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History
Shop history books covering civilizations, wars, leaders, culture, politics, social change, and everyday life across time. Find accessible reads for students, teachers, researchers, and curious readers who enjoy the past.
Machineries of Oil: An Infrastructural History of BP in Iran
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Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
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India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World's Largest Democracy
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The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution
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A General History of Horology
The Grid: Biography of an American Technology
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910
Beyond the Big Ditch: Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal
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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
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Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
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Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
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A Thread Across the Ocean
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City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics
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Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells--Our Ride to the Renewable Future
Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century
Technology in Postwar America: A History
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It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
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