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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Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of SustainabilityClimate change. Habitat loss. Soil erosion. Groundwater depletion. Toxins in our food. Inhumane treatment of farm animals. Increasing farm worker exploitation. Hunger and malnutrition in the midst of plenty. What will it take for farmers in the United States to embrace sustainable practices?Michael Mayerfeld...
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Faith in War: Religion and the Military in Germany, C.1500-1650While the social and cultural history of the early modern military has greatly advanced in the last few decades, the religious dimension of the military life in the Holy Roman Empire between 1500 and 1650 has hardly been explored. The Reformation's brought profound political,...
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Fairfield, ConnecticutBarbara Austen and Barbara Bryan compiled this set of images to bring Fairfield's past into focus, helping us to envision more clearly the bright future of the area.In the fall of 1639, Roger Ludlow, a founder of the colony of Connecticut, led a small...
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Fairfield and Southport in Vintage PostcardsFairfield, including its village of Southport, is steeped in tradition and is rich in history. Many people who call this coastal Connecticut community home already know that Fairfield was founded in 1639 by Roger Ludlow and was visited in 1789 by Pres. George Washington,...
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Explore: A Collection of Maps and Diagrams That Explain the WorldThis book of maps helps you navigate the big topics that explain the world: science, history, nature, and space. Maps can help you find your way around more than just places, and knowledge can be shared using more than just words. Using maps, children...
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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's MessiahFrom New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah George Frideric Handel's Messiah is arguably the greatest piece of participatory art ever...
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Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station, burned it to the ground and murdered twenty-three constables. Appalled that his teachings were turned...
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ETYMOLOGY of COMPENDIUMS of all GODS and The ALMIGHTY CREATORETYMOLOGY of COMPENDIUMS of all GODS and The ALMIGHTY CREATORThis book comes at the age of Aquarius, whereby you have the inalienable power to question everything and seek for divine guidance. It is time for you to know your roots. Know thyself, re-member who...
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Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies and Tribes in the Seven Years War in AmericaThe third volume of the "Covenant Chain" trilogy, this work restores the Indians to the history of colonial America as human beings and shatters the myth of their savagery. It also revises the popular images of Wolfe and Montcalm.Author: Francis JenningsPublisher: W. W. Norton...
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El Libro de la Primera Guerra Mundial (the World War I Book)Descubre las batallas, las t?cticas militares y los momentos m?s decisivos de la Primera Guerra Mundial, Desde las crecientes tensiones entre las principales potencias europeas y el asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando hasta la entrada de Estados Unidos en la guerra y la creaci?n...
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El Emperador de Todos Los Males: Una Biograf?a del C?ncer / The Emperor of All MaladiesUno de los mejores libros del Siglo XXI seg?n el New York Times "Una magistral historia de la investigaci?n sobre el c?ncer" -Publishers Weekly Esta es la historia m?s compleja de una de las enfermedades m?s extendidas de nuestro tiempo una cr?nica completa del...
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Electing the PresidentThe path to the U.S. presidency is a difficult one. The campaign is often years long, and getting enough support to succeed is difficult and expensive. And being the most popular candidate, or getting the most amount of votes, doesn't mean the candidate will...
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East in Eden: William Niblo and His Pleasure Garden of YoreWilliam Niblo was the pre-eminent coffee-house operator of New York City from 1813 to 1828 and then became world famous as the founder and operator of NIblo's Garden, a genteel indoor/outdoor pleasure garden modeled on London's famed Vauxhall Garden. In various incarnations on the...
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Drive-Ins of Route 66, Expanded Second EditionA tour of the fun, quirky, bite-sized stories of the 116 drive-in theaters that showed movies near US 66. Packed with dozens of historic and modern photos. The perfect gift for any ozoner enthusiast or Mother Road fan.Author: Michael KilgorePublisher: Neon JukeboxPublished: 02/28/2022Pages: 288Binding...
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Drive-Ins of ColoradoDrive-Ins of Colorado is the ultimate guide to the history of every drive-in theater in the state from 1947 to the present. Includes dozens of full-color photos, intermission stills, and amazing anecdotes. Written by Michael Kilgore, the West's foremost drive-in theater researcher, recognized by...
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Dogs and Us: A Fifteen-Thousand-Year FriendshipA celebration of one of the most enduring love stories throughout the ages: the one between dogs and humans! Dogs and humans go back a long way - thousands of years, to be precise! As humans evolved, dogs did too, and we got to...
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Documenting Socialism: East German Documentary CinemaMore than 30 years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic, its cinema continues to attract scholarly attention. Documenting Socialism moves beyond the traditionally analyzed feature film production and places East Germany's documentary cinema at the center of history behind the Iron Curtain....
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Dinosaur Coloring Books Kids 2-4: Dinosaur Gifts for Boys - Paperback Coloring toChildren will love Big Dinosaur Coloring Book, This book is packed with funny dinosaurs There are 50 dinosaur coloring pages in this book.Inside The Book: 50 Coloring Pages Size 8.5 11 inches 102 Pages The Perfect Gift for This Birthday & Christmas Pages Funny...
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Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate SoldierLouis Leon, a Jewish Southerner from Charlotte, North Carolina, kept and later published a diary of his experiences fighting for the Confederate army during the War Between the States. Louis first joined the "Charlotte Grays," Company C of the first North Carolina Regiment, and...
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Designed Illusions Via Divine Power: Autobiographical MemoirsGiving constant thoughts of my time in Vasto, Italy, 1945, at seven years old, I always ventured in part of Vasto town. I saw not a single person or activity. Eventually, I made my way toward a large body of water, much later known...
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