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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Cengage Advantage Books: Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume 2: Since 1863Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, 7th Edition offers the complete narrative while limiting the number of features, photos, and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to...
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Causality from the Point of View of StatisticsMost are familiar with the adage "correlation does not imply causation." Since much of science is concerned with problems of causality and statistics is so widely used in research, one may wonder whether statistics possesses the tools to study such problems and contribute to...
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Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750-1940Author: Margaret ChowningPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 376Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.84dISBN: 9780691264578About the AuthorMargaret Chowning holds the Muriel McKevitt Sonne Chair in Latin American History at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Rebellious Nuns: The...
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Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius & Peter Paul RubensThe Baroque advertising strategies of self-marketing masters Rubens and Goltzius. How do artists ensure that their works will still be known in later centuries? How do they reach a public that lies far away geographically? In around 1600, printed graphics were the answer. The...
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Canadian History Stories: 50 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from Canada's PastJoin us in these captivating tales of significant events and interesting characters from Canada's past!Do you have a keen interest in Canadian history?Do you want to learn about the historical figures and events that laid the foundations for modern-day Canada?Are you looking for a...
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Canada: The First 20,000 YearsThe history of Canada can seem like a subject as large and expansive as the country itself, and for those of us who haven't attended a history class in a while, it may just feel too big to tackle. Academic histories full of footnotes...
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Calm in the Chaos: True Tales from Elite U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue SwimmersFrom an elite Navy rescue swimmer comes this insider perspective on what it takes to survive some of the most dangerous situations imaginable -- and how the lessons learned can help overcome other momentous challenges. Brian Dickinson, famously known for having climbed down Mt....
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ButteButte, Montana, nestled in the Rocky Mountains at 5,545 feet, hosts classic architecture, a vibrant past, and an abundance of colorful characters. The massive copper ore deposits underlying the town earned it the nickname "The Richest Hill on Earth," and Butte was the nation's...
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Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City"Building ghosts" are the idiosyncratic remnants or imprints of demolished buildings, left behind on the sides of neighboring structures. Mostly seen in older Northeastern cities with rowhomes or party-wall adjacencies, they can reveal remarkable things, such as an old staircase going up the side...
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Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War IIThe first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author. A story of no guns, no engines and no second chances. This book distills war down to individual young men climbing...
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Brill's Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian EmpiresBrill's Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires examines military structures and methods from the Elamite period through the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian empires. War played a critical role in Iranian state formation and dynastic transitions, imperial ideologies and administration, and relations...
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Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: Women, Memory, and Public SpaceBreaking the Bronze Ceilingcomprehensively assesses the portrayal of women in public art and offers a fervent plea to address the severe underrepresentation of women in memorials.Author: Valentina Rozas-KrausePublisher: Fordham University PressPublished: 05/07/2024Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67dISBN: 9781531506391About the AuthorValentina...
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Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and ManchuriaBorder of Water and Ice explores the significance of the Yalu River as a strategic border between Korea and Manchuria (Northeast China) during a period of Japanese imperial expansion into the region. The Yalu's seasonal patterns of freezing, thawing, and flooding shaped colonial efforts...
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Book of Famous Speeches: Inspiring Speeches That Changed the World (Book of Historical Speeches)The Speeches That Defined Our EraWhat were the most important and influential speeches of our time? Discover the answers in this book of speeches that changed our world.Famous historical speeches. This remarkable collection of 38 historic speeches, spanning from post-World War II to the...
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BonnardOne of the most innovative and influential artists of the early twentieth century, the master of color, subjective realism, and emotional depth is rediscovered by an internationally renowned scholar in a ravishing, monumental volume. At the end of the nineteenth century, as a member...
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Bmw: The Story Of The Ultimate Driving MachineAuthor: Etienne PsailaPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 10/06/2024Pages: 78Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.16dISBN: 9781923355446
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Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World WarThe untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain's post-war futureWe think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't. This radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism between 1939 and 1945 reveals...
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Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the NationFor the first time in forty years, former New York Times editor Michael Cannell unearths the full story behind two ruthless New York cops who acted as double agents for the Mafia. No episode in NYPD history surpasses the depravities of Louis Eppolito and...
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Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of PunishmentAggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in...
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Black Revolutionaries: A History of the Black Panther PartyBlack Revolutionaries is an accessible yet rigorously argued history of the Black Panther Party (BPP), one of the emblematic organizations of the 1960s. Joe Street highlights the complexity of the BPP's history through three key themes: the BPP's intellectual history, its political and social...
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