History & Military
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Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest Obsession
$25.99 Add to cartThe captivating story behind Canada’s beloved sweet treat
From the quiet beauty of sugar maple forests to the high-tech, high-stakes world of syrup production, this book takes you on a remarkable jour- Author: Kuitenbrouwer, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0385698186
- Language: English
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The Ice Diaries: The True Story of One of Mankind’s Greatest Adventures
$19.99 Add to cartThe greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.
The Ice Diaries tells the incredible true story of Captain William R. Anderson and his crew’s harrowing top-secret mission aboard the USS Nautilus,
- Author: Anderson, William R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0718034961
- Language: English
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The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
$26.00 Add to cart* A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice *
The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a t- Author: de Hamel, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0525559434
- Language: English
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The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America
$24.00 Add to cartIn this audacious recasting of the American Revolution, distinguished historian Gary Nash offers a profound new way of thinking about the struggle to create this country, introducing readers to a coal… [more below]
- Author: Nash, Gary B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 014303720X
- Language: English
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A Social History of Maoist China
$35.00 Add to cartWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to ‘turn society upside down’. Efforts to build a communist society created hopes and dreams, coupled with fear and disillusionment. Th… [more below]
- Series: New Approaches to Asian History
- Author: Wemheuer, Felix
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: March 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1107565502
- Language: English
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Boston, 1776: A Rogue Tour of Revolution City
$29.99 Add to cartRelive the chaos, courage, and color of the American Revolution’s capital city while meeting those who led the fight in the nation’s War of Independence.
Features nine immersive walking tours on seven- Author: Dickey, J. D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798895150177
- Language: English
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The Complete Guide to Flags of the World, 4th Edition
$14.99 Add to cartThis comprehensive guide to the flags of the world provides concise, accurate coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-
- Author: Barker, Brian Johnson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1504801431
- 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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The Hunters of Kentucky
$24.95 Add to cartCovers a wide range of frontier existence, from daily life and survival to wars, exploits, and even flora and fauna.
- Author: Belue, Ted Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 20 2011
- ISBN10: 0811731197
- Language: English
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1000 American History Facts and 101 True Tales: A Journey Through America’s Defining Moments and Figures
$22.99 Add to cartDiscover America’s Rich History with Amazing Facts and Stories
Two manuscripts in one book:
- American History: 1000 Interesting Facts About the United States
American History Stories: 101 True and Fascin
- Author: Publications, Ahoy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: June 17 2024
- ISBN10: 9798892961028
- Language: English
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Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During Wo
$33.00 Add to cartAn untold story of idealism, betrayal, and behind-the-scenes American-Japanese contacts in World War II.
In the fall of 1943, during some of the Pacific theater’s bloodiest battles, the United States- Author: Iritani, Evelyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0374261075
- Language: English
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The Tougaloo Nine: The Jackson Library Sit-In at the Crossroads of Civil War and Civil Rights
$35.00 Add to cartDuring a dramatic three-day period in March 1961, nine students from historically Black Tougaloo College staged sit-ins at the all-White Main Library in Jackson, Mississippi. The students conducted th… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, M. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 453
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1496856031
- Language: English
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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
$32.00 Add to cartWith a new foreword from bestselling author Alex Kershaw, the bestselling classic that tells the astonishing, definitive story of the greatest rescue mission, featuring the previously unknown role of … [more below]
- Author: Freeman, Gregory A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217182220
- Language: English
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Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights
$30.00 Add to cartA reporter and abortion access correspondent investigates the secret killers and hidden motives behind the death of abortion rights.
They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Natio… [more below]
- Author: Littlefield, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1538769042
- 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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Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
$19.00 Add to cartNational Jewish Book Award finalist and one of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2024
A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time–from journalist, poet and su- Author: Debreczeni, József
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397189
- Language: English
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Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City
$31.99 Add to cartNurturing health, hope, and community, gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was onc
- Author: Brown, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1324105836
- Language: English
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He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada
$22.99 Read moreThroughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it American.
When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or representing … [more below]
- Author: Drohan, Madelaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1459754182
- Language: English
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The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous transformation of Europe from a deeply fractured land to a continent striving for stability, toleran… [more below]
- Author: Hitchcock, William I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0385497997
- Language: English
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Wawa
$24.99 Read moreIt’s a conveinent-store giant in the Mid-Atlantic region today, but Wawa’s history dates back to its days as an iron manufactuer over 200 years ago.
Founded in 1803 and incorporated in 1865, Wawa has r
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Thompson, Maria M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0738536318
- Language: English
