General History
Showing 481–500 of 1000 resultsSorted by popularity
-
By: Wooding, Lucy
Tudor England: A History
$37.50HardcoverRead moreA compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England
When Henry VII landed in a secluded bay in a far corner of Wales, it seemed inconceivable that this- Author: Wooding, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0300162723
- Language: English
-
By: Galor, Oded
The Journey of Humanity: A New History of Wealth and Inequality with Implications for Our Future
$19.00PaperbackRead moreA landmark, radically uplifting account of our species‘ progress, from one of the world’s preeminent thinkers.
“Unparalleled in its scope and ambition…All readers will learn something, and many wil- Author: Galor, Oded
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593186001
- Language: English
-
Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
$25.95HardcoverRead moreA field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States–and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future
Cultural- Author: Hass, Kristin Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0807006718
- Language: English
-
By: Hoffman, Shawn
Samson: A Savior Will Rise
$15.99PaperbackRead moreWinner of 7 International Book Festival Competitions for Best Novel of the Year, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco.
The year is 1941, and Samson Abrams makes a life-or-death de
- Author: Hoffman, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0849964687
- Language: English
-
Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
$14.99PaperbackRead moreDiscover the vivid stories of Britain’s iconic rulers, from 600 CE to the present day.
From the Saxons to the Windsors, Britain’s royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Co- Author: Fry, Plantagenet Somerset
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0744086981
- Language: English
-
Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad
$65.00HardcoverRead moreProfessor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift was the ability to evoke, in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way, the experiences, beliefs, and thoughts of people living more than two thousand years ago. H
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Bonfante, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0472131974
- Language: English
-
By: Greene, Daniel
Americans and the Holocaust: A Reader
$22.95PaperbackRead moreWhat did the American people and the US government know about the threats posed by Nazi Germany? What could have been done to stop the rise of Nazism in Germany and its assault on Europe’s Jews?
Ameri- Author: Greene, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1978821689
- Language: English
-
The History of the English People 1000-1154
$14.95PaperbackRead moreHenry of Huntingdon’s narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. He tells of the decline of the Old English kingdom, the vi… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Henry of Huntingdon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554803
- Language: English
-
By: Rutledge, Ian
Sea of Troubles: The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War
$35.00HardcoverRead moreIn the second half of the eighteenth century, approximately three quarters of the Mediterranean coastline and its hinterlands were controlled by a vast Islamic power, the centuries-old Ottoman Empire…. [more below]
- Author: Rutledge, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0863569501
- Language: English
-
By: Wellman, Candace
Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast Through Cross-Cultural Marriages
$27.95PaperbackAdd to cartThroughout the mid-1800s, outsiders, including many Euro-Americans, arrived in what is now northwest Washington. As they interacted with Samish, Lummi, S’Klallam, Sto: lo, and other groups, some of th
- Author: Wellman, Candace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: May 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0874223466
- Language: English
-
By: Harte, Jeremy
Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
$18.00PaperbackRead moreNow in paperback, an exploration of the myths of England’s deceptively bucolic rolling hills and country lanes believed to be created and shaped by the Dark Lord himself.
According to legend, the Eng- Author: Harte, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1789148332
- Language: English
-
By: Figes, Orlando
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History
$23.99PaperbackRead moreAN ORIGINAL READING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, EXAMINING IT NOT AS A SINGLE EVENT BUT AS A HUNDRED-YEAR CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF UTOPIAN DREAMS
In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Fig- Author: Figes, Orlando
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1250062624
- Language: English
-
By: Stein, James D.
The Milestones of Science: How We Came to Understand the Universe
$27.95HardcoverRead moreIf we were to judge humanity’s greatest accomplishments, science is almost certainly at the top of the list. The Milestones of Science is a collection of the most important and impressive breakthrough
- Author: Stein, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888487
- Language: English
-
By: Spitz, Vivien
Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
$23.95HardcoverRead moreA chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness court reporter for the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Nazi doctors. This is the account of 23 men tort… [more below]
- Author: Spitz, Vivien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1591810329
- Language: English
-
By: Mulholland, Marc
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict – Catholic against Protesta… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mulholland, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198825005
- Language: English
-
By: Allan, Diana
Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine
$31.95PaperbackRead more***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021***
During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba – which t
- Author: Allan, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0745342914
- Language: English
-
By: Preston, Diana
The Evolution of Charles Darwin: The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth
$30.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On th… [more below]
- Author: Preston, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0802160182
- Language: English
-
By: Rosenberg, Otto
A Gypsy in Auschwitz: How I Survived the Horrors of the ‘Forgotten Holocaust’
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartA unique and deeply affecting memoir of a child’s survival in the Roma and Sinti holocaust
Otto Rosenberg is 9 and living in Berlin, poor but happy, when his family are first detained. All around them- Author: Rosenberg, Otto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 180096112X
- Language: English
-
By: Torres, Chumel
México, Manual de Usuario / Mexico, User Manual
$17.95PaperbackRead morePor qué eres asÃ, México? Quién te hizo tanto daño? Preguntas de esta naturaleza requieren delicados estudios socio-antropológicos para perfilar respuestas adecuadas. Pero como en el paÃs nad… [more below]
- Author: Torres, Chumel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 6073811152
- Language: Spanish
-
By: Jackson, Ashley
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung political entity in the world, holding sway at one time over one fifth of the world’s population. The… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jackson, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0199605416
- Language: English




