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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Rome and Environs: An Archaeological GuideThis superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome...
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The Streets Are Talking to Me: Affective Fragments in Sisi's EgyptThis sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederika...
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The Greatest Faith Ever Known: The Story of the Men Who First Spread the Religion of Jesus and of the MomentousThis sequel to The Greatest Story Ever Told follows the turbulent adventures of the apostles Paul, Peter, and James after the crucifixion of Christ in their struggle to spread the Good News to the world. Faithfully based on the scriptures of the Acts and...
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Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable CrimesThis riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen cases from the 1800s involving thirteen French and English women charged with murder. Each incident was a cause c l bre, and this mixture of scandal and scholarship offers illuminating details of...
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The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of AcademeThis provocative book chronicles the disappearance of the public intellectual in America. For over thirty years, the cultural landscape has been dominated by the generation of Irving Howe, Daniel Bell, and John Kenneth Galbraith; no younger group has arisen to succeed them. Unlike earlier...
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Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the EmpireThis monumental biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the twentieth century, written by his grandson, is the first to give a complete and balanced account of Mahatma Gandhi's remarkable life, the development of his beliefs and his political campaigns, and his...
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The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International SystemThis monumental book examines Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, newly revised by the author, reflects developments since then and includes material on the Taliban and Osama bin...
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The Heart of the Constitution: How the Bill of Rights Became the Bill of RightsThis is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten constitutional amendments drafted by James Madison in 1789 and ratified by the states in 1791 the Bill of Rights. Even more...
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Cruising Through Geologic Time in the San Juan IslandsThis is the most comprehensive book on the geology of the San Juan Islands in the past nine decades. Although written primarily for non-geologists, it also contains much new, previously unpublished geologic material of interest to geologists. The book includes geologic descriptions of the...
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Ancient Teotihuacan: Early Urbanism in Central MexicoThis is the first comprehensive English-language book on the largest city in the Americas before the 1400s. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site, located in highland central Mexico, about twenty-five miles from Mexico City, visited by millions of tourists every year. The book...
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The British Army and the First World WarThis is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on the Western Front and throughout the rest of the world as well as the...
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History of Sparta, 950-192 B. C. (Revised)This introductory history of Sparta gives readers a welcome overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city state.Author: William George Grieve ForrestPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 03/01/1969Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 7.63h x 5.08w x 0.46dISBN: 9780393004816
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Africa's Discovery of EuropeThis groundbreaking book examines the full range of African-European encounters from an African perspective rather than from the customary European one. By featuring vivid life stories of individual Africans and drawing upon their many recorded sentiments, author David Northrup presents African perspectives that persuasively...
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The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab RevolutionThis fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts today, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to the chaos in Turkey. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of what is at...
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Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South 1861-1865This extremely rare book provides page after page of quotations from nearly exclusively Northern sources showing that, for the past 150 years, the American people have not been told the truth about the so-called "Civil War" and the true nature and agenda of Abraham...
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Islam: The Straight PathThis exceptionally successful survey text introduces the teachings and practice of Islam from its earliest origins up to its contemporary practice. John L. Esposito, an internationally renowned expert on Islam, traces the development of Islam and its impact on world history and politics. Lucidly...
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Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg UnlockedThis dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehta's Maximum City. Through precisely crafted snapshots, Ivan Vladislavic observes the unpredictable, day-today transformation of his embattled city: the homeless using manholes as cupboards,...
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese CultureThis Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise...
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Philosophy of Democratic GovernmentThis complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon's belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to provide the means for united action.Author: Yves R. SimonPublisher: University of Notre Dame PressPublished:...
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Washington's KKK: The Union League During Southern ReconstructionTHIS BOOK TELLS THE SHOCKING STORY of this long forgotten chapter in American history-the story of THE UNION LEAGUE, WASHINGTON'S KKK.The "official" version of Southern Reconstruction is that there was a reign of terror - a systematic murder and intimidation by the "white Southern...
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