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By: Livio, Mario
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartA New York Times-bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on “a mesmerizing exploration” (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life
For a long- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 154160296X
- Language: English
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By: Jarvis, Jeff
The Web We Weave: Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cartA bold defense of the internet, arguing attempts to fix and regulate it are often misguided —“essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of the internet” (Taylor Lorenz, author of Extrem… [more below]
- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604121
- Language: English
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By: Wawro, Geoffrey
The Vietnam War: A Military History
$40.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe first comprehensive military history of the war in Vietnam
The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it sparked budget deficits, campus protests- Author: Wawro, Geoffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1541606086
- Language: English
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By: Levin, Yuval
American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation–And Could Again
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cart“The most important voice in the political culture” (Ben Shapiro) reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fracti… [more below]
- Author: Levin, Yuval
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0465040748
- Language: English
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By: McMeekin, Sean
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism
When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the world was certain that Communism was dead. Today, three decades later, it is clear that it was- Author: McMeekin, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1541601963
- Language: English
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By: Gordon, Bruce
The Bible: A Global History
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartA global history of the world’s best-known and most influential book
For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. F- Author: Gordon, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1541619730
- Language: English
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By: Hughes, Bettany
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA “lively, wide-ranging” (TheTimes, UK)cultural history of the goddess of love
Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But long before the ancient Gree- Author: Hughes, Bettany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1541606043
- Language: English
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By: Jähner, Harald
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe dramatic and consequential history of Germany’s short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoil
Ou- Author: Jähner, Harald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1541606205
- Language: English
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By: Frahm, Eckart
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartA “sweeping, delightfully readable” (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires
At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stret- Author: Frahm, Eckart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1541605152
- Language: English
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By: Moss, Stephen
Ten Birds That Changed the World
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom “a captivating storyteller” (Wall Street Journal), the natural history of humankind told through our long relationship with birds
For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds.- Author: Moss, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1541606329
- Language: English
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The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe “deep and impactful” story of the American stadium (Howard Bryant, author of Full Dissidence)–from the first wooden ballparks to today’s glass and steel mega-arenas–revealing how it has made, an… [more below]
- Author: Guridy, Frank Andre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1541601459
- Language: English
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Escape from Shadow Physics: The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn expert researcher argues for a revolutionary new understanding of quantum mechanics
The received wisdom in quantum physics is that, at the deepest levels of reality, there are no actual cau- Author: Kay, Adam Forrest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1541675789
- Language: English
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By: Burt, Stephanie
Don’t Read Poetry: A Book about How to Read Poems
$30.00HardcoverRead moreAn award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys–and challenges–of the genre
In Don’t Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduc… [more below]- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0465094503
- Language: English
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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartA groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight — and keep fighting — for a lost cause in World War II
In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary … [more below]- Author: Stargardt, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 0465094899
- Language: English
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By: Sax, Leonard
Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed–And What Parents Can Do
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartA parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls’ psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self.
In Girls on the Edge, psychologis- Author: Sax, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1541617800
- Language: English
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By: Josiah Osgood
Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic
$32.00HardcoverRead moreA dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good.
In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the- Author: Osgood, Josiah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 29, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541620119
- Language: English
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By: Roberts, Randy
War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA “marvelous” (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard … [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541672682
- Language: English
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By: Watts, Edward J.
Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartLearn why the Roman Republic collapsed — and how it could have continued to thrive — with this insightful history from an award-winning author.
In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J.- Author: Watts, Edward J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1541646487
- Language: English
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By: Yallop, David
In God’s Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I
$23.32PaperbackRead moreIn September 1978, Albino Luciani–Pope John Paul I–mysteriously died only thirty-three days after his election. At the request of certain individuals from the Vatican, David Yallop began his investi
- Author: Yallop, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 09 2007
- ISBN10: 0786719842
- Language: English
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By: Pfeffer, Anshel
Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu
$70.00HardcoverAdd to cartA deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel — its history, present, and future — without first understanding the life and worl… [more below]
- Author: Pfeffer, Anshel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0465097820
- Language: English

















