American History
American History
Mohenjo-daro: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization
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Mohenjo-daro: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “…the ever present menace of inundation.” - Sir John Marshall, 1931 What is a city? A simple definition is a “largely constructed landscape,” and through inferences and comparisons with...
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Monet & Renoir: The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Impressionist Artists
To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet enjoys within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for...
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Montezuma and the Aztecs: The Life and Death of an Empire and Its Emperor
*Includes pictures of Aztec art, ruins, and more. *Includes art depicting Montezuma and important people, places, and event in his life. *Describes daily life for the Aztecs, including the legendary city of Tenochtitlan and their infamous human sacrifice rituals. *Includes...
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Monticello: The History of Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estate
"[A]nd our own dear Monticello, where has Nature spread so rich a mantle under the eye? Mountains, forests, rocks, rivers. With what majesty do we there ride above the storms! How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature,...
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Motor City: The History of the Fur Trade Outpost that Became Detroit
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Few cities epitomize the best and worst of the United States like Detroit, which started as a remote trading post and grew into an industrious town before...
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Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks that Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Clear water where evergreens, azaleas cool ceremoniously...a kele lost among cedars, its roof open to eagles, door unhinged...silver leaves like a congregation of spiders...” When one hears these enchanting...
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Mount Athos: The History of the Greek Mountain and the Center of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism
“Clear water where evergreens, azaleas cool ceremoniously...a kele lost among cedars, its roof open to eagles, door unhinged...silver leaves like a congregation of spiders....” When one hears these enchanting descriptions, from poet David Posner's 1964 composition “Mount Athos”, it is...
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Mount Vernon and Monticello: The History of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estates
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Mount Vernon and Monticello: The History of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estates
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the estates' histories and construction made by Washington and Jefferson *Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents For about as long as George Washington has been famous, so has...
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Mount Vernon: The History of George Washington's Famous Plantation
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Mount Vernon and its construction written by George Washington *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I can truly say I had rather be at Mount Vernon with...
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Mozart and Beethoven: The Lives and Legacies of History's Most Famous Composers
This audiobook analyzes the themes and progression of the composers' most famous works, comparing and contrasting them to each other and other composers' great works. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), baptized Johannes Chrysostom Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, is widely considered to be...
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Museo del Hermitage: La historia y legado del famoso ícono ruso del arte y la cultura
“Si esperamos el momento en que todo, absolutamente todo esté listo, nunca comenzaremos”. – Iván Turguénev, novelista ruso del siglo XIXMuchos creyeron que el “Zarato de todas las Rusias”, que tuvo su origen con el muy apropiadamente llamado Iván el...
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Mutiny: The History and Legacy of the Mutinies aboard the HMS Wager, the HMS Bounty, the Amistad, and the Battleship Potemkin
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the mutinies *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Mention the 18th century Royal Navy and visions come to mind of swashbuckling sailors swinging from rope to rope while a red-faced captain...
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Mysteries of the Sea: A Collection of Lost Ships, Supernatural Stories, and Other Odd Tales Underneath the Waves
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Water covers the vast majority of the planet, and people have looked upon the oceans for thousands of years with a mixture of awe and fear. The world’s water offers transportation, connections...
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Mysteries of the South: Ghosts, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena in Dixie
*Includes pictures *Profiles mysteries like the Lost Colony of Roanoke, ghosts like the Bell Witch of Tennessee, and more *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The American South has given birth to...
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Mysterious Egypt: A Collection of Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, Strange Stories, and Archaeological Oddities
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years...
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Mysterious England: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the English Nation
*Includes pictures*Profiles some of the mysteries and supernatural phenomena reported across England*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and...
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Mysterious Great Britain: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the British Nation
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and short texts. They cannot be said to reveal everything,...
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Mysterious London: A History of Ancient Mysteries, Odd Individuals, and Unusual Legends across the English Capital
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and short texts. They cannot be said to reveal...
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Mysterious New England: A History of the Region's Mysteries, Hauntings, and Strange Creatures
New England has always had a special place in the national memory. The states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have a long history as some of the earliest colonies in the New World. Their rich...
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Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians
Taking into account similarities of appearance, customs and languages spread across a vast region of scattered islands, it was obvious that the Polynesian race emerged from a single origin, and that origin Cook speculated was somewhere in the Malay Peninsula...
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Naples: The History and Legacy of the Prominent Italian City-State from Antiquity to Today
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The history of Naples is long and tortured, or at least for centuries that was how its history has been told. Inhabited almost continuously from the Neolithic era to the present, Naples...
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Invasion of the Levant: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Syria
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Invasion of the Levant: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Syria
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Soldiers! You are one of the wings of the French army. You have made war on the mountains, on the plains, and in cities;...
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Most Decisive Land Battles: The History of Austerlitz, the French Invasion of Russia, Leipzig, and Waterloo
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the battles*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingFor those questioning why generals continued using tactics from the Napoleonic Era even as technology changed the battlefield, the Battle of Austerlitz may provide the best answer....
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Napoleon in Egypt: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The genius of liberty, which made you, at her birth, the arbiter of Europe, wants to be genius of the seas and the furthest...
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Napoleon's Grande Armée: The History and Legacy of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleon's Grande Armée: The History and Legacy of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingNearly 50 years after Napoleon met his Waterloo, generals across the West continued to study his tactics and engage their armies the same way armies fought during the Napoleonic Era. Despite advances in military...
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia: The History and Legacy of the French Emperor's Greatest Military Blunder
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign written by French soldiers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The thunderstorms of the 24th turned into other downpours, turning the tracks——some diarists claim there were no roads...
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Narcissa Whitman: The Life and Legacy of the Missionary Killed by Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest
At the start of the 1840s, the Oregon Country had no political boundaries or effective government. The only administrative organization was the Hudson’s Bay Company, which applied only to British subjects, and aside from natives, the region was populated by...
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NASA's Pioneer and Voyager Missions: The History and Legacy of the First Space Probes to Explore the Outer Solar System and Beyond
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed...
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Nat Love: The Life and Legacy of the Former Slave Who Became the Wild West's Most Famous Black Cowboy
“Mounted on my horse my...lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt...I felt like I could defy the world.” (Nat Love) The American mountain man, with his myriad of practical skills, could endure isolation in a way...
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Nathan Hale and John André: The Lives and Deaths of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spies
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Nathan Hale and John André: The Lives and Deaths of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spies
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes by both men about the war *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading For over 230 years, American schoolchildren have been taught about the story of Nathan Hale, or at least a legend of...
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