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Frontier Fictions - Shaping the Iranian Nation, 1804-1946

In Frontier Fictions, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet looks at the efforts of Iranians to defend, if not expand, their borders in the nineteenth a...

Vikings - An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids

For three centuries, the Vikings changed the political world of northern and western Europe. This encyclopedia explores exactly how they ...

A Short Environmental History of Italy - Variety and Vulnerability

The Richness and the Fragility of Italy's Humanised Environment This book, a translation of the author's original Italian Breve Storia de...

Black American History For Dummies

Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know! Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebra...

Hungarian Liberals

A concise history of Hungary - Millenniumi magyar történet

The Britannias - An Island Quest

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A dazzlingly brilliant book' Hannah Dawson 'Fascinating, often exhilarating ...

Du Bois on Religion

Phil Zuckerman here gathers together Du Bois's writings on religion, and makes a compelling case for Du Bois to be recognized among the l...

The rise and fall of the great powers

Alpine Passes of Switzerland - Journey to Modernity

For centuries, the Alps were an almost insurmountable barrier on the way from Europe's north to the south, and vice versa. The Romans rep...

Ancient Advanced Technology in South America

There are a host of ancient ruins in South America, claimed by the Inca, inherited by the Inca, conquered by the Inca and built by the In...

ISRAEL - CENTER OF HISTORY and CENTER OF THE WORLD

The Bible shows at great length and depth that Israel is God's special, chosen Covenant nation and people. That Divine Choice and Covenan...

The Last Days of Pompeii - 1887

Fa'a Siamani - Germany in Micronesia, New Guinea and Samoa 1884-1914

The Independent State of Samoa, Papua New Guinea, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republics of the Marshall Islands, of Nauru and...

Report Made to the Chamber of Deputies on the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies

This scarce antiquarian book contains a report made to the Chamber of Deputies concerning the abolition of slavery in the French colonies...

Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond

Edgar Allan Poe, the renowned author of tales of mystery and madness, arrived in Richmond in 1810 at the age of one and left the city for...

Maulbronn

Bildband mit ausführlicher historischer, theologischer und kunstgeschichtlicher Beschreibung des Klosters Maulbronn. Die Fotografien stam...

Venice - City of Pictures

A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as, "La Serenissima"--a unique and compelling story for both love...

The magyars the birth of a european nation

Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer - A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence: The memoirs of Franz Nopcsa

The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travelers and ...

Discovering Texas History

"Broad in scope, yet succinct, Discovering Texas History is a thorough, informative, and readable guide to modern Texas history from seve...

Native Peoples A to Z (Volume One) - A Reference Guide to Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere

The Native Peoples of the Americas flourished in the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years prior to contact with Europeans. These Nat...

Early New England People - Some Account Of The Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Prescott, Titcomb, Sewall, And Longfellow, And Allied Families

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. ...

A short history of Africa

1939-1940 New York World's Fair

After enduring 10 harrowing years of the Great Depression, visitors to the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair found welcome relief in the fa...

White Shell Water Place (Softcover)

This anthology, a companion to the Santa Fe 400th Anniversary Commemoration publication, "All Trails Lead to Santa Fe," affords Native Am...

A history of the United States

Japan: Profile of a nation

The Habsburg monarchy 1809-1918

'Tell it All' - the Ordeals of a Woman Against Polygamy Within the Mormon Church During the 19th Century

A 'first wife' tells the story of her life The author of 'Wife No. 19,' Ann Young was in measure inspired in her own literary efforts and...

SHORT HIST AMERN REVOLUTION PB

The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive, this outstanding narrative history trace...

A Pocket History of the United States

Gotha, World*Heritage*Town - A Walk

"Es gibt wenige Städte in Deutschland, welche gleich bei dem ersten Anblick das Auge des Fremden so zu fesseln vermögen, wie die Haupt- u...

The Beginnings of Chinese Civilization

This book presents a collection of archaeological and anthropological writings by Li Chi, the founding father of modern archaeology in Ch...

