History books

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Born in 1506, Elizabeth's life seemed destined for obscurity-until strange trances and haunting prophecies marked...  Read More >>

Pershing's aim had always been to fight the Germans with an independent American Army (the AEF, the American Expeditionary...  Read More >>

The Kfz. 13/14 represented a significant step forward for the German army in the realm of armoured scout cars following...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1943, Hitler set his sights on a decisive blow that he believed would turn the tide of war on the...  Read More >>

In this unique approach to retelling the story of the woman at the well, Nessa is devastated when her father marries...  Read More >>

Follow Julian Lisiecki’s early 20th century life as he struggles for an education in Russian-controlled Poland....  Read More >>

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The first publication devoted to the remarkable history of Dubai and how the leadership of its people steered its...  Read More >>

Rooted in a Chicago-based street gang, the Young Lords grew into one of the most dynamic revolutionary community...  Read More >>

The so-called Golden Age of Athens, during and after the primacy of Pericles, was in fact a time of ruinous culture...  Read More >>

In Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan, Ariel Stilerman examines the transformation of classical Japanese...  Read More >>

With their distinctive and other-worldly appearance, runes--an ancient alphabet used to write Germanic languages--provide...  Read More >>

A 2,500-year history of international currencies that reveals new insights about the future of the U.S. dollar as...  Read More >>

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Always Under Siege presents a remarkable and harrowing account of life in dark times that describes and embodies...  Read More >>

""This contributed volume, from the five-year Beyond the Elite project, examines Jewish daily life in medieval northern...  Read More >>

""In Critical Failures, Miyabi Goto examines the rise of hihyåo, a practice of critical reading, in Japan's Meiji...  Read More >>

""This book explores how the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush reshaped US national security...  Read More >>

""Marianne Tarcov argues that early 20th century Japanese lyric poetry was able to serve as a mode of political...  Read More >>

A young machine gunner's war with the Big Red One;from D-Day through the Hurtgen Forest;the Battle of the Bulge;Remagen...  Read More >>

During an age of extreme gender polarisation when women were confined to the domestic sphere, Sarah Jane Rees (18391916)...  Read More >>

The page-turning story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism.  Read More >>

""Between the Buddha and the New Tsar is an ethnography of contemporary urban Buddhism in Buryatia, Russian Federation....  Read More >>

""A study of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of interrogational torture drawing on the archives of...  Read More >>