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  • The History Buff's Guide to World War II

    Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Lethal People and Events of World War II

    Did you know that neither Hitler nor Stalin graduated from high school? Or that the Allies often employed teenage girls as spies? In The History Buff's Guide to World War II, Thomas R. Flagel leaves no stone unturned as he presents dozens of top ten lists that examine the politics, leaders, and battles of the Second World War. From Hitler to Stalin, battleground to home front, Flagel's compelling ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • On This Date

    From the Pilgrims to Today, Discovering America One Day at a Time

    "Rich in forgotten facts about celebrated patriots and unearthed tales of the daring and genius of ordinary Americans. Popular history at its very best." —Senator John McCainForget what you were taught in seventh grade—this riveting book takes readers down American history's back alleys and side streets.From the arrival of the Mayflower through the 2016 election, On This Date explores five hundred ... Read more

    Was $11.59 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Lest We Forget

    100 Stories of Love, Loss and Heroism

    by Tessa Dunlop ...
    A moving account of how war is remembered – and by whom'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David Olusoga'Brilliant' Piers MorganShortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2026Bestselling historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom on a quest to uncover ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Black AF History

    The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of untold American history that corrects the record and showcases the ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • Knowing What We Know

    The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

    “A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • 歷史學的作法

    Doing Historical Science

    by 池上俊一 ...
    Translated by 陳健成 ...
    Series series 教科書
    歷史是什麼?我們該如何寫歷史?我們為何要學習歷史?東京大學池上俊一教授以循序漸進的方式,引導讀者思考:應如何定位自己的研究?在研究的過程中,需具備何種視野?如何處理史料,並展開敘述?本書以深入淺出的方式,回答對初入歷史學門的學子們而言,往往感到困惑甚至無所適從的難題。作者帶領讀者站在現時點,回望近代史學發展的來時路,觀察其演進中的脈動,並在既有方法上思索推進與更新的可能性。本書正是寫給有志於從事「真正的」歷史學研究的學子。 ... Read more

    $11.09 USD

  • Unsettling Archival Research

    Engaging Critical, Communal, and Digital Archives

    HONORABLE MENTION, 2024 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award in Edited Collection!A collection of accessible, interdisciplinary essays that explore archival practices to unsettle traditional archival theories and methodologies.What would it mean to unsettle the archives? How can we better see the wounded and wounding places and histories that produce absence ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Lessons of History

    Learning from Catastrophe and Crisis in Twentieth-Century Europe

    Historical lessons are useful or even necessary for our guidance and orientation in time. These lessons, however, have often been overlooked in historical reflections on watershed moments, such as genocides, treaties, and global movements. Focusing on how cataclysmic events, primarily within Central and Eastern Europe, have been transmitted across borders and generations, this volume interrogates ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Rethinking the Red Power Movement

    Series series American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century
    Rethinking the Red Power Movement examines Red Power ideology with a focus on its many forms of solidarity with African Americans, the role of gender in shaping the movement, its international expansion, and its current meaning in contemporary activism.The Red Power Movement is often considered the apex of Indigenous activism in the twentieth century. While diverse, the movement is typically told ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Methods for ecocritical art history

    Edited by Olga Smith, Andrew Patrizio ...
    An indispensable survey of methods in ecocritical art histor****y.Ecocriticism is one of the most important and exciting developments in current art history. This is the first book to provide a survey of its methods, showing what they can offer art historians. It also indicates what the interdisciplinary project of ecocriticism stands to gain from art historians, their methods and practices.The ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • I Want to Believe

    Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism

    by A.M. Gittlitz ...
    Advocating nuclear war, attempting communication with dolphins and taking an interest in the paranormal and UFOs, there is perhaps no greater (or stranger) cautionary tale for the Left than that of Posadism.Named after the Argentine Trotskyist J. Posadas, the movement's journey through the fractious and sectarian world of mid-20th century revolutionary socialism was unique. Although at times ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Il Principe

    L'intera opera fu composta nella seconda metà del 1513 all'Albergaccio, tranne la dedica a Lorenzo de' Medici e l'ultimo capitolo, composti pochi anni dopo. La prima edizione a stampa fu edita nel 1532. Machiavelli, nella Lettera a Francesco Vettori, manifestò la volontà di dedicare l'opera a Giuliano de' Medici ma, dopo la morte di questi nel 1516, la dedicò a Lorenzo de' Medici, figlio di Piero ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • An African History of Africa

    From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

    by Zeinab Badawi ...
    Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi’s sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent’s extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective.“Equal parts gripping and galvanizing. . . . Researched across more than 30 countries, it brings the dazzling civilizations of pre-colonial Africa vividly to life. A book that feels both ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • Lost Worlds

