Civilization
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African American History: An Enthralling Overview of African American Heritage, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Underground Railroad
$31.09 Add to cartAfrican American History 3-in-1: An Unforgettable Journey of Resilience, Resistance, and Triumph
From the inhuman horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade to the secret heroism of the Underground Railroad,
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: June 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887655994
- Language: English
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Peak Human: What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
$23.99 Add to cart“Could a history book be more timely?” —The Economist
“Norberg is a prophet of anti-pessimism.” —The Guardian Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific explo- Author: Norberg, Johan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 180546387X
- Language: English
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The God of Our Fathers: The Great Stories of the Bible
$22.99 Add to cartAs a way of connecting with his dying father, Aldo Cazzullo picks up the Bible and rediscovers an illuminating book that “speaks of us,” and whose legacy of storytelling formed our modern world
Until- Author: Cazzullo, Aldo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0063489082
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Universe (and Our Place in It)
$28.00 Add to cart“A sweeping tour of the laws of physics, the scope of the universe, and the place of life within it.” –Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
An elegant e
- Author: Malik, Sarah Alam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063476525
- Language: English
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Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World
$35.00 Add to cartThe creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by trial and error on a global scale.
There’s a
- Author: Wyman, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063256487
- Language: English
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The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia
The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient May- Series: Unearthing the Past
- Author: Stuart, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0691213844
- Language: English
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After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a prizewinning writer, a sweeping global history of the birth of nation-states and the consequences of their failure, for readers of Thomas Piketty and Timothy Snyder
The system of nation-states- Author: Dasgupta, Rana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 0399563679
- Language: English
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The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii’s Final Day
$30.00 Add to cartAward-winning ancient historian, archeologist, and social media sensation Dr. Jess Venner (@lifeinthepastlane_) brings the citizens of Pompeii back to life through a vibrant account of their final day
- Author: Venner, Jess
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0063460610
- Language: English
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Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home
$31.99 Add to cartAmericans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a sta
- Author: Al, Stefan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1324065729
- Language: English
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Stellar: A World Beyond Limits and How To Get There
$23.20 Add to cartA bold re-examination of the past, present, and future of humanity, Stellar challenges conventional thinking and offers a vision of hope and optimism – a necessary antidote to the fear and despair tha
- Author: Arbib, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1067046402
- Language: English
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Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
$21.99 Add to cartIn imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while s
- Author: Barraclough, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123346
- Language: English
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History of Cities in Maps
$47.99 Add to cartThe city: a concept nearly as old as history itself, it is a paradox of human innovation and intervention, order and conflict. From ancient civilizations to modern-day metropolises, maps have played a
- Author: Parker, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0008671818
- Language: English
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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
$18.99 Add to cartIn his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human cu… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Shattuck, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0156005514
- Language: English
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How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
$25.00 Add to cartAn award-winning Oxford history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)–that the West is, and always has been, truly global.
“Those archaic- Author: Quinn, Josephine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593729803
- Language: English
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The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
$34.95 Add to cartBooks are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones– they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller s… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Joel J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088939
- Language: English
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The Pre-Flood World: 3000 Year Timeline to the Great Flood
$18.95 Add to cartThere have been attempts in the ancient past to assemble a complete chronological history of the natural and human world. Much of this well-researched information is rare or has become lost to modern
- Series: Chronicon #1
- Author: Breshears, Jason M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: September 10 2025
- ISBN10: 158509160X
- Language: English
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Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It
$34.00 Add to cartFor readers of Thomas Piketty, David Graeber, and Jared Diamond: A bold, provocative, wide-ranging argument about the human idea of progress that offers a new vision of our future
Progress is power. Na- Author: McDonald, Samuel Miller
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1250278317
- Language: English
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Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World
$35.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
The definitive history of the slave trade in the Islamic world–a story that has been overshadowed by its notorious, but shorter-lived, Atlanti- Author: Marozzi, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639369732
- Language: English
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The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation
$22.99 Add to cartNewly updated for the paperback edition, this instant bestseller explains how and why some societies chose to destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541673514
- Language: English
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Capitalism: A Global History
$49.00 Add to cartA landmark event years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history
No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisive- Author: Beckert, Sven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1344
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0735220832
- Language: English
