History

It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. ... more...

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In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt ("Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil") and Erik Larson ("The Devil in the White City"), New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston ... more...

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Caesar's Legion offers readers a grunt's-eye view of battle and heroics during the Classical Age. Follow the 'Famous Tenth' from its founding by Julius Caesar in 61 B.C. through his greatest military ... more...

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In The First Christmas , two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, join forces to show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the ... more...

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"Dont know much about history?" Which societies are the most important? Which periods of time saw the most change? How have cultures differed and remained the same across this vast time and ... more...

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Common Sense was a series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Paine wrote it with editorial feedback from Benjamin ... more...

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In Prehistory, the award-winning archaeologist and renowned scholar Colin Renfrew covers human existence before the advent of written records–which is to say, the overwhelming majority of our time ... more...

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Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The historical research of ... more...

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An illustrated introduction to Mexico for the general reader. Combines a thematic and chronological approach to give a clear account of the country's historical and contemporary issues, problems and events, ... more...

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