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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Honda 70 Enthusiast's Guide: All CL, CT, SL, & XL 72cc models 1969-1994The CT-70 was Honda's third-best selling motorcycle. Add in the CL, SL, and XL 70s, and you have a big chunk of Honda's production between 1969 and 1994. All four of these 72cc motorcycles are featured in this book - Honda 70 Enthusiast's Guide...
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Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West"Beautifully observed. . . This jewel of a book belongs on the shelf with our best Western writers--Norman MacLean, Pam Houston, and Annie Proulx."--John Vaillant, bestselling author of The Tiger and The Golden SpruceFrom the award-winning author of Down from the Mountain, a memoir...
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History of the World in 500 PeopleExplore the lives of the most influential people in history, from the dawn of civilization to the present day. History is made by the people who were there, and this book looks at the lives of 500 remarkable people who have shaped the story...
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History of the World in 500 BuildingsExamine the origins, history, and influence of 500 famous buildings that have shaped civilizations around the world. Discover the fascinating story of humanity through the lens of 500 remarkable buildings that have shaped our world. This beautifully illustrated book with full-color photos and meticulously...
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History Comics: World War II: Fight on the Home FrontTurn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume, learn how millions of Americans joined the fight by working assembly lines, growing vegetables, and collecting scrap metal during World War II! When we think of war, we often focus on the battlefields. But...
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Historians' Fallacie: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought"If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, the srcond in laughter, the third in respect....The wisdom is expressed with a certin ruthlessness. Scarcly a...
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Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias"...these translations thus supersede former ones...if the introductions, translations, and other apparatus of the rest of the series are of the same high quality, the series will be indispensable for most libraries." Library Journal Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias translated by Mother Columbia Hart and...
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High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American WestNestled against the Cascade Mountains, former lumber town Bend, Oregon, entices residents who long to live in a wonderland of sagebrush and forests. But like so many other communities across the West, Bend has too few homes for everyone clambering for access. In High...
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Guts & Glory: World War IIDiscover legendary commanders, tremendous fights, elite soldiers, and courageous individuals whose deeds truly made the difference in this jaw-dropping guide to the biggest war the world has ever seen. From massive aerial battles that clouded the skies with planes to deathly secret operations deep...
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Guerrilla Warfare"Should be on the required reading lists of the Chiefs of Staff and [the President's] advisers." --"The Western Political QuarterlyStartlingly relevant to our own time, Che's essays in this manifesto on asymmetrical warfare established the principles of waging a popular rebellion. Che outlines his...
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Growing Wings: The Inside Story of Red Bull RacingPacked with intrigue, high-stakes schemes, and adrenalin-fueled action on-and-off the track, the brilliant and gripping inside story of Formula One's most fascinating, swagger-rich, and win-at-all-costs team, Red Bull, now celebrating its twentieth anniversary.A propulsive, dramatic thrill ride, Growing Wings chronicles two incredible decades of...
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Great Kingdoms of AfricaA groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history. Great Kingdoms of Africa aims...
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Great Gatsby (Wisehouse Classics Edition)THE GREAT GATSBY is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and...
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Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972Good Trouble is the story of the strong connection between the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland - specifically, the influence of the Montgomery to Selma march on the 1969 Belfast to Derry...
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Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a new book by alumni Paul ONeill (C'86) and Bennie Smith (C'86).The book includes 200 images from Georgetown University's archives along with captions that tell the story of the university's first 200 years.Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in America, was...
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Genghis Khan's Greatest General: Subotai the ValiantThis book tells the story of Subotai the Valiant, a warrior for Genghis Khan and one of the greatest generals in military history. Subotai commanded armies whose size, scale, and scope of operations surpassed those led by any other commander in the ancient world....
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Games for Children"A restless collection of incredible breadth, whose ability to meld applied science, faith, history, racial myth, and personal archive gives us poems whose power is unmistakable. A game-changing book."--Rosalie Moffett, judge of the 2024 National Poetry SeriesRadiant with a tenderness that is only achieved...
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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin ExpeditionAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "CHILLING ... WILL KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT TURNING PAGES."--The Chicago Tribune This "remarkable piece of forensic deduction" (MARGARET ATWOOD) "captures the excitement and peril of the explorers' harrowing journey" aboard the HMS Erebus, and offers "a compelling explanation of...
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From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii (Revised Edition)Since its publication in 1993, From a Native Daughter, a provocative, well-reasoned attack against the rampant abuse of Native Hawaiian rights, institutional racism, and gender discrimination, has generated heated debates in Hawai'i and throughout the world. This 1999 revised work published by University of...
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our NationLegendary journalist Cokie Roberts' New York Times bestseller, Founding Mothers, is an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families--and their country--proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as...
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