History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Top Dogs: Canines That Made HistoryFor the millions of kids who love dogs, this book tells the stories of 8 amazing canines through the ages whose actions influenced the course of history. Author Liz MacLeod's kid-friendly, narrative style captures the time and place when the events took place as...
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Otter and Twin Otter: The Universal AirplanesFollowing the success of the Beaver aircraft, the engineers and test pilots who developed it decided to build an airplane that could do everything the Beaver could -- with twice the capacity and payload -- and the Otter was born. The Otter was a...
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Knights of the Air: Canadian Fighter Pilots in the First World WarThis book contains many striking historical photographs, maps, and documents, and the text is complemented by the outstanding art of Stephen Quick.Author: David L. BashowPublisher: McArthur & CompanyPublished: 08/02/2001Pages: 210Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.75lbsSize: 12.29h x 9.34w x 0.83dISBN: 9781552781623Review Citation(s): Quill & Quire 01/01/2001...
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The Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct, 2nd EditionReissued with a new preface by the author, The Paraguayan War is an engrossing and comprehensive account of the origins and early campaigns of the deadliest and most extensive interstate war ever fought in Latin America. A 2003 CHOICE Academic Title of the Year,...
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Emily Carr: An Introduction to Her Life and ArtSome can be active to a great age but enjoy little, observed Emily Carr shortly before her death in 1945. I have lived. The impressive scope of Carr's art and her unorthodox life are the subjects of art educator Anne Newlands' latest book. In...
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The Town That DiedThe Town That Died is a moving and detailed account of the greatest human-made explosion before Hiroshima, the terrible disaster known as the Halifax Explosion. It is the first documentary account, told from the personal experiences of survivors, to accurately chronicle the tragic events...
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The Queen of the North Disaster: The Captain's StoryFew recent events in British Columbia have seized the public mind like the 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Across Canada, it was one of the top news stories of the year. In BC it has attained the...
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Law of the Yukon: A Pictorial History of the Mounted Police in the YukonIn 1886, the discovery of rich goldfields in the Klondike precipitated a flood of gold-crazed men and women rushing north to the Yukon territory. Suddenly, the northern wilderness and its aboriginal population were overwhelmed by the newcomers. The presence of large numbers of American...
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Plumas County, California Mines and Minerals: California Register of Mines and MineralsMining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Register of Mines and Minerals of Plumas County, California". Unavailable since the turn of the century, this publication offers rare insights into the famous mining areas of Plumas...
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EvangelineIN the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that...
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The Story of the Computer: A Technical and Business HistoryElectronic computers are arguably the greatest invention of the 20th century. They are the enablers for many of the technologies that the developed world now relies upon and their impact on society cannot be overestimated. The story of their creation is a fascinating one...
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Fire, Fire, Fire on the Flight Deck Aft; This Is Not a Drill: An Inconceivable Story of Brave Men Battling Raging Fires and High-Order Explosions to SIn March of 1967, Ken Killmeyer became a crew member of USS Forrestal CVA-59, the first of the super aircraft carriers. In 1995, Ken was offered the position of historian of the USS Forrestal Association. During his time as a historian, Ken began collecting...
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Greatness Above the NoiseAuthor: Andy PurvisPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 02/13/2018Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91dISBN: 9781545626184
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The Ancestor: A Journey In Time Reveals A Family MysteryA Journey in Time Reveals a Family Mystery When Daniel, a successful writer, tries to escape his midlife crisis and the current stress of a high-tech pace, he's suddenly thrust into the cradle of the Civil War. In this journey in time he discovers...
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The Piggott Boys"I have sat and listened to Joe tell various stories and history of Piggott, Arkansas and am amazed at the detail that he can communicate, never using notes and always from the heart. Because of his knowledge of our past and his unique relationship...
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Crimenes de Francisco Villa.: TestimoniosFrancisco Villa es un cono indiscutible de la Revoluci n mexicana, en la cultura de masas fue erigido como el defensor de las causas populares, su biograf a es una mezcla de historia y leyenda, su nombre es ampliamente reconocido, no obstante, la construcci...
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Index to The Final Rolls: of Citizens and Freedmen of the Civilized Tribes in Indian TerritoryThe Rolls contain more than 101,000 names from 1898-1914 (primarily from 1899-1906). They can be searched to discover the enrollee's name, sex, blood degree, and census card number. The census card may provide additional genealogical information, and may also contain references to earlier rolls,...
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The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: Origins of the Eastern RegionAlthough organized in 1932, the history of the Eastern Region of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity can be traced to the beginnings of the Fraternity. The region, also known as "AlphaEast," is home to some of the oldest chapters in the fraternity. Founded December 4,...
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Night Witches at War: The Soviet Women Pilots of World War IIFlying combat missions in wartime is always dangerous. But imagine doing so in a slow, rickety biplane, at night, with no lights or navigational equipment of any kind. Sound impossible? It wasn't for the Soviet Night Witches. This unit of incredibly brave women flew...
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The Dutch East India Company: The History of the World's First Multinational Corporation*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the VOC's expeditions and conflicts *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whereas pepper has nothing in it that can plead as a recommendation to fruit or berry, its only desirable quality being a certain pungency; and yet it...
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