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The Making of England to 1399 by C. Warren Hollister (Paperback - Houghton Mifflin College Div)
 

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The Making of England to 1399 by C. Warren Hollister (Paperback - Houghton Mifflin College Div)

This text, which is the first volume in the best-selling History of England series, tells how a small and insignificant outpost of the Roman empire evolved into a nation that has produced and disseminated so many significant ideas and institutions.

The Eighth Edition incorporates more women's history, while continuing to provide balanced political and economic coverage with social and cultural history woven throughout.

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December 8, 1941 by William H. Bartsch (Hardcover - Texas A & M Univ Pr)
 

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December 8, 1941 by William H. Bartsch (Hardcover - Texas A & M Univ Pr)
The devastating defeat of American military forces in the Phillipines is chronicled in this fascinating, lively account of an often overlooked chapter in American history.

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West Transformed by C. Warren Hollister (Paperback - Wadsworth Pub Co)
 

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West Transformed by C. Warren Hollister (Paperback - Wadsworth Pub Co)
The West Transformed is a comprehensive, mainstream introductory Western Civilization or European History textbook. It covers a variety of fields of history including social history, but stresses traditional topics and a strong narrative. The development of civilization in the West is presented as a series of cultural, technological, social, and political transformations. A strong unifying theme focuses on the tensions between continuity and change in human affairs.

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group)
 

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group)
Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project against a backdrop of the budding civil rights era. 100,000 first printing.

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The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada by Barrington Walker (Paperback - Canadian Scholars
 

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The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada by Barrington Walker (Paperback - Canadian Scholars
Examines the complex and disturbing history of immigration and racism in Canada. This book covers themes including Native/non-Native contact, migration and settlement in the nineteenth century, immigrant workers and radicalism, human rights, internment during WWII, and racism.

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A History of the Holocaust by Rita Steinhardt Botwinick (Paperback - Subsequent)
 

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A History of the Holocaust by Rita Steinhardt Botwinick (Paperback - Subsequent)

New to the Third Edition:

  • Contemporary evaluations of the causes of Hitler's hatred for the Jews, based on new research, new approaches, and new ideas. This new coverage gives students updated material on current German/Jewish relations and asks students to evaluate the present-day environment.
  • "Can it Happen Again?" feature examines genocides which have occurred since the Second World War.
  • New final chapter: Aftermath covers what happened to survivors, the post-war trials of the Nazi war criminals, and the division and occupation of Germany after the Allied invasion, providing students with more complete and updated information about this period of history and its aftermath.
  • Updated bibliography including Websites, providing students with the latest publications in Holocaust history.

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Civil War in the Indian Territory by Steve Cottrell (Paperback - Pelican Pub Co Inc)
 

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Civil War in the Indian Territory by Steve Cottrell (Paperback - Pelican Pub Co Inc)
From its beginning with the bloody Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, to its end in surrender on June 23, 1865, the Civil War in the Indian Territory proved to be a test of valor and endurance for both sides.

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The Newspaper Indian by John M. Coward (Paperback - Univ of Illinois Pr)
 

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The Newspaper Indian by John M. Coward (Paperback - Univ of Illinois Pr)
Newspapers were a key source for popular opinion in the nineteenth century, and The Newspaper Indian is the first in-depth look at how newspapers and newsmaking practices shaped the representation of Native Americans, a contradictory representation that carries over into our own time. John M. Coward has examined seven decades of newspaper reporting, journalism that perpetuated the many stereotypes of the American Indian. Indians were not described on their own terms but by the norms of the white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant society that wrote and read about them. Beyond the examination of Native American representation (and, more often, misrepresentation) in the media, Coward shows how Americans turned native people into symbolic and ambiguous figures whose identities were used as a measure of American Progress. The Newspaper Indian is a fascinating look at a nation and the power of its press. It provides insight into how Native Americans have been woven with newsprint into the very fabric of American life.

