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The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other
$29.95 Add to cartThe Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spa
- Author: Todorov, Tzvetan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: June 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0806131373
- Language: English
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Why the West Rules–For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future
$28.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, r- Author: Morris, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0312611692
- Language: English
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How Rich Countries Got Rich … and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
$19.99 Add to cartA maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor—and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way.
Throughout history, some combination of government… [more below]- Author: Reinert, Erik S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1541762894
- Language: English
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The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Places
$18.99 Add to cartTag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley–and back through history, too–… [more below]
- Author: Weiner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 145169167X
- Language: English
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The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern Work Was Created
$38.00 Add to cart“Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed.” — John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group
“Vital–a cogent, timely journey through the economic histor
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0071747044
- Language: English
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World History for Dummies
$27.99 Add to cartDiscover how the modern world came to be with this easy-to-follow and up-to-date history companion
Want to get a taste of the entirety of human history in a single book? With World History For Dummies
- Author: Haugen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1119855608
- Language: English
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History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World
$50.00 Add to cartDiscover the world’s most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins’ Ear? Who was Ros- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0744091993
- Language: English
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The Penguin History of the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad’s widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1846144434
- Language: English
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s Most Primal Element
$29.95 Add to cartMore than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. … [more below]
- Author: Staubach, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1611685036
- Language: English
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Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldstone, Jack A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197666302
- Language: English
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Miraculous Milestones in Science, Medicine & Innovation- And the Faith of Those Who Achieved Them
$20.00 Add to cart- Author: Federer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 29 2021
- ISBN10: 0989649199
- Language: English
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The Cartoon History of the Universe II: Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome
$28.00 Add to cartHere’s a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China … [more below]
- Series: Cartoon History of the Universe II Vols. 8-13 (Paperback) #13
- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 18 1994
- ISBN10: 0385420935
- Language: English
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Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History
$18.99 Add to cartUnfurling like a medieval book of days, each page of Eduardo Galeano’s Children of the Days has an illuminating story that takes inspiration from that date of the calendar year, resurrecting the heroe… [more below]
- Author: Galeano, Eduardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: March 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1568584784
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Fascist Lies
$21.18 Add to cart“There is no better book on fascism’s complex and vexed relationship with truth.”–Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
In this short companion to his book From Fas- Author: Finchelstein, Federico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 520389778
- Language: English
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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
$28.00 Add to cartA new picture of China’s rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world.
The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A
- Author: Akhtar, Ali Humayun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1503627470
- Language: English
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Critical Path
$28.00 Add to cartCritical Path marks the masterwork of one of the finest minds and most significant thinkers of the modern age
R. Buckminster Fuller is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century- Author: Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 15 1982
- ISBN10: 0312174918
- Language: English
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
$32.50 Add to cartAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that ou- Author: Bregman, Rutger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0316418536
- Language: English
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Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
$18.00 Add to cart“This book is a tour de force.” –Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzm- Author: Suzman, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525561773
- Language: English
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The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time: Decoding History’s Unsolved Mysteries
$15.95 Read moreMaster storyteller Brad Meltzer counts down and decodes the world’s top 10 most intriguing conspiracies stories.
Wanted: the truth. In a riveting collection, Brad Meltzer guides us through the 10 grea- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1523512369
- Language: English
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Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
$19.99 Add to cart*NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*
A Toronto Star Bestselling Book of the Year “Witty and entertaining.”–Sarah Knight “Laugh-out-loud.”–Steve Brusatte AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIV- Author: Phillips, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1335936637
- Language: English
