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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 Engineers: A Memoir of Survival through World War II in Poland and Hungary
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We're giving away 100 free Kindle copies of the remarkable Holocaust Memoir The Engineers by Henry Reiss.
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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster
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Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
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Enter for a chance to win an early finished copy of the fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history.
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