History
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
$35.00 Add to cartThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War–the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944–when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan’s far
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #2
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0393080641
- Language: English
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
$30.00 Add to cartFollowing the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism during h… [more below]
- Author: McRaven, William H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1538729741
- Language: English
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The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals
$18.00 Add to cartPresented by the National Constitution Center, an inspirational collection of essays exploring the founding principles that continue to shape American democracy from the nation’s leading constitutiona… [more below]
- Author: National Constitution Center
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1668241846
- Language: English
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The Story of Porsche: A Tribute to the Legendary Manufacturer
$16.95 Add to cartThe Story of Porsche is a compact and beautifully designed review of the iconic car manufacturer.
From the alluring curves to the powerful engineering, Porsche has been synonymous with both luxury and
- Series: Little Book of Transportation #3
- Author: Smith, Luke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1802792910
- Language: English
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What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
$7.99 Add to cart“Four score and seven years ago…” begins Abraham Lincoln’s beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So … [more below]
- Series: What Was…
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 07 2013
- ISBN10: 0448462869
- Language: English
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Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide
$33.00 Add to cartA hand-drawn guide to architectural styles throughout history
Architectural Styles is an incomparable guide to architectural styles across the centuries and around the world. Modeled after an architec- Author: Fletcher, Margaret
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0691208077
- Language: English
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Mendo: How an Unlikely Group of Rebels Turned Cannabis Into California’s Cash Crop
$30.00 Read moreA whip-smart and entertaining work of narrative history that shows how an unlikely partnership borne of necessity spawned a lucrative marijuana industry that changed the world
California’s homegrown w- Author: Harris, Charlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 1640096914
- Language: English
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Roar!: A Collection of Mighty Women
$45.00 Add to cartOn the heels of Ashley Longshore’s successful I Do Not Cook, I Do Not Clean, I Do Not Fly Commercial comes Roar A Collection of Mighty Women inspirational portraits of the most culturally seminal wom… [more below]
- Author: Longshore, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0847870782
- Language: English
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Horology: An Illustrated Primer on the History, Philosophy, and Science of Time, with an Overview of the Wristwatch and the Watc
$34.99 Add to cartHorology is a thorough introduction to the world of time and watchmaking. Brimming with more than 150 detailed and full-color images, illustrations, charts, and technical drawings, this book is a must… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Barry B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0764363921
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland’s Good Fortune
$9.99 Add to cartIn the first book he has both written and illustrated, master artist Lynch brings the story of a young “Mayflower” voyager to vivid life, capturing a pivotal moment in American history in precise and … [more below]
- Author: Lynch, P. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1536202967
- Language: English
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
$15.99 Add to cartIn a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most m
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0063295962
- Language: English
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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 0190685077
- Language: English
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I Am Abraham Lincoln
$16.99 Add to cartEach picture book in this series is a biography of an American hero, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that made the person heroic. (Cover may v… [more below]
- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740832
- Language: English
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Things Will Never Be the Same
$6.99 Read moreTomie has his own diary with a lock and a key&150now he can write down all his secrets and no one will be able to read them. All through the year, exciting things happen and Tomie writes about them in… [more below]
- Series: 26 Fairmount Avenue #5
- Author: dePaola, Tomie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 24 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401552
- Language: English
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Obama: An Intimate Portrait
$60.00 Add to cartRelive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza’s behind-the-scenes images and stories in this #1 New York Times bestseller — with a foreword from the … [more below]
- Author: Souza, Pete
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0316512583
- Language: English
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Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
$26.00 Add to cart“Golda Meir–immigrant, Zionist, feminist, and wartime prime minister of Israel–claimed far more than one woman’s share of history. In Lioness, Francine Klagsbrun superbly captures Golda’s courage an… [more below]
- Author: Klagsbrun, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0805211934
- Language: English
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No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC
$29.95 Add to cartA history of Black poets in Washington, DC, reveals how they have reflected and transformed American cultural discourse
Washington, DC, has long been home to a dynamic and vibrant African American lite
- Author: Gilmore, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2026
- ISBN10: 164712655X
- Language: English
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Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History
$39.95 Add to cartA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
The National Comedy Center and Smithsonian Institution hold unparalleled collections of artifacts that illustrate the vitality and importance of comedy i- Author: Laplaca, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1978837968
- Language: English
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Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works
$29.95 Add to cartThe remarkable story of the global movement championing the idea that evidence, not opinions, should guide our decisions
Today, more and more people around the globe are using scientific evidence to f- Author: Pearson, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 0691207070
- Language: English
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
$26.00 Add to cart“Perlstein…aims here at nothing less than weaving a tapestry of social upheaval. His success is dazzling.” —Los Angeles Times
“Both brilliant and fun, a consuming journey back into the making of mo- Author: Perlstein, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: April 14 2009
- ISBN10: 074324303X
- Language: English
