History
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Motherhood Discounted: Care Work in America Before and After Roe
$17.99 Read moreFor readers trying to make sense of America’s political turmoil and eroding reproductive rights, an incisive examination, enhanced with personal stories, of how care work has been extracted and compel
- Author: McConnell, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896363149
- Language: English
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The Frozen Water Trade
$9.99 Add to cartThe story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from the lakes of New England – valued for its incredible purity – revolutionised domestic life around the world.
In the days before artificial re
- Author: Weightman, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0007102860
- Language: English
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Kennedy: The Classic Biography
$24.99 Add to cart“A brilliant and essential document about the man, the President, and his times. In all the millions of words which have been written about the martyred President, this book must remain unique. . . .
- Series: Harper Perennial Political Classics
- Author: Sorensen, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: October 20 2009
- ISBN10: 006196784X
- Language: English
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Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker
$21.95 Add to cartSamuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Based on exten… [more below]
- Author: Holiday, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0806143894
- Language: English
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Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
$19.99 Add to cartIn the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman’s Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad f
- Author: Edwards, Justene Hill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123486
- Language: English
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Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City
$31.95 Add to cartIn Kings of the Garden, Adam J. Criblez traces the fall and rise of the New York Knicks between the 1973, the year they won their last NBA championship, and 1985, when the organization drafted Patrick
- Author: Criblez, Adam J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1501773933
- Language: English
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The Great American Quiz Book: 1776 Questions to Celebrate 250 Years of the USA
$16.95 Add to cartTest your knowledge with The Great American Quiz Book!
Packed with 1,776 questions–a nod to the year of independence–this ultimate trivia treasure celebrates 250 years of the USA. It’s the perfect co
- Series: Quiz Books
- Author: Hopkinson, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1835553877
- Language: English
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The Adoption Papers
$16.95 Add to cartJackie Kay tells the story of a black girl’s adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best … [more below]
- Author: Kay, Jackie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: October 24 1991
- ISBN10: 185224156X
- Language: English
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Explore the Aztec Empire
$9.99 Read moreThe Aztecs built an empire on two swampy islands in Lake Texcoco. They thrived until Spanish explorers came and took control. From farming to warfare, learn about the daily life of the Aztecs.
Civiliza
- Series: Lightning Bolt Books (R) — Early Civilizations
- Author: Ransom, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798348028992
- Language: English
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A Year at Highclere: Secrets and Stories from the Real Downton Abbey
$42.99 Read moreJoin Lady Carnarvon as she exclusively reveals into the daily rhythms, seasonal changes and timeless traditions of one of Britain’s most iconic stately homes.
Built in a bygone era, Highclere Castle a
- Author: Carnarvon, The Countess of
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1529963931
- Language: English
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Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance
$26.95 Add to cartA call for unity in the face of growing dehumanization of marginalized people-from a powerful voice in the dialogue on racism today.
The walk back on a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Th
- Author: Meeks, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1640659676
- Language: English
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Pausanias of Sparta: From Victor to Traitor
$30.00 Add to cartThe story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history
Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the enigmatic
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ogden, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0300284764
- Language: English
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Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet
$32.00 Read more‘It’s rich and beautiful and strange’ Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics
‘This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you’re as hooked on Homer as the- Author: Power, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1399428152
- Language: English
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Legends & Lore Along Route 66: Tales from the Mother Road
$24.99 Add to cart100 years of cruising from Chicago to Santa Monica.
Opened in 1926, Route 66 was one of America’s original highways. In modern times, the Mother Road is an icon of nostalgia and kitsch, but behind each
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Clune, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1467172170
- Language: English
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The Modernist Wish: A History of Europe, 1914-1939
$45.00 Add to cart- Series: Cambridge History of Europe
- Author: Eley, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 540
- Publish Date: May 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0521811457
- Language: English
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Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
$20.00 Add to cartA sweeping and deeply personal account of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life
FINALIST FOR T- Author: Pember, Mary Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 059347046X
- Language: English
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Vineyards to Victory: A French Soldier, Yorktown, and the Making of an American Family
$18.99 Add to cartA multigenerational French-American migration story rooted in the Revolutionary War.
From the vineyards of France to the battlefield of Yorktown, and from one village in Haute-Sa?ne to a French settlem
- Author: Hart, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798999760753
- Language: English
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Oregon: This Storied Land
$24.95 Add to cartOregon’s landscape boasts brilliant waterfalls, towering volcanoes, productive river valleys, and far-reaching high deserts. People have lived in the region for at least twelve thousand years, during
- Author: Robbins, William G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0295747242
- Language: English
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How We Got the Bible
$18.99 Add to cartOVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD
The story behind the most widely read book of all time
A classic for more than forty years, How We Got the Bible provides well-researched, accessible answers to many questions… [more below]- Author: Lightfoot, Neil R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0801072611
- Language: English
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Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies
$19.95 Add to cartAn intelligent, humanistic, and exciting alternative to welfare reform.
- Author: Sirolli, Ernesto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0865713979
- Language: English
