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Timelines of World History
$40.00 Add to cartAn illustrated record covering all the major events and achievements in human history. Designed for history aficionados, trivia buffs, or anyone with a curious mind, Timelines of World History takes a… [more below]
- Series: DK Timelines Adult
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0744056276
- Language: English
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The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes
$19.95 Add to cart“The latest golf book from Dear (Every Golf Question You Ever Wanted Answered) meets the formidable challenge of trying to tell the 600-year history of golf…. a Masters-level celebration of the gam
- Author: Dear, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0228103487
- Language: English
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Atlas of World History
$58.00 Add to cartOxford’s Atlas of World History is the result of years of intensive work by a specialist team of scholars, editors, and cartographers. It presents the story of humanity in its physical setting, from t… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0199746532
- Language: English
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Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
$18.99 Add to cartA “marvelously macabre” (Kirkus Reviews) history of the bizarre afterlives of corpses of the celebrated and notorious dead.
For some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start- Author: Lovejoy, Bess
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1451655002
- Language: English
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The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis
$30.00 Read moreFrom the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake Podcast, an ambitious account of how white supremacist lies, religious mythologies, and poisonous conspiracy theories built the modern wor… [more below]
- Author: Sexton, Jared Yates
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593185234
- Language: English
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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the author of End Times
In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history. Turchin argues that the ke- Author: Turchin, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0452288193
- Language: English
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Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the Uses of War
$30.00 Add to cart“Having saddled the tiger of militarized patriotism, Putin expertly made it trot in the right direction. But the animal required more and more meat; as it grew, it became harder to dismount.”
In this
- Author: Aron, Leon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0844750549
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912)
$14.95 Add to cart“An excellent introduction to the large trends of early Chinese history; ideal for those new to the subject.”–School Library Journal
- Series: Understanding China Through Comics #4
- Author: Liu, Jing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1611720397
- Language: English
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Battles Map by Map
$40.00 Add to cartExplore the world’s most famous battles by their geography as you uncover the most ancient, medieval and modern combats in history.
If you’re interested in finding out more about the biggest battles f- Series: DK History Map by Map
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 074402997X
- Language: English
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
$22.99 Add to cartNicholas Ostler’s Empires of the Word is the first history of the world’s great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living o
- Author: Ostler, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 27 2006
- ISBN10: 0060935723
- Language: English
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy
$24.99 Add to cartFrom one of the subcontinent’s most important and controversial writers comes this definitive history of post-Partition India, published on the 60th anniversary of Independence
Told in lucid and beauti
- Author: Guha, Ramachandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0062978063
- Language: English
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Civilization: The West and the Rest
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower
“A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an ey- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122061
- Language: English
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Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
$17.00 Add to cartNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international corresponden… [more below]
- Author: Hankir, Zahra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0143133411
- Language: English
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Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
$25.99 Add to cart2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award
In Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine,- Author: Blumenthal, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: August 26 2014
- ISBN10: 1568589514
- Language: English
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Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out
$29.95 Read moreOur Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out aims to challenge several strata of the current Palestine discourse that have led to the present dead end: the American… [more below]
- Author: Baroud, Ramzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 462
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1949762440
- Language: English
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Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures
$28.99 Add to cartIn this anthology of contemporary eco-literature, the editors have gathered an ensemble of a hundred emerging, mid-career, and established Indigenous writers from Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and
- Series: New Oceania Literary
- Author: Jetñil-Kijiner, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: August 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0824891058
- Language: English
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Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
$31.00 Add to cartFollowing in the wake of his groundbreaking work War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a brilliant, radical synthesis of historical development of the last thousand years. A
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: De Landa, Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 11 2000
- ISBN10: 0942299329
- Language: English
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Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
$35.00 Add to cartBefore 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0393651967
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartEngland–begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor–is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven b… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Hawes, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615198148
- Language: English
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Complete Flags of the World: The Ultimate Pocket Guide
$22.00 Add to cartExplore the fascinating world of flags!
Find intriguing stories and factoids on the design of country, province, state and special flags. Read how these flags are used as heraldic symbols, cultural an… [more below]- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0744045622
- Language: English