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Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher (Paperback - Reprint)
 

Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher (Paperback - Reprint)

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Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher (Paperback - Reprint)
When the High Lord of Kalare enters into a dangerous alliance with the Canim, and treachery destroys the Aleran army's command structure, an inexperienced, young Tavi of Calderon leads a poorly equipped legion against the Canim horde. Reprint.

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall by Buckley (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
 

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall by Buckley (Hardcover - John Wiley & Sons Inc)
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. The culmination of popular uprisings in Hungary, Poland, and East Germany, the Wall's fall led inexorably to revolutions in Czechoslovakia and Romania, the reunification of Germany, and, ultimately, the disintegration of the Soviet Union itself. Now, America's senior conservative pundit explains how and why the Cold War ended as it did-and what lessons we can draw from the experience. Writing with his usual perspicacity and wit, William F. Buckley, Jr. brings to life Communism's last gasp, showing how Reagan's hard-nosed foreign policy and Gorbachev's reforms undermined Warsaw Pact dictators, emboldened dissidents, and finally made the dream of freedom a reality in Eastern Europe. Sure to delight conservatives, annoy liberals, and enlighten everyone who reads it, The Fall of the Berlin Wall is William F. Buckley, Jr. at his inimitable best.
William F. Buckley, Jr. (New York, NY, and Stamford, CT) is an award-winning author, editor, columnist, television host, lecturer, and adventurer. The father of modern conservative thought in America, he founded National Review in 1955, started writing his syndicated "On the Right" newspaper column in 1962, and began hosting the Emmy Award-winning Firing Line in 1966. His many bestselling books include God and Man at Yale, Atlantic High, Airborne, and ten Blackford Oakes spy novels. He has been awarded 35 honorary degrees and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991.

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The Real History of the American Revolution by Alan Axelrod (Hardcover - Sterling Pub Co Inc)
 

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The Real History of the American Revolution by Alan Axelrod (Hardcover - Sterling Pub Co Inc)
An authoritative history of the American Revolution furnishes fresh insights into a seminal period in history, drawing on period quotes, rarely viewed illustrations, eyewitness accounts, pop culture, maps, statistics, and other sources to go beyond conventional views of the birth of the United States, the causes of the war, and more.

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The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Hardcover - Doubleday)
 

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The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Hardcover - Doubleday)
Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, with the author's own adventure-filled quest into the uncharted wilderness to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what really lies deep in the Amazon jungle. 125,000 first printing.

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The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Paperback - Reprint)
 

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The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Paperback - Reprint)

In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.

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God's Crucible by David Levering Lewis (Hardcover - W W Norton & Co Inc)
 

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God's Crucible by David Levering Lewis (Hardcover - W W Norton & Co Inc)
A panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of W. E. B. Du Bois traces five centuries of engagement between the Muslim imperium and an emerging Europe to describe key Islamic cultural contributions and the interplay of cooperation between disparate religions. 50,000 first printing.

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A Tale of Two Subs by Jonathan J. McCullough (Hardcover - Grand Central Pub)
 

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A Tale of Two Subs by Jonathan J. McCullough (Hardcover - Grand Central Pub)
Draws on survivor testimonies, previously untranslated Japanese war documents, and other sources to recount the story of the doomed submarine U.S.S. Sculpin, tracing how its commander elected to go down with the ship rather than risk revealing military secrets and how its sister ship, the Sailfish, struggled to rescue captive survivors.

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Culture and Customs of Spain by Edward F. Stanton (Hardcover - Illustrated)
 

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Culture and Customs of Spain by Edward F. Stanton (Hardcover - Illustrated)
Modern Spain is a revelation in this up-to-date overview. Stanton vibrantly describes the startling variety of landscape, people, and culture that make up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. Students of Spanish and a general audience will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called "the very best country of all."

