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General History Biographies – Broad collections that reveal history through personal stories and achievements.

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7377 Results

The Forest People: Africa's Pygmy Tribes Along the Congo River - their Hunter-Gatherer Culture, Village Customs and Bond with Nature
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The Forest People: Africa's Pygmy Tribes Along the Congo River - their Hunter-Gatherer Culture, Village Customs and Bond with Nature

The Forest People: Africa's Pygmy Tribes Along the Congo River - their Hunter-Gatherer Culture, Village Customs and Bond with Nature

Colin M. Turnbull
$12.99
$13.98
From Immigrant to Inventor: Autobiography of the Serbian-American Physicist, Chemist and Pioneer of Electrical Transmission and the Long-Distance
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From Immigrant to Inventor: Autobiography of the Serbian-American Physicist, Chemist and Pioneer of Electrical Transmission and the Long-Distance

From Immigrant to Inventor: Autobiography of the Serbian-American Physicist, Chemist and Pioneer of Electrical Transmission and the Long-Distance

Michael Idvorsky Pupin
$12.99
$13.98
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

Susan Bordo
$16.99
$21.99
Life on the Whitney Plantation 100 Years After Slavery: 1950s through the early 1970s
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Life on the Whitney Plantation 100 Years After Slavery: 1950s through the early 1970s

Life on the Whitney Plantation 100 Years After Slavery: 1950s through the early 1970s

Tracie Therence Ferrell, Vernita Gillard Hills
$12.99
$15.99
The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives
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The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

Aidan Dodson
$28.99
$35.00
The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
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The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
$24.99
$34.00
The Twelve Caesars (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
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The Twelve Caesars (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

The Twelve Caesars (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Suetonius
$45.99
$49.95
The Travels of Ibn Battúta: Explorations of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, China and India from 1325 to 1354, An Autobiography
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The Travels of Ibn Battúta: Explorations of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, China and India from 1325 to 1354, An Autobiography

The Travels of Ibn Battúta: Explorations of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, China and India from 1325 to 1354, An Autobiography

Ibn Battúta
$11.99
$12.98
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest
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Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest

Carl Hoffman
$13.99
$18.99
The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus
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The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus

Lesley Blanch
$20.99
$23.50
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life

The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life

Bettany Hughes
$16.99
$22.00
A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson
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A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson

A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson

Patricia Brady
$25.99
$35.99
Memoirs from the Women's Prison
Memoirs from the Women's Prison

Memoirs from the Women's Prison

Nawal El Saadawi
$32.99
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

David Denby
$19.99
The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
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The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had

The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had

Helen Rappaport
$14.99
$20.00
Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent
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Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent

Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent

Iain Pears
$21.99
$29.99
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History

Tracy Borman
$20.99
$29.00
Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite
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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite

Suki Kim
$14.99
$20.00
Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light
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Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light

Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light

Tyler Stovall
$18.99
$21.99
Paris Noir: The Secret History of a City
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Paris Noir: The Secret History of a City

Paris Noir: The Secret History of a City

Jacques Yonnet
$11.99
$15.99
The Last Boy in Auschwitz: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story
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The Last Boy in Auschwitz: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story

The Last Boy in Auschwitz: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story

Moshe Bomberg
$16.99
$17.99
The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler's War Machine
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The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler's War Machine

The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler's War Machine

Oren Schneider
$12.99
$16.95
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Fintan O'Toole
$23.99
$32.00
The Colonial Tavern: A Glimpse of New England Town Life - a Social History of America's Bars in the 1600s and 1700s
The Colonial Tavern: A Glimpse of New England Town Life - a Social History of America's Bars in the 1600s and 1700s

The Colonial Tavern: A Glimpse of New England Town Life - a Social History of America's Bars in the 1600s and 1700s

Edward Field
$11.99
The Life of Charlemagne
The Life of Charlemagne

The Life of Charlemagne

Einhard
$6.99
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

Edward Eggleston
$6.99
Conversations with Stalin
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Conversations with Stalin

Conversations with Stalin

Milovan Djilas
$13.99
$18.99
The Journal of Hélène Berr: A Young Jewish Woman's Life in Occupied Paris
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The Journal of Hélène Berr: A Young Jewish Woman's Life in Occupied Paris

The Journal of Hélène Berr: A Young Jewish Woman's Life in Occupied Paris

Helene Berr
$12.99
$17.99
The Boy in the Back: A True Story of Survival in Auschwitz and Mauthausen
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The Boy in the Back: A True Story of Survival in Auschwitz and Mauthausen

The Boy in the Back: A True Story of Survival in Auschwitz and Mauthausen

Fern Lebo, Jan Blumenstein
$12.99
$16.95
Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
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Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War

Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War

Jill Eicher
$23.99
$32.00
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard
$28.99
$39.99
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

Helen Rappaport
$17.99
$24.00
The Soldier, the Spy, and the Orphan: Fragments of Poland's Wartime History
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The Soldier, the Spy, and the Orphan: Fragments of Poland's Wartime History

The Soldier, the Spy, and the Orphan: Fragments of Poland's Wartime History

Anna Brychcy
$18.99
$25.99
Sally Ride: Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity
Sally Ride: Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity

Sally Ride: Breaking Barriers and Defying Gravity

Jackie P?rez
$71.99
Dolores Huerta: A Life in American History
Dolores Huerta: A Life in American History

Dolores Huerta: A Life in American History

April Tellez
$74.99
No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust
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No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust

No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust

Chris Heath
$28.99
$40.00
Black Side of the White House: A Memoir For Generations To Come
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Black Side of the White House: A Memoir For Generations To Come

Black Side of the White House: A Memoir For Generations To Come

Pierpont Morgan Mobley
$20.99
$22.00
Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
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Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year

Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year

Carlo Levi
$13.99
$19.00
Philip II of Macedonia: Greater Than Alexander
Philip II of Macedonia: Greater Than Alexander

Philip II of Macedonia: Greater Than Alexander

Richard A. Gabriel
$39.99
The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
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The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

Bernard Hamilton
$43.99
$45.99
Nine Mile Bridge: Three Years in the Maine Woods
Nine Mile Bridge: Three Years in the Maine Woods

Nine Mile Bridge: Three Years in the Maine Woods

Helen Hamlin
$18.95
Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm
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Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm

Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm

Michelle Friedman
$22.99
$24.95
Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker: A Life of Thomas Arundel
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Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker: A Life of Thomas Arundel

Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker: A Life of Thomas Arundel

Chris Given-Wilson
$38.99
$45.00
Echo Maker: Craig MacDonald and the Lives That Produced One of Canada's Most Significant Historical Maps
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Echo Maker: Craig MacDonald and the Lives That Produced One of Canada's Most Significant Historical Maps

Echo Maker: Craig MacDonald and the Lives That Produced One of Canada's Most Significant Historical Maps

James Raffan
$20.99
$28.99
Frontier Grit, Revised Edition: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women
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Frontier Grit, Revised Edition: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women

Frontier Grit, Revised Edition: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women

Marianne Monson
$12.99
$17.99
How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe (and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine)
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How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe (and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine)

How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe (and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine)

Julie Masis
$12.99
$18.00
History of the World in 500 People
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History of the World in 500 People

History of the World in 500 People

Charles Phillips
$20.99
$27.99
Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives
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Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

Aidan Dodson
$28.99
$35.00