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The Wives of Henry VIII
Paperback
ISBN: 067973001x
The author of The Warrior Queens presents a multiple biography of the six unfortunate wives of Henry VIII--from Catherine of Aragon, a woman of learning and dignity, to religious reformer Catherine Parr. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
The Question of Hu
Paperback
ISBN: 0679725806
Recounts the extraordinary experiences in early eighteenth-century France of a Chinese peasant taken there by Jesuit priests, imprisoned in an asylum, and finally returned to China
Practicing History
Selected Essays
Paperback
ISBN: 0345303636
The noted historian's essays, written over thirty-five years, include comments on the writing of history, shorter historical and journalistic pieces, and essays on the importance of history and historical awareness
The Korean War
Paperback
ISBN: 067166834x
The author, a distinguished military historian, recounts the sequence of military events that formed the war and, based on personal accounts and interviews with hundreds of vets, vividly depicts combat action
The Death of Woman Wang
Paperback
ISBN: 014005121x
Life in early modern China is depicted in intimate detail in an account, based on county histories, memoirs, and contemporary stories, of events in T'an-ch'eng county during the late years of the seventeenth century
Crossfire
The Plot That Killed Kennedy
Paperback
ISBN: 0881846481
Purports to uncover new evidence proving the conspiracy theory about the late President's assassination, tying the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia, the Cubans, the United States military, and others to the killing
The Creators/a History of Heroes of the Imagination
Paperback
ISBN: 0679743758
Chronicles the history of the arts and includes biographies of important figures ranging from Homer to Stravinsky incorporated into a mosaic of creativity that spans three thousand years
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
June 1-August 15, 1864
Hardcover
ISBN: 0809311178
On June 2, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant postponed until the following morning an assault on Confederate lines near Cold Harbor planned for that afternoon because of delays in positioning troops. In the meantime, Confederate forces strengthened their lines, and the assault became a slaughter that haunted Grant for the rest of his life.
Thus began a summer of frustration for the general-in-chief of the U.S. Army. By failing to press their advantage, Major General William F. “Baldy
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Eisenhower
Soldier and President
Paperback
ISBN: 0671747584
Traces Eisenhower's rise to prominence and power in the military and in his political career
The Chalice and the Blade
Our History, Our Future
Paperback
ISBN: 0062502891
Argues that there was a prehistoric shift in human society to patriarchy and at present society is beginning to shift away from patriarchy