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Paradise Found by Steve Nicholls (Hardcover - Univ of Chicago Pr)
 

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Paradise Found by Steve Nicholls (Hardcover - Univ of Chicago Pr)
The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with birds, seas and rivers teemed with fish, and the forests and grasslands were a hunter's dream, with populations of game too abundant and diverse to even fathom. It's no wonder these first settlers thought they had discovered a paradise of sorts. Fortunately for us, they left a legacy of copious records documenting what they saw, and these observations make it possible to craft a far more detailed evocation of North America before its settlement than any other place on the planet. Here Steve Nicholls brings this spectacular environment back to vivid life, demonstrating with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. The story of the continent's colonization forms a backdrop to its natural history, which Nicholls explores in chapters on the North Atlantic, the East Coast, the Subtropical Caribbean, the West Coast, Baja California, and the Great Plains. Seamlessly blending firsthand accounts from centuries past with the findings of scientists today, Nicholls also introduces us to a myriad cast of characters who have chronicled the changing landscape, from pre-Revolutionary era settlers to researchers whom he has met in the field. A director and writer of Emmy Award-winning wildlife documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and PBS, Nicholls deploys a cinematic flair for capturing nature at its most mesmerizing throughout. But PARADISE FOUND is much more than a celebration of what once was: it is also a reminder of how much we have lost along the way and an urgent call to action so future generations are more responsible stewards of the world around them. The result is popular science of the highest order: a book as remarkable as the landscape it recreates and as inspired as the men and women who discovered it.

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Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (Paperback - Reprint)
 

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Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard (Paperback - Reprint)
An intriguing journey into the colorful world of eighteenth-century London captures the practical details of everyday life--cooking, laundry, clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, medicine, sex, education, etiquette, religion, crime--drawing on period diaries, newspapers, advice books, and other papers spanning the period from 1740 to 1770. Reprint. 10,000 first printig.

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Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen (Paperback - Reprint)
 

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Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen (Paperback - Reprint)
A tenth-anniversary commemorative edition of the award-winning history of America begins with pre-Columbian history and covers a diverse range of events, from the Reconstruction and the life of Helen Keller to the first Thanksgiving and the Mai Lai massacre. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

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Major Problems in the History of World War II by Mark A. Stoler (Paperback - Illustrated)
 

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Major Problems in the History of World War II by Mark A. Stoler (Paperback - Illustrated)

This text presents a carefully selected group of readings that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. The volume covers World War II from the homefront and the battlefield, examining both the military and social impact of the war.

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The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson (Hardcover - Penguin Pr)
 

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The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson (Hardcover - Penguin Pr)
Chronicles the human drama behind the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, in an account that covers such topics as the stock market bubble that prompted the French Revolution, the theories behind common investment vehicles, and the reasons why the free market is failing to protect Hurricane Katrina victims. 75,000 first printing.

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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Paperback - Reissue)
 

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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Paperback - Reissue)
At the age of fifteen, Michael Berg falls in love with a woman who disappears, and while observing a trial as a law student years later, he is shocked to discover the same woman as the defendant in a horrible crime. Reissue. 200,000 first printing. (An MGM/Weinstein Company/Mirage film, written by David Hare, directed by Stephen Daldry, releasing December 2008, starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, & David Kross) (General Fiction)

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The Aztecs of Central Mexico by Frances Berdan (Paperback - Wadsworth Pub Co)
 

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The Aztecs of Central Mexico by Frances Berdan (Paperback - Wadsworth Pub Co)
Berdan's book covers the compelling story of a complex, imperial society in Central Mexico during the 15th and 16th centuries. It uses pre- and post-Spanish conquest documents and illustrations, as well as archaeological discoveries, to reconstruct the variety and "feel" of Aztec daily life at various status levels. The strength of Berdan's case study has always been its ethnographic perspective.

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How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World by Thomas J. Craughwell (Paperback - Fair Winds
 

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How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World by Thomas J. Craughwell (Paperback - Fair Winds
Highlighted by full-color archival illustrations, an engaging history looks at the dramatic influence of the barbarian hordes that ravaged Europe and Asia more than eight centuries ago on the history of the world, from the destruction of the Roman Empire, to the unification of China, to the creation of many of the nations of Europe.

