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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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Inside the Third Reich"A remarkable portrait in depth, probably the best we shall ever get of Hitler." --The New York Times Albert Speer, the man who had kept Germany armed and the war machine running even after Hitler's mystique had faded, takes a brutally honest look at...
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In Search of Enemies: A CIA StoryIn Search of Enemies is much more than the story of the only war to be found when the CIA sought to recoup its prestige after the Vietnam debacle. Though no American troops were committed to Angola, only "advisors," many millions were spent, many...
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Hitler's Table Talk: The Complete Edition 1941-1944Compiled by Heinrich Heim, Henry Picker, and Martin Bormann. Introduced and Annotated by R. P. Tomlinson. New edition with 618 new footnotes contextualising references, events, and personalities mentioned in the text. Also contains a new introduction and full index of topics.The full and complete...
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Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust: A Prelude to GenocideFor decades scholars have pored over Hitler's autobiographical journey/political treatise, debating if Mein Kampf has genocidal overtones and arguably led to the Holocaust. For the first time, Hitler's Mein Kampf and the Holocaust sees celebrated international scholars analyse the book from various angles to...
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Heavenly Fire: The life and ministry of William Grimshaw of HaworthNestled in the rugged hills of West Yorkshire, Haworth was a bleak, working-class village in eighteenth-century England. As the Evangelical Revival was spreading throughout England and America, William Grimshaw was preaching the gospel and leading many in this northern town and its vicinity to...
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Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910-1930The first publication of its kind, connecting a constellation of artists working at the forefront of abstraction in the early 20th centuryOrphism emerged among a cosmopolitan group of artists active in Paris in the early 1910s, as the innovations of modern life radically altered...
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Harriet TubmanPart of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad conductor who "never lost a single passenger." Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. Though life was hard, Harriet persisted....
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Great EscapesDiscover the most daring escapes of all time!From slaves fleeing captivity to wartime heroes and heroines being smuggled across occupied Europe, from dangerous criminals tricking their way out of jail to ordinary people who got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.Over...
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Ghost on the Throne: Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His EmpireWhen Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs--a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an...
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Freiheit!: The White Rose Graphic NovelThe dramatic true story of a handful of students who resisted the Nazis and paid with their lives, now in a stunning graphic novel. With an entire nation blindly following an evil leader, where did a handful of students find the courage to resist?...
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Freedom of the WillOne of America's preeminent philosophical theologians, Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was a central figure in New England's first Great Awakening. Famed for his stirring sermons, Edwards remains a significant influence on modern religion, and this in-depth analysis of Calvinist beliefs represents his most important contribution...
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France: An Adventure HistoryBeginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes readers on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist...
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Eyewitness the Civil WarPacked with stunning photography, Eyewitness American Civil War explores the war that turned the nation against itself. Become an eyewitness to one of the most important times in US history, in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of...
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Eyewitness National ParksPacked with stunning photography, Eyewitness National Parks explores the history of all 63 US National Parks, and their countless treasures. Become an eyewitness to every US National Park in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of around 3.5...
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Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & RitualsYou'll find everything you need to know about being Jewish in this indispensable, revised and updated guide to the religious traditions, everyday practices, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of Judaism. What happens at a synagogue service? What are the rules for keeping kosher? How...
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Earth's Incredible Places: Grand CanyonA captivating, illustrated introduction to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon National Park. Stretching across a rocky plateau in America, carved deep into the rocks by the rushing Colorado River, lies the Grand Canyon. Its bands of rock...
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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day SpiesNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "superb [and] intensely readable" (The Washington Post) untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II and the extraordinary spies who achieved it--from the bestselling author of Prisoners of the Castle "Not since Ian Fleming...
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Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in ArchitectureIn a time of climate crisis and housing shortages, a bold, visionary call to replace current wasteful construction practices with an architecture of reuse As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin...
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Discovering Life's Story: The Evolution of an IdeaIn the second volume of the Discovering Life's Story series by best-selling author Joy Hakim, the theory of evolution takes hold--transforming ideas about survival, extinction, and life itself. Can species change? Or go extinct? In the eighteenth century, most people answer no to both...
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Day of the Dead: The History of a CelebrationA stunning bilingual, illustrated, and photographic account of a celebrated Mexican tradition In this gorgeous coffee table book, beloved Mexican art and culture magazine Artes de México creates a written, illustrated, and photographic account of the Day of the Dead celebration that takes readers...
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