History & Military
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North of Main: Spartanburg’s Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College
$25.95 Add to cartNew neighborhoods began emerging north of Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the 1870s as emancipated Black men and women spent their hard-won post-slavery wages to purchase lots and build
- Series: Hub City Writers Project
- Author: Pryce, Brenda Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 9798885740401
- Language: English
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Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt: For adults who are young at heart
$74.99 Add to cartLady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt is a Northeast United States treasure hunt designed for adults to take their families or friends on a great journey.
In this process, you will learn more about US history a
- Author: O’Connell, Michael