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The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East by Michael Roaf (Hardcover - Checkmark B
 

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The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East by Michael Roaf (Hardcover - Checkmark B
This sumptuously illustrated atlas re-creates "the cradle of civilization" through a brilliant integration of text, maps, and illustrations.

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The Wind That Swept Mexico by Anita Brenner (Paperback - Reprint)
 

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The Wind That Swept Mexico by Anita Brenner (Paperback - Reprint)
The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Diaz. The Wind That Swept Mexico, originally published in 1943, was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases. In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs, this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the Diaz era through the doomed administration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obregon, to the peaceful social revolution of Cardenas and Mexico's entry into World War II.

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Operation Rollback by Peter Grose (Paperback - Mariner Books)
 

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Operation Rollback by Peter Grose (Paperback - Mariner Books)
Fascinating . . . well-documented . . . thought-provoking and entertaining" (Publishers Weekly), Operation Rollback is a tale of intrigue and espionage that reveals how and why suspicions on both sides drove the world into the Cold War. In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union started secretly mobilizing forces against each other, building intricate intelligence networks of spies and digging in for the postwar era. America's secret action plan, known as Rollback, was an audacious strategy of espionage, subversion, and sabotage. Concealed for four decades by all involved, the dangerous episodes of the Rollback campaign have only now come to light.

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A Radical Line by Thai Jones (Hardcover - Free Pr)
 

A Radical Line by Thai Jones (Hardcover - Free Pr)

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A Radical Line by Thai Jones (Hardcover - Free Pr)
A journalist son of a radical activist family recounts the lives of his grandparents and parents, the latter of who were arrested in 1981 for their underground work, in a personal story that follows the author's family's witness and response to the daily realities of the culturally diverse Brooklyn tenement district, the Depression, McCarthyism, and the civil rights movement.

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War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime, 1618-1789 by Matthew Smith Anderson (Paperback - McGill
 

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War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime, 1618-1789 by Matthew Smith Anderson (Paperback - McGill
In the decades leading up to the French Revolution, the armed forces in Europe changed radically. Armies and navies became larger and more expensive and the role of the state in raising, organizing, and paying them grew enormously as the military entrepreneur disappeared. Increasing state control led to a gradual improvement in discipline, and plunder and wanton destruction declined. War, however, had a limited effect on economic progress and growth. In much of central and eastern Europe the harsh imperatives of the quest for military strength were supremely important in moulding society as a whole and giving it a distinctive character. War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime provides a detailed account of how the rise of nationalism and people's armies prepared the way for the dawning of a new age.

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The Second Gold Rush by Marilynn S. Johnson (Paperback - Reprint)
 

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The Second Gold Rush by Marilynn S. Johnson (Paperback - Reprint)
Drawing upon a rich variety of primary sources, including several oral interviews, Johnson vividly recreates the human poignancy of wartime migration without neglecting its broader cultural, political, and economic impact...the author transverses intra-disciplinary boundaries with such adventurousness that there is something here for everyone.

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Cataclysm by David Stevenson (Paperback - Basic Books)
 

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Cataclysm by David Stevenson (Paperback - Basic Books)
David Stevenson's widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and that the war, once it began, quickly became an unstoppable machine, Stevenson contends that politicians deliberately took risks that led to war in July 1914. Far from being overwhelmed by the unprecedented scale and brutality of the bloodshed, political leaders on both sides remained very much in control of events throughout. According to Stevenson, the disturbing reality is that the course of the war was the result of conscious choices - including the continued acceptance of astronomical casualties.
In fluid prose, Stevenson has written a definitive history of the man-made catastrophe that left lasting scars on the twentieth century. Cataclysm is a truly international history, incorporating new research on previously undisclosed records from governments in Europe and across the world. From the complex network of secret treaties and alliances that eventually drew all of Europe into the war, through the bloodbaths of Gallipoli and the Somme, to the arrival of American forces, and the massive political, economic, and cultural shifts the conflict left in its wake, Cataclysm is a major revision of World War I history.

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