History
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
$25.99 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of … [more below]
- Author: Yergin, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: December 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1439110123
- Language: English
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
$20.00 Add to cartThis groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow o
- Author: Blackmon, Douglas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0385722702
- Language: English
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The First World War
$23.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The definitive account of the Great War from one of our most eminent military historians. “Elegantly written, clear, detailed, and omniscient…. Keegan is…perhaps the best mil… [more below]
- Author: Keegan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 16 2000
- ISBN10: 0375700455
- Language: English
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The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation
$17.99 Add to cartThe Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation is a full-color illustrated look at Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech, the bloody battle of the Civil War that prompted it, and how they led to a defini
- Author: Hennessey, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 0061969761
- Language: English
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Vietnam Journal – Book 2: The Iron Triangle
$16.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the ey
- Series: Vietnam Journal
- Author: Lomax, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1635298768
- Language: English
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The Young Melbourne & Lord M
$26.99 Add to cartModern Library’s 100th best non-fiction book of all time, and John F. Kennedy’s favourite book.
A masterful biography of the life of Lord Melbourne – Queen Victoria’s Prime Minister and devoted mentor,
- Author: Cecil, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 422
- Publish Date: July 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1509854924
- Language: English
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Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers
$44.95 Add to cartThe first-ever comprehensive history of the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers and its infamous leader, Cesar Chavez–“one of the most attractive and charismatic figures U.S. politics has produc… [more below]
- Author: Bardacke, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 856
- Publish Date: October 09 2012
- ISBN10: 1781680663
- Language: English
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Around the Bend: Floating Down the Missouri River
$24.95 Add to cartThe Missouri River is one of the most dangerous rivers in the United States–and one of the most economically important. Even as prolonged drought in the Midwest has imperiled urban drinking water and
- Author: Dill, Lisa G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: April 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1496237315
- Language: English
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Riding Into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel
$29.95 Add to cartAs a member of the integrated Women’s Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys served her country as a receptionist at Fort Dix, New Jersey. When she boarded a bus home to North Carolina in 1952, sh… [more below]
- Author: Nathan, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1478033169
- Language: English
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Church Together: An Essential Guide to All-Age Ministry
$22.99 Read moreWant to bring all ages back into worship–together? Church Together is your practical, inspiring guide to intergenerational ministry. With theological grounding and dozens of real-life ideas, Church T
- Author: Smith, Traci
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 082720759X
- Language: English
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Joe the Pressman: The Incredible True Story of an Enslaved African Boy who Became a Heroic Freedom Fighter
$17.99 Add to cartA brave African boy’s journey from slavery to resistance unfolds in this captivating tale. Discover the remarkable true story of resilience and courage that sheds light on the hidden histories of slav
- Author: Nelson, Charmaine A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 9798318804427
- Language: English
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A Vast Horizon: Artists and Lovers, Freedom and War
$29.95 Read more- Author: Thomasson, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101528
- Language: English
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Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation
$21.00 Add to cart2026 Edgar Award Finalist!
For the first time in forty years, former New York Times editor Michael Cannell unearths the full story behind two ruthless New York cops who acted as double agents for the M- Author: Cannell, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1250817803
- Language: English
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Hidden Haunts: A Creepy Collection of Forgotten Ghostly Places
$24.99 Read moreDiscover the spooky and sordid details of forgotten haunted locales across North America through 70+ in-depth profiles, brought to life with eerily expressive illustrations.
Hidden Haunts is your goos- Author: Gossel, Conner
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1577155513
- Language: English
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The True History of Tea
$24.95 Add to cartWorld–renowned scholar of Chinese history Victor H. Mair teams up with journalist Erling Hoh to spill the tea on this remarkable beverage and its uses, from ancient times to the present and from East
- Author: Hoh, Erling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 0500299013
- Language: English
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The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France
$39.95 Add to cartA new history of slavery and the French Revolution
The First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impa- Author: Popkin, Jeremy D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0691246920
- Language: English
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Hollywood in Ohio
$24.99 Read moreToo few know of the screen legends from Ohio and the outsized impact the state had in establishing Hollywood as the filmmaking capital of the world.
Hollywood and Ohio are much closer than one might a
- Author: Hinds, Conrade C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1467159360
- Language: English
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Ortiz’s War: The Allies’ Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France
$29.99 Read moreThe untold story of the Allies’ secret weapon in occupied France.
Peter J. Ortiz’s path to becoming the most battle-decorated member of America’s first spy agency–and one of the most decorated Marines
- Author: Reynolds, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 140025616X
- Language: English
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The River Wild: A Celebrated Journey Down the Whitewater Rapids of the Grand Canyon
$19.95 Add to cartThe Colorado River through the Grand Canyon has a well-deserved reputation for whitewater-the feature that draws many boaters to the raging torrent amidst its spectacular chasms. This guide offers a l… [more below]
- Author: Kuhne, Cecil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1647692652
- Language: English
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Revolution: An Intellectual History
$49.95 Add to cart“Brilliant and beautiful. Now this book exists, it’s hard to know how we did without it.”
A cultural and intellectual balance-sheet of the twentieth century’s age of
-China Mi?ville, author of October- Author: Traverso, Enzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1839763590
- Language: English
