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100 Mistakes That Changed History: Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World
$32.00 Add to cartCollected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world.
From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history i- Author: Fawcett, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 05 2010
- ISBN10: 042523665X
- Language: English
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The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World
$33.99 Add to cartToday, a vast majority of us live under the economic system called capitalism–it touches almost every aspect of our lives, and most people alive have never known another. Yet, a cursory look at the w
- Author: Jackson, Trevor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1324106875
- Language: English
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Thank You, Snow
$18.99 Add to cartWhen we say yes to exploring nature, we discover so many reasons to smile and say, “Thank You.”
Thank You, Snow follows a young girl as she enjoys the magic of a snowy day. Overcoming her hesitation to
- Series: Thank You, World
- Author: McCauley, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798885544894
- Language: English
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The Challenge for Africa
$22.00 Add to cartIn this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed … [more below]
- Author: Maathai, Wangari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0307390284
- Language: English
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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
$21.99 Add to cartToday, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our pe… [more below]
- Author: Emmerson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393805
- Language: English
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A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow
$35.00 Add to cartAn erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics
The city of Moscow stands- Author: Morrison, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 0593318455
- Language: English
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History of Cities in Maps
$47.99 Add to cartThe city: a concept nearly as old as history itself, it is a paradox of human innovation and intervention, order and conflict. From ancient civilizations to modern-day metropolises, maps have played a
- Author: Parker, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0008671818
- Language: English
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Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
$18.99 Add to cartIn a journey across four continents, acclaimed science writer Steve Olson traces the origins of modern humans and the migrations of our ancestors throughout the world over the past 150,000 years. Like
- Author: Olson, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0618352104
- Language: English
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Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850
$23.00 Add to cartIn this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate… [more below]
- Author: Jasanoff, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1400075467
- Language: English
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Caf? Europa: Life After Communism
$27.00 Add to cart“Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world.” –Gloria Steinem
Today in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been repla- Author: Drakulic, Slavenka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140277722
- Language: English
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The Perfect Machine
$18.99 Add to cartAlmost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy as the S… [more below]
- Author: Florence, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 04 1995
- ISBN10: 0060926708
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History
$14.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller! A compendium about tiny ripples that created big waves in history. What was Hitler’s real name? Which famous artist was mistakenly thought to be stillborn, until his uncle r… [more below]
- Author: Mason, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1510744401
- Language: English
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The Killing Age: How Violence Made the Modern World
$39.50 Add to cartA bracing account of how our current planetary crisis emerged from the worst cataclysmic destruction in human history, which Clifton Crais terms the Mortecene–the killing age.
We are used to speakin- Author: Crais, Clifton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 664
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0226827410
- Language: English
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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe fo
- Author: Brotton, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0802166008
- Language: English
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Mafia: A Global History
$35.00 Add to cartA gripping and deeply researched exploration of the hidden influence of organized crime on the global economy that reveals the mafia as an uncredited architect of modern society.
In Mafia: A Global Hi- Author: Gingeras, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1668056429
- Language: English
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Malachi Martin: In the Shadows of the Vatican
$28.99 Add to cartFormer CIA operations officer Robert Marro Jr. pens a gripping memoir about his close friend and confidante, the famed enigmatic exorcist, bestselling author, and Vatican insider Malachi Martin.
In th- Author: Marro, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888456705
- Language: English
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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
$19.95 Add to cartHow only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To- Series: Princeton Classics
- Author: Scheidel, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271844
- Language: English
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Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
$19.99 Add to cartBy the authors of the national bestseller Wittgenstein’s Poker, a riveting account of the legendary 1972 chess match between Boris Spassky, the world champion from the Soviet Union, and the American c
- Author: Edmonds, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0060510250
- Language: English
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Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria
$32.00 Add to cart“Defiance takes my breath away. A nail-biting tale of astonishing courage.”
“An anthem against patriarchy and authoritariani
–Jeannette Walls #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle- Author: Mrie, Loubna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1984880004
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
$39.00 Add to cartTHE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – One of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and … [more below]
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217287925
- Language: English
