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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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Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of JapanDuring Yoshimasa's reign, the aesthetic taste of the Japanese was shaped: the n? theater flourished, Japanese gardens were developed, and the tea ceremony had its origins in a small room at the Silver Pavilion. Flower arrangement, ink painting, and shoin-zukuri architecture began or became...
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Yasser Arafat: The biography of a Palestinian political leader, Fatah and IsraelDelve into the complex life and legacy of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian political leader who played a pivotal role in the quest for Palestinian self-determination. Born in August 1929 in Cairo, Arafat embraced Arab nationalism and anti-Zionist ideals during his student years at the...
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Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields: Subject to DustExploring themes of work and labor in everyday life, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., offers a history of how coal miners and their families lived their religion in eastern Kentucky's coal fields during the early 20th century. Callahan follows coal miners and their families from...
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Women's Transborder Cinema: Authorship, Stardom, and Filmic Labor in South AsiaCan we write women's authorial roles into the history of industrial cinema in South Asia? How can we understand women's creative authority and access to the film business infrastructure in this postcolonial region? Esha Niyogi De draws on rare archival and oral sources to...
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Women and the Piano: A History in 50 LivesWomen are an essential part of the history of the piano--but how many women pianists can you name? Throughout most of the piano's history, women pianists lacked access to formal training and were excluded from male-dominated performance spaces. Even the modern piano's keys were...
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Women and Their Warlords: Domesticating Militarism in Modern ChinaExplores the complex history and legacy of elite wives, concubines, and daughters of warlords in twentieth-century China. In Women and Their Warlords, historian Kate Merkel-Hess examines the lives and personalities of the female relatives of the military rulers who governed regions of China from...
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Woman, Church And State""Woman, Church, and State"" is a seminal feminist work authored by Matilda Joslyn Gage, a prominent figure in the 19th-century women's rights movement. In this groundbreaking book, Gage critiques the patriarchal structure of society and its entwinement with religion, particularly Christianity. She examines the...
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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: The GlaciersIn May 1949, the Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) visited the Grindelwald Glacier in Switzerland. It was a trip which would have a profound and lasting impact on her work. Charting the journey, the beautiful work it stimulated and wider questions around glacial landscapes,...
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Wilhelm I as German Emperor: Staging the KaiserThis book offers the first-ever scholarly study of Wilhelm I as Germany's first Kaiser. For decades, Wilhelm has been dismissed by historians as a political nullity and an unwilling imperial figurehead, who was perpetually overruled by chancellor Otto von Bismarck. As a result, scholars...
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Why Proper Hermeneutics are ImportantWhy Proper Hermeneutics Are Important by Willie Green offers a compelling defense of faithful biblical interpretation grounded in authorial intent. Green examines various hermeneutical approaches, emphasizing the importance of understanding Scripture as the original authors intended. His "one interpretation, many applications" philosophy highlights how...
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Why I Am a SalafiThe Salafi movement invests supreme Islamic authority in the precedents of the Salaf, the first three generations of Muslims, who represent a "Golden Age" from which all subsequent eras can only decline. In Why I Am a Salafi, Michael Muhammad Knight confronts the problem...
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White Water Red Hot Lead: On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam"This is a beautifully produced book...it's one of those reads that you won't put down once you get started...A great subject, well-written by someone who actually served." -- Military ModellingDuring the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in...
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We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma and Felix Goldberg StoryDuring Adolf Hitler's rule over Germany, there were over 40,000 Nazi concentration, labor, and death camps built with the intent of erasing an entire population of Jews, Sinti, and Roma, as well as "other examples of impure races." Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg were...
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Wells FargoThose striking images of stagecoaches traversing rugged mountain terrain are no mere marketing gimmick, but part and parcel of Wells Fargo's storied past. When Henry Wells and William Fargo founded the company in 1852, the gold rush had already brought thousands of people to...
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Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture Volume 81What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A....
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Waves And Ripples In Water, Air, And Aether: Being A Course Of Christmas Lectures Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great BritainThis 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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War and Warfare in the Twentieth CenturyWhat can we learn from war, and warfare, in the twentieth century? What observations and deductions can we make, and what lessons can we draw? 'War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century' examines both a clearly delineated period in the past, and the century...
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Walk Her Way New York City: A Walking Guide to Women's HistoryWalk Her Way New York City is a collection of 10 curated walking tours through New York neighborhoods, each celebrating the city's history and the women that have made their mark here. Authors Jana Mader and Kaitlyn Allen have meticulously researched and traced the...
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Voices from the HolocaustThe testament to a tragedy. Voices from The Holocaust follows the whole history of the 'Shoah' from Hitler's rise to power to the Nuremburg trials, but of course the exterminations and death camps of 'The Final Solution' take centre stage. It tells the story...
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VivekavaniA collection of teachings and aphorisms from the Indian sage and philosopher Swami Vivekananda, offering insights into spirituality, self-realization, and Hindu philosophy. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the spiritual traditions of India.This work has been selected by scholars as being...
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