9 Best History Textbooks 2018

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  • A History of World Societies, Volume 2: Since 1450

    • ASIN: 1457659956
    • ISBN: 1457659956
    • Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's

    Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the tenth edition of A History of World Societies includes even more built-in tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features thoroughly revised chapters by new author and ... [Read More]

  • Glencoe World History

    • ASIN: 0078799813
    • ISBN: 0078799813
    • Brand: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    Glencoe World History is a full-survey world history program authored by a world-renowned historian, Jackson Spielvogel, and the National Geographic Society. Experiencing world history and understanding its relevance to the modern world is the goal of this program. The program addresses the importance of motivating students and engaging them in mea... [Read More]

  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

    • ASIN: 0062301675
    • ISBN: 9780062301673
    • Brand: Harper Perennial
    • Manufacturer: Perennial

    A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster’s classic guide—a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are... [Read More]

  • Glencoe World History

    • ASIN: 0078607027
    • ISBN: 0078607027
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

    Glencoe World History, a comprehensive course that covers prehistory to the present day, helps link the events of the past with the issues that confront students today. It motivates and engages students in meaningful learning as they develop an understanding of the world's cultures and an appreciation for the interdependence of world regions.... [Read More]

  • A People's History of the United States

    • ASIN: 0062397346
    • ISBN: 0062397346
    • Brand: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

    "A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be ready by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." --Howard FastWith a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out th... [Read More]

  • Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam 2019, Premium Edition: 5 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review (College Test Preparation)

    • ASIN: 1524758159
    • ISBN: 1524758159
    • Manufacturer: Princeton Review

    PREMIUM PREP FOR A PERFECT 5! Ace the 2019 AP U.S. History Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide. Includes 5 full-length practice exams, thorough content reviews, targeted test strategies, and access to online extras.Everything You Need to Know to Help Achieve a High Score.• Comprehensive coverage o... [Read More]

  • Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

    • ASIN: B000XUDHL6
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Bantam

  • Man's Search for Meaning

    • UPC: 046442014274
    • ASIN: 0807014273
    • ISBN: 9780807014271
    • Brand: Beacon Press
    • Manufacturer: Beacon Press

    Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of... [Read More]

  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

    • ASIN: 081298496X
    • ISBN: 9780812984965
    • Brand: Spiegel Grau
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time, as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice “[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has i... [Read More]

  • Outliers: The Story of Success

    • UPC: 352749561657
    • ASIN: 0316017930
    • ISBN: 0316017930
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to ... [Read More]

  • The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    • UPC: 884832131572
    • ASIN: 0143125478
    • ISBN: 9780143125471
    • Brand: Brown, Daniel James
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36'.”For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimat... [Read More]

  • Basic Economics

    • ASIN: B00L4FSSTA
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

    The bestselling citizen's guide to economicsBasic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on... [Read More]

  • The Things They Carried

    • UPC: 046442706414
    • ASIN: 0618706410
    • ISBN: 0544309766
    • Brand: Tim O Brien
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.   The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley... [Read More]

  • The Secret Life of Bees

    • ASIN: 0142001740
    • ISBN: 0142001740
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    • ASIN: 1250107814
    • ISBN: 1250107814
    • Brand: Flatiron Books
    • Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often s... [Read More]

  • World History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, 2018 Edition

    • ASIN: 1531116957
    • ISBN: 1531116957
    • Manufacturer: Perfection Learning

    This text is designed for a one-semester or one-year World History course for students preparing to take the current AP World History exam. Includes Summer 2017 College Board revisions to the course and exam description. Teachers can assign the book as the course textbook or as a supplement to a college-level textbook.

  • Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)

    • ASIN: 0761160965
    • ISBN: 0761160965
    • Brand: Workman Publishing Company
    • Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

    It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.     Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expre... [Read More]

  • Night (Night)

    • ASIN: 0374500010
    • ISBN: 9780374500016
    • Brand: Wiesel, Elie/ Wiesel, Marion (TRN)
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    • UPC: 634109382776
    • ASIN: 1595586431
    • ISBN: 1595586431
    • Brand: Baker and Taylor
    • Manufacturer: The New Press

    Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzli... [Read More]

  • Naked Money: A Revealing Look at Our Financial System

    • ASIN: B011SG58WY
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

    Charles Wheelan’s wonderfully whimsical, best-selling Naked series tackles the weird, surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.Consider the $20 bill.It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bil... [Read More]

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