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Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination
$26.00 Read moreWhy Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity and Black philosophy is the starting point of all philosophy
“A bold attempt to determine the conditions of–and the means for achieving–racial justi- Author: Lloyd, Vincent W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300253672
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
$7.95 Read moreThe powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition
“This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available today- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 08 2001
- ISBN10: 0300087012
- Language: English
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After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy
$18.00 Read moreAn intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time
“Anyone who, in our age of disbelief, longs to believe in God will find Mr. Kronman worth readi- Author: Kronman, Anthony T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271069
- Language: English
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Goering’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World
$24.00 Read moreA charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world
“[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from which to explore a n- Author: Petropoulos, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0300274262
- Language: English
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A Sensitive Person
$20.00 Read moreA brutally funny, carnivalesque novel about love, death, and survival, from the Czech Republic’s greatest living author
Tab, an itinerant Czech actor, travels around Europe on the theater circuit wit- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Topol, Jachym
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0300247222
- Language: English
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Sidney Reilly: Master Spy
$26.00 Read moreA revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage
“Mr. Morris’s dogged research . . . lends impressive rigor to this portrait of an often-cryptic figure.”–Dian- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Morris, Benny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0300248261
- Language: English
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A Little History of the World
$25.00 Read moreThe international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages
“All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: wha- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Gombrich, E. H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0300108834
- Language: English
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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
$20.00 Read moreA classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation
This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole gen- Series: Veritas Paperbacks
- Author: Ahmed, Leila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0300257317
- Language: English
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The New Yale Book of Quotations
$50.00 Read moreA revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book–named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal
“Shapiro does original res- Author: Shapiro, Fred R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1168
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 030020597X
- Language: English
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Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion
$40.00 Add to cartA comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen’s life and writings
This lively book reveals the cl- Author: Davidson, Hilary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0300218729
- Language: English
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From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
$18.00 Read moreHow did Jesus of Nazareth become the Christ of the Christian tradition?
“Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study.”–G?a Verm?, Times Literary Supplement “Brilliant and lucidly wri- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Fredriksen, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 11 2000
- ISBN10: 300084579
- Language: English
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Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life
$17.95 Read moreA vibrant, deeply human portrait of a woman dedicated to fierce protest against the tyranny of institutions over individuals, by the celebrated author
Emma Goldman is the story of a modern radical who- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Gornick, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 030019823X
- Language: English
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers
“The authors weave a com- Author: Klein, Matthew C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 300261446
- Language: English
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The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
$32.00 Read moreA fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
“[Mauceri’s] writing is mo- Author: Mauceri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300233701
- Language: English
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Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace
$35.00 Read moreThe first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked- Author: Hosler, John D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255144
- Language: English
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Critical Revolutionaries: Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read
$20.00 Read moreTerry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature
Before the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated fro- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270445
- Language: English
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The Art of Walking: A History in 100 Images
$30.00 Read moreA lively and thought-provoking tour of the intertwined histories of art and walking
“A broad-ranging book [that] has something for every rambler.”–Benjamin Riley, New Criterion What does a walk loo- Author: Sharpe, William Chapman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266847
- Language: English
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How to Defend Yourself
$23.95 Read moreA Yale Drama Series-winning play about self-defense, desire, and healing in the aftermath of a college rape
Seven college students gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after a sorority sister is ra- Series: Yale Drama
- Author: Padilla, Liliana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0300251599
- Language: English
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Humour
$15.00 Add to cartA compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture–by one of its greatest exponents
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the natur- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255020
- Language: English
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Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader’s Mind Over a Universe of Death
$22.00 Read more“The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living. . . . Your own mistakes, accidents, failures at otherness beat you down. Rise up at dawn and read something that matters as soon … [more below]
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0300261535
- Language: English
