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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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War In The Mountains: The Macbeth Light Artillery at Asheville, NC 1864-1865
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This book covers a small segment of the Civil War, a panorama of the mountain conflict in North Carolina and East Tennessee in 1864 - 1865.
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A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
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Enter for your chance to win a paperback copy of Eric Jay Dolin's A FURIOUS SKY, available wherever books are sold June 1st!
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Why We Fought: Inspiring Stories of Resisting Hitler and Defending Freedom
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Enter for a chance to win 1 of 10 advanced reader copies of WHY WE FOUGHT by Jerry Borrowman.
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