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Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National ParkHow did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an artist, activist, and environmentalist, whose determination saved the desert and helped to create the park, in this STEAM picture book. Long before she became known as the...
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By the Hand of Providence: How Faith Shaped the American RevolutionThe true drama of how faith motivated America's Founding Fathers, from the Declaration of Independence to the signing of Britain's peace treaty. From the author of Forged in Faith comes the remarkable untold history of how the faith of our fathers critically influenced the...
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Buffalo Bill and the MormonsIn this never-before-told history of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons, Brent M. Rogers presents the intersections in the epic histories of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the Latter-day Saints from 1846 through 1917. In Cody's autobiography he claimed to have been a member...
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Brexit Without the Bullshit: The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHSThe broadcaster and journalist Gavin Esler sets out how the most momentous change in Britain for decades changes everyday life. In 7 succinct chapters, he reveals the profound impact of leaving the European Union on: Food and diet Health and the NHS Jobs and...
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Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal ZoneThe construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an imperial...
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Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the ChurchFrom time to time prophetic Christian voices rise to challenge our nation's "original sin." In the twentieth century, compelled by the Spirit of God and a yearning for freedom, the African American church took the lead in heralding the effort. Like almost no other...
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Birds of South CarolinaThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Beyond Whiteness: Revisiting Jews in Ethnic AmericaThe concept of ethnicity, once in vogue, has largely gone out of fashion among twenty-first-century social scientists, now replaced by models of assimilation defined in terms of the construction of whiteness and white supremacy. Beyond Whiteness: Revisiting Jews in Ethnic America explores the benefits...
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Before It Got ComplicatedAuthor: Taylor PrewittPublisher: Red Engine PressPublished: 11/30/2023Pages: 202Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.43dISBN: 9780988589186
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Before the Mayflower; A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1962The black experience in America--starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961--is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of...
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Bavarian Brewing in the 19th Century: A Reference GuideBavaria is probably one of the most historic and uniquely traditional places in Europe when it comes to brewing beer. During the 19th century, it became one of the birthplaces of modern beer brewing, and thanks to brewing scientists and practical brewers of that...
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Battle Babies; The Story Of The 99th Infantry Division In World War IIE. Walter Lauer's gripping account of the 99th Infantry Division is a visceral and engaging tribute to the soldiers who fought in World War II. Drawing on his own experiences as a member of the division, Lauer creates a deeply personal and emotionally resonant...
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Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional WrestlingBallyhoo! The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling is a history of professional wrestling's formative period in the U.S., from roughly 1874 to 1941, and the contested interplay of wrestlers and promoters who built the "sport" as we know it. During...
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A Winning Crew: The 1936 U.S. Olympic Rowing TeamThe 1936 U.S. Olympic rowing team came from humble beginnings. But they eventually earned the Olympic gold! This graphic nonfiction title brings the team's story to life, following early victories and challenges on their road to the Olympics. Detailed illustrations combine with engaging captions...
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A Week in the Life of a Slave"I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me." These words, written by the apostle Paul to a...
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A Way of Life: Notes on BallenbergA multiauthored portrait of the Swiss open-air museum documenting centuries of historic homes and the enchanting details of vernacular architectureFounded in 1978, Ballenberg is a legendary Swiss open-air architectural museum that gathers more than 100 residential and agricultural buildings from the 14th to the...
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A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the SouthPublished in 1892, A Voice from the South is the only book published by one of the most prominent African American women scholars and educators of her era. Born a slave, Anna Julia Haywood Cooper would go on to become the fourth African American...
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A Thirty Years' War: The Failed Public/Private Partnership That Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto's streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, but the relationship between the two entities was a tempestuous one, marked and marred by almost...
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A Theology of Preaching in the African-American ContextAuthor: Clayton D. FurlowPublisher: Orman PressPublished: 06/02/2004Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51dISBN: 9781891773617This title is not returnable
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A Teenage Girl in Auschwitz: Basha Freilich and the Will to LiveThe true story of a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl is torn from her home and family and thrust into one of history's greatest atrocities, the concentration camp of Auschwitz. In January of 1943, fourteen-year-old Basha Anush and her family were dragged from their home in Pruzhany,...
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