History & Military
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Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun
$19.00 Add to cartThe Glock pistol is America’s Gun. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, the pistol arrived in America at a fortuitous time.
- Author: Barrett, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0307719952
- Language: English
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The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
$32.99 Add to cartIn The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture.
Scandinavian- Author: Ringen, Stein
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1474625193
- Language: English
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
$18.00 Read more“‘The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ‘ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”–Wall Street Journal
A master- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130064
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
$19.00 Add to cartA book about a tiny island with a huge history, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane’s Eye.
“For everyone who loves Nantucket Island this is the indispens… [more below]- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0143120123
- Language: English
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War and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe war instinct is part of human nature, but the means to fight war depend on technology. Alex Roland traces the co-evolution of technology and warfare from the Stone Age to the age of cyberwar, desc… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Roland, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0190605383
- Language: English
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A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
$25.00 Add to cartA Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mixture of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America’s history vividly to life.
What happened in North America betwe- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0312428324
- Language: English
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Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776
$17.00 Add to cartA fresh, gripping history of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, Declaration reveals how Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, and the Continental Congr… [more below]
- Series: Simon & Schuster America Collection
- Author: Hogeland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 1416584102
- Language: English
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Guiding Spirits – The Haunting Experiences of a New Orleans Tour Guide
$21.99 Add to cartNew Orleans, known the world over as one of the darkest, grittiest and most haunted tourist destinations imaginable. A place where we literally walk on the bones of the dead, party like there’s no tom
- Author: Bookout, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987671900
- Language: English
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Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
$39.95 Add to cartThis is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war’s top combat adm… [more below]
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 168247593X
- Language: English
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction (Loa #350): An Essay Toward a History of the Part Whichblack Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstructdemocracy i
$45.00 Add to cartA definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War’s aftermath and the legacy of racism in America
Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois’s now classi- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1097
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1598537032
- Language: English
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The LGBTQ Almanac: 500 Years of Queer Culture in American History
$79.95 Add to cartInfluential! Remarkable! Groundbreaking! Discover and celebrate the amazing stories and achievements of some of America’s most inspiring artists, athletes, scholars, advocates and activists, political
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Felder, Deborah G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1578598494
- Language: English
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The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
$22.99 Read moreA first-person historical record of the Manhattan Project, and the events leading to the birth of the Atomic bomb, as told by the researchers, scientists, and developers intimately involved in its cre… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Cynthia C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0762471271
- Language: English
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
$20.00 Add to cartIn a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that … [more below]
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2005
- ISBN10: 1400078679
- Language: English
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Gardens of the Gilded Age: Lavish Landscapes from America’s Golden Era
$39.95 Add to cartStep into the era when American wealth created landscapes that rivaled European royalty and discover the magnificent gardens that still captivate visitors today.
During the Gilded Age in America (1870- Author: Milbocker, Jana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1493092006
- Language: English
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Humans: A Monstrous History
$24.95 Add to cart“Surekha Davies invites readers to imagine the lives of historical monsters and to empathize with their often-wretched treatment.” ― Science Magazine
A history of how humans have created monster- Author: Davies, Surekha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0520430794
- Language: English
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Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence
$24.95 Add to cartProclaiming Liberty is a fast-paced intellectual history that traces how John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and their contemporaries transformed centuries of political thought into the revolutionary princi… [more below]
- Author: Sandefur, Timothy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 196928403X
- Language: English
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The Clay Pigeons of St. Lo
$21.95 Add to cartThis classic of military history tells the exciting story of the fall of St. L?, the first major objective of the invading American armies in Normandy in June of 1944. Although St. L? was intended to … [more below]
- Series: Stackpole Military History
- Author: Balkoski, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0811717828
- Language: English
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Lost City of the Incas
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.
In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to- Series: Phoenix Press
- Author: Bingham, Hiram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 03 2003
- ISBN10: 1842125850
- Language: English
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The Second World War
$28.99 Add to cartA masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor.
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world’s- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 0316023752
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Walt Disney World
$24.99 Add to cartAuthor Foxx Nolte gives readers a glimpse behind the curtain of the most magical place on earth.
Millions of people a year visit Walt Disney World, but few would consider it to be a place with any re
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Nolte, Foxx
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1467156183
- Language: English
