History & Military
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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
$23.99 Add to cart“We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life.” So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians decla… [more below]
- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0190095768
- Language: English
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National Geographic Ultimate Visual History of the World: The Story of Humankind from Prehistory to Modern Times
$50.00 Add to cart- Author: Isbouts, Jean-Pierre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1426221894
- Language: English
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Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
$15.99 Add to cartDick Gregory has been an unsparing and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years: a friend of such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Gregory is an unrelenting, lifelon
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0062448714
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium
$21.95 Add to cartBuilding on A People’s History of the United States, this radical world history captures the broad sweep of human history from the perspective of struggling classes.
An “indispensable volume” on class… [more below]- Author: Harman, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1786630818
- Language: English
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America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization
$25.00 Add to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has mad- Author: Hancock, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1250756952
- Language: English
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Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
$49.99 Add to cartEvangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White’s epic examination of history’s one hundred most violent events, or, in White’s piquant phrasing, “the numbers that people want to ar… [more below]
- Author: White, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0393345238
- Language: English
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One Summer: America, 1927
$22.00 Add to cartA Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book
The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record. In Newa
A GoodReads Reader’s Choice- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0767919416
- Language: English
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
$20.00 Add to cartThe author of Powers and Thrones and presenter of Netflix’s Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Richard I… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127888
- Language: English
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Diné: A History of the Navajos
$29.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive narrative traces the history of the Navajos from their origins to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on extensive archival research, traditional accounts, interviews, … [more below]
- Author: Iverson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 28 2002
- ISBN10: 082632715X
- Language: English
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The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
$22.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclea
- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 21, 2020
- ISBN10: 0316381675
- Language: English
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint l’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
$19.00 Add to cartA powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803
“One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery- Author: James, C. L. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679724672
- Language: English
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Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
$21.95 Add to cartMost books on the Roman and Greek Empires deal with famous figures or events, but Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants focuses on things that seldom appear in history books: myths and magi
- Author: Ryan, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1633887022
- Language: English
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The extraordinary account of James Garfield’s rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author … [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0767929713
- Language: English
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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
$21.99 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.
It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a min- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 20, 2016
- ISBN10: 031620059X
- Language: English
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The LGBTQ + History Book
$34.99 Add to cartDiscover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world – their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.
Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0744070732
- Language: English
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Exposing the Expositions 1851-1915- Revised 2021
$15.95 Add to cartExpositions Exposed 2021 is a fully revised and edited version of the 2019 original.
Have we have been lied to? During 1850-1915 Great Expositions (Fairs) were built worldwide including: Chicago 1893,
- Author: Mickoski, Howdie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 09, 2021
- ISBN10: 8269126624
- Language: English
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
$19.99 Add to cart“A remarkable–and singularly chilling–glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book…represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.”–Newsweek
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- Author: Browning, Christopher R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 28, 2017
- ISBN10: 0062303023
- Language: English
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Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia
$18.00 Add to cartThis disturbing expos? describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Euro… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Paul L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884783
- Language: English
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History of the World Map by Map
$50.00 Add to cartExplore the history of the world in unprecedented detail with this ultimate guide to history throughout the ages.
Maps don’t just show us where to go, but also where we’ve been. If you’re interested … [more below]- Series: DK History Map by Map
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0744084962
- Language: English
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Salt: A World History
$19.00 Add to cart“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” – New York Times Book Review
An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World Best-selling author Mark- Author: Kurlansky, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0142001619
- Language: English
