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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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Healing the One New Man: Restoring the Church's Identity Through the Feasts"That they may be one . . ." was Jesus' final prayer for those who would become the Body of Christ. Yet, Nearly 2000 years later, the Church seems more divided than ever. The roots of this division lie in Church history only 100...
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Haverford College ArboretumIn 1833, when the first 23 students arrived at what is now Haverford College, they found one school building surrounded by nearly 200 acres of farmland, woods, and a small creek. The story of how this landscape evolved into the park-like setting of today's...
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Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern ShoreA fresh portrait of this iconic American--and the first to involve a Tubman family member since Harriet herself was interviewed in 1886. For all Harriet Tubman's accomplishments and the myriad books written about her, many gaps, errors, and misconceptions of her legendary life persist....
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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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Hans and Wassili Luckhardt: Buildings and ProjectsDas Werk der Architekten Hans und Wassili Luckhardt (1890-1954/1889-1972) wurde bis heute nicht angemessen gewürdigt. Deren Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der Architektur zeigt sich schon daran, dass die Architekten Bestandteil der der wichtigsten Überblickswerke über die Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts sind, etwa bei Giedion,...
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Haciendas del Altiplano. Historia(s) y leyendas.: Tomo II. De la Independencia a la Revolución?sta es la segunda entrega del trabajo de investigaci?n en torno a ciertas haciendas mexicanas, titulado Haciendas del Altiplano - historia(s) y leyendas, emprendido de manera independiente por el investigador Homero Adame, quien puede ser considerado como pionero en el estudio de estos lugares...
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Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2: 1960-1980Read it for nostalgia, for memories of pop culture, for history, or for pure entertainment. Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2 will shed a spotlight on the astonishing degree to which Canada changed in a mere twenty years from 1960 to 1980. Rolling out in...
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Growing Up Canadian: Canada and its Youth Come of Age 1960-1980The generation that came of age from 1960 to 1980 had front-row seats to the events and personalities that laid the foundation for the Canada we know today. As the generation matured, so too did the country.Chapters range from TV to sports, music to...
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Greek Myths for a Post-Truth WorldYiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our 'post-truth' times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism and perplexing technological possibilities.It shows how Greek myths continue to stir our emotions and shape our experiences,...
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Grace Hartigan: The Gift of AttentionImportant new publication brings together a selection of forty significant works by American Abstract Expressionist artist Grace Hartigan.Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention explores the significant impact mid-century American poets and poetry had on painter Grace Hartigan's early career during the 1950s and 1960s....
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Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew in Revolutionary EgyptGoodbye, Tahrir Square is a first-person memoir written from the standpoint of a Jewish boy growing up in Egypt during the watershed years that shaped the Middle East into the powder keg it is today. Described as the "Holden Caulfield of the Nile" for...
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Golden State: The Making of CaliforniaFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, a definitive new history of California--from the Spanish conquistadors to the Gold Rush to the state's meteoric rise as a tech powerhouse and bulwark of progressivism--and of its indelible mark on the United States and the world.California has...
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God Called, She Answered: Moving Past History and Tradition into Ministry LeadershipGod Called, She Answered: Moving Past History and Tradition into Ministry Leadership challenges women to embrace and press into God's plan for their ministry gifts. It explores reasons for the obstacles found in some religious communities. These obstacles are largely based on influences (i.e.,...
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Glossing Practice: Comparative PerspectivesThis volume is the first book to focus specifically on the topic of comparative glossing. It brings together new research on glossing practices from traditions in both the West and East Asia, with a focus on Japan. It also touches on the relation between...
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Ghosts and Legends of Florida PiratesAuthor Heather Leigh guides readers on a swashbuckling journey into the ghostly remnants of Florida pirates. From the legendary Blackbeard to the infamous Captain Kidd, the tales of Florida pirates have captivated readers for generations--hidden treasure, daring escapes, larger-than-life personalities. But, of course, the...
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Get the Hell Out of Here: A Challenge to the Eternal Conscious Torment of Christian DogmaReevaluating Christian Doctrine: Unveiling Truths about Hell, its Misinterpretations & the Church's Manipulation. A Soothing Read for the Troubled Faithful.If you have ever felt uneasy about the traditional concept of Hell as propagated by Christian dogma throughout history, then this thought-provoking book is for...
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Gesta Romanorum / The Deeds of the Romans: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World - A Journey Through Medieval Legends and MoralsDiscover the Timeless Wonders of the 'Gesta Romanorum'Step into a world where history, myth, and morality blend seamlessly in the 'Gesta Romanorum' - a medieval treasure trove akin to the Arabian Nights and the Morte d'Arthur. This captivating anthology, once a cornerstone of entertainment...
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Germany's Panzer Arm in World War IIComplete analysis of the German panzer arm New perspectives on the rise and decline of the Third Reich's war machine No twentieth-century military organization has been as widely studied as the German Army in World War II. Nevertheless, there are almost no truly integrated...
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Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary ScienceAstronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intriguing place. "It is not astronomy," complained his colleagues, and they were right. Kuiper had created a new discipline we now...
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Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton ConwayA multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclast A mathematician unlike any other, John Horton Conway (1937-2020) possessed a rock star's charisma, a polymath's promiscuous curiosity, and a sly sense of humor. Conway found fame as a barefoot professor at Cambridge, where he...
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