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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America, Am?rica: A New History of the New WorldFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, the first comprehensive history of the Western Hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both The story of how the United States' identity was formed is almost invariably told by looking...
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A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth HigginsonFew Americans covered as much ground as Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Born in 1823 to a family descended from Boston's Puritan founders, he attended Harvard, like all the men in his family, and prepared for the settled life of a minister. Instead, he rejected both...
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A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth AsawaA sweeping picture book biography about influential Japanese-American sculptor Aiko Ruth Asawa and her childhood spent in an incarceration camp, by award-winning author Caroline McCallister and rising star artist Jamie Green. Growing up on a dusty farm in Southern California, Ruth Aiko Asawa lived...
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Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black PanthersA fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politicsFollowing the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962, Algiers became the liberation capital of the Third World. Elaine Mokhtefi, a young American...
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Alaska Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and MoreExplore the world of fascinating prehistoric creatures that once roamed ancient Alaska. Packed with vibrant illustrations of dinosaurs by artist Ray Troll and lively text by paleontologist Kirk Johnson, this dynamic picture book is perfect for curious kids ages 8-12 and dinophiles of all...
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A History of the Ozarks, Volume 3: The Ozarkers Volume 3Between the world wars, America embraced an image of the Ozarks as a remote land of hills and hollers. The popular imagination stereotyped Ozarkers as ridge runners, hillbillies, and pioneers--a cast of colorful throwbacks hostile to change. But the real Ozarks reflected a more...
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A History of the Middle Ages: World Events from 400 CE to 1500 CEThis fascinating hardback guide examines of one of the most important eras in history, the Middle Ages, spanning the breadth of the globe and illustrated throughout with brilliant full-color illustrations. Often misconceived as a dark 'between-time' between the ancient and modern eras, the Middle...
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A History of the Cupit Family / John Thomas Cupit.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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A History of Ship Launches and Their Ceremonies"This is an interesting and informative book about a shipbuilding process that might be considered routine. Far from it. This fine book is full of centuries of launching methods, ceremonies, superstitions and mishaps." -- PowerShipsThroughout history, man has been performing rituals at the launch...
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Afganist?nAuthor: Jose Carlos Bermejo BarreraPublisher: AlmuzaraPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.45h x 5.91w x 0.75dISBN: 9788410523357Language: SpanishThis title is only available via back order
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Across Species and Cultures: Whales, Humans, and Pacific WorldsMore than any other locale, the Pacific Ocean has been the meeting place between humans and whales. From Indigenous Pacific peoples who built lives and cosmologies around whales, to Euro-American whalers who descended upon the Pacific during the nineteenth century, and to the new...
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A Civil War: A History of the Italian ResistanceAuthor: Claudio PavonePublisher: VersoPublished: 10/07/2014Pages: 768Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.70dISBN: 9781781687772About the AuthorClaudio Pavone was born in Rome in 1920 and, as a young man, took an active part in the Resistance movement. A renowned historian, he worked in the...
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A Buddhist BibleThe Buddhist Bible was first published in Vermont in 1932 by DWIGHT GODDARD (1861-1939), a pioneer in the American Zen Buddhist movement. It contains edited versions of foundational Buddhist texts designed to provide spiritual seekers with the heart of the Zen message. Writing at...
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30 Philosophers: A New Look at Timeless IdeasMichael Alan Prestwood's new book, "30 Philosophers: A New Look at Timeless Ideas," delves into the collective wisdom of humanity. Tracing our journey through history, this book harnesses the insights of 30 anchor philosophers to illuminate fourscore of pivotal ideas--80 steppingstones towards the future....
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Your Yosemite, Protecting A Public TreasureYosemite National Park sets an high standard for conservation of priceless natural places around the world, but stewardship of the great park is fraught with controversey. Preserving nature's scenery, wildlife, and plants is matched in a tense contest against profit-driven tourism. Beginning in 1864,...
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You Have Unleashed a Storm: New York City's Descent Into Chaos During America's Most Explosive Era of Radical ViolenceThe panoramic, untold story of domestic terrorism and political radicalism in '60s and '70s New York City and its echoes in our current moment New York City in the 1960s was the beating heart of the United States, a global metropolis thriving on its...
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You Can Always Come Home: Following the Breadcrumbs of Your Past to Find the Hope for Your TomorrowCozy up with You Can Always Come Home, a charming compilation of short stories serving as a reminder that there is always hope amidst life's challenges.From nostalgic church potlucks to delightful encounters with quirky neighbors, these tales will touch your soul, reminding you of...
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Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865With three railroads and a canal passing through the city, Lynchburg, Virginia, was a major hospital center during the Civil War, far from the remote battlefields. A transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another prison opened in June...
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Women, Wealth and the State in Early Colonial India: The Begams of AwadhFew polities were more instrumental to the rise of the East India Company and the advent of British colonial rule in South Asia than the Mughal successor state of Awadh (c. 1722-1856). And few individuals influenced the making of the Awadh regime and its...
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Women, Faith, and Family: Reclaiming Gender Justice Through Religious ActivismWomen, Faith, and Family takes an insider look at the practices adopted by the Women's Islamic Coalition, an assembly of Iranian women who embrace their faith as a principal component of their pursuit of gender justice. By using the Coalition's activism as a lens...
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