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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
$29.99 Read more“In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester’s previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, once again, a consummate guide.”–Boston Globe
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- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062938339
- Language: English
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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
$20.00 Add to cartIn this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 11 2008
- ISBN10: 1400078334
- Language: English
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A Splintered History of Wood: Belt-Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats
$15.99 Add to cartA Splintered History of Wood is a passionate and personal exploration of nature’s greatest gift: wood. In the successful tradition of books such as Salt and Cod, writer and carpenter Spike Carlsen exp
- Author: Carlsen, Spike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0061373575
- Language: English
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Colonialism in Global Perspective
$30.00 Add to cartKris Manjapra weaves together the study of colonialism over the past 500 years, across the globe’s continents and seas. This captivating work vividly evokes living human histories, introducing the rea… [more below]
- Author: Manjapra, Kris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2020
- ISBN10: 110844136X
- Language: English
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The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities
$35.00 Add to cartEvangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White’s epic examination of history’s one hundred most violent events, or, in White’s piquant phrasing, “the numbers that people want to ar… [more below]
- Author: White, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: November 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0393081923
- Language: English
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Earthopolis: A Biography of Our Urban Planet
$34.99 Add to cart- Author: Nightingale, Carl H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 814
- Publish Date: June 09 2022
- ISBN10: 110842452X
- Language: English
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The Great Journeys in History
$18.95 Read moreFerdinand Magellan, Genghis Khan, Thor Heyerdahl, Amelia Earhart, and Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travelers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing
- Author: Hanbury-Tenison, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0500287031
- Language: English
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization
$21.99 Read moreEverything you should know–but PC professors won’t teach–about Western heritage.
Western civilization is the envy of the globe. It has given to the world universally accepted understandings of huma- Series: Politically Incorrect Guides (Paperback)
- Author: Esolen, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: May 27 2008
- ISBN10: 1596980591
- Language: English
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The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other
$29.95 Add to cartThe Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spa
- Author: Todorov, Tzvetan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: June 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0806131373
- Language: English
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Why the West Rules–For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future
$28.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, r- Author: Morris, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0312611692
- Language: English
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How Rich Countries Got Rich … and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
$19.99 Add to cartA maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor—and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way.
Throughout history, some combination of government… [more below]- Author: Reinert, Erik S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1541762894
- Language: English
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The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Places
$18.99 Add to cartTag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley–and back through history, too–… [more below]
- Author: Weiner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 145169167X
- Language: English
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The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern Work Was Created
$36.00 Add to cart“Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed.” — John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group
“Vital–a cogent, timely journey through the economic histor
- Author: Bernstein, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0071747044
- Language: English
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World History for Dummies
$27.99 Add to cartDiscover how the modern world came to be with this easy-to-follow and up-to-date history companion
Want to get a taste of the entirety of human history in a single book? With World History For Dummies
- Author: Haugen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1119855608
- Language: English
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History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World
$50.00 Add to cartDiscover the world’s most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins’ Ear? Who was Ros- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0744091993
- Language: English
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The Penguin History of the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad’s widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1846144434
- Language: English
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s Most Primal Element
$29.95 Add to cartMore than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. … [more below]
- Author: Staubach, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1611685036
- Language: English
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Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and h… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Goldstone, Jack A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0197666302
- Language: English
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Miraculous Milestones in Science, Medicine & Innovation- And the Faith of Those Who Achieved Them
$20.00 Read more- Author: Federer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 29 2021
- ISBN10: 0989649199
- Language: English
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The Cartoon History of the Universe II: Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome
$28.00 Add to cartHere’s a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China … [more below]
- Series: Cartoon History of the Universe II Vols. 8-13 (Paperback) #13
- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 18 1994
- ISBN10: 0385420935
- Language: English
