Cultural Literature
Fighting for the Lost Cause: The Life and Career of General Jubal Early
*Includes pictures of Early and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes excerpts from Early's autobiography discussing battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and more.*Discusses Early's influence on the Lost Cause and Civil War history.*Includes a Bibliography for further...
$6.99
Fighting for Women's Suffrage: The Lives and Legacies of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
*Includes pictures of Anthony, Stanton, and other important people in their lives.*Includes Anthony's and Stanton's comments on social issues like education, employment, suffrage, abolition, abortion, and more.*Includes bibliographies of each woman for further reading."The true woman will not be exponent...
$9.99
Fighting in World War I: The History and Legacy of Warfare During the Great War
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of soldiers' accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”,...
$16.99
Fighting the Plague in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: The History of Ancient and Medieval Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Diseases
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts and a bibliography for further reading Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they’ve...
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Finding the Wreck of the Titanic: The Search Efforts and the Discovery of the World's Most Famous Ship
"Only a vestige remains of the men and women that but a moment before quickened her spacious apartments with human hopes and passions, sorrows, and joys. Upon that broken hull new vows were taken, new fealty expressed, old love renewed,...
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Fire in the Sky: The History of the Hindenburg Disaster
"It's burst into flames! Get this, Charlie; get this, Charlie! It's fire... and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning and bursting into flames and the... and it's falling on the mooring...
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Flat Earth and Hollow Earth Theories: A History of Strange Tales and Bizarre Beliefs about the Planet
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb...
$12.99
Flat Earth: A History of Strange Tales, Bizarre Beliefs, and Conspiracy Theories about the Earth's Surface
The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb some parts of the Earth are still largely...
$9.99
Flinders Petrie: The Life and Legacy of the Father of Modern Egyptology
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The man who knows and dwells in history adds a new dimension to his existence…He lives in all time; the ages are his, all live alike to him.” –...
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Florence Nightingale: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Nurse in History
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Nightingale's life and work written by contemporaries, as well as Florence herself *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they...
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Florence: The History and Legacy of the Birthplace of the Renaissance
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Boone's life and Crockett's life, including Crockett's death at the Alamo.*Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the debate over whether he actually gave it.*Includes pictures of...
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Flying Saucers: The Mysterious History of the UFO Phenomenon
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of purported UFO sightings and Roswell *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The point is that the idea of space vehicles shaped like flying saucers was imprinted in...
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The Dieppe Raid: The History and Legacy of the Allies' Failed Operation to Land on the French Coast during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a table of contents for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I thought it most important that a large-scale operation should take place this summer, and military opinion seemed unanimous that until an...
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The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold: The Unsolved Mystery of the American Socialite Who Vanished in 1910
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts from family members, authorities, and newspapers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "It would be bad enough if the daughter I loved so well [were] lying beside...
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The Disappearance of Jean Spangler: The History of One of Hollywood's Most Enduring Unsolved Mysteries
The Hollywood culture of the 1940s served as a symbol of fantasy for a country at war. The American population, steeped in a dark global reality, lived vicariously through the film industry's fantasy offerings on the big screen, and eagerly...
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The Disappearance of the USS Scorpion: The History of the Mysterious Sinking of the American Nuclear Submarine
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts of the submarine's sinking*Discusses various theories surrounding its demise*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The Navy has extensively investigated the loss of Scorpion through the initial court of inquiry and...
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The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The History of the Central European Nation from Its Founding to Its Breakup
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading On New Year’s Day 1993, Czechoslovakia broke into two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Thus ended one of the creations brought about by the Treaty of Versailles after World War...
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The Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire: The History and Legacy of the Ottoman Turks' Decline and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents In January 2011, the Turkish television channel “Show TV” released A Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyıl), which would become one of Turkey’s most popular TV...
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The Dissolution of Yugoslavia: The History of the Yugoslav Wars and the Political Problems That Led to Yugoslavia's Demise
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Yugoslavia was arguably one of the most unusual geopolitical creations of the 20th century. The Yugoslav state had never existed in any historical sense, and the ties that bound...
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