Basic Books
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Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich
$22.99 Add to cartThis “elegant and sobering” (New York Times) history reveals how Germany’s fractured republic gave way to the Third Reich, from the breakthrough of the Nazi party to the rise of Hitler
Amid the ravages
- Author: Fritzsche, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1541697456
- Language: English
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A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
$16.99 Add to cartA stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time from an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author.
Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been… [more below]- Author: Gopnik, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541699343
- Language: English
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Roman Warfare
$18.99 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a concise and comprehensive history of the fighting forces that created the Roman Empire
Roman warfare was relentless in its pursuit of victory. A ruthl… [more below]- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1541699238
- Language: English
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
$41.00 Add to cartFrom a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism.
In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0465098495
- Language: English
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The Arabs: A History
$24.99 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling definitive history of the Arab world, named a best book of the year by the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Atlantic — now updated to cover the latest developme… [more below]
- Author: Rogan, Eugene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 046509421X
- Language: English
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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds
$18.99 Add to cartA “fantastically informative” exploration of the hummingbird from an acclaimed natural history writer that is “exceedingly well-researched and packed with fascinating lore” (Wall Street Journal)
Hummin
- Author: Dunn, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1541601416
- Language: English
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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
$39.58 Add to cartAn award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.
One of the Best Books of 2021 — Wall Street Journal
The islands of … [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619838
- Language: English
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The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe
$32.00 Add to cartOne of the preeminent mathematicians of the past half century shows how physics and math were combined to give us the theory of gravity and the dizzying array of ideas and insights that has come from … [more below]
- Author: Nadis, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604296
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Lawyer
$18.99 Add to cartAs defender of both the righteous and the questionable, Alan Dershowitz has become perhaps the most famous and outspoken attorney in the land. Whether or not they agree with his legal tactics, most pe… [more below]
- Series: Art of Mentoring (Paperback)
- Author: Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0465016332
- Language: English
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America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States
$36.40 Add to cart“The best one-volume history of the United States ever written” (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidencies
In America, Empire of Liberty, prizewinning historian David Reyn… [more below]- Author: Reynolds, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 154167569X
- Language: English
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In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
$19.99 Add to cartThe seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know it.
Most people are familiar with history’s great equations: Newton’s Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein’s theory of relativity.- Author: Stewart, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0465085989
- Language: English
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
$24.99 Add to cartPaul Dirac was among the greatest scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of Einstein’s most admired colleagues, he helped discover quantum mechanics, and his prediction of antimatter was one of th… [more below]
- Author: Farmelo, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0465022103
- Language: English
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Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War
$23.99 Read moreAn “absorbing” and “visceral” (New York Times) account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States
By e- Author: Simms, Brendan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1541619102
- Language: English
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What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a
$29.00 Add to cartA beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes.
Dubbed by the New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” Dar- Author: Williams, Dar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0465098967
- Language: English
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
$45.00 Add to cartA “breathtakingly magisterial” account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal)
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a w… [more below]- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0465066984
- Language: English
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Probably Approximately Correct: Nature’s Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World
$33.32 Add to cartFrom a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.
How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that- Author: Valiant, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0465060722
- Language: English
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The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition
$31.65 Read moreFrom one of America’s most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just diagnosing their illness.
Modern medicine treats sick- Author: Kleinman, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1541647122
- Language: English
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Cannae: Hannibal’s Greatest Victory
$18.99 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome’s most devastating defeat August 2, 216 BC was one of history’s bloodiest single days of fighting. On a narrow plain nea
- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1541699254
- Language: English
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Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence–And a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America
Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. B… [more below]- Author: Abt, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1541645723
- Language: English
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
$35.00 Add to cartThe definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries — from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.
In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dy… [more below]- Author: Rady, Martyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1541644506
- Language: English
