Historical
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The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
$26.99 Add to cartAn insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation’s father
The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother, based on archival sources- Author: Saxton, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1250619513
- Language: English
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Bede and the Theory of Everything
$25.00 Read moreAn accessible biography of the venerable Bede, regarded as the father of English history.
This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the fo
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Brown, Michelle P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147883
- Language: English
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Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
$25.99 Add to cartAn eye-opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel’s Nutmeg.
In 1611, the merchants of London’s East India Company received a mysterious lett- Author: Milton, Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1250778255
- Language: English
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My Life With Helen: The Dean of the White House Press Corps Through Her Agent’s Eyes
$28.00 Add to cartThere’s no denying that Helen Thomas was a larger-than-life personality, but more importantly, she was a trailblazer for women in journalism. Professionally, she reported on more presidential administ
- Author: Nine, Diane S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1950544095
- Language: English
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Iconic Pittsburgh: The City’s 30 Most Memorable People, Places and Things
$23.99 Add to cartThe Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country’s history. Pittsburgh’s past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that d… [more below]
- Author: King, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1467143596
- Language: English
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan
$9.99 Add to cartTake a firsthand journey into a time, society and world full of intrigue.
In the tenth century, Japan stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Sei Shonagon–a young courte- Author: Waley, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 4805314621
- Language: English
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Gertruda’s Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
$21.00 Add to cartTrapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler’s List.
Michael Stolo- Author: Oren, Ram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 03 2010
- ISBN10: 0385527195
- Language: English
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Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero
$22.00 Read moreThe essential, “richly researched”* biography of Harriet Tubman, revealing a complex woman who “led a remarkable life, one that her race, her sex, and her origins make all the more extraordinary” (*Th… [more below]
- Series: Many Cultures, One World
- Author: Larson, Kate Clifford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0345456289
- Language: English
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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
$20.99 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. “- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0312426119
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
$24.99 Add to cartThe vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa–one of the most renowned women rulers in history–and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France… [more below]
- Author: Goldstone, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 031644930X
- Language: English
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The Captain is Out to Lunch
$19.99 Add to cart“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”–Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author
“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”–Leonard Cohen, songwriter
A book length collaboration between two underg
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 31 2002
- ISBN10: 1574230581
- Language: English
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Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
$20.00 Add to cart“Cato, history’s most famous foe of authoritarian power, was the pivotal political man of Rome; an inspiration to our Founding Fathers; and a cautionary figure for our times. He loved Roman republican
- Author: Goodman, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1250042623
- Language: English
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Truman’s Trusted Friend: Charlie Ross and His Remarkable Sisters
$35.95 Add to cartA FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF ONE GENERATION OF REMARKABLE AMERICANS WHO EMERGED FROM THEIR PIONEER ROOTS TO HELP SHAPE SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Charlie Ross and Harry Truman were bo
- Author: Ross, John B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988547501
- Language: English
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Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph Plumb Martin
$11.99 Read moreA wide-eyed teenager during most of the Revolutionary War, Joseph Plumb Martin left his grandfather’s farm in Connecticut in 1775 and spent much of the next eight years with the Continental Army, cris… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Americana
- Author: Martin, Joseph Plumb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451461
- Language: English
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
$25.00 Read moreA marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import
She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one t- Author: Howell, Georgina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531358
- Language: English
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Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in S… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #37
- Author: Parekh, Bhikhu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192854577
- Language: English
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The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy That Shaped an American City
$28.00 Read moreAntero Pietila shows how one man’s wealth shaped and reshaped a city long after his life, from the destruction of neighborhoods to make way for the dominating buildings in Baltimore’s downtown to the … [more below]
- Author: Pietila, Antero
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1538116030
- Language: English
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The Women of the Cousins’ War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King’s Mother
$18.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford;… [more below]
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1451629559
- Language: English
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Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess
$19.99 Add to cartJust married and returning to live in her new husband’s native land, a young Austrian woman arrived with her Burmese husband by passenger ship in Rangoon in 1953. They were met at dockside by hundreds
- Series: Kolowalu Books (Paperback)
- Author: Sargent, Inge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0824816285
- Language: English
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American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
$33.68 Add to cartThe rags-to-riches story of Silicon Valley’s original disruptor.
American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford – from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class univer- Author: de Wolk, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 520383230
- Language: English
