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Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. He was just twenty-eight when he invaded Egypt and it was an episode which contained in embryo many seminal events in his later life. This work looks at his epic military victories and his declaration of himself as emperor.

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"NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE first published in the United States of America by The Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. Published in Penguin Books 1982. Previosly published with an introduction by Ira Dworkin and the addition of 'What to the slave is the Fourth of July' and THE HEROIC SLAVE in Penguin Books, 2014." -- Verso of the title page.

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Pull the cords tight on your Windbluse and unflap your Bergmtze, there's a battle raging to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway - and it's one that will see changing fortunes until the very end.

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"A ... history of Nat Turner's rebellion and its aftermath"--

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This book chronicles a storied history and signals an exciting future.

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History is a vast web of amazing moments spanning politics, culture, science, religion, and thousands of unforgettable characters

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Sweeping but succinct, this comprehensive reference presents all of world history in a browsable format.

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A major new reference, National Geographic The British World brings the full sweep of British history to life.

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A gift to give or keep, National Geographic The National Parks offers a breathtaking tour of the very best of America's national treasures.

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Follow the fascinating threads of human history in this monumental volume, amply illustrated with maps, archival imagery, and revealing photographs

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"Stunning views of the National Native Veterans Memorial, the newest monument on the National Mall and the first in DC to celebrate Native military service"--

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Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity baseball has reflected Americas history and ideals. In this book, historians Martin Babicz and Thomas Zeiler find in baseball a window into Americas past and into the values that allow both the sport and nation to endure: hope, tradition, escape, and revolution.

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Winner of the Templer Medal and the Wolfson History Prize, this book attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself.

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Anthropologist Jack Weatherford described the many contributions to culture of North and South American Indians in Indian Givers (70,000 trade paperbacks sold). Now he brilliantly shows how white settlers of the New World grafted their European civilization onto the deep roots of Native American customs. What resulted was an Indianguage to the economy.

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A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the 'Little Ice Age'.

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A fascinating account of an often overlooked naval action of World War II, and one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Royal Navy.

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The second and concluding volume of the definitive two-volume account of the Holocaust

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Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, this compelling volume provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 763-788).

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Exploring the story behind Ancient Egypt's most famous artwork.

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An important contribution Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today
Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire

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An important contribution Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic and which remain deeply relevant and contentious today
Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire