Chronological Period/18th Century
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Kant
$47.00 Add to cartThis is the first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants among the pantheon of Western philosophers, and one of the most powerful and influential in contemp… [more below]
- Series: Biography
- Author: Kuehn, Manfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0521524067
- Language: English
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartA vibrant look at the American Revolution’s first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
When we reflect on our nation’s history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foreg- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 031622099X
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East
$22.99 Add to cartIn this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general’s reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his f… [more below]
- Author: Cole, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0230606032
- Language: English
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American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation
$9.00 Add to cartThe American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation is a Pulitzer Prize awarded history which deals with legal and political aspects of the American Revolution. The American Revolution began and … [more below]
- Author: McIlwain, Charles Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 8027342422
- Language: English
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Alexander I
$44.95 Add to cartAlexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his f
- Series: Niu Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Author: Rey, Marie-Pierre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: November 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0875804667
- Language: English
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White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America
$19.99 Add to cart“A fast-moving tale of courage, cruelty, hardship, and savagery.”–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In North America’s first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War, France and England–both i- Author: Brumwell, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0306814730
- Language: English
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Treasure Island
$9.99 Read moreYoung Jim Hawkins has no reason to suspect that Billy Bones, the pensioner who has taken up residence in his father’s inn, is anything other than an aging former mariner. But when violent altercations… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172256
- Language: English
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Common Sense
$14.00 Add to cartThe radical pamphlet that helped incite the American Revolution
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political history, selected by lead- Series: Penguin Civic Classics
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122002
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
$25.00 Add to cart“History writing at its glorious best.”–The New York Times
“A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style.”–The Economist The New York T- Series: Penguin History of Europe (Viking)
- Author: Blanning, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113895
- Language: English
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Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas
$26.95 Add to cartThe first part of a sweeping two-volume history of the devastation brought to bear on Indian nations by U.S. expansion
“An elegant, organized narrative of the United States’ dispossession of Native la- Author: Ostler, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0300255365
- Language: English
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Founding Fathers: A Captivating Guide to Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, James Madison, Al
$43.99 Add to cartExplore the Captivating Lives of the Founding Fathers
Eight captivating manuscripts in one book:
– Benjamin Franklin: A Captivating Guide to an American Polymath and a Founding Father of the United Sta
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 730
- Publish Date: December 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1647480132
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution
$35.00 Add to cartDuring the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on… [more below]
- Author: Ferrer, Ada
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: November 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1107697786
- Language: English
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Boston’s Freedom Trail: Trace The Path Of American History
$9.95 Add to cartRelive the birth of our nation along Boston’s historic Freedom Trail with this guide to over twenty-five legendary landmarks. This new edition is fully updated to include the most current information … [more below]
- Series: Boston’s Freedom Trail
- Author: Pietrzyk, Cindi D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2011
- ISBN10: 762772980
- Language: English
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The Enemy Harassed: Washington’s New Jersey Campaign of 1777
$24.00 Add to cartAs few books regarding American history have achieved, Jim Stempel’s The Enemy Harassed brings a previously neglected period of the American Revolution to life.
In late December 1776, the American War- Author: Stempel, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1637586159
- Language: English
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The Mapmaker’s Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
$21.99 Add to cartIn the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Cla… [more below]
- Author: Whitaker, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0465057942
- Language: English
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Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution
$22.99 Add to cartMark Puls delivers a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general who played a key role in all of George Washington’s battles.
During the Siege of Boston, Henry Knox’s amazing 300 mile transpo- Author: Puls, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 11 2010
- ISBN10: 0230623883
- Language: English
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A Cross of Thorns: The Enslavement of California’s Indians by the Spanish Missions
$16.95 Add to cartThe Spanish missions of California have long been misrepresented as places of benign and peaceful coexistence between Franciscan friars and California Indians. In fact, the mission friars enslaved the… [more below]
- Author: Castillo, Elias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1610353048
- Language: English
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The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings
$15.00 Add to cartCompletely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta
An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century s- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Equiano, Olaudah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437166
- Language: English
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The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
$18.99 Add to cartIn The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers from Smithsonian Books, historian Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace, offers a fresh look at the critical role of women in the lives of Washing… [more below]
- Author: Fleming, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0061139130
- Language: English
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The Poems of Phillis Wheatley
$5.99 Add to cartPoems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773) is the first book of poetry published by an African American author. Written while Wheatley was a slave in Boston, the collection was published in
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Wheatley, Phillis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1513277413
- Language: English
