Historical
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan
$13.95 Add to cartJapan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the m… [more below]
- Author: Waley, Arthur
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 4805311088
- Language: English
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Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork
$24.00 Add to cartFor the first time, Etty Hillesum’s diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman in the midst of World War II.
In the darkest years of Nazi oc- Author: Hillesum, Etty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 15 1996
- ISBN10: 0805050876
- Language: English
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A Bride Goes West
$21.95 Add to cartBlizzards, droughts, predators, unpredictable markets, and a host of other calamities tell the history of the daily struggles of Western ranching, and perhaps no one has told the story better than Nan… [more below]
- Series: Bison Classic Editions
- Author: Alderson, Nannie T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149623507X
- Language: English
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The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes
$15.99 Add to cart“Courageous, bellicose and humorous. . . . To anyone who wishes to have a generous source of quotations, this is the one. Churchill address audiences for seven decades. To those who follow World War I
- Author: Humes, James C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0060925779
- Language: English
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Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience
$17.95 Add to cartBased on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the five Nazi extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationali… [more below]
- Author: Sereny, Gitta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: January 12 1983
- ISBN10: 0394710355
- Language: English
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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
$18.00 Add to cart“The best book ever written about an American city, by the best journalist of his time.”– Jimmy Breslin
In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legac- Author: Royko, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0452261678
- Language: English
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The Real Gatsby George Gordon Moore: A Granddaughter’s Memoir
$22.00 Add to cartWhen Mickey Rathbun began to investigate a rumor that her grandfather, George Gordon Moore, had been a model for Fitzgerald’s iconic character Jay Gatsby, she discovered closer connections than she ha
- Author: Rathbun, Mickey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798885450034
- Language: English
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Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte’s short stature, as well as the other rumors an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bell, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0199321663
- Language: English
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Lincoln
$24.00 Add to cartA masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from… [more below]
- Author: Donald, David Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 05 1996
- ISBN10: 068482535X
- Language: English
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Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker’s Wife, and Mussolini’s Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
$18.99 Add to cartIn a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: “A tantalizingly novelistic history lesson” (Kir… [more below]
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1538751275
- Language: English
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Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
$27.00 Add to cartA magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world
The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin is a landmark achievement. Stephen Kotkin offers a biogr- Author: Kotkin, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 976
- Publish Date: October 13, 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127861
- Language: English
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Billy the Kid-Pa
$19.95 Add to cart“It’s certain to remain the authoritative biography that at last makes the Kid’s life whole and understandable.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television s
- Author: Utley, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: August 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0803295588
- Language: English
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
$23.95 Read moreNamed 2006 Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com
“An authoritative and exciting portrait not only of Caesar but of the complex society in which he lived.”–Steven Coates, New York Times Book Review “The- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: January 28 2008
- ISBN10: 0300126891
- Language: English
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Wild Cow Tales
$21.95 Add to cartIn thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author of the classic Horse Tradin’ tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. Ben K. Green calls himself a “stov… [more below]
- Author: Green, Ben K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0803270887
- Language: English
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Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait
$21.95 Add to cartJohn H. Holliday, D. D. S., better known as Doc Holliday, has become a legendary figure in the history of the American West. In Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the real
- Author: Tanner, Karen Holliday
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0806133201
- Language: English
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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
$20.00 Add to cart“A stunning tale of a little-known figure in history. Robert Smalls’ astounding heroism during the Civil War helped convince Lincoln and the country that African Americans were extraordinarily capable
- Author: Lineberry, Cate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1250183898
- Language: English
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Bolivar: American Liberator
$23.00 Add to cartA brilliant biography that “reads like a wonderful novel but is researched like a masterwork of history” (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs), this is the epic story of the famous South American ge… [more below]
- Author: Arana, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: April 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1439110204
- Language: English
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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams
$48.00 Add to cartAn intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quot… [more below]
- Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo
- Author: Cappon, Lester J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: September 30 1988
- ISBN10: 0807842303
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
$18.99 Add to cartAmazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce’s extraordinary role as a human right
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0061173886
- Language: English
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Greek Lives
$13.95 Add to cart“I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror…The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as m… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199540055
- Language: English
