History
Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue WatersA witty, wise, and affectionate journey to every corner of the North Star State. After years of living abroad, writer and poet Patrick Hicks returns to Minnesota only to find that his home state feels like a foreign country.In the tradition of Bill Bryson...
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Great Art Explained: The Stories Behind the World's Greatest Masterpieces"James Payne's YouTube Channel "Great Art Explained" gained a huge and appreciative worldwide audience. This beautifully put-together book is simply the best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic." -- Stephen FryBased on the popular...
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Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and KornFrom Reggie "Fieldy" Arvizu, legendary bassist of nu-metal pioneers KORN, comes Got the Life: a no-holds-barred look at his extreme highs, drug- and-booze-fueled lows, and, finally, redemption through a conversion to Christianity. Got the Life is simultaneously an insider's look at rock n' roll...
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Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945Author: Mike WallacePublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 10/01/2025Pages: 976Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 4.75lbsSize: 10.23h x 7.33w x 1.85dISBN: 9780199384518About the AuthorMike Wallace is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Gotham Center...
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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History "Exceptionally readable...a spectacle, a cavalcade"--The New Yorker To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters,...
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Good Blood, Second EditionWhen she was a child, her father said he had "good blood" and that is why he and his wife survived and healed from the Holocaust. The author searched for the meaning and significance of her father's words over two continents and through four...
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Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to VermontHow the counterculture movement changed Vermont--and AmericaGoing Up the Country is part oral history, part nostalgia-tinged narrative, and part clear-eyed analysis of the multifaceted phenomena collectively referred to as the counterculture movement in Vermont. This is the story of how young migrants, largely from...
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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the VaticanA deeply reported, New York Times bestselling exposé of the money and the clerics-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican--the world's biggest, most powerful religious institution--from an acclaimed journalist with "exhaustive research techniques" (The New York Times). From a master chronicler of legal and...
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God, Country, Notre Dame: The Autobiography of Theodore M. HesburghExperience Father Hesburgh's life story in his own words in God, Country, Notre Dame.As an adviser to presidents, special envoy to popes, theologian, author, educator, and activist, Father Hesburgh was considered the most influential priest in America for decades. His autobiography brings his phenomenal...
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God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and NowThe bestselling author and prominent New Testament scholar draws parallels between 1st-century Roman Empire and 21st-century United States, showing how the radical messages of Jesus and Paul can lead us to peace today Using the tools of expert biblical scholarship and a keen eye...
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God: An AnatomyAn astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. "[A] rollicking journey through every aspect of Yahweh's body, from...
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Giving Voice To LinnentownGiving Voice To Linnentown is a compelling true story about a young Black girl's family that lived in a thriving small Black community called Linnentown. Written by Hattie Thomas Whitehead, she describes her early childhood years in the 1960s and how her life and...
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Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders"All thriller, no filler."-- Dr. Indigo Willing, sociologist and lead researcher of Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate and co-author of Skateboarding, Power and Change A vibrant, meticulously researched celebration of the women and non-binary skateboarders who defied a hostile industry and redefined skateboarding around...
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Gilardi House: Barragan's Last WitnessGilardi House thoroughly documents Luis Barragan ́s last project, la ́CASA GILARDI ́, an emblem of Mexican architecture. In 1976, 10 years after his retirement from the practice of architecture, Barragan accepted the commission of two young publicists passionate about his architecture and designed...
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Gifts from the Enemy"I am an ordinary person with an extraordinary past."In this true and moving story, Alter Wiener, a teen Holocaust survivor of five Nazi prison camps during World War II, transports young readers back in time when an unexpected person demonstrated moral courage in repeated...
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Ghost Stories & Graveyard Tales: KentuckyUnearth the chilling and spine-tingling history of the Bluegrass State in "Ghost Stories & Graveyard: Kentucky." This captivating book delves deep into the shadowy realms of Kentucky's haunted past, where restless spirits, unexplained creatures, and bizarre events have left indelible marks on the landscape.Journey...
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Ghosts of WilmingtonRising from the banks of the Cape Fear River like a spectral stage, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains one of America's most haunted cities. Its beautiful homes and tidal waterways belie a history of violence.Wilmington is a true theatre of horror, the cast of which...
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Ghosts of the Wild West: Stories from Deadwood, Tombstone, and the Old FrontierRead 21 chilling ghost stories with ties to the Wild West, based on actual accounts, as told by two paranormal investigators.Too many lawmen and bandits met their ends on the streets of Deadwood, and their ghostly whispers still remain. In Tombstone, the infamous Bird...
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Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese CiviliansA "captivating" (The Washington Post) true story of "courage, resolve, and determination" (Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White's successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North...
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German Generals TalkThe German Generals who survived Hitler's Reich talk over World War II with Capt. Liddell Hart, noted British miltary strategist and writer. They speak as professional soldiers to a man they know and respect. For the first time, answers are revealed to many questions...
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