Discovering Lot West Ackley and Descendants in Oswego County, NY, 1813-1984 - null

This book traces the descendants of Nicholas Ackley in the fifth through the eighth generations in Oswego County, NY: Lot West Ackley, Ar...

The Key to My Neighbor's House - Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda

Examining competing notions of justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, award-winning Boston Globe correspondent Elizabeth Neuffer convinces readers...

Danville

Danville, known as the City of Firsts and Birthplace of the Bluegrass, is nestled in the heart of Kentucky. Its location on a branch of t...

A Cultural History of Hungary I-II.

I. From the Begginings to the Eighteenth Century II. In the Ninetenth and Twentieeth Centuries

A múlt öröksége - The Heritage of the Past

A Pesti Szegénygyermek Kórház – I. Sz. Gyermekklinika története és relikviái 1839-től. The History and Relics Beginning from 1839 of the...

That Old-Time Religion in Modern America - Evangelical Protestantism in the Twentieth Century

Although evangelicals entered the century as full partners in the Protestant denominations and agencies that molded American cultural and...

Beaver Dam - : 1841-1941

In the fall of 1840, Thomas Mackie and his son-in-law discovered rich soil and abundant timber on land along a stream south of Fox Lake. ...

The Nourisher of Apollo - Miletos from Xerxes to Diocletian

This is the first modern monograph of Miletos from the Classical Age until the Late Empire, concerned with history rather than with archa...

The Palgrave Handbook of Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union

This handbook brings together recent and emerging research in the broad areas of women and gender studies focusing on pre-revolutionary R...

Youth Culture and Social Change - Making a Difference by Making a Noise

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book's themes are riots...

India in the Indian Ocean World - From the Earliest Times to 1800 CE

The book integrates the latest scholarly literature on the entire Indian Ocean region, from East Africa to China. Issues such as India's ...

Prisoners of War and Local Women in Europe and the United States, 1914-1956 - Consorting with the Enemy

This book brings together historians from Great Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Austria, and Latvia who have worked ...

The New Deal - The Depression Years, 1933-1940

Mr. Badger's notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal, nor does the figure of Franklin Roosevelt loom a...

Ground Crew - The Fight to End Segregation at Georgia State

The Hunt v. Arnold decision of 1959 against the state of Georgia marked a watershed moment in the fight against segregation in higher edu...

North Shore of O'Ahu

The North Shore of O'ahu has been recognized as a special place for as long as people have been on the island. Once the site of the large...

Meditation the Ancient Egyptian Path to Enlightenment

MEDITATION The Ancient Egyptian Path to Enlightenment Many people do not know about the rich history of meditation practice in Ancient Eg...

Akkon - Venedig - Marienburg - Mobilität und Immobilität im Deutschen Orden. Vorträge der Tagung der Internationalen Historischen Kommission zur Erforschung des Deutschen Ordens in Venedig 2018

Der Band enthält die Vorträge der Tagung sowie zwei thematisch ergänzende Beiträge. Das Spektrum reicht vom Heiligen Land über Ungarn und...

The Assassination of King Shaka

In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the as...

Ancient Mexican History - Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Toltec, & Aztec Civilizations

¿¿¿¿ Explore the Wonders of Ancient Mexican History ¿¿¿¿ Unearth the mysteries of Mexico's ancient civilizations with our captivating boo...

Alaska's Bush Pilots

Bush pilots are known as rough, tough, resourceful people who fly their aircraft into tight spots in the worst of weather. Alaska's bush ...

Kim Jong-Il Production

An Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction Selection Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year! The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Il's k...

Downtown Vancouver

Named for a British sea explorer, Vancouver was conceived in the early 1800s when Lewis and Clark camped at the waterfront and deemed the...

Impossible City - Paris in the Twenty-First Century

'Kuper is a shrewd observer [in] this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums ...

The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human h...

Kilenge - West New Britain. Papua New Guinea. A Pictorial Ethnography

In 1977-78, right after Papua New Guinea had achieved its political independence, Derk van Groningen was living among the Kilenge people ...

A history of the jews