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Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring
$19.99 Add to cart“Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn’t take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem.” –Jon Stewart
“The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World”–the creator of The Program, the most popular tele
- Author: Youssef, Bassem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0062446908
- Language: English
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
$19.99 Add to cartThis New York Times bestseller “elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative” (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe — from the… [more below]
- Author: Christian, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0316392014
- Language: English
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This Day in History: A 365-Day Tour of History’s Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the Ides of March to the 40-minute war and the Great Molasses Flood, discover what extraordinary events took place from January 1 to December 31 with This Day in History.
Have you ever wondered wh
- Author: Cider Mill Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1646433629
- Language: English
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Epic Mexico: A History from Its Earliest Times
$24.95 Add to cartSpanning the full breadth of Mexico’s long and storied past in one compact volume, Epic Mexico provides an unparalleled view of Mexican history, at once comprehensive, succinct, and consistently engag
- Author: Rugeley, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: August 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0806167076
- Language: English
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
$32.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. A definitive classic, Lewis Mumford’s massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence — from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the … [more below]
- Author: Mumford, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 23 1968
- ISBN10: 0156180359
- Language: English
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Racism: A Short History
$22.95 Add to cartA concise history of racism from its emergence in the late Middle Ages to today
Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn’t racism appear in Europe before t- Series: Princeton Classics #106
- Author: Fredrickson, George M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691167052
- Language: English
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The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events
$40.00 Add to cartThe world-famous reference that tells who did what when from 4500 BC to the present day–now updated for the 21st century.
“A unique, encyclopedic book–rewarding, informative, entertaining.” —The Wa- Author: Grun, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: September 13 2005
- ISBN10: 0743270037
- Language: English
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes Barbara Ehrenreich’s fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy
In the acclaim- Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0805057242
- Language: English
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Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era
$39.99 Read moreWhy Is the Middle East Entering a “New Era?” Is It a New Dawn? Is It a Setting Sun?
In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East is entering a new era. A multifaceted and intricat- Author: Melamed, AVI
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 712
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1510769331
- Language: English
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Notes on Resistance
$18.95 Add to cartNoam Chomsky dissects the multiple crises facing humankind and the planet; and provides a road map for resistance.
In this completely original set of interviews between the legendary duo of Noam Choms- Author: Chomsky, Noam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1642596981
- Language: English
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Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis
$35.00 Add to cartThe story of Roman Catholicism has never followed a singular path. In no time period has this been more true than over the last two centuries. Beginning with the French Revolution, extending to the Se
- Author: McGreevy, John T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 132400388X
- Language: English
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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900
$35.00 Add to cartCommerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world
It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expa- Author: Bown, Stephen R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 07, 2010
- ISBN10: 0312616112
- Language: English
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The State and Revolution
$9.00 Add to cartAmong the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and economic underpinnings developed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulya… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0486848086
- Language: English
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Going Home: A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation
$29.15 Read moreWinner, Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing
In a dazzling mix of reportage, analysis, and memoir, the leading Palestinian writer of our time reflects on aging, failure, the occupation, and the changi- Author: Shehadeh, Raja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1620975777
- Language: English
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Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty
$31.99 Add to cartBronze Award, Axiom Business Book Awards
From TikTok and Fortnite to Grindr and Facebook, Aynne Kokas delivers an urgent look into the technolo
Gold Medalist in Finance/Investing/Economics, Ippy Awards- Author: Kokas, Aynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197620507
- Language: English
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
$36.00 Add to cart“An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read.”
The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular
—The Wall Street Journal- Author: MacGregor, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0143124153
- Language: English
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
$30.00 Add to cartIn this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years’ War-long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution-takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed,… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: January 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0375706364
- Language: English
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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
$22.00 Add to cartA sweeping narrative history of world trade–from Sumer in 3000 BC to the firestorm over globalization today–that brilliantly explores trade’s colorful and contentious past and provides fresh insight
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0802144160
- Language: English
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The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem
$25.95 Add to cartThe inside story of China’s organtransplant business and its macabre connection with internment camps and killing fields for arrested dissidents, especially the adherents of Falun Gong. Mass murder is… [more below]
- Author: Gutmann, Ethan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 161614940X
- Language: English
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Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
$21.95 Add to cartAward-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II and does for the U.S. Marines what Band of Brothers did for the 101st Airborne.
The “Devil Dogs” of- Author: David, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365761
- Language: English
