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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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Highlights of Australasian Cathedrals: Discover the architecture, beauty and inspiration of Australasian CathedralsAfter the enthusiastic reactions to my book 'Highlights of English Cathedrals', I have decided to publish a companion volume on the cathedrals of Australia and New Zealand. As before, this book uses photos from my websites in which I have tried to capture something...
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Herrin MassacreAuthor: Scott DoodyPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 04/01/2013Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781300897927This title is not returnable
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Heritage and Wellbeing: The Impact of Heritage Places on Visitors' WellbeingHeritage and Wellbeing examines what role heritage can play in creating healthier societies, exploring how heritage can improve people's wellbeing through a range of international case studies. These studies include Bangalore Fort, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Biltmore Estate, and Chatsworth House. It presents significant...
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Hebdomeros: A NovelThis seminal 1929 surrealist novel by the painter Giorgio de Chirico merges the realms of dream and reality. In the artist's only novel, de Chirico invites the reader into a world where language, time, space, and meaning are fluid, highlighting themes of mystery, myth,...
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Healing Like Our Ancestors: The Nahua Ti?itl, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Central Mexico, 1535-1660Offering a provocative new perspective, Healing Like Our Ancestors examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Nahua healers in central Mexico and how their practices have been misconstrued and misunderstood in colonial records. Early colonial Spanish settlers defined, assessed, and admonished Nahua titiçih (healing specialists) and tiçiyotl...
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Hard Neighbors: The Scotch-Irish Invasion of Native America and the Making of an American IdentityAn intricate portrayal of the early American settlers who came to be known as Scotch-Irish, who through collusion and bloody conflict acted as the tip of the spear for white colonial expansion into Indian lands, embodying what became the American pioneer spirit. Hard Neighbors...
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Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary WatersStories from survivors of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness's epochal weather disaster On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a bizarre confluence of meteorological events resulted in the most damaging blowdown in the region's history. Originating over the...
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Good News from Latin America: Reflections in Honor of John StottJohn Stott was a renowned expositor and servant of the global church. His life's ministry to develop and resource Christian leaders around the world has left an important legacy, especially for the church in Latin America. Many of these Christian leaders would receive direct...
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God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism"Lively... points out that the conflict between the worship of many gods and the worship of one true god never disappeared." --Publishers Weekly"Jonathan Kirsch has written another blockbuster about the Bible and its world." --David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief of the Anchor Bible Project"Kirsch tackles...
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Gladiators 1st-5th Centuries ADThis illustrated study lifts the veil on the gladiators of ancient Rome, who provided a bloody spectacle for the people of the Eternal City and its vast empire. By the start of the Principate in 27 BC, the gladiator games were a long-standing part...
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Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a GenerationThe galvanizing true story of a group of remarkable women in the 1970s male-run world of business, banking, and finance. They didn't play by the rules. They changed them and made history.In the 1970s, a new wave of feminism was sweeping America. But in...
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Get the Hell Out of There We're Going Down: The History of the USS Helena CL50 and USS Houston CL81 During World War II by A Sailor Who Lived ItThe book "Get the Hell Out of There!" by Donald Harold Schuh is a historical account of the USS Helena CL50 and USS Houston CL81 during World War II. Based on the author's father's experiences, it skillfully blends personal stories with detailed descriptions of...
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George Bellows: American Life in PrintA major new volume celebrating the lithographs of George Wesley Bellows, regarded as one of America's greatest artists.George Bellows (1882-1925) was a painter, illustrator, and printmaker. His career established, in late 1915 he turned to lithography. Over the next nine years he almost single-handedly...
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Gateway to the French Revolution: Select Writings by Edmund Burke, Friedrich Gentz, and Joseph de MaistreThe legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day. Gateway to the French Revolution features voices critical of the French Revolution and its aftershocks. Edmund Burke's critique of the Revolution is widely known and set into motion the...
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Garden of Eden: The Story of a Freedmen's Community in TexasThe Garden of Eden neighborhood has endured for well over a century as a homeplace for freed African American slaves and their descendants. Some of the earliest inhabitants in the Garden, Major and Malinda Cheney assembled over 200 acres of productive farmland on which...
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From Then until Now: Short Memoirs of Eight African American SavannahiansFrom Then until Now: Short Memoirs of Eight African American Savannahians is a collection of personal stories that tell the life journeys of eight African American men born in Savannah, Georgia. These men write about their humble beginnings and how they experienced the challenges...
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From the Cold War to Isil: One Marine's JourneyThe fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the former Soviet Union forced America's armed forces to redefine themselves and codify their role as a key element of national power. New threats and emerging technologies changed the very character of war and...
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Francis H. Leggett Unraveling the Mystery Behind Oregons Worst Maritime DisasterFormer captain, Dan Marvin's perspectives on a little-known disaster, which just happens to be Oregon's worst maritime loss! A wild west adventure on the water, a fascinating history lesson on early steam ships and Benson Cigar Rafts including captivating historical photographs. Learn of the...
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Football's Origin StoryA last-second pass! A scramble to the end zone. You love the adrenaline of football. But where and how did this rough-and-tumble sport begin? What were the original rules? What equipment did players use? And how has the sport changed since then? Get the...
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Five Hundred Years of Lgbtqia+ History in Western NicaraguaThis groundbreaking book reframes five hundred years of western Nicaraguan history by giving gender and sexuality the attention they deserve. Victoria Gonz?lez-Rivera decenters nationalist narratives of triumphant mestizaje and argues that western Nicaragua's LGBTQIA+ history is a profoundly Indigenous one. In this expansive history,...
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