    How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

    by Patrick Wyman ...
    "Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclusion that there was any direction or pattern behind its complexity." —The Wall Street Journal“A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?“This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.” <stron... ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Le nouveau Paris (1798)

    Le Nouveau Paris (1798) est un ouvrage publié par l'écrivain français Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814).Composé de courts chapitres indépendants les uns des autres (anecdotes, portraits, réflexions, courts récits), il évoque Paris pendant la Révolution française.Mercier écrit beaucoup pour les journaux pendant la Révolution. De 1789 à 1796, son activité principale est la rédaction du journal ... Read more

    $3.55 USD

  • Uomini d'acciaio

    Dopo la fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale lo Chaberton divenne territorio francese e gli italiani abbandonarono il forte. Il ghiaccio in breve tempo si impossessò di tutti i suoi locali interni e per oltre sessant'anni impedì a chiunque di avventurarsi nelle sue viscere.Da qualche anno però l'aumento della temperatura e un susseguirsi di estati calde hanno provocato un'inversione di tendenza e ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • 失败者的春秋

    by 刘勃 ...
    春秋是礼崩乐坏的时代。以周天子为中心的分封制难以为继,新的集权制度亦未建立。春秋是承前启后的时代。齐桓晋文称雄称霸,狐偃管仲封侯拜相,孔子老子更是影响深远。乱世丛林,英雄伟人辈出。一部春秋史,奠定了整部中国史的基础。面对令人望而生畏的杂多人物和纷繁事件,作者刘勃抽丝剥茧,比勘真假莫辨的史籍记载,吸收新近的考古资料,以诙谐轻松的语言,化芜杂晦涩为起伏跌宕,勾画出一幅春秋时代诸国兴亡变幻的画卷,也留下贵族时代最后的背影,重现他们所面临的困境、挣扎和奋斗。与之前出版的《读罢春秋不成歌》截然不同,刘勃试图搭建新架构,再写春秋史。从地缘关系视角分析梳理历史发展脉络,是本书写作的一大特色。内忧外患中,周天子为何突围失败?齐、晋、秦、楚,大国雄主如何博弈?世家贵族,为何在春秋时代渐入黄昏?这些看似是古代中国的独有问题,实际也是现代世界面临的特有挑战。春秋史的激荡,依然能给予我们诸多灵感和想象。 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • J’accuse

    Lettre au Président de la République ( Edition intégrale ) annoté

    by Émile Zola ...
    Series series Oeuvres de Émile Zola
    J’accuse… ! est le titre d’un article rédigé par Émile Zola au cours de l’affaire Dreyfus et publié dans le journal L’Aurore du 13 janvier 1898 sous la forme d’une lettre ouverte au président de la République française, Félix Faure.En 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, officier français d’état-major d’origine alsacienne, et d’obédience judaïque, accusé à tort d’avoir livré des documents à l’Allemagne, est ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Human Story

    Our History, from the Stone Age to Today

    “A brisk and cheerfully traditional trip through our history, from homo erectus to George W. Bush.” —Kirkus ReviewsIn The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling how peoples of the world settled down and founded cities, conquered neighbors, and established religions, and continues over the course of history, when they fought two nearly global wars and journeyed ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour

    by Kaye Jones ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Nicknamed ‘The Anarchy' for its unprecedented levels of chaos and disorder, the succession crisis that followed the death of King Henry I in 1135 resulted in England's first civil war.‘The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour’ neatly covers all the major facts and events giving you a clear and straightforward overview of the plots and violence ... Read more

    $2.35 USD

  • From Corporatism to Workers’ Control

    The Development and Demise of British Guild Socialism

    by Jack Vowles ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern British History
    This book provides a history and analysis of how the British guild socialist movement was forged in the heat of labour unrest prior to World War I, the experience of the war and subsequent troubled years, including the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution.Guild socialism proposed a model of participatory pluralism combining workers’ control of industry with local democracy and a federal coordinating ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • History of Western Civilization

    A Handbook

    Concise, comprehensive information to give readers a sense of the sweep and continuity of Western history—from the National Book Award-winning author.Renowned historian William H. McNeill provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth ... Read more

    Was $17.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • What are the Seven Wonders of the World?

    And 100 Other Great Cultural Lists--Fully Explicated

    Can you name...Newton's 3 laws of motion?The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse?The 5 pillars of Islam? The 6 wives of Henry VIII?The 7 kinds of plane triangles? The 8 Beatitudes?If you're not sure about the answers to the above, this is the book for you. A compendium of 101 culturally significant particulars from the fields of mythology, religion, literature, history, science, mathematics, art, and ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • Life in a Medieval Village

    Series series Medieval Life
    The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made ... Read more

    $9.99 USD