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The West: The History of an Idea
$39.95 Add to cartA comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West
How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did “Westerners” beg- Author: Varouxakis, Georgios
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 069117718X
- Language: English
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A Popular History of IDI Amin’s Uganda
$35.00 Add to cartHow Africa’s most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic
Idi Amin ruled Uganda between 1971 and 1979, inflicting tremendous violence on the people of the count- Author: Peterson, Derek R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278381
- Language: English
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The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel)
$17.32 Add to cartThe Great Jazz Age Novel
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The 1925 Original Version, with Classroom History
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The Great Gatsby is considered F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, exploring themes of decadence, idealism, social
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: May 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1936767848
- Language: English
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The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising
$19.99 Add to cartA Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five young, Polish Jewish
- Author: Hyman, Elizabeth R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0063355019
- Language: English
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On Elizabeth Bishop
$16.95 Add to cartA compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today’s most acclaimed novelists
In this book, novelist Colm T?ib?n offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most im- Series: Writers on Writers #7
- Author: TóibÃn, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271046
- Language: English
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The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of Civil War, 1642
$35.00 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0593803086
- Language: English
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Metamaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
$25.00 Add to cartNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER – Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals – Featured in the documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is … [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Spiegelman, Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0375715371
- Language: English
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Mukden 1905: Russia and Japan’s Battle for Manchuria
$25.00 Read moreA compelling narrative of the largest land battle of its time, and the decisive engagement of the Russo-Japanese War.
Mukden stands out as the most significant battle of the Russo-Japanese War. By Feb- Series: Campaign #413
- Author: Valitutto, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1472864220
- Language: English
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Everyday Life in Early America
$17.99 Add to cart“In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held assumptions about 17th century settlers.”–Publishers We… [more below]
- Series: Everyday Life in America Series
- Author: Hawke, David F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0060912510
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom
$13.99 Add to cart‘I was at one of those periods in youth–vacant, without any particular love object–when, like a lover seeing his beloved in all things, we desire, we seek, we see Beauty everywhere.’
In the Shadow o- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Proust, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0192845675
- Language: English
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Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
$35.00 Add to cartIn the early 1960s, a peaceful world was an imaginable goal. The still-young United Nations was widely respected and regarded as humankind’s best hope for resolving global conflicts. African and Asian
- Author: Myint-U, Thant
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1324051973
- Language: English
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The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
$19.00 Add to cartIn the eighteenth century, medicine underwent a mutation. For the first time, medical knowledge took on a precision that had formerly belonged only to mathematics. The body became something that could… [more below]
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 29 1994
- ISBN10: 0679753346
- Language: English
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The Street Children of Dickens’s London
$24.95 Read moreMany poor and vulnerable people lived on the streets of Victorian cities. They were the victims of rapid industrialisation, a government policy of non-intervention regarding social issues and the hars… [more below]
- Author: Amy, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1848688466
- Language: English
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A Little History of the United States
$15.00 Add to cartA character-filled history that brings the American saga to life
The United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world. This is the remarkable story of how it came to be. Beginning wit- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Davidson, James West
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283431
- Language: English
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
$34.95 Add to cartA refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
In the Future of Yesterday delves into Stefan Zweig’s considerable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Je- Author: Görner, Rüdiger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1914979109
- Language: English
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Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir
$19.95 Add to cartThe authors of this striking memoir, Hiding in Holland, survivor Max Rothschild and his daughter Shulamit Reinharz, tell the story of a Jewish man who saved his life repeatedly during the Holocaust, e
- Series: Holocaust Survivor True Stories
- Author: Reinharz, Shulamit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: June 17 2024
- ISBN10: 949332270X
- Language: English
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The Hidden Life of Otto Frank
$17.99 Add to cartIn this definitive new biography, Carol Ann Lee provides the answer to one of the most heartbreaking questions of modern times: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis? Probing this startl
- Author: Lee, Carol Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0060520833
- Language: English
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History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment
$9.99 Add to cartMyths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes–and their solutions! Don’t miss the award-winning History … [more below]
- Series: History Smashers
- Author: Messner, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593705300
- Language: English
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Wagner Group – Private Military Company: Volume 1: Establishment, Purpose, Profile and Historic Relevance 2013-2023
$29.95 Read more“Western media made sure that Wagner was well-known and this book pieces together disparate bits of information into one place.” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
In the early 2010s the Wagner Grou… [more below]
- Series: Europe@war
- Author: Besenyo, Janos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1804516090
- Language: English
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More Than Love: The Enduring Fascination with Edgar Allan Poe
$28.00 Read more- Author: Armiento, Amy Branam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0881469467
- Language: English
