World History
World History
Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
This #1 New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban available This modern classic brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Central Asia into sharp focus. Ahmed...
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Tales from the Borderlands: Making and Unmaking the Galician Past
The story of the diverse communities of Eastern Europe’s borderlands in the centuries prior to World War II Focusing on the former province of Galicia, this book tells the story of Europe’s eastern borderlands, stretching from the Baltic to the...
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The Sixties: Freedom, Change and Revolution
An illustrated timeline of a transformative decade. In the 1960s, social systems worldwide saw fundamental social and political change. In the U.S., civil rights movements fought against segregation; in Western Europe, students rejected stagnant post-World War II ideologies; and in...
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The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
Discover the depth and extent of the American Revolution's influence on the rest of the world with this essential work by a noted naval historian. Alfred Thayer Mahan discusses all of the conflict's major sea battles, including those between England...
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The History and Art of Personal Combat (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
More men have gone to their deaths in personal combat with the sword than with all other weapons put together, according to the author of this comprehensive history of classical and historical swordsmanship. Arthur Wise examines the sword's many uses...
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Drawing D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War
Drawing D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War offers an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind testimony in words and images by a soldier and artist who participated in one of the most famous military operations of World War II. On June 6, 1944, Ugo Giannini...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.In this...
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Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941
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Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941
In the spring of 1941, the Allied forces had one last hope: that the Axis would run through its fuel supply. In Blood, Oil and the Axis, historian John Broich tells the vital story of Iraq and the Levant during this most pivotal...
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Night
Alert: This product may be shipped with or without the inclusion of the Oprah Book Club sticker. Please note that regardless of the cover, the books are identical. Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his...
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The Kings & Queens of Britain (Sirius Visual Reference Library)
In this beautifully illustrated, full-color hardback, Cath Senker delves into the extraordinary history of the British monarchy, from Alfred the Great to King Charles III.For more than 1,000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings...
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The King's Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein
From a distinguished art historian, a dramatic reappraisal of Renaissance master Hans Holbein, whose art shaped politics and immortalized the TudorsHans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realized portraiture, which includes representations of Henry VIII,...
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Gauguin: Portraits
The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin’s portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting waysPaul Gauguin (1848–1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is...
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African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
In this expansive collection of history, meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people...
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The Negro in Ancient History
2020 Reprint of 1869 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In 1869, Blyden published The Negro in Ancient History, a short 25-page work with the goal "that the eyes of the blacks...
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Napoleon: A Life
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller“A thrilling tale of...
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Man, God, and Civilization
Drawing from sources of ancient, classic, and contemporary literature, the author shows how European culture was derived from the older civilizations of Africa and Asia. Cover may vary.
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Lucumi, Yoruba People: The Genesis Book of African Orisha Deities and their Presence Cuban Santeria
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Lucumi, Yoruba People: The Genesis Book of African Orisha Deities and their Presence Cuban Santeria
Do you want to cultivate your own spiritual energy?Even if you know nothing about Santeria, with this book you will learn the basics and structure of the Lucumi religion, also known as Santería, Regla de Ocha or Regla de Ifá.Hundreds...
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The Laws and Customs of the Yoruba People
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other...
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The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684–1706
Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a young Kongolese woman who in 1704 claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries for not supporting black saints, and attempted to stop the devastating...
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Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible, Hardcover, Red Letter (Twi Edition)
A Bible in the Akuapem Twi language that is ideal for outreach or personal use. The Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible features a quality hardcover binding with a readable 8.8-point type size. It includes the clear and accurate Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible™ translation,...
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Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire
Here is set forth the origin of the concept of alchemy, its rise in Egypt as the secret doctrine of Hermes, its migration to Arabia, and its relation to the early schools of Christianity. The course of the alchemical mystery...
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The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism: An Afrocentric Response to Critics
Dr. Asante combines cultural studies, linguistics, historiography, Kementology, and Africology in this brilliant response to the critics of Afrocentricity. He demonstrates that the principal problem with the critics of Afrocentrics is their disbelief in the agency of Africans ¡V that...
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Global African Presence
A substantial part of this book deals with African resistance, particularly during the centuries of slavery. This is something that has been deliberately played down by historians. History books, as a result have always placed on due prominence on the...
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Blacks and Religion Volume One: What did Africa contribute to the Origin of Religion? The Equinox and the Real Story behind Easter & Understanding the Book of the Dead
What is the world’s oldest religion? What is the true religion for Black people? What was Africa’s original religion? Early Africa and its religious heritage should be of interest to the people of modern Africa and the Black Diaspora. Divided...
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In Africa's Forest and Jungle: Six Years Among the Yorubas (Religion and American Culture)
In Africa's Forest and Jungle is the memoir of Richard Henry Stone, a Civil War era Southern Baptist missionary, who served in what is now Nigeria during the late 1850s and again during the first years of the American Civil War....
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How To Police The Black Community: Divine Guidance for Law Enforcement From the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Divine wisdom and guidance from the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan for police and law enforcement officials working in the Black community. A Must Read in light of today's escalating police brutality cases
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History of Yoruba Land
The name Nigeria was coined in Lokoja by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a British colonial administrator, while gazing out at the river Niger. So, British colonialism created Nigeria as a country, joining diverse peoples and regions...
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICAN ODUDUWA THE FATHER OF YORUBA: Oduduwa the father of Yoruba
INTRODUCTION TO YORUBA IN WEST AFRICANYoruba is a major ethnic group in Nigeria, with a population of over 40 million people.The Yoruba language is spoken by the Yoruba people and is one of the four official languages of Nigeria.Yoruba culture...
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The History of the Yorubas
First published in 1921, and cited on the Africa's Best 100 Books List, this is a standard work on the history of the Yorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the British Protectorate. The first part of the...
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