Regional Studies
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From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan
$30.00 Read moreOne neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on a city, country, region, and world in a state of upheaval.
Karagumruk, an Istanbul neighborhood once dominated by Ottoman-era homes, is now known for its chea- Author: Hansen, Suzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 0374298432
- Language: English
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Grabbing A Slice Of “Minnesota Nice”
$28.99 Add to cartMinnesota has a code, don’t cha know?
Knowing this code is essential for living in the state famous for an accent only the Coen Brothers could replicate. But if you only focused on the accents in Fargo
- Author: Lamont, Lucas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: November 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9798823204309
- Language: English
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The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt
$35.00 Add to cart“An astonishing feat of writing and reporting and one of the finest books written on Afghanistan in a generation.”–Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Amity and Prosperity
From the inter- Author: Seierstad, Ã…sne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1639736263
- Language: English
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Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
$28.99 Add to cart2020 American Book Award winner, Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award
With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the r
Weatherford Award winner, nonfiction- Author: Harkins, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1946684791
- Language: English
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
$30.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0063090767
- Language: English
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Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
$20.00 Add to cartA gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy
“A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.”–The New… [more below]- Author: Demick, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0812988116
- Language: English
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The Italians
$19.00 Add to cartWashington Post bestseller
A vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also p
Los Angeles Times bestseller- Author: Hooper, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 19 2016
- ISBN10: 014312840X
- Language: English
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Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China’s New Social Order
$30.00 Add to cartNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the BBC
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women striving for a better future in a highly unequal society- Author: Yang, Yuan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0593493907
- Language: English
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Small Town Living: A Coast-To-Coast Guide to People, Places, and Communities
$30.00 Add to cartCelebrate the joys of small town life in this stunning, coast-to-coast photographic ode to country stores, main streets, and the inspiring creatives who have embraced life outside the city center.
B- Author: Abbott, Erin Austen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0762484292
- Language: English
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The Italians
$19.00 Read moreWashington Post bestseller
A vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also p
Los Angeles Times bestseller- Author: Hooper, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 19 2016
- ISBN10: 014312840X
- Language: English
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French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana
$29.95 Add to cartIn recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identifi
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: September 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0807176966
- Language: English
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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
$19.99 Add to cartThe path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.
“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” —New York Times Book ReviewDay… [more below]
- Author: Olopade, Dayo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0544483995
- Language: English
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
$18.99 Add to cartA journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a reality show
Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremli- Author: Pomerantsev, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1610396006
- Language: English
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Deep Dish Conversations: Voices of Social Change in Nashville
$24.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be a Nashvillian? A black Nashvillian? A white Nashvillian? What does it mean to be an organizer, an ally, an elected official, an agent for change? Deep Dish Conversations is a r… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Jerome
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0826505775
- Language: English
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We Hold Our Breath: A Journey to Texas Between Storms
$27.95 Add to cart“Houston spread like a glass of milk spilled on the wobbling table of Texan plains,” Micah Fields writes in this unique and poetic blend of reportage, history, and memoir. Developed as the commercial
- Author: Fields, Micah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1324003790
- Language: English
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Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJapan is arguably today’s most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products–from animated m… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goto-Jones, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199235694
- Language: English
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What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
$18.95 Add to cart“The most damning critique of Hillbilly Elegy.”―The New York Review of Books
“A spiky polemic.”–Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker
In recent years and in countless ways, Appalachia has been
- Author: Catte, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0998904147
- Language: English
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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
$18.99 Add to cartSo often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-nee
- Author: Faloyin, Dipo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1324065893
- Language: English
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
$19.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South–and thus of America–by an esteemed daughter of
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062977377
- Language: English
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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
$30.00 Read moreSo often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-nee
- Author: Faloyin, Dipo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0393881539
- Language: English
