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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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The Two Ways: The Early Christian Vision of Discipleship from the Didache and the Shepherd of HermasHow did earliest Christians receive and understand the teaching of Jesus and the apostles? These writings, among the earliest used in training new disciples, show a clear, vibrant, practical faith concerned with all aspects of discipleship in daily life--vocation, morality, family life, social justice,...
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The Early Christians: In Their Own WordsIn these firsthand accounts of the early church, the spirit of Pentecost burns with prophetic force through the fog enveloping the modern church. A clear and vibrant faith lives on in these writings, providing a guide for Christians today. Its stark simplicity and revolutionary...
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Dominguez Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado Utah AZ & N Mex 1776Translated by Fray Angelico Chavez, Edited by Ted J. WarnerWestern HistoryThe chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Fray Silvestre Vélez de Escalante's most remarkable 1776 expedition through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau to inventory new lands for...
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to MenThe Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on sparsely populated Nevada and its two major industries, mining and agriculture. Luckily, thanks to Nevada's powerful Senate delegation, Roosevelt's New Deal funding flowed abundantly into the state. Among the programs thus supported was...
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Basques in the PhilippinesThe Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain's colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical zeal, and their ethnic cohesion and work-oriented culture made them successful as explorers, colonial administrators, missionaries, merchants,...
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Nevada: A History of the Silver StateNevada: A History of the Silver State has been named a CHOICE Outstanding Title. Michael S. Green, a leading Nevada historian, provides a detailed survey of the Silver State's past, from the arrival of the early European explorers, to the predominance of mining in...
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An Enduring Legacy: The Story of Basques in IdahoBrothers John and Mark Bieter chronicle three generations of Basque presence in Idaho from 1890 to the present, a story that begins with a few solitary sheep-herders and follows their evolution into the prominent ethnic community they are today.Author: Mark Bieter, John BieterPublisher: University...
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The Nature WayCorbin Harney's long life encompassed remarkable changes in the lives of Native Americans and in the technological and political development of the world. As an adult, Harney found his calling as a traditional healer and spiritual leader. This book presents a compendium of Cobin...
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Women of the Apache Nation: Voices of TruthThis study is based on interviews with Chiriccahua Apache women who emphasize the importance of ritual storytelling in preserving their culture. Ceremonies such as the puberty ritual - still practised today - are described, and stories are told of women warrior ancestors. Although many...
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A Voice That Spoke for Justice: The Life and Times of Stephen S. WiseIn the first half of this century, a talented and charismatic leadership restructured the American Jewish community to meet the demands and opportunities of a pluralistic, secular society. The work of this generation of titans still guides the current modes of American Jewish life....
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Stand Up!: The Story of Minnesota's Protest TraditionWhen the senatorial election of 2008 between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman stretched on for a contentious six months, people throughout the country wondered about Minnesota's offbeat politics. But Minnesota has been and is now a seedbed for cultural and political movements...
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Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip"Karlen offers a colorful and impressively researched account of the Minneapolis underworld and his fascinating relative that feels right out of Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls." --Star Tribune"Deliciously snappy." --American Jewish World"Karlen brings back the days when Peggy Lee walked into Augie's straight off...
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Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: Friends and NeighborsTo early American immigrants, nineteenth-century newcomers from the Scandinavian peninsula likely seemed all of a type. to immigrants hailing from Norway and Sweden, however, differences in language, culture, and religion sorted them into distinct groupings: not Scandinavian, but Norwegian or Swedish--and proud of their...
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The Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Contruction"Initially published in 1982 in the Smithsonian Folklife Series, Thomas Vennum's The Ojibwa Dance Drum is widely recognized as a significant ethnography of woodland Indians."-From the afterword by Rick St. GermaineAuthor: Thomas Vennum JrPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublished: 02/01/2009Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.96h...
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A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early MinnesotaIn the 1850s, as Minnesota Territory was reaching toward statehood, settlers from the eastern United States moved in, carrying rigid perceptions of race and culture into a community built by people of many backgrounds who relied on each other for survival. History professor William...
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Old Rail Fence Corners: Frontier Tales Told by Minnesota PioneersOld Rail Fence Corners is the story of Minnesota's early settlers in their own words--hardship and happiness on the frontier. These simple, direct accounts, collected at the beginning of the twentieth century, paint vivid pictures of life in Minnesota from the 1840s to the...
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Rainy River Country: A Brief History of the Region Bordering Minnesota and OntarioWith simplicity and charm, Grace Lee Nute tells the story of the Minnesota-Ontario border country west of the Boundary Waters--the region of the west-flowing Rainy River and the two lakes that it joins, Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods. In this companion volume...
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Picturing Lake Minnetonka: A Postcard HistoryPicturing Lake Minnetonka is a fascinating and nostalgic glimpse of the rise of Minnesota's largest and most beloved summer lake resort. A chronicle of the dizzying changes the lake underwent, this richly illustrated book follows the lake from its days in the 1860s when...
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The Story of Minnesota's PastThe Story of Minnesota's Past embraces the broad sweep of change over this land now called Minnesota from glacial ages to the 1980s. This richly illustrated book was first published as a textbook for Minnesota middle-school students. A paperback edition was produced to serve...
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Minnesota Book of Days: An Almanac of State HistoryThe Minnesota Book of Days is a entertaining and educational day-by-day account of Minnesota history, chronicling important events, famous firsts, notable individuals, and interesting incidents.Tony Greiner's thorough research and keen sense of the offbeat combine to produce a book that is both serious history...
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