History
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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Whose Holy Land?: Archaeology Meets Geopolitics in Today's Middle EastBiblical Archaeology is more than just an obscure field for academics. It's a modern mine field, with implications that may well determine the course of future events for the Middle East and the entire world. Ancient artifacts are more than just museum pieces--they're the...
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While in the Hands of the Enemy: Military Prisons of the Civil WarDuring the four years of the American Civil War, over 400,000 soldiers--one in every seven who served in the Union and Confederate armies--became prisoners of war. In northern and southern prisons alike, inmates suffered horrific treatment. Even healthy young soldiers often sickened and died...
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When Men Fell from the Sky: Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War EuropeA comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain during the Second World War. By considering why the treatment of these airmen contrasted so strongly in these countries, Claire Andrieu sheds new light on how civilians reacted...
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What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series. On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed...
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What to Draw and How to Draw ItTHIS is really a remarkable book in which line is made a good reason for form. The youngest child may grasp the magic progress of this way of working and he will draw the picture naturally and well.Author: Edwin George LutzPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black ResistanceA radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviolent and violent--to white supremacy Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolence and Malcolm X's "by any means necessary." In We...
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We Kept Britain Flying: Diary of an RAF Mechanic in World War IICorporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain--the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who patched bullet holes, repaired engines, refueled empty tanks and replenished ammunition, enabling outnumbered pilots to return to the skies. His journal, written in...
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We Are, We Can, We Will: The 1992 World Champion Toronto Blue JaysAuthor: Adrian FungPublisher: Society for American Baseball ResearchPublished: 08/23/2022Pages: 396Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.01lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.81dISBN: 9781970159844This title is not returnable
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Watergate, 1973-1974Watergate, 1973-1974 explores America's most dramatic constitutional crisis of the twentieth century: the investigation of the Watergate burglary. The scandal brought the nation's political system to the brink of disaster: the US president had defied established norms of democracy, and his enemies and allies...
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War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil WarAuthor: Yael a. SternhellPublisher: Yale University PressPublished: 11/07/2023Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.45h x 6.30w x 1.34dISBN: 9780300234145This title is only available via back order
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War at Saber Point: Banastre Tarleton and the British LegionThe American Loyalist Regiment Led by the Most Charismatic British Commander of the War The British Legion was one of the most remarkable regiments, not only of the American Revolution, but of any war. A corps made up of American Loyalists, it saw its...
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Wagon Wheels A'Rollin'Author: Daisy Belle Catherine Brown Pier AckleyPublisher: iUniversePublished: 01/10/2000Pages: 348Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.64w x 1.07dISBN: 9780595744237This title is not returnable
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Votes of Confidence, 3rd Edition: A Young Person's Guide to American ElectionsA detailed primer on the United States election cycle - newly revised and updated! Every four years, coverage of the presidential election turns into a horse-race story about who's leading the polls and who said what when. Social media and online news have made...
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Voices from the Confederacy: True Civil War Stories from the Men and Women of the Old SouthHear about the Civil War from those who were there. They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the...
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Village Voices: A Memoir of the Village Voice Bookshop, Paris, 1982-2012A celebration of the legacy of the Village Voice bookshop in Paris, founded by Odile Hellier in 1982--a hub of social life and a refuge for artists, writers, and anglophone literary life for over three decades until it closed in 2012. This collective memoir...
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Viking History: 500 Interesting Facts About the VikingsDiscover Viking history through these five hundred fascinating facts!This book is your gateway to exploring one of the most exciting societies in history. You will uncover stories, myths, and facts about the Vikings. Discover their culture, religion, writing system, voyages, and much more! Dive...
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Very Fantastically ArrangedA richly illustrated first monograph of artist Caragh Thuring, whose unique and layered paintings invite a boundless reimagining of her subjects. Very Fantastically Arranged is a richly illustrated first monograph of artist Caragh Thuring, whose unique and layered paintings invite a boundless reimagining of...
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Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon CityA sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that traces its evolution as a city, city-state, regional power, and overseas empire. No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging...
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Un-Loved: The Life and Stories of Arthur Seftel: The Life and Stories of Arthur SeftelOver the span of a year, lifelong New Yorker ARTHUR 'SEF' SEFTEL told his life's story to his granddaughter, author LISA DELLAVECCHIA, through a series of interviews. As he reflects on the events of his traumatic childhood, his marriage, his career, and his senior...
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Under Fire and Under Water: Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West Volume 16Epic wildfire. Devastating drought. Cataclysmic flooding. Extreme weather in the wake of climate change threatens to turn the American West into a region hostile to human habitation--a "Great American Desert," as early US explorers once mislabeled it. As Bruce E. Cain suggests in this...
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