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By: Burt, Stephanie
Super Gay Poems: Lgbtqia+ Poetry After Stonewall
$29.95HardcoverAdd to cartA major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and more.
- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0674273117
- Language: English
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The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
$29.95HardcoverAdd to cartA moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic–and how they survived against all odds.
When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely se- Author: Schwankert, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368671
- Language: English
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By: Hunt, Lynn
The Revolutionary Self: Social Change and the Emergence of the Modern Individual, 1770-1800
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe eighteenth century was a time of cultural friction: individuals began to assert greater independence and there was a new emphasis on social equality. In this surprising history, Lynn Hunt examines
- Author: Hunt, Lynn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324079037
- Language: English
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By: Wiesel, Elie
Night
$13.00Mass Market PaperboundAdd to cart- Author: Wiesel, Elie
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0374534756
- Language: English
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By: Horn, Jonathan
The Fate of the Generals: Macarthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines
$30.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn the tradition of Hampton Sides’s bestseller Ghost Soldiers comes a World War II story of bravery, survival, and sacrifice–the vow Douglas MacArthur made to return to the Philippines and the oath h… [more below]
- Author: Horn, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1668010070
- Language: English
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Great Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali
$14.99HardcoverAdd to cartGreat Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali is an illustrated retelling of Ali’s life and sporting career, encompassing topics from the history of boxing to the Civil Rights movement in the US.
You may alre
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Graphics, Great Lives in
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1787081478
- Language: English
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
$37.00HardcoverAdd to cartA sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom
Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to w- Author: Rosenfeld, Sophia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691164711
- Language: English
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By: Borger, Julian
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts That Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartThis gripping family memoir of grief, courage, and hope tells the hidden stories of children who escaped the Holocaust, building connections across generations and continents.
In 1938, Jewish families- Author: Borger, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1635424283
- Language: English
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By: Adlington, Lucy
Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust
$27.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, r
- Author: Adlington, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0063433400
- Language: English
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By: Helms, Ed
Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history’s greatest screwups, complete with lively illustrations.
History- Author: Helms, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1538769476
- Language: English
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By: Dalton, Thomas
The Holocaust: 100 Questions and Answers
$25.00PaperbackAdd to cartWhy, today, do we hear so much about the Holocaust? Why are people we don’t like called ‘Nazis’? Why is Hitler’s name constantly invoked as the embodiment of evil? Why is the Holocaust a perennial the
- Author: Dalton, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: November 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1963143159
- Language: English
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Infantry in Battle 1733-1783
$59.95HardcoverRead moreInfantry in Battle rewrites the story of combat in the eighteenth century by placing enlisted infantrymen and their experiences at centre stage. While popular memory and film portray these men as robo… [more below]
- Series: From Reason to Revolution
- Author: Burns, Alexander S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1804515434
- Language: English
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By: Chayka, Kyle
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself.
From t- Author: Chayka, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593466799
- Language: English
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By: Shore, Alan M.
Uncommon Allies: American Jews and Christians Uniting Against Hitler, 1933-1945
$32.95PaperbackAdd to cartOn March 27, 1933, representatives from across the American religious spectrum came to Madison Square Garden, united in a shared purpose to speak out against the rise of fascism in Germany and Adolph
- Author: Shore, Alan M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0815638434
- Language: English
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By: Moore, Thomas
Deceiving America: Progressive Deceit and the Danger to American Freedoms
$25.27PaperbackAdd to cartFrom radical left-wing ideology being forced into our nation’s public schools to extremist cabinet nominees and destructive criminal justice reforms, the Progressives who control the Democratic Party
- Author: Moore, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1963102339
- Language: English
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By: Hunt, Jonathan
The Greatest Stories of the Old West Ever Told: True Tales and Legends of Famous Gunfighters, Outlaws and Sheriffs from the Wild West
$11.94PaperbackAdd to cartStep back in time and immerse yourself in the rugged landscapes, daring outlaws, fearless lawmen, and untamed frontier spirit that defined an era.
Introducing The Greatest Stories of The Old West Ever
- Author: Hunt, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 9798890950109
- Language: English
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By: Wright, Thomas
Flight from Chile: An Oral History of Exile
$41.58PaperbackAdd to cart2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of General Pinochet’s coup on September 11, 1973. During the wave of mass arrests, torture, and executions that followed, people began fleeing Chile. Over the next … [more below]
- Author: Wright, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0826365485
- Language: English
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By: Schneider, Oren
The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartAlexander Rosenberg was a smart and curious teenager who spoke many languages, collected stamps, played the violin, and lived a pampered life with his affluent parents in a tranquil Czechoslovakian to
- Series: Holocaust Survivor True Stories
- Author: Schneider, Oren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 949327652X
- Language: English
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By: Schneider, Oren
The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine
$23.95HardcoverAdd to cartAlexander Rosenberg was a smart and curious teenager who spoke many languages, collected stamps, played the violin, and lived a pampered life with his affluent parents in a tranquil Czechoslovakian to
- Series: Holocaust Survivor True Stories
- Author: Schneider, Oren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9493276538
- Language: English
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By: Joris, Pierre
Always the Many, Never the One
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartWith a starting point on July 14, 2021, when the Centre national de litté§»ature hosted Pierre Joris’ 75th birthday celebration, Always the Many, Never the One builds upon the initial interview by Flo
- Author: Joris, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: October 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1940625580
- Language: English



















