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 Firmest Handle: Converts to Islam Who Became MartyrsAuthor: Ali Salaam, Sondoss Al-Asaad, Cynthia McKinneyPublisher: Basira PressPublished: 10/21/2024Pages: 574Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25dISBN: 9798218288617
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The Fatherhood of God. Cunningham Lectures. [With]Delivered over the course of several years, these lectures by Robert Smith Candlish are a profound exploration of the concept of God as Father. With an elegant blend of biblical exegesis and theological reflection, Candlish offers insights into the nature of divine love, the...
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The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American GameIn this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players at some of the country's most prominent college football schools, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football...
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The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the WorldOn September 11, 2001, Mark Hertsgaard was completing a trip around the world, gathering perceptions about America from people in fifteen countries. Whether sophisticated business leaders, starry-eyed teenagers, or Islamic fundamentalists, his subjects were both admiring and uneasy about the United States, enchanted yet...
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The Doomsday Detectives: How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur ExtinctionFather-son scientists Luis and Walter Alvarez piece together one of the greatest mysteries of all time: What really happened to the dinosaurs? Dive into this fun and informative middle grade nonfiction book, which outlines the many important scientific discoveries that aided the Alvarezes in...
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The Destruction of Convoy PQ17This book tells the Real History of a naval disaster of World War II. In June 1942, the great Anglo-American convoy PQ.17 laden with cargoes for the Soviet Union headed for North Russia, escorted by a mighty array of British and American warships. All...
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The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. Ss-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend": Volume I: The Normandy Bridgehead Battles 7-11 June 1944"Following his two-volume work, Bloody Verrieres, Arthur W Gullachsen has again written a fantastic book, this time covering the opening days of the Normandy battles involving the Allied Forces and the Hitlerjugend Division. His attention to detail regarding the units fighting between the 6.6.44...
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The Declaration of IndependenceDescribes the document that declared America's independence and fanned the flames of the Revolutionary War. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, infographics, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, information about the author, and sources for further research.Author: Jon...
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The Curve of TimeA beloved and bestselling Pacific Northwest adventure classic, now available in paperback! Widowed at the age of thirty-five, Muriel Wylie Blanchet packed up her five children in the summers that followed and set out aboard the twenty-five-foot Caprice. For fifteen summers, in the 1920s...
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The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the NorthThe epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs--and the defeat of desegregation in the North. In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of Milliken v. Bradley, the justices brought a halt to school desegregation across...
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The Complex WorldAuthor: David C. KrakauerPublisher: Santa Fe Institute of SciencePublished: 09/16/2024Pages: 210Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781947864603This title is not returnable
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The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San FranciscoCreated in 1934, the Coit Tower murals were sponsored by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the New Deal art programs. Twenty-five master artists and their assistants worked there, most of them in buon fresco, Nearly all of them drew...
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The Civil War Diary of Emma MordecaiA vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Jewish woman in the Confederate South Emma Mordecai lived an unusual life. She was Jewish when Jews comprised less than 1 percent of the population of the Old South, and unmarried in a culture that...
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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bulls: A Decade-By-Decade HistoryAn in-depth look at the history of the Chicago Bulls franchise, featuring profiles, photography, box scores, and more from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.The Chicago Bulls, one of the NBA's most storied and valuable franchises, have been building their highly decorated legacy for...
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The Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentThe launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain. Martin Shaw details CND's rise, the activists involved, the tensions with the Committee of 100 around direct action, and the culture, radicalism and social groups that...
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The Biography of TeaHow could a relaxing cup of tea become a symbol of revolution? This fascinating new book relates the thousands-year-old history of tea and its sometimes tumultuous trade. The first book on tea was published in China in 800 A.D. Since that time, people have...
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The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United StatesThe Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the fascinating behind-the scenes story of one of the fastest ships in the world and one of the most luxurious passenger liners to cross the Atlantic. With new introductory material by the SS...
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The Bible: The Pali Canon of the Buddha: A Short Commentary on a Comparative Study of the Bible and the Pali Canon of the Buddha:About the BookBased on the original scripture of Christianity and Buddhism, Rt. Rev. Dr. Daniel D. Rupwate analyzes the Bible and the original teachings of the Buddha in his own word in the Pali Canon of the Buddha or in Tripitika. Aiming to persuade...
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The Assyrian Empire's Three Attempts to Rule the World: Ancient History of the World Children's Ancient HistoryAuthor: Baby ProfessorPublisher: Baby ProfessorPublished: 09/01/2024Pages: 64Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.31dISBN: 9798869410801This title is not returnable
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The Antietam Journal, Volume 5Volume V of The Antietam Journal contains articles about the Dunker Church graffiti, artillery at Antietam, the War Department tablets at Antietam National Battlefield, a prebattle letter from Lt. Hardman Petrikin, and more.Author: Kevin R. PawlakPublisher: Antietam InstitutePublished: 07/25/2022Pages: 88Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.21h...
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