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On Hitler’s Mountain
$16.99 Add to cartGrowing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden — just steps from Adolf Hitler’s alpine retreat — Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and some
- Author: Hunt, Irmgard A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0060532181
- Language: English
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Korea: War Without End
$35.00 Add to cartA ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides.
Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultima- Author: Dannatt, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1472869753
- Language: English
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The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of Civil War, 1642
$37.00 Add to cartA riveting account of the five heated months in which King Charles I attempted to arrest five dissident Members of Parliament by bringing an armed force to the House of Commons–a shocking act of poli… [more below]
- Author: Healey, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217170142
- Language: English
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The Warrior’s Honor: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience
$20.00 Add to cartSince the early 1990s, Michael Ignatieff has traveled the world’s war zones, from Bosnia to the West Bank, from Afghanistan to central Africa. The Warrior’s Honor is a report and a reflection on what
- Author: Ignatieff, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: October 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0805055193
- Language: English
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Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art
$29.00 Add to cartWritten by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless Naz
- Author: Loebl, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1538194228
- Language: English
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Cuba: A Brief History
$15.95 Read moreA concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country’s turbulent history.
Cuba: A Brief History covers the pr- Author: Vilaboy, Sergio Guerra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1644212099
- Language: English
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How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe (and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine)
$24.95 Add to cartJournalist Julie Masis interviewed her grandfather, Shlomo Masis, who lived to be 102, about how he survived the Holocaust in Obodovka, Ukraine, which was then under Romanian control.
- Author: Masis, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887197104
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Road to War: A Day-By-Day Account of the First 60 Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency
$29.95 Add to cartFollow Lincoln’s day-by-day path from peacemaker to war leader as the Union edges toward Civil War. The months after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, between March 4 and May 3, 1861, mark one of t… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, David Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1493092022
- Language: English
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$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Rebecca van Laer and her partner purchase a home and move in with their senior cats, Toby and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Laer, Rebecca Van
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 02 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765114629
- Language: English
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The Lost Termini of Berlin: A Biography of the Railway Stations That Shaped the German Capital
$32.99 Add to cartFrom the birth of Berlin’s railway network to the time when the bombs of the Second World War and the concrete slabs of the Wall changed the city forever, the Prussian and later German capital counte
- Author: Nieuwland, Ilja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: November 04 2024
- ISBN10: 3111381218
- Language: English
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan
$29.00 Add to cartINSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising count- Author: Doucet, Lyse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0735243417
- Language: English
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Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial
$24.00 Read more“A vivid reconstruction of the actions of the wartime allies and the Nazi elite at Nuremberg. Persico easily carries us into a deeper understanding of the trials.”–New York Newsday
The Nuremberg tria- Author: Persico, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 01 1995
- ISBN10: 014016622X
- Language: English
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The New Silk Roads: The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
$16.95 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now–as seen from the perspective of th… [more below]
- Author: Frankopan, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0525566708
- Language: English
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Sweet Victory: How the Berlin Airlift Divided East and West
$29.95 Add to cartThe fascinating story of how a forgotten group of airmen–who had spent World War II dropping Allied bombs on Berlin–risked their lives in 1948-49 dropping chocolate bars from the sky.
After Hitler’s- Author: Pearson, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368582
- Language: English
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Nellie Bly and Investigative Journalism for Kids: Mighty Muckrakers from the Golden Age to Today, with 21 Activities Volume 56
$19.99 Read moreA Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2016
In the late 1800s, the daring young reporter Elizabeth Cochrane–known by the pen name Nellie Bly–faked insanity so she could be committed t- Series: For Kids
- Author: Mahoney, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 161374997X
- Language: English
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California Rewritten: A Journey Through the Golden State’s New Literature
$30.00 Add to cartDive into the revelatory worlds of California’s most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future.
“In Freeman’s hands, California is a l
- Author: Freeman, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146927
- Language: English
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Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love
$19.95 Add to cartIn Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love, Elaine Culbertson has created a new kind of Holocaust survivor story. It is a memoir that combines both her mother, Dora Freilich’s, personal recollections of he
- Author: Culbertson, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 26 2025
- ISBN10: 195705722X
- Language: English
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Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World
$18.99 Add to cart“Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America’s pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race of unlikely hero
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0063371413
- Language: English
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The 1960s Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See a Turbulent Decade
$22.95 Add to cartThe 1960s had it all: cultural transformation, social upheaval, political unrest, technological leaps, and more. But until now, it’s never been brought to vivid life in such extraordinarily informativ… [more below]
- Series: Maps for Curious Minds
- Author: Kerr, Gordon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030808
- Language: English
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The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care
$19.95 Add to cart“A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one.”–Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature.
A suspenseful, a- Author: Wunsch, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1778402135
- Language: English
