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A History of the World in 100 Animals
$39.95 Read moreFully illustrated in color, a fascinating exploration of the one hundred animals that have had the most profound influence on humanity throughout the ages.
We are not alone. We are not alone on the p- Author: Barnes, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1643139150
- Language: English
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War: How Conflict Shaped Us
$23.00 Add to cartIs peace an aberration? The New York Times bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity.
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE N- Author: MacMillan, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0593132378
- Language: English
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Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey
$34.95 Add to cartBest All-Time Booze Book, Eater.com2013
GOLD Winner for Women Studies, ForeWord Reviews 2014
Silver, Independent Publisher Award in Women’s Issues
Finalist, Spirited AwardsShortly after graduating from t
- Author: Minnick, Fred
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1612345646
- Language: English
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The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
$27.95 Add to cartMining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the… [more below]
- Author: Bayley, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: January 20 2000
- ISBN10: 1585090700
- Language: English
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Telling the Truth about History
$25.99 Add to cartThis text examines the problem of historical truth. Seeking the roots of contemporary historical study in the Enlightenment, the authors argue that a model of historical research, based on neutrality … [more below]
- Series: Norton Paperback
- Author: Appleby, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0393312860
- Language: English
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Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World
$32.00 Read moreAn “incredibly timely” global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world’s largest empires (Financial Times).
To understand the r- Author: Nelson, Scott Reynolds
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541646460
- Language: English
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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPostcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Young, Robert J. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0198856830
- Language: English
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Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
$22.00 Add to cartWinner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction
Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of Latin America and the three driving forces that have- Author: Arana, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1501105019
- Language: English
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The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
$30.00 Read moreSince the earliest known marker denoting the edge of one land and the beginning of the next–a stone column inscribed with Sumerian cuneiform–borders have been imagined, mapped, moved, and fought ove
- Author: Crawford, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1324037040
- Language: English
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The Invention of Tradition
$26.00 Add to cartMany of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores exa… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1107604672
- Language: English
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In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine
$27.95 Add to cartGershon Baskin’s memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. Baskin joined Young Judaea back in … [more below]
- Author: Baskin, Gershon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0826521819
- Language: English
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Idea of India
$21.99 Add to cartA classic since it was first published in 1997, The Idea of India is a magisterial historical study that addresses the paradoxes and ironies of the world’s largest democracy. When, in 1947, the Britis
- Author: Khilnani, Sunil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0374537623
- Language: English
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
$18.99 Add to cartA journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a reality show
Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremli- Author: Pomerantsev, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1610396006
- Language: English
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Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose
$24.99 Add to cartJapan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the “lost decade” of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepare… [more below]
- Series: Century Foundation Books (PublicAffairs)
- Author: Pyle, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 1586485679
- Language: English
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History Map by Map Collection: 3 Book Box Set
$130.00 Read moreWitness our incredible human story unfold and chart the world’s most significant battles through these bold and beautiful bold maps – now available in a beautifully packaged box set.
SI History Map by… [more below]- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 936
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0744081874
- Language: English
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Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
$29.95 Read moreWhile exceptionalism is not unique to America, the intensity of this conviction and its global ramifications are. This has led the US to grossly misinterpret–sometimes deliberately–the causative fac… [more below]
- Author: Martyanov, Andrei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 249
- Publish Date: September 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0998694754
- Language: English
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Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
$18.99 Read moreBefore the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its height. International travel, migration, trade, and progressive projects on matters ranging from women’s rights to world peace
- Author: Zahra, Tara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1324075201
- Language: English
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Cosmic Memory: The Story of Atlantis, Lemuria, and the Division of the Sexes (Cw 11)
$25.00 Add to cartWritten 1904-1908 (CW 11)
“Rudolf Steiner shows that the insoluble link between humanity and cosmos is the fundamental basis of evolution. As human beings have participated in the development of the wo… [more below]
- Series: Cosmic Memory, Prehistory of Earth & Man #15
- Author: Steiner, Rudolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0893452270
- Language: English
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Introduction to World Christian History
$24.99 Add to cartChristianity is a global faith. Today, people are increasingly aware that Christianity extends far beyond Europe and North America, permeating the Eastern and Southern hemispheres. What we may know le
- Author: Cooper, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 255
- Publish Date: May 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0830840885
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Third Reich
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive account of Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany, from the author of The Third Reich in Power and The Third Reich at War.
“The clearest and most grippin… [more below]- Series: History of the Third Reich
- Author: Evans, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 622
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 0143034693
- Language: English
