History & Military
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Peak Human: What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations
$23.99 Add to cart“Could a history book be more timely?” —The Economist
“Norberg is a prophet of anti-pessimism.” —The Guardian Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific explo- Author: Norberg, Johan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 180546387X
- Language: English
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Visiting the Grand Canyon: Views of Early Tourism
$24.99 Read moreThe Colorado River began carving a course to create the Grand Canyon some four to six million years ago, but organized tourism to the natural wonder is fairly young, geologically speaking. Getting to … [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Stampoulos, Linda L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0738528803
- Language: English
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Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World
$35.00 Add to cartA collection of the greatest political maps in history and how these images have an unmatched power to influence our thinking–and our world.
- Author: Keating, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1579658776
- Language: English
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Forgotten New Jersey: The Garden State’s Unique, Historic, and Abandoned Curiosities
$24.99 Add to cartOffers a visual journey through the state’s abandoned historical sites, showcasing its neglected architectural heritage.
Five-hundred-year-old buildings are easy to find across the Atlantic, yet here i… [more below]
- Series: Abandoned Union
- Author: Romano, Rich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 02 2025
- ISBN10: 162545144X
- Language: English
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The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe
$38.00 Add to cartA renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the dramatic tale of modern Europe’s ascent.
In The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe, Walter McDougall, winner of the Pulitzer Pr
- Author: McDougall, Walter A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1967613001
- Language: English
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What We Ask Google: A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind
$30.00 Add to cartEver wondered what goes through other people’s minds–their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?
In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest da… [more below]- Author: Rogers, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217176984
- Language: English
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Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America
$19.00 Add to cartAn “engrossing, unputdownable” (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author) pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American cultu… [more below]
- Author: Borden, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1668007827
- Language: English
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Jewish History for Dummies
$26.99 Add to cartWalk your way through Jewish history, life, and culture–from Abraham to today
Jewish History For Dummies provides unbiased, factual history of Jewish life, culture, and history. You’ll take a look a
- Author: Kurzweil, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 04 2026
- ISBN10: 139442096X
- Language: English
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The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America’s Innovation Machine
$36.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary true story of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works”–the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth century–and the visionary who made it all possible
It- Author: Dean, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1524745510
- Language: English
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Victoria in Love: The Private Passion of a Queen
$35.00 Add to cartThe passionate, provocative story of Queen Victoria’s relationship with her servant John Brown that reveals the secrets that royal historians have kept from us.
From the moment John Brown arrived as a- Author: Riddell, Fern
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100972
- Language: English
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Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York
$32.00 Add to cartHow the rise of Wall Street in the 1980s lured a generation of young upstarts to New York, unleashing a political and cultural transformation whose national repercussions are still felt today.
Yuppies- Author: Gottlieb, Dylan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 067424897X
- Language: English
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Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower
$35.00 Add to cartFor thousands of years, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has been famed as the ultimate warrior society. The flowing crimson capes and bronze shields of Spartan warriors remain the enduring imag
- Author: Bayliss, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1324117516
- Language: English
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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World
$32.00 Add to cartFrom the author of the New York Times bestselling The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel comes the enthralling hidden history of one of the world’s most successful business titans, a rival to the Rockef… [more below]
- Author: Brunt, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1668074745
- Language: English
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The God of Our Fathers: The Great Stories of the Bible
$22.99 Add to cartAs a way of connecting with his dying father, Aldo Cazzullo picks up the Bible and rediscovers an illuminating book that “speaks of us,” and whose legacy of storytelling formed our modern world
Until- Author: Cazzullo, Aldo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0063489082
- Language: English
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Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods
$35.00 Add to cartAn incisive history of government and corporate failures to infuse capital into Black urban neighborhoods–as well as the organizers and activists who stood up to predatory financial practices.
In the- Author: Satter, Beryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 067427847X
- Language: English
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Jefferson’s Wolf: A Founding Father’s Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery
$29.95 Add to cartA decisive reassessment of Thomas Jefferson’s long-debated views on slavery, showing that his chief antislavery strategy was racial exclusion: the removal of emancipated Black people from the United S
- Author: Dierksheide, Christa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0674278321
- Language: English
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Atlas of the Roman Empire: Battles, Conquests, Legions, and Rulers
$50.00 Add to cartFrom a leading scholar of the ancient world, this stunning illustrated guide to the Roman Empire explores every aspect of its rise to power, its dominion over the world, and its eventual fall.
At its- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1541607317
- Language: English
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Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece
$40.00 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian, the definitive history of classical Greece and the rivalry between its two greatest cities.
“Goldsworthy tells a timely tale of national pride, and he has much to be- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541619986
- Language: English
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National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America
$30.00 Add to cartThe inspiring story of the Declaration of Independence–the first to take us from its drafting by Thomas Jefferson to today–charting the many lives of a document that captures the soul of America and… [more below]
- Author: Auslin, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1668214547
- Language: English
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All American Patriotism: Celebrating 250 Years of America’s Greatness
$34.00 Add to cart- Author: Anon9780063515277
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 006351527X
- Language: English
