Cultural Literature
The Girl Scouts: The History and Legacy of the Popular Youth Organization Across the World
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Girls must be partners and comrades, rather than dolls.” – attributed to Agnes Baden-PowellGiven the prominence of Scouting culture in the United States, many assume that the movement is rooted in...
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The Glorious Revolution: The History of the Overthrow of King James II of England by William of Orange
Seventeenth century Europe, particularly its latter years, is often hailed as the beginning of the Enlightenment as nations across the continent experienced a surge in innovation and scientific progress, a period also commonly referred to as the Age of Reason....
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The Gobi Desert: The History and Legacy of the Asia's Largest Desert
"The Gobi Desert seems like earth reduced to its most basic elements: rock, sky,glaring sunlight, and little else. The apparent emptiness is both compelling and intimidating. But the Gobi is not empty, it is filled with space, sky, history, and...
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The Golden Gate Bridge: The History of San Francisco's Most Famous Bridge
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the bridge's construction written by workers and the chief engineer *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "To this Gate I give the name of 'Chrysopylae,' or Golden Gate, for the...
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The Golden State: The History of California's Growth Into the Largest State in the Union
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe history of California is one that witnessed the rise and fall of several nations and peoples. From the first natives to settle the fertile...
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The Goths and Vandals: The History and Legacy of the Barbarians Who Sacked Rome in the 5th Century CE
The birth of Europe as people know it today was hardly an easy and effortless process. The Old World was reshaped by centuries of continuous wars, raids, and the falls and rises of empires. The most turbulent of these events...
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The Grand Canyon: The History of the America's Most Famous Natural Wonder
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the Grand Canyon written by 19th century explorers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech...
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The Grand Old Party: The History of the Republican Party
2016 has been one of the most unusual election years, and nothing represents the unprecedented nature more than the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, which featured more than 15 candidates. As with most years, several candidates with various...
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The Grande Armée and Wellington's Scum: The History and Legacy of the French and British Armies during the Napoleonic Wars
*Includes picturesNearly 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 technology and the advent of...
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The Gray Ghost of the Confederacy: The Life and Legacy of John Mosby
*Includes pictures.*Includes accounts of fighting written by Mosby and other generals.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Our poor country has fallen a prey to the conqueror. The noblest cause ever defended by the sword is...
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The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru: The History and Legacy of Australia's Most Famous Landmarks
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors.” – Antony Garrett ListPeople have always...
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The Great Barrier Reef: The History of the World's Largest Coral Reef
"Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand[s] of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors." (Antony Garrett List) People have always loved to build things, whether it's...
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871: The Story of the Blaze That Destroyed the Midwest's Largest City
It had taken about 40 years for Chicago to grow from a small settlement of about 300 people into a thriving metropolis with a population of 300,000, but in just two days in 1871, much of that progress was burned...
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872: The History of 19th Century America's Most Notorious Fraud
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts of the hoax written by victims and newspapers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“[T]he most gigantic and barefaced swindle of the age.” – The San Francisco Chronicle’s description of the...
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The Great Escapes of World War II: The History of the Most Legendary Escape Attempts by Prisoners of War
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingWar has always led to prisoners. In ancient times, many were turned into slaves by the victorious armies, while in medieval Europe, they were often returned to their families in return...
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The Great Famine: The History of the Irish Potato Famine during the Mid-19th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the famine by Irishmen who suffered through it*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I have called it an artificial famine: that is to say, it was a famine which desolated...
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The Great Fire of London: The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
"[A] wooden, northern, and inartificial congestion of Houses." - John Evelyn's description of London before the fire "So I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw, and that unless His Majesty did...
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The Great Fire of Rome: The Story of the Most Famous Fire in Roman History
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts about Nero and the Great Fire*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“A disaster followed, whether accidental or treacherously contrived by the emperor, is uncertain, as authors have given both accounts, worse, however, and...
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The Great Plague and Great Fire of London: The History and Legacy of England's Most Famous Disasters of the 17th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the disasters*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIn the 14th century, a ruthless killer stalked the streets of England, wiping out up to 60% of the terror-stricken nation's inhabitants. This invisible and unforgiving terminator...
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The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England's Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
In the 14th century, a ruthless killer stalked the streets of England, wiping out up to 60 percent of the terror-stricken nation's inhabitants. This invisible and unforgiving terminator continued to harass the population for hundreds of years, but nothing could...
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