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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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The Shadow Journalist: A Tale of Betrayal, Love, and WWII SecretsAuthor: Jeanne PerronPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 02/11/2025Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.17dISBN: 9798309837588This title is not returnable
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The Secret Lives of PharaohsAncient Egyptians believed that pharaohs were the god Horus in human form. Scientists continue to uncover more information about the lives of these larger-than-life legendary historical figures. From royal tombs to lost cities, each archaeological find reveals facts about who the pharaohs were and...
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The Second Manassas CampaignWaged from June 26 to September 1, 1862, the Second Manassas campaign pitted the US Armies of Virginia and the Potomac against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and its new commander, Robert E. Lee. The campaign unfolded against a backdrop of momentous US...
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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire - History 5th Grade Children's Renaissance BooksThe Ottoman Empire was one of the most popular empires in history. This book will discuss the many facts of the Ottoman Empire along with the notable achievements achieved during their time. Learning about history is not just about memorizing names and dates. It's...
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The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to LeninHow an event once considered the greatest of all political dangers came to be seen as a solution to all social problems Political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw revolutions as a grave threat to society and advocated for a constitution that prevented...
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The Reform of the Papacy The Costly Call to Christian UnityCatholic Press Award-winner. With the ascendancy of a new pope and his papal visit to the U.S. in 2009, the future of the Catholic church is again on the minds of many. In this influential bestseller, John R. Quinn, who served as Archbishop of...
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The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic WarThe Nazis and their collaborators buried over 100,000 victims at Babyn Yar, a ravine in modern-day Ukraine. Most of the individuals were Jewish, making this area one of the most infamous mass murder sites in history. The Ravine of Memory starts when the travesty...
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The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic WarThe Nazis and their collaborators buried over 100,000 victims at Babyn Yar, a ravine in modern-day Ukraine. Most of the individuals were Jewish, making this area one of the most infamous mass murder sites in history. The Ravine of Memory starts when the travesty...
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The Prophetess and the Patriarch: The Visions of an Anti-Regicide in Seventeenth-Century England Volume 96Published for the first time in full, a common woman's writings reveal the startling role she played in England's revolt against the monarchy. In 1649, a seamstress named Elizabeth Poole appeared at the Whitehall debates in London to prophesy in front of Parliament's army...
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The Portuguese Revolution of 1974-1975: An Unexpected Path to DemocracyPortugal is close to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. While this central moment in contemporary Portuguese history has long attracted international academic interest, there is a dearth of studies that explain the interrelationships between the main issues that singled out this...
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The Political and Intellectual Legacy of Walter RodneyWalter Rodney left a political and academic legacy to the African world that few have matched. Rodney was a tireless scholar and activist who undertook a number of struggles throughout his lifetime. Rodney was a student activist as an undergraduate at the University of...
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The Patapsco: Baltimore's River of HistoryLong the main resource on this key American river, this book's expanded second edition includes dozens of new photos and maps, updates, and six new chapters recording the twenty-first century's most recent developments on the Patapsco River. Along with insightful narration of its impact...
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The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew ItThe P-38 Lightning was one of the fastest operational fighters of World War II, famous for its successes in North Africa and the Pacific. In The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel shares the stories of the young...
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Theory of the Rearguard: How to Survive Contemporary Art (and Almost Everything Else)Cuban art critic and curator Iv?n de la Nuez returns with an ironic epitaph for contemporary art. Art criticism that examines contemporary art in the 21st century in relationship to politics, iconography, and literature. "Iv?n de la Nuez transforms art criticism into an art...
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The Origins of Spanish Colonialism in Morocco, 1859-62: A Global Feminist MicrohistoryThis book investigates the beginnings of Spanish colonialism in Morocco in the mid-nineteenth century, focusing on the Spanish invasion of northern Morocco and the twenty-seven-month occupation of the city of Tetouan from 1859 to 1862. By homing in on specific events, scenes, and records,...
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Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of RomansThe first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power "A monumental exploration. . . . It is the most important treatment of its subject since Wilhelm Ensslin's 1947...
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The Noyes Plays: The True History of John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Community - Parts 1 & 2John Humphrey Noyes founded "the most revolutionary of all communal experiments in the nineteenth century" - and in American history - the Oneida Community. As the selfordained "Father" of his utopian followers for thirty years, Noyes collectivized labor in the Community's industries and abolished...
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The New German Jewish Literature: Holocaust Memory, Solidarity, and WorldlinessPosits a New German Jewish Literature that has surprising implications for today's German Jewish - and Jewish - identity, including solidarity with others, even after October 7, 2023. Eighty years after the Holocaust, it is now possible to speak of a New German Jewish...
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The National Alliance of Black Feminists: A HistoryFounded in 1975, the non-partisan National Alliance of Black Feminists (NABF) played a critical role in the Black women's liberation movement and the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. The Chicago-based organization's Black humanist feminism powered a singular dedication to building coalitions while influencing...
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The Mothers of the Believers: Wives of Prophet Muhammad (saw)One of the most important characteristics which form a perfect and concrete example of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the way he lived his family life. He established a superior, most virtuous and happiest home with his wives who had different ages, cultures, abilities...
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