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A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe definitive history of Iran, from the ancient Persian empires to today
Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Frida- Author: Axworthy, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0465098762
- Language: English
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The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism
$34.95HardcoverRead moreIn the single month of September 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated or disciplined six of its members. These six individuals-some of them intellectuals, some activist… [more below]
- Author: Patterson, Sara M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1560854669
- Language: English
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Narratives of the New England Witchcraft Cases
$29.99PaperbackRead moreA rising tide of witchcraft hysteria overwhelmed the sober Puritan communities of 17th-century New England, culminating in the notorious Salem witch trials of 1692. Rooted in religious zealotry as wel
- Author: Burr, George Lincoln
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0486420558
- Language: English
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Scotland: A Concise History
$16.95PaperbackRead moreBringing the story of Scotland up to date, this revised fifth edition of Fitzroy Maclean’s classic work includes additional chapters by distinguished journalist Magnus Linklater. Linklater examines ho
- Author: Linklater, Magnus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0500294720
- Language: English
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By: Lenin, V. I.
Lenin’s Final Fight: Speeches and Writings, 1922-23
$17.00PaperbackRead moreIn 1922 and 1923, V.I. Lenin, central leader of the world’s first socialist revolution, waged what was to be his last political battle. At stake was whether that revolution, and the international move… [more below]
- Author: Lenin, V. I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 379
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1604880279
- Language: English
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A Pocket History of Ireland
$9.95HardcoverRead moreEncompassing stories of some of Ireland’s best known characters as well as key moments in Ireland’s past, this pocket history recalls the country’s struggles through dark times, its successes, its peo… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0717147290
- Language: English
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By: Green, Toby
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
$26.00PaperbackAdd to cartBy the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies o… [more below]
- Author: Green, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 650
- Publish Date: March 05 2021
- ISBN10: 022678973X
- Language: English
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By: Kamysh, Markiyan
Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl
$22.00HardcoverRead more“His is a voice that must be heard.” –Patti Smith
“A poetic rush to madness. . . a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving.”
–Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us and Countdown- Author: Kamysh, Markiyan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1662601271
- Language: English
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By: Uris, Jill
Ireland: A Terrible Beauty
$18.99PaperbackRead moreJill and Leon Uris came to Ireland looking for answers. Why was Ireland bled by one internal war after another? How can one country contain such greatness and grief? What they discovered was more than
- Author: Uris, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9798200724321
- Language: English
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By: MacIntyre, Ben
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison
$31.00PaperbackRead moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “entertaining [and] often-moving account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodi… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593632079
- Language: English
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By: Eisner, Will
The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe Plot, which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms … [more below]
- Author: Eisner, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0393328600
- Language: English
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By: Foucault, Michel
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartMichel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madne… [more below]
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 1980
- ISBN10: 039473954X
- Language: English
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By: Said, Edward W.
The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994
$23.00PaperbackRead moreAuthor of the groundbreaking The Question of Palestine, Edward Said has been America’s most outspoken advocate for Palestinian self-determination. As these collected essays amply prove, he is also our… [more below]
- Author: Said, Edward W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 30 1995
- ISBN10: 0679761454
- Language: English
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By: Hobsbawm, Eric
The Age of Capital: 1848-1875
$19.00PaperbackRead moreIn this book, Eric Hobsbawm chronicles the events and trends that led to the triumph of private enterprise and its exponents in the years between 1848 and 1875. Along with Hobsbawm’s other
volumes, th… [more below]- Series: History of the Modern World
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 26 1996
- ISBN10: 0679772545
- Language: English
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By: Everitt, Anthony
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World’s Greatest Civilization
$25.00PaperbackAdd to cartA magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian
- Author: Everitt, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 26 2017
- ISBN10: 0812984986
- Language: English
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By: Schreiber, Brad
Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change
$28.95PaperbackRead moreHonorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards – Performing Arts & Music
Popular music has long been a powerful force for social chang
Honorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition- Author: Schreiber, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1978839022
- Language: English
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By: Vallejo, Irene
El Futuro Recordado / The Remembered Future
$17.95PaperbackRead more«Los libros de Irene Vallejo, claros e inteligentes, se leen muy bien e invitan a pensar. En la mejor línea humanista. -CARLOS GARCÍA GUAL
La aparente contradicción que da título a este lib- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820968
- Language: Spanish
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By: AgustÃn, José
Tragicomedia Mexicana 1: La Vida En México de 1940 a 1970 / Tragicomedy 1
$13.95PaperbackRead moreLa radiografía de un país hecha por uno de sus más conocidos autores.
En este primer volumen de la Tragicomedia mexicana, que comprende de 1940 a 1970, tenemos los grandes acontecimientos políticos… [more below]- Author: AgustÃn, José
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820682
- Language: Spanish
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What Is History, Now?
$19.99PaperbackRead moreThis groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that h
- Author: Lipscomb, Suzannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 147462247X
- Language: English
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By: Puhak, Shelley
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
$30.00HardcoverRead more“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”–Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestsel
- Author: Puhak, Shelley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1635574919
- Language: English





