She is 22 and loves learning about the history she was not taught in school. She blows me away all the time with the things she knows and is intrested in (She's huge into the Titanic for some reason) Anyways, she came to me and asked what books she could read. I told her OLD ONES. Then she asked some things about the Holocaust. I asked what she learned in school, she said they never covered it in history class. Should I be scouring ebay or other second hand sites? Or is there a place i can buy old, retired textbooks? Of course all book recommendations are welcome. Maybe a textbook is not the most thrilling read. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Here's a complete set of a 19th century encyclopedia https://archive.org/details/cyclopedia-of-universal-history-ridpath it's free to download but you can likely find hard copies of the volumes but need to complete the set
*also- CTRL + F works in it even though it's page scanned (:
This is the way. Searches on https://yandex.com usually lead to https://archive.org . Once you find the name, edition, author of what you may want to buy, then go to http://ebay.com to see if can find it listed from one of many thrift stores or private sellers.
If it is very old US book, especially related to the Constitution or State Laws you can reprints from this outfit in India that is operating outside of all Deep State censorship jurisdictions (apparently): https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/