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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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and RecoveryThe author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories. Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents --...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous with DestinyThe acclaimed one-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, praised by Doris Kearns Goodwin as brilliant...a magnificently readable saga. Author: Frank FreidelPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublished: 02/26/1991Pages: 710Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.96lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.06w x 1.67dISBN: 9780316292610Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 03/29/1991
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A Disney Princess Journey Through History (Disney Princess)Starring Moana, Cinderella, Mulan, Jasmine, Merida, Tiana, Rapunzel, Aurora, and more, this deluxe hardcover picture book takes young readers around the world and back to experience the true historical times that inspired the Disney Princesses' worlds--featuring illustrations and photographs! What was it like to...
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How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and CultureSmithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is truly groundbreaking The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening.And the history of NMAAHC--the...
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Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to ReaganRichard E. Neustadt presents research and analysis on the judgement of presidential leadership and creates a framework of the modern president. In an effort to identify what America uses to measure the success of a president and his leadership, Presidential Power and the Modern...
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Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle ParisPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A brilliant look at turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. "Weber has done a remarkable job of bringing to life...a world of culture,...
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City of Djinns: A Year in DelhiPeeling back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old history, City of Djinns is an irresistible blend of research and adventure. Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old history, revealing an extraordinary array of characters along the way-from eunuchs...
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Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle EastONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR David D. Kirkpatrick, a correspondent for The New York Times, was banned from Egypt for writing this book: the definitive account of the turn back toward authoritarianism in Cairo and across the Middle East. Egypt has...
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The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our CountryOne hundred original profiles of the most influential African Americans of the twentieth century. Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels. Without Dr. King or Thurgood...
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A.D.: New Orleans After the DelugeNow in paperback, The New York Times best-selling graphic nonfiction masterpiece depicting the lives of seven New Orleanians before, during, and just after Hurricane Katrina. Best American Comics, 2010Mother Jones Top Books of 2009Daily Beast RecommendsNew York Best Comics of 2009, Runner UpMTV.com Best...
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Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to MagellanNewbery-Honor winning author, Jean Fritz, brings history to life once again in 10 true tales of 15th-century European explorers True tales of our world's greatest 15th century explorers, from Bartholomew Diaz and Christopher Columbus to Juan Ponce de Leon and Vasco Nunez de Balboa,...
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Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz takes us on a historic tour of Christopher Colubus In a simple, short biography of Columbus she has been extraordinarily successful in extracting the essence of the man.--The Horn Book Christopher Columbus thought he knew where he was going....
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The Moral Basis of a Backward SocietyLooking at how nepotism and family-centric societies sacrifice the public good, Edward C. Banfield uses a study of the people of southern Italy to argue how self-interested families can lead to poverty. Analyzing families in southern Italy in 1955, Moral Basis of a Backward...
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Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in AmericaIn the tradition of Melissa Faye Greene and her award-winning Praying for Sheetrock, extraordinarily talented debut author Laura Wexler tells the story of the Moore's Ford Lynching in Walton County, Georgia in 1946--the last mass lynching in America, fully explored here for the first...
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The Mapmakers: Revised EditionIn his classic text, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner John Noble Wilford recounts the history of cartography from antiquity to the space age. They are among the world's great pioneers and adventurers: the mapmakers who for centuries have been expanding our knowledge of who and where...
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Greek and Roman Philosophy After AristotleIn Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle eminent scholar Jason Saunders shows how philosophers from the Hellenistic Age greatly influenced early Christian teachings. A concise selection from the standard philosophical works written after the death of Aristotle to the close of the third century,...
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Falling Felines and Fundamental PhysicsHow do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzles The question of how falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans. In this playful and eye-opening history,...
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The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission ImpossibleHailed as "masterly" (Wall Street Journal) and a "monumental achievement" (Douglas Brinkley), this book tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite US and Canadian soldiers who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible WWII mission. In December of 1943,...
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Heisenberg's WarFull of fascinating characters, deeds of heroic daring . . . [a] powerful book. -- New York Times One of the last secrets of World War II is why the Germans failed to build an atomic bomb. Germany was the birthplace of modern physics;...
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Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War IIFrom the national bestselling coauthor of Dragon's Jaw, here is the incredible true story of the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history, World War II's Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. "Superb... the greatest naval air battle of all time finally receives the meticulous and...
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