Tag search:modern history

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World

by Kati Marton
Ebook, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, modern history, WWII, Judaism, Hungary, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.53

Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers

by Jessica Roux
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, art, flowers, modern history, sociology, plants, Kindle, etiquette, cryptography, history, floriography
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
302.222

Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

by Eric Metaxas
Ebook, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, modern history, Christianity, church history, England, enslavement, government, politics, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
326.8092

Wurmbrand : tortured for Christ - the complete story

Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, Christianity, biography, history, modern history, church history, Romania, suffering, Europe
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
272.9092

The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History

by S. Theresa Dietz
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, art, flowers, modern history, sociology, plants, Kindle, etiquette, cryptography, history, floriography
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
302.222

The Source: A Novel

by James A. Michener
Ebook, 2013
Tags
fiction, history, archaeology, Israel, Middle East, Asia, ancient history, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, Judaism — 4 more, Christianity, Palestine, Kindle, Mediterranean
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

A Carta Wall Chart: Hebrew Scripts: Styles and Stages in the Development of the Hebrew Script

by Ada Yardeni
Poster
Tags
non-fiction, penmanship, Hebrew, language arts, Israel, history, ancient history, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, Judaism — 4 more, Asia, Jewish roots of Christianity, Middle East, Mediterranean
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
492.417

The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews

by Michael Good
Ebook, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, history, WWII, Judaism, Germany, Lithuania, biography, Kindle, modern history, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.531835092

They say we are infidels : on the run from ISIS with persecuted Christians in the Middle East

by Mindy Belz
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, Christianity, Islam, Syria, Iraq, church history, modern history, Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
956.910423

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

by Walter Rodney
Ebook, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, Africa, economics, history, modern history, politics, government, racism, sociology, Kindle, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
330.968

The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it

by Alice Procter
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, art, history, modern history, racism, Kindle, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
306.470941

Africa for Africans; or the philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey

by Marcus Garvey
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, Africa, politics, philosophy, modern history, racism, compassion
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
301.45196073

The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian

by Robert D. Kaplan
Ebook, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, American history, modern history, government, politics, Kindle, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
327.730092

The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day

by Justo L. González
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, Christianity, church history, history, renaissance history, modern history, Kindle, ecclesiology
Collection
Kindle
Series
The Story of Christianity (2)
Status
Available
Call number
270

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith
Ebook, 2012
Tags
non-fiction, business, economics, government, philosophy, modern history, Kindle, modern literature, politics, history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
330.153

Maus : a survivor's tale

by Art Spiegelman
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
non-fiction, biography, comics, history, WWII, racism, Poland, Germany, autobiography, modern history, compassion — 3 more, Europe, trauma, Judaism
Collection
Paper Books
Series
Maus: A Survivor's Tale (omnibus)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5973

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

by Peter Frankopan
Ebook, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, history, China, India, medieval history, renaissance history, Kindle, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Italy — 31 more, Israel, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, England, Uzbekistan, Vikings, Africa, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Crusades, Christianity, Islam, politics, economics, Rome, WWI, WWII, ancient history, modern history, Norse, Saudi Arabia, government, spices, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
382.3095

X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

by Leah Garrett
Ebook, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, history, WWII, Judaism, espionage, Kindle, modern history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.5486410923924

Stories : how Mennonites came to be

by John D. Roth
Paperback, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, church history, Mennonite, history, renaissance history, modern history, Christianity, missiology
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
289.709

Mennonite women : a story of God's faithfulness, 1683-1983

by Elaine Sommers Rich
Paperback, 1983
Tags
non-fiction, church history, Mennonite, biography, renaissance history, modern history, Netherlands, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia — 8 more, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Christianity, womens studies, history, missiology, Europe
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
289.7088042

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand
Paperback, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, biography, WWII, history, modern history, Louis Zamperini, Christianity, sports, running, Japan, suffering — 3 more, marine, Asia, trauma
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
940.547252092

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef
Paperback, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, biography, autobiography, modern history, Israel, Palestine, Christianity, Islam, history, Asia, Middle East — 1 more, Mediterranean
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
248.246092

History of the world map by map

by Peter Snow Introduction
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, history, atlas, ancient history, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, geography
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
911

I heard good news today : stories for children

by Cornelia Lehn
Paperback, 1983
Tags
non-fiction, juvenile, history, church history, Mennonite, ancient history, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, Ethiopia, Bible story — 38 more, India, Saint Patrick, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Braille, Poland, Russia, China, Burma, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Africa, David Livingstone, Sierra Leone, Angola, Congo, Algeria, Ecuador, Paraguay, Colombia, Native American, Oklahoma, Montana, Canada, biography, Christianity, Ukraine, Bartolomé de las Casas, disability, missiology, Asia, Europe, Latin America
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
266.00922

