World
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Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
$21.99 Add to cartFrom a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanita… [more below]
- Author: Dagher, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0316556734
- Language: English
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How Rich Countries Got Rich … and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
$19.99 Add to cartA maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor—and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way.
Throughout history, some combination of government… [more below]- Author: Reinert, Erik S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1541762894
- Language: English
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The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Places
$18.99 Add to cartTag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley–and back through history, too–… [more below]
- Author: Weiner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 145169167X
- Language: English
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The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
$22.99 Add to cartThe Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1943, during which time the city was cut off from the rest of the world, was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. In scale, the tragedy of Lening… [more below]
- Author: Salisbury, Harrison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: May 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0306812983
- Language: English
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The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern Work Was Created
$38.00 Add to cart“Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed.” — John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group
“Vital–a cogent, timely journey through the economic histor
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0071747044
- Language: English
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World History for Dummies
$27.99 Add to cartDiscover how the modern world came to be with this easy-to-follow and up-to-date history companion
Want to get a taste of the entirety of human history in a single book? With World History For Dummies
- Author: Haugen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1119855608
- Language: English
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And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
$17.00 Add to cartA major New York Times bestseller by NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel–this riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen close up “should be r… [more below]
- Author: Engel, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1451635125
- Language: English
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Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare
$20.00 Read moreIn Three Dangerous Men, defense expert Seth Jones argues that the US is woefully unprepared for the future of global competition. While America has focused on building fighter jets, missiles, and conv
- Author: Jones, Seth G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 132405056X
- Language: English
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Crisis of Zionism
$23.99 Add to cartA deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel.–President Bill Clinton
A probing, courageous, and timely book… Beinart offers a forceful exposition of American apprehensions about Israe- Author: Beinart, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1250026733
- Language: English
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History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World
$50.00 Add to cartDiscover the world’s most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins’ Ear? Who was Ros- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0744091993
- Language: English
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Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of
$24.95 Read moreA fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society–in science, politics, art, and more–transformative. By the author a… [more below]
- Author: Clark, Valorie Castellanos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1797223631
- Language: English
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3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
$29.95 Add to cartOn March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in
- Author: Samuels, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0801452007
- Language: English
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The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea
$33.99 Add to cartShadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy’s merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world’s most undemocratic regions.
What happens- Author: Hamid, Shadi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0197579469
- Language: English
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Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
$28.95 Read moreMoving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections betw
- Author: Sattin, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035455
- Language: English
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The Penguin History of the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad’s widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1846144434
- Language: English
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s Most Primal Element
$29.95 Add to cartMore than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. … [more below]
- Author: Staubach, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1611685036
- Language: English
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Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldstone, Jack A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197666302
- Language: English
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Hezbollah: A Short History Updated and Expanded Third Edition
$19.95 Add to cartFeaturing a new prologue and conclusion and two new chapters on recent developments
With Hezbollah’s entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the p- Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics #69
- Author: Norton, Augustus Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0691180881
- Language: English
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A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World
$19.95 Add to cartWhen was the first chat line between men established? Who was the first “lesbian”? Were ancient Greek men who had sex with each other necessarily “gay,” and what did Shakespeare think about crossdress
- Author: Parkinson, R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 023116663X
- Language: English
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50 Guns That Changed the World: Iconic Firearms That Altered the Course of History
$19.99 Read moreDiscover how fifty great firearms influenced and helped shape our world.
World history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. Since- Author: Sadowski, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1510772650
- Language: English
