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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
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The most sensational murder of its time immortalized its defendant. Now, based on twenty years of research, new evidence comes to light in an unmissab
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
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"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical hig
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
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Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.
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An Ancient Norman Dynasty: The Gernons- by Mary Therese Burns
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