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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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West WildFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Rich and Forget the Alamo comes an epic reconsideration of the time and place that spawned America's most legendary gunfighters, from Jesse James and Billy the Kid to Butch and Sundance The "Wild West"...
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The Goths AD 200-700An illustrated study of Rome's key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Visigoths and the eastern Ostrogoths. The Goths were a Germanic people who, under pressure from the Huns, migrated during the 2nd century AD to the Balkans, where they split...
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The Geneva ConventionsThe Geneva Conventions set forth a core set of international laws governing the conduct of warfare and the treatment of prisoners of war and civilians. This work, published by the International Committee of the Red Cross, provides a detailed and authoritative commentary on the...
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The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War IIA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An impeccably researched, touching true story of the kindness of strangers around the world following World War II from a bestselling author and award-winning illustrator. On one side of the ocean, a war had ended, leaving many...
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The Franchise: Toronto Blue Jays: A Curated History of the JaysIn The Franchise: Toronto Blue Jays, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of Canada's team. This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans' history of the franchise, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed...
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The Formation of the ConfederacyThis title focuses on the leaders, beliefs, and events that led to the creation of the Confederate States of America. Critical thinking questions and two "Voices from the Past" special features help readers understand and analyze the various views people held at the time.Author:...
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The First Three Generations of Holts in America, Published Under the Auspices of the Holt Association of AmericaThis 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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The First Stampede of Flores Ladue: The True Love Story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the Beginning of the Calgary StampedeIn honor of the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede, Bryden presents this #1 Calgary Herald bestseller detailing the fascinating true story of the romance that started the Stampede. The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among...
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The Fiery Spirits: Popular Protest, Parliament and the English RevolutionThe thrilling history of Parliament's 'fiery spirits', whose actions led to the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War and paved the way for the execution of the King in 1649 The Fiery Spirits tells the story of the MPs in parliament...
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The Famous Rift Between Freud and JungThe book is a fascinating exploration of the critical issues which precipitated and then led to the famous rift between Freud and Jung. Extensive commentary from the secondary literature was presented and analyzed with a view toward identifying those issues which apparently played the...
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The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild SouthGeorgann Eubanks offers readers a tour of the seasonal joys of ecosystems in the Southeast. The ordinary destinations and events she explores are scattered across seven states and include such wonders as a half-million purple martins roosting on an island in a South Carolina...
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The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and BehaviorHow do parents, professors, campus ministers, youth pastors and others help students learn to connect what they believe about the world with how they live in it? Steven Garber answers this question in this revised edition which includes a new chapter on life formation.Author:...
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The Esoteric Napoleon 2: Louisiana Territory Mystery: Louisiana Territory MysteryIn 1802, Napoleon ordered his navy secretary to deploy under strict secrecy a special field team to explore the vast landscape in the middle of North America. No details as to what this team was supposed to look for, nor what it might have...
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The Early Nizari Ismailis and Their Neighbouring Powers: Politics in the Caspian ProvincesI.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. This new history of the Alamut era of the Nizari Ismaili community concentrates on the local politics of the remote mountainous Caspian region. This is where the prominent religious and military leader, Hasan-i Sabbah...
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The Dmk Years: Ascent, Descent, SurvivalOn 17 September 1949, C.N. Annadurai (Anna) founded the DMK after his split with Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy. The DMK slowly but surely caught the imagination of the Tamil masses. In 1962, faced with the prospect of a ban, the party shed its separatist agenda...
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The Didache: Its Jewish Sources and Its Place in Early Judasim and ChristianityThis latest addition to the monumental Compendia series offers original thinking and impressive erudition about the Didache. The early Christian manual for baptismal catechesis focuses a valuable lens on the nascent Christian community and early Judaism. In the document's rules for church morals, ritual,...
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The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times SquareAs Times Square turns 100, New York Times Magazine contributing writer James Traub tells the story of how this mercurial district became one of the most famous and exciting places in the world. The Devil's Playground is classic and colorful American history, from the...
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The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America with Amendments, and Other Important American DocumentsThis volume includes some of the most important historical documents in American history. In this edition are included the following: The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America (1774), The Constitution of the United States of America (1787), The Bill of Rights...
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The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America's Forgotten Origin StoryA radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United...
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The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest SecretsFor over half a century, DNA has dominated science and the popular imagination as the "secret of life." But over the last several decades, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaking discoveries, the biochemist Thomas R. Cech and a diverse...
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