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War and Power: Who Wins Wars–And Why
$30.00 Add to cartA bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of economic, political, and social power–“vital… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Phillips Payson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606973
- Language: English
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Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541730348
- Language: English
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Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
$30.00 Add to cartHarvard Public Health Magazine, Best Public Health Books and Journalism of 2022
The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now- Author: Krishnan, Vidya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541768469
- Language: English
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
$32.00 Add to cartThe creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Ro… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1610397215
- Language: English
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Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress–And How to Bring It Back
$21.99 Add to cartA provocative exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government
“Dunkelman summarizes the history perfectly.” –David Brooks, The New Yo- Author: Dunkelman, Marc J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1541700236
- Language: English
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The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family’s Quest to Craft a Christian Nation
$32.00 Add to cartA revelatory account of how the family behind Hobby Lobby rose to political prominence and used their influence–and fortune–to push a radical religious agenda
Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar c- Author: Blanding, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1541703944
- Language: English
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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
$21.99 Add to cartIn this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age
“Terrific… Tamim Ansary explores the underappreciated ways- Author: Ansary, Tamim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1541706226
- Language: English
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The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
$21.99 Add to cartFollowing the bitterly contested election between Adams and Jefferson in 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of
- Author: Sloan, Cliff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1586488058
- Language: English
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Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
$35.00 Read moreThe riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over E… [more below]
- Author: Senior, Antonia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 154170438X
- Language: English
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The Flag Was Still There: A History of the American Experiment in Five Anniversaries
$32.00 Add to cartA clear-eyed yet hopeful history of the United States, revisiting the state of the union every fifty years since America’s birth.
“Brilliantly written and illuminating.” –Douglas Brinkley, New York- Author: McKean, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541704169
- Language: English
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When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive expos? of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations
“Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern America- Author: Ballou, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541705718
- Language: English
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Dark Screens: Hackers and Heroes in the Shadowy World of Ransomware
$30.00 Add to cartA riveting account of major ransomware attacks and their devastating consequences, revealing how exposed we really are–and how we can protect ourselves
Imagine opening your computer only to find eve- Author: Shortland, Anja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1541705750
- Language: English
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The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World
$22.99 Add to cartDiscover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternity
Founded in London in 1717 as a way of bindin- Author: Dickie, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1541704681
- Language: English
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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
$21.99 Add to cartToday, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our pe… [more below]
- Author: Emmerson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393805
- Language: English
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Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
$18.99 Add to cartThe shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, “a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the inte… [more below]
- Author: Menn, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541706110
- Language: English
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Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
$19.99 Add to cartWritten “in the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI created its own tech start-up to wire… [more below]
- Author: Cox, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1541702700
- Language: English
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The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
$21.99 Add to cartA rollicking history of America’s most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers
“The Freaks Came Out to Write may be the best history of a- Author: Romano, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541742419
- Language: English
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One Day, All Children…: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way
$16.99 Add to cartFrom her dorm room at Princeton University, twenty-one-year-old college senior Wendy Kopp decided to launch a movement to improve public education in America. In One Day, All Children… , she shares … [more below]
- Author: Kopp, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 17 2007
- ISBN10: 1586481797
- Language: English
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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
$21.99 Add to cartA “meticulously researched and comprehensive” (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa’s Congo
At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of western Europ- Author: Stearns, Jason K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541706064
- Language: English
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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
$21.99 Add to cart“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflame–and what we can learn from its embers
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any- Author: Bevins, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541788982
- Language: English
