History
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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
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The Dark Side of the Talmud: Timeless Controversies: Heretic Horizons of Jewish History (Skriuwer.com Edition)
$16.99 Add to cartThe Dark Side of the Talmud examines some of the more difficult passages in rabbinic literature, placing them in their historical context to explain how they arose. Beginning with the Babylonian exile
- Series: Controversial Books
- Author: Auke de Haan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 29 2025
- ISBN10: 3565067675
- Language: English
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Failure and Fortitude
$22.99 Add to cartIn 1976, the Teton Dam collapsed, unleashing a wall of water that ravaged eastern Idaho and shattered the public’??s trust in American infrastructure. Engineers, historians, and survivors have asked t
- Author: Gee, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 01 2026
- ISBN10: 1462151345
- Language: English
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Ben Franklin’s Book of Virtues (Deluxe, Hardbound Edition)
$9.99 Read moreElegant keepsake volume presents Ben Franklin’s list of 13 essential virtues, including resolution, industry, and justice, and a plan for putting them into practice.
- Franklin intended his list to serve
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1441346074
- Language: English
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Mujer Triqui: Una Vida Construyendo La Paz / Triqui Woman
$19.95 Read moreEn las monta?as de Oaxaca hay una guerra de medio siglo, ignorada por millones… Justo ah? naci? una historia de resistencia y dignidad inquebrantable.
Mujer triqui es el extraordinario relato de una- Author: Betty Pérez López, Betty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 6073866771
- Language: Spanish
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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
$18.99 Read moreA magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.
As the first Black woman to c
- Author: Morris, Susana M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0063211831
- Language: English
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Haman’s Lies: Exposing the Ancient Roots of Antisemitism and Why the Spirit of Esther Must Arise
$24.99 Add to cartThe lies come first. The violence always follows.
Since October 7, 2023-the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust-the world has witnessed something alarming: the victims have been turned
- Author: Evans, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1960870785
- Language: English
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The Magnificent Book of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures
$19.99 Read moreTravel back in time and explore your favorite dinosaurs with the bestselling Magnificent Book of series. Stunning illustrations, fun facts, and a detailed map bring the subject to life for readers 8-1… [more below]
- Series: Magnificent Book of
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: July 21 2026
- ISBN10: 9798886744330
- Language: English
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The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun
$21.99 Add to cart- Author: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 0063578751
- Language: English
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Notes for Next Time: Surviving Tyranny, Redeeming America
$23.99 Add to cartWhy did we lose the broadly decent economy of the era after World War II? Why did reformers win all the important arguments about how to renew a good society, only to lose the politics? Why do democra
- Author: Kuttner, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798998579684
- Language: English
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Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures
$24.95 Add to cartThe Cape Cod League is the premier amateur baseball league in the United States, and this book presents stories of the people, places, and players who have made it great.
If someone told you an amateur
- Author: Richard, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1960819658
- Language: English
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Life Without Reservations: Growing Up at the Famed Ambassador Hotel 1921 to 1938
$25.00 Add to cartWhat if the only life a young girl ever knew was growing up in a famous hotel? And what if that young girl was your mother, and her magical life went from extraordinary to ordinary overnight? This is
- Author: Benjamin, Carlyn Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1960865412
- Language: English
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Pearl Harbor Ghosts: The Legacy of December 7, 1941
$19.00 Add to cartA landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, Pearl Harbor Ghosts has now been updated to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surprise attack that forever changed the course of history. … [more below]
- Author: Clarke, Thurston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0345446070
- Language: English
