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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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Virginia Crosswords: Crosswords, Wordfinds, and MoreAuthor: Dale RattermanPublisher: Blue River PressPublished: 12/01/2024Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781681571416
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Vietnam: Fools In ChargeUnveiling the Untold Story of a Renowned Air Force Colonel, His Remarkable Career, and His Experiences During the Vietnam War. An Insider's View into Military Hierarchy.Vietnam: Fools In Charge is an entrancing memoir chronicling the life of Colonel William Bertram Hill, an extraordinary man...
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Victorian Nightshades: How the Solanaceae Shaped the Modern WorldA darkly alluring plant family and the arrival of modernity Victorian Nightshades tells the story of how one plant family--notorious for centuries in England because of its frequently psychoactive and poisonous properties--rose to social and economic prevalence during the nineteenth century. Beginning with bittersweet...
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Victorian Nightshades: How the Solanaceae Shaped the Modern WorldA darkly alluring plant family and the arrival of modernity Victorian Nightshades tells the story of how one plant family--notorious for centuries in England because of its frequently psychoactive and poisonous properties--rose to social and economic prevalence during the nineteenth century. Beginning with bittersweet...
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Vergil: The Poet's LifeA biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid "Ms. Ruden has converted the writer of the Aeneid from a noble and stodgy 'ancient' into our contemporary . . . persuasively re-imagined [as] a sympathetic, three-dimensional figure. . ....
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Valhalla Boys: Marine Recon Sniper in IraqA young Marine recon sniper navigates the harrowing complexities of unconventional warfare in Iraq post-2006.In 2006, the shock and awe campaign of securing the major cities had ended, and the Iraq War had moved into an alien phase for the operators of Black Flag...
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Uruguay: Everything You Need to Know"Uruguay: Everything You Need to Know" invites readers on an immersive journey through the diverse landscapes, rich history, vibrant culture, and dynamic society of Uruguay. This text-only book offers a thorough exploration of all facets of Uruguay, from its indigenous heritage and colonial past...
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Unstable Ground: The Lives, Deaths, and Afterlives of Gold in South AfricaWhat has gold done to people? What has it made them do? The Witwatersrand in South Africa, once home to the world's richest goldfields, is today scattered with abandoned mines into which informal miners known as zama zamas venture in an illicit--often deadly--search for...
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Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen WorkContaining the histories of over 600 overlooked or disregarded women, Uncredited is a testament to women's perseverance and the recognition they deserve for their accomplishments. Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons...
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Turning the Power: Indian Boarding Schools, Native American Anthropologists, and the Race to Preserve Indigenous CulturesIn Turning the Power Nathan Sowry examines how some Native American students from the boarding school system, with its forced assimilationist education, became key cultural informants for anthropologists conducting fieldwork during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Salvage anthropologists of this era relied...
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TurnerAn engaging account of Britain's greatest painter, told through works from the Yale Center for British Art's extensive collection Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is one of the most recognizable names in the history of British art. Elected to the Royal Academy in 1802,...
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TunguskaAuthor: Andy BrunoPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/06/2025Pages: 324Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73dISBN: 9781108744393
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Trump's Triumph: America's Greatest Comeback#1 New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich takes readers inside the most significant political comeback in American history and explains where the Trump movement goes from here. Despite a nine-year effort to destroy him, President Donald J. Trump succeeded in a historic comeback...
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Trail of Tears: A History from Beginning to EndDiscover the remarkable history of the Trail of Tears...In the early 1800s, the Five Civilized Tribes-the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Choctaw-were living in lands allocated to them by the United States government in present-day Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In general, the...
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To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early ChinaEvidence from Shang oracle bones to memorials submitted to Western Han emperors attests to a long-lasting debate in early China over the proper relationship between humans and gods. One pole of the debate saw the human and divine realms as separate and agonistic and...
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Tilak: The Empire's Biggest EnemyBal Gangadhar Tilak was considered to be the biggest threat to the British hegemony.He was prosecuted thrice for sedition.Was termed 'the father of Indian unrest.'He was convicted for his fiery writings in his nationalist daily Kesari.Tilak, the first definitive biography of the man who...
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Through a Woman's Eye: The Early 20th Century Photography of Alabama's Edith MorganThrough a Woman's Eye presents an evocative collection of a hundred black and white photographs made by Edith Morgan of Camden, a small town in Wilcox County, Alabama, just after the turn of the twentieth century. Morgan was educated locally before attending the School...
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Thinking Through Graphic Design History: Challenging the CanonGraphic design has a paradoxical relationship to history. While it claims to promote originality and innovation - ideas that emphasize the new and unique - design practice is deeply embedded in previous ideals. Too often, design students encounter the past in brief visual impressions...
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The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American CenturyFrom the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan, a "timely, riveting" (The Washington Post) new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace--one that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of...
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The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEKA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023ASPECTS OF HISTORY BOOKS OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A DAILY MAIL BEST CHRISTMAS BOOK OF 2023 The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling...
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