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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A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our MapsPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a...
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Aboard the MayflowerSince it set sail from Plymouth, England, in 1620, the Mayflower has captured the imagination. In this thrilling text, readers will embark on that illustrious voyage across the Atlantic, learning about the vessel, passengers, crew, and provisions, and debunking myths about the famous journey...
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Zintka!: Lost Bird of Wounded Knee - Zintk?la NuniA true story of "found and lost" . . . and found again. Zintka! tells the troubled tale of a Native American girl caught between two worlds, accepted by neither. A Lakota (Sioux) baby and her mother who were fleeing for safety became victims...
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Zachary Taylor: The biography of a planter, general and presidentStep back in time to the early 19th century and discover the life and legacy of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. Born into a prominent plantation-owning family in Virginia, Taylor's journey from his youth to becoming a national hero and...
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Yukon (Yukon)Welcome to Yukon! Come with me, Yara, as I show you around the territory where I live. Learn about the official flag, bird, and flower. Find out my favorite activities too! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to...
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Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly EnslavedAuthor: Jasmine L. HolmesPublisher: Baker BooksPublished: 09/03/2024Pages: 208Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781540904515
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Xit: A Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and MontanaThe Texas state constitution of 1876 set aside three million acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle in exchange for construction of the state's monumental red-granite capitol in Austin. That land became the XIT Ranch, briefly one of the most productive cattle operations...
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WWII Bombing of British Cities and Contested Remembrance: Civilian experience and its commemoration since 1945Current conflict in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza highlights the terrible price that is paid by civilians in war. This book focuses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths. It contends that the substantial civilian toll...
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Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of CaliforniaA collection of literary essays about California from some of the state's most established, and most exciting upcoming writers.Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California explores California through twenty-five essays that look beyond the clichés of the "California Dream," portraying a...
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Worshiping with the ReformersWorship of the triune God has always stood at the center of the Christian life. That was certainly the case during the sixteenth-century Reformation as well. Yet in the midst of tremendous social and theological upheaval, the church had to renew its understanding of...
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Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims"A shocking saga of pharmaceutical malpractice . . . Wonder Drug is both a first-rate medical thriller and the searing account of a forgotten American tragedy."--Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain A "fascinating and compassionate" (People) account of the most notorious drug...
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Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded AgeThe history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. During the Golden Age of Exploration, there...
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Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World WarsA groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world...
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Women and Redemption: A Theological HistoryRosemary Radford Ruether's authoritative, award-winning critique of women's unequal standing in the church, which explored the complex history of redemption in evaluating conflict over the fundamental meaning of the Christian gospel for gender relations, is now in an updated and expanded edition. Ruether highlights...
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Witness to Neptune's Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (CL 51)"...richly describes so many timeless, classical, and archetypal aspects of war that anyone from the Napoleonic soldier to the Iraq War veteran could probably identify and relate to them." -- Military Review1942 would prove crucial for the United States in the Pacific following the...
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With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, (a Centennial Book)Warren Dean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic Forest. A quarter the size of the Amazon Forest, and the most densely populated region in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest...
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Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of EspionageFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new...
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Wisconsin Through the Seasons: Mid-Twentieth Century Landscapes as Seen by an Artist and Two of His SonsPolish-American artist Thomas Angelski and his sons Edward and Eugene studied art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and completed dozens of works during their lifetimes. This collection of fifty carefully selected pieces of Angelski family artwork shows the progressive change of everyday scenes of country and...
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Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the WestA new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next "[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist."--The Economist Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, around the start...
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Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make a Roux?Marcelle Bienvenu's highly anticipated new release of her timeless classic, Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make A Roux? is a treasure trove of over two hundred recipes, now complete with a Foreword by Emeril Lagasse and sumptuous color photography capturing...
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