Twelve becoming; biographies of Mennonite disciples from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

by Cornelius J. Dyck
Hardcover, 1973
Tags
non-fiction, juvenile, biography, Mennonite, Christianity, church history, renaissance history, modern history, Netherlands, Germany, Pennsylvania — 19 more, Poland, Russia, Kansas, Canada, Paraguay, Indiana, Congo, Iowa, India, Nepal, Montana, Native American, Indonesia, Ukraine, history, missiology, Asia, Europe, Latin America
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
289.70922

Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Man-of-War

by Richard Platt
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, science, history, engineering, modern history, England, juvenile, Navy, Europe
Collection
Paper Books
Series
DK Cross Sections (Stephen Biesty)
Status
Available
Call number
623.82509

Stephen Biesty's more incredible cross-sections

by Richard Platt
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, juvenile, science, engineering, modern history, renaissance history, food, medicine, geology, archaeology, earth science — 3 more, biology, history, food history
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
620

Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections of everything

by Stephen Biesty
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, juvenile, science, technology, engineering, food, music, automotive, architecture, ancient history, modern history — 2 more, history, food history
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
620

Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections

by Stephen Biesty
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
non-fiction, juvenile, science, engineering, medieval history, astronomy, renaissance history, modern history, architecture, history
Collection
Paper Books
Series
DK Cross Sections (Stephen Biesty)
Status
Available
Call number
620

Art : the definitive visual guide

Hardcover, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, art, renaissance history, modern history, history
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
709

Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day

by Carrie Gibson
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, history, renaissance history, modern history, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Tobago — 7 more, Trinidad, West Indies, Kindle, Columbus, Puerto Rico, enslavement, Latin America
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
972.9

Bountiful empire : a history of Ottoman cuisine

by Priscilla Mary Işın
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, food, history, Turkey, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, international food, food history, Asia, Europe — 2 more, Middle East, Mediterranean
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
394.1209561

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Ebook, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, autobiography, biography, WWII, history, racism, Kindle, Judaism, modern literature, Netherlands, womens studies — 3 more, modern history, Europe, trauma
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318092

God's Smuggler

by Brother Andrew
Ebook, 2015
Tags
autobiography, biography, modern history, non-fiction, church history, Kindle, Christianity, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, China — 7 more, Poland, suffering, Cold War, history, missiology, Asia, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
266.0092

How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions

by Susan Eisenhower
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, American history, history, biography, WWII, leadership, Kindle, modern history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
973.921

Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel

by Richard H. Minear
Ebook, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, art, WWII, comics, history, politics, racism, Kindle, government, modern history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.5400207

Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World

by Peter Chapman
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, food, history, modern history, food history, Kindle, politics, government, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
338.174772098

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

by Joshua Hammer
Ebook, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, history, modern history, Africa, Mali, Kindle, Islam
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
025.8

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

by Lynne Olson
Ebook, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, biography, history, espionage, France, WWII, Kindle, womens studies, modern history, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.548644092

American Guerrilla: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann—the Man Who Escaped from Bataan, Raised a Filipino Army against the Japanese, and Became the True "Father" of Army Special Forces

by Mike Guardia
Ebook, 2015
Tags
biography, history, WWII, Philippines, modern history, Kindle, non-fiction, Asia
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
940.548509599

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

by Jonathan Kaufman
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, biography, modern history, China, Judaism, Kindle, history, Hong Kong, Asia
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
951.132

Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves

by Adam Hochschild
Ebook, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, history, modern history, England, Kindle, William Wilberforce, West Indies, Sierra Leone, Africa, Jamaica, John Newton — 4 more, Olaudah Equiano, enslavement, compassion, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
326.80941

How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity

by Rodney Stark
Ebook, 2014
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, history, modern history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
909.09821

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

by Tom Holland
Ebook, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, history, ancient history, medieval history, renaissance history, modern history, church history, Kindle, Christianity
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
270

The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice

by Michael Krondl
Ebook, 2008
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, history, food history, food, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, renaissance history, medieval history, modern history — 3 more, spices, Europe, Mediterranean
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
641.3383094

The Real Odessa: How Perón Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina

by Uki Goñi
Ebook, 2015
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, history, modern history, WWII, Argentina, Germany, Europe, Latin America
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
364.13809

The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men

by Eric Lichtblau
Ebook, 2014
Tags
Kindle, American history, WWII, espionage, non-fiction, modern history, Germany, history, Cold War, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
364.13809

An Autobiography: Or, The Story of My Experiments with Truth

by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ebook, 2017
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, autobiography, biography, history, modern history, India, philosophy, South Africa, government, politics — 3 more, Africa, compassion, Asia
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
954.035092

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

by Jason Fagone
Ebook, 2017
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, biography, history, espionage, cryptography, WWII, American history, WWI, womens studies, modern history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
652.8092

An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

by Annejet van der Zijl
Ebook, 2018
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, biography, history, American history, modern history, Netherlands, France, Germany, Russia, womens studies — 1 more, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
305.513092
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