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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Traveling to Unknown Places: Nineteenth-Century Journeys Toward French and American SelfhoodTraveling to Unknown Places presents a compelling, incisive analysis of how French and American writers reshaped their personal and collective identities as they traveled in foreign countries after the social upheavals of the eighteenth-century Atlantic revolutions. Delving into the experiences of renowned figures like...
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Transportation Through the Ages: From Stirrups to SteamThe ancient world saw many empires rise and fall. But how did massive empires such as Babylon or Rome move information and resources across continents? They relied on one of the oldest technologies in human history: transportation.Ever since humans first began migrating within and...
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Trans-Allegheny Pioneers: History of the First White Settlements West of the Virginian Alleghenies from 1748; Hardships and Heroism of the ExploThe first European settlers who crossed the Alleghenies in the 18th century had fascinating stories, braving the wilderness and surviving in harsh circumstances of the frontier.This history consists of a combination of individual stories of local people who were distinguished, and the way of...
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To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western CultureA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearWinner of the AATSEEL Prize for Best Book in Cultural StudiesWinner of the Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European StudiesWinner of the Marshall D. Shulman Book PrizeWinner of the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize The Soviet Union...
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To Contest with All the Powers of Darkness: New England Baptists, Religious Liberty, and New Political Landscapes, 1740-1833In this new history of the New England Baptists, Jacob E. Hicks teases out the social and political contexts that transformed "rustic" young men like John Leland not only into volunteers for Christ--as wide-roving preachers in the mold of George Whitefield--but also into influential...
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Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of RevolutionThe great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried by a demanding planting cycle, trans-Atlantic shipping risks, and their uneasy relations with English agents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and...
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Timing/Luck: Two Decades of Photos from Comic Books & HollywoodGerry Duggan takes you along his journey through comic books and Hollywood. The book contains hundreds of photos over two decades in writing rooms, green rooms and city streets around the world. Each photo tells a story, and collectively the book tells his. Timing/Luck...
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Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired HimLawman, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, rancher horse breeder, saloon keeper, politician...even a movie maker. His name was Bill Tilghman and of all the heroes of the Old West he was one of the last, one of the most heroic, and a legend in his...
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Through Hell to Dunkirk: A Frontline Story of the Miraculous Evacuation of France in World War IIIn the spring of 1940, the Germans invaded France, and the British army crossed the English Channel to fight alongside its ally. But the blitzkrieg quickly punched through French defenses and threatened to cut off and trap the British in France--until the British managed...
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The World of Lore: Wicked MortalsA chilling, lavishly illustrated who's who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring stories from the Lore podcast--now a streaming television series--including "Black Stockings," "Half-Hanged," and "The Castle," as well as rare material. Some monsters are figments of our imagination....
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The World of Lore: Monstrous CreaturesA fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast--now a streaming television series--including "They Made a Tonic," "Passed Notes," and "Unboxed," as well as rare material. They live in shadows--deep in the...
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The World of Lore: Dreadful PlacesCaptivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories from the podcast Lore--now a streaming television series--including "Echoes," "Withering Heights," and "Behind Closed Doors" as well as rare material. Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or...
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The Wonder and Complexity of the 1904 World's FairSt. Louis scholars contribute essays on the untold stories of the 1904 World's Fair. The 1904 World's Fair was a complex, fascinating event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand. It was shameful. It was full of fun and full...
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The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War Pow's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi HiltonOn April 6, 1967, twenty-year-old U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Doug Hegdahl fell off his ship, a guided-missile cruiser, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Close to exhaustion after nearly four hours in the water, he was picked up by a small fishing boat and soon...
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The Three Wars of Roy P. BenavidezThis is the story of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, Medal of Honor Recipient. Roy lived through discriminating times before, during and after the Vietnam war. He lived a life of poverty, prejudice and warfare. If you've never been to war, this book will...
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The Thorn and the Carnation (Part II)"The Thorn and the Carnation" is not merely a work of fiction but a profound testament to the enduring spirit of Gaza. Authored by Yahya Al-Sinwar amidst the shadows of Israeli prisons, this narrative transcends traditional storytelling to offer a raw and unfiltered glimpse...
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The Tactical Drone: Military Use of Commercial Air Vehicles - Observe / Recce / Document / AttackThe drone is the flying eye above the modern battlefield. It provides an aerial overview that can give a sense of tactical superiority. The more you see, the more you know. Commercial drones can also be used as tools that make emergency services more efficient....
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The Story of the Christian ChurchNo institution has spanned more centuries and more continents than the Christian church. Its dramatic story is one of bloodshed and peace, corruption and purity. Here Dr. Hurlbut retells this story in an objective, concise, and clear style, emphasizing the spirit of the church,...
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The Spiritual Lives and Manuscript Cultures of Eighteenth-Century English Women: Writing Religious CommunitiesThe Spiritual Lives and Manuscript Cultures of Eighteenth-Century English Women explores the vital and unexplored ways in which women's life writings acted to undergird, guide, and indeed shape religious communities. Through an exploration of various significant but understudied personal relationships- including mentorship by older...
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The Songs of Queen Lili'uokalani"To compose was as natural to me as to breathe; and this gift of nature, never having been suffered to fall into disuse, remains a source of the greatest consolation to this day.[...] Hours of which it is not yet in place to speak,...
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