Social History
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Cities That Shaped the Ancient World
$16.95 Read moreThe cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities as we know them today. But what was it like to live in B
- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0500293406
- Language: English
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The Anatomists’ Library: The Books That Unlocked the Secrets of the Human Body
$40.00 Read moreThe Anatomist’s Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing.
There i- Series: Liber Historica #4
- Author: Salter, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0711280746
- Language: English
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Beaufort
$24.99 Read moreBeaufort, South Carolina, the Palmetto State’s second-oldest town, is a paradigm of the Low Country.
Historic mansions overlook the bay with century-old oaks standing sentinel. Visitors to Beaufort fee
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Cooper, Polly Wylly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0738515221
- Language: English
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El Futuro Recordado / The Remembered Future
$17.95 Read more«Los libros de Irene Vallejo, claros e inteligentes, se leen muy bien e invitan a pensar. En la mejor línea humanista. -CARLOS GARCÍA GUAL
La aparente contradicción que da título a este lib- Author: Vallejo, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820968
- Language: Spanish
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Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider
$16.99 Read moreFirst published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay’s distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artis
- Author: Gay, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0393322394
- Language: English
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The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and Its People
$29.99 Read moreA Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Waterstones Travel Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year
What kind of country is England today?
What does it mean to be English?
Are we
- Author: Maconie, Stuart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0008498261
- Language: English
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Culture
$18.00 Read moreOne of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture a- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270615
- Language: English
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The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition
$18.95 Read moreExtraordinary national acclaim accompanied the publication of award-winning historian Linda Gordon’s disturbing and markedly timely history of the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. Dramatically c… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494929
- Language: English
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Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation
$30.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw
“Jon Meacham and Tim- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0593132955
- Language: English
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On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age
$40.00 Read moreA sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia
“Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book histor- Author: Holsinger, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300260210
- Language: English
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
$18.99 Read moreWith this “impeccable” (BBC History) chronicle, acclaimed popular historian Ruth Goodman reveals a Renaissance Britain particularly rank with troublemakers. From snooty needlers who took aim with a cu
- Author: Goodman, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1631496247
- Language: English
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Marching to a Silent Tune: A Journey from We Shall to Hell No
$19.95 Read moreMarching to a Silent Tune is a childhood to young adult look at a complicated journey to social consciousness, civil liberties, war resistance and peace activism within the social and military environ… [more below]
- Author: Gerald R Gioglio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0879467010
- Language: English
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The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
$30.00 Read moreA journalist delves into the history, science, and practice of fasting, an ancient cure enjoying a dynamic resurgence.
When should we eat, and when shouldn’t we? The answers to these simple questions- Author: Hendricks, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1419748475
- Language: English
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Seventeen and Oh: Miami, 1972, and the Nfl’s Only Perfect Season
$22.00 Read moreThe definitive chronicle of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated team in NFL history–from award-winning literary sportswriter Marshall Jon Fisher.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to pr- Author: Fisher, Marshall Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1419748513
- Language: English
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Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets
$17.99 Read moreEason Favourite Book of the Year 2022
‘she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .’
BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST
A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name … [more below]
- Author: Fallon, Donal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1848408722
- Language: English
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Hipbillies: Deep Revolution in the Arkansas Ozarks
$29.95 Read moreCounterculture flourished nationwide in the 1960s and 1970s, and while the hippies of Haight-Ashbury occupied the public eye, a faction of back to the landers were quietly creating their own haven off… [more below]
- Series: Ozarks Studies
- Author: Phillips, Jared M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1682260909
- Language: English
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The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
$28.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – An “elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated” (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements–from the 1600… [more below]
- Author: Beckerman, Gal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 152475918X
- Language: English
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Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get ri… [more below]
- Author: Andersen, Kurt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 198480135X
- Language: English
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Tudor England: A History
$37.50 Read moreA compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England
When Henry VII landed in a secluded bay in a far corner of Wales, it seemed inconceivable that this- Author: Wooding, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0300162723
- Language: English
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Straw Plaiting: Heritage Techniques for Hats, Trimmings, Bags and Baskets
$60.00 Read more‘A must-have for anyone interested in working with straw and an astonishing contribution to the preservation of this endangered craft.’ Jay Blades MBE, Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts
An engaging makers’- Author: Main, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1789940753
- Language: English
