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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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Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite SpyA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE The true story of socialite Marguerite Harrison, who spied for U.S. military intelligence in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Born a privileged child of America's Gilded Age, Marguerite Harrison rebelled against her...
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Fire in the Piney Woods: Texas Lookout Towers, the Forest Service, and the Civilian Conservation CorpsFire lookout towers are enjoying a retrospective rebirth, attracting the curious and the adventurous, as Americans seeking escape for moments of solitude rediscover the structures' national significance. Though the Civilian Conservation Corps' national fire control policies and reforestation efforts have been covered elsewhere, each...
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Feeding the Byzantine City: The Archaeology of Consumption in the Eastern Mediterranean (Ca. 500-1500)This book offers new and innovative perspectives on the archaeology of consumption in Byzantine cities and their hinterlands. Case-studies range from towns in eastern Macedonia, north-western and central Greece, and Crete to urban centres in Serbia, Bulgaria and western Turkey. The archaeological data and...
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False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933-1947A definitive history of the United States' recovery from the Great Depression--and the New Deal's true part in it. FDR's New Deal has long enjoyed a special place in American history and policy--both because it redefined the government's fundamental responsibilities and because Roosevelt's "bold...
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Extracted: Unmasking Rampant Antisemitism in America's Higher EducationDisregarding political correctness, a renowned dentist unmasks decades of rampant antisemitism in America's leading dental schools.Author: S. Perry BrickmanPublisher: Morgan James PublishingPublished: 08/13/2019Pages: 362Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781642792942About the AuthorBrickman, S. Perry: - Among his many accolades, Dr. S...
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Exploring Gender in Vernacular ArchitectureIn Exploring Gender in Vernacular Architecture, Jessica Ellen Sewell considers the gender of those who create and shape spaces, how gender ideology contributes to and manifests itself in built form, and what research methods make the observation of gendered experience possible. She discusses single-gender,...
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Exam Nation: Why Our Obsession with Grades Fails Everyone # and a Better Way to Think about SchoolExams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education. 'An essential read - as entertaining as it is insightful - for anyone who cares about the way we treat...
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Every Weapon I Had: A Vietnam Vet's Long Road to the Medal of HonorThe story of a Green Beret commander's heroism during the Vietnam War, and the long fight to recognize his bravery.When Col. Paris Davis was selected to lead one of the Green Beret A-teams organizing resistance to Communist incursions into South Vietnam, his commanding officer...
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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the WorldFeaturing original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is "a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak's transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity" (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin...
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Eucharist in Pre-Norman IrelandA significant body of scholarship addresses pre-Norman Irish life and history, including the archaeology, art, and architecture from the time of St. Patrick (d. 493) to the arrival of the Normans in the twelfth century. While the place of the church and its organization...
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Esther Mahlangu: To Paint Is in My HeartEsther Mahlangu is globally acclaimed for her bright and bold abstract paintings with vivid, geometric patterns that are rooted in South Africa's Ndebele artistic tradition. She was a disruptor from an early age, becoming the first person to reimagine Ndebele visual artistic style--historically used...
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Eros and Empire: The Transnational Struggle for Sexual Freedom in the United StatesThe history of queer politics in the United States since 1968 is commonly narrated as either a progressive campaign for state recognition or as a subcultural rejection of prevailing gender norms. But these accounts miss the true scale of queer politics in the post-war...
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Energy's History: Toward a Global CanonEnergy history is an approach to understanding the past that takes changes in the human exploitation of Earth's energies as its object of inquiry. This interdisciplinary field documents and analyzes how humans have thought about, harnessed, stored, and exploited stocks and flows of energy....
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Encyclopedia of the American Indian MovementA vivid description of the people, events, and issues that forever changed the lives of Native Americans during the 1960s and 1970s-such as the occupation of Alcatraz, fishing-rights conflicts, and individuals such as Clyde Warrior. Rising out of more than a century of poverty...
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Encyclopedia of Cyber WarfareThis volume offers a concise overview of cyber warfare, providing historical context and an examination of its rapid development into a potent technological weapon of the 21st century. Ready-reference entries profile key individuals, organizations, technologies, and cyberattack events. Readers will also discover a curated...
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Empire of the Elite: Inside Cond? Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped AmericaFrom a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Cond? Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through the 2000s. For decades, Cond? Nast and its glittering...
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Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired WorkEmpire of Labor tells the story of how hired workers experienced and responded to the rise to power over the long eighteenth century of the English East India Company (EIC), which perennially hired thousands of people in and around its settlements in Bengal. Focusing...
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El Colapso de Panam? La Historia de la Invasi?n Y del Fin de la Dictadura / The Collapse of Panama: Story of the Invasion and the End of a DictatorshiEstados Unidos invadi? Panam? en 1989 y el mundo entero tuvo algo que decir. Las opiniones de entonces reflejaban juicios apresurados sobre las dos noticias m?s relevantes: un pa?s ocupado y la ca?da del dictador Manuel Antonio Noriega, aquel exjefe de inteligencia y fiable...
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Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young LivesThe Instant Sunday Times Bestseller 'The star of her generation' - Dan Snow, host of History Hit'Bursting with ideas and images' - Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl'Utterly, utterly brilliant' - Tracy Borman, author of The King's Witch At eighteen, your life...
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Egyptian Magic: Spells, Charms and Rituals of Ancient EgyptExplore the magic, rituals and spiritual beliefs of Ancient Egypt in this fascinating guide, written by renowned Victorian Egyptologist, Sir E. A. Wallis Budge. For ancient Egyptians, religion and magic were interconnected in a profound way. Spells, amulets, charms, magical names and potions were...
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