History & Military
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Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
$21.99 Add to cartIn this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering t
- Series: Fault Lines
- Author: Kruse, Kevin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324035544
- Language: English
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The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
$29.95 Add to cartAmerica’s Founding Fathers feared that a standing army would be a permanent political danger, yet the U.S. military has in the 250 years since become a bulwark of democracy. Kori Schake explains why i… [more below]
- Author: Schake, Kori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 253
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1509570535
- Language: English
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Four Women and a Mountain: Legends and Legacies of the Sierra
$16.99 Add to cartWomen of the Sierra Nevada forged their legacy through resilience and adventure, shaping their community while pursuing dreams. Their stories inspire future generations, revealing the strength and spi
- Author: Barbash, Lisa Arnbrister
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798318817557
- Language: English
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Scars of Independence: America’s Violent Birth
$26.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE
A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America’s founding
The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with br- Author: Hoock, Holger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0804137307
- Language: English
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The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History
$27.99 Add to cartFrom a renowned Yale historian comes a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century.
The vast majorit- Author: Westad, Odd Arne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1250410282
- Language: English
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Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences
$14.99 Add to cartTrue stories of unusual happenings during the civil war.
In 1861, Wilmer McLean, distressed that a cannon ball crashed through his home during the battle of Bull Run, moved to a farm where “the sound
- Author: Garrison, Webb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2000
- ISBN10: 155853315X
- Language: English
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American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity
$32.00 Add to cartThe critically acclaimed author of Patriots offers profound insight into Vietnam’s place in America’s self-image
How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation?- Author: Appy, Christian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0143128345
- Language: English
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The First Emancipator: Slavery, Religion, and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter
$22.00 Add to cart“[Andrew Levy] brings a literary sensibility to the study of history, and has written a richly complex book, one that transcends Carter’s story to consider larger questions of individual morality and … [more below]
- Author: Levy, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 09 2007
- ISBN10: 0375761047
- Language: English
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Richard the Lionheart: In Life and in Legend
$25.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the myth and history surrounding England’s crusader king.
How did Richard the Lionheart, who once said he would sell London if he found a buyer, become celebrated as the ideal of Eng- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Blurton, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1836391234
- Language: English
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Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas about Women
$27.99 Add to cartThe dangerous belief that granting women reproductive freedom poses a threat to “traditional” values is a myth that has long prospered in American politics, playing an especially vicious role in the d
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1324075902
- Language: English
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The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire
$32.00 Add to cartA new history that tells the story of how European imperial ambitions destroyed the Ottoman Empire during the Great War and created a divided and unstable Middle East
The Ottoman Empire’s collapse at- Author: Aksakal, Mustafa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0691262497
- Language: English
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Emilio Pucci: The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon
$35.00 Add to cartThe Drama of War and Postwar Italy Through the Life of One of Its Most Celebrated Icons
When people think of fashion designer Emilio Pucci, it is of his bright, swirling colors and easy, freeing fabric- Author: Ward, Terence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 125028967X
- Language: English
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On the Watchtower: A History of Fire Lookouts
$24.95 Add to cartApproximately five hundred fire lookouts remain active throughout the United States. The majority of these lookouts are located west of the Mississippi River, but East Coast states continue to staff f
- Author: Boyle, Dixie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: November 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1632937743
- Language: English
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No One’s Coming: The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There’s Nowhere Else to Turn
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the award-winning author of American Sirens and A Thousand Naked Strangers comes a real-life thriller about the most daring rescue in air-medical history. As contagions spring up around the world… [more below]
- Author: Hazzard, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0306835185
- Language: English
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Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History’s Greatest Arctic Rescue
$20.00 Add to cartTwo-time National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy’s thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship―and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.
Arctic explorer and A- Author: Levy, Buddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1250906830
- Language: English
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Flying Cloud: The True Story of America’s Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her
$17.99 Add to cartIn 1851, Elanor Creesy, in a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-nineteenth century, served as the navigator on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud — traveling from New Y… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 03 2001
- ISBN10: 0060934786
- Language: English
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Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle
$20.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period aft
- Author: Green, Kristen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062268686
- Language: English
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Why New Orleans Matters
$19.99 Add to cartMore than a decade after Hurricane Katrina, revisit Tom Piazza’s award-winning appraisal of a city in crisis–with a new afterword placing the story of New Orleans in the context of the ongoing threat
- Author: Piazza, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0062414771
- Language: English
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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
$19.95 Add to cartHow only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To- Series: Princeton Classics
- Author: Scheidel, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271844
- Language: English
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Under Her Wings: Mothers and Motherhood in the New Testament
$29.99 Add to cartA comprehensive study of motherhood in the New Testament
Mothers and motherhood-related themes are present throughout the New Testament, yet they have not received sufficient attention from biblical- Author: McNeel, Jennifer Houston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 237
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 080288508X
- Language: English
