading to its creation in 1974 to today. Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment--employed in response to attempts at nuclear...
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American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln ConspiraciesIt is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre, escaped on foot, and eluded capture for twelve days until he met his fiery end in a Virginia tobacco barn. In the...
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Eros and Magic in the RenaissanceIt is a widespread prejudice of modern, scientific society that magic is merely a ludicrous amalgam of recipes and methods derived from primitive and erroneous notions about nature. Eros and Magic in the Renaissance challenges this view, providing an in-depth scholarly explanation of the...
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Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American FrontierIt began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see...
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Medieval History For DummiesIs your knowledge of The Crusades less than tip-top? Maybe you're curious about Columbus, or you're desperate to read about the Black Death in all its gory detail? Whatever your starting point, this expert guide has it all - from kings, knights and anti-Popes,...
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Harry Clarke's War: Illustrations for Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918 contain the names of 49,435 enlisted men who were killed in World War I. Commissioned in 1919 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and published in 100 eight-volume sets, the Records are notable for stunning and elaborate page decorations by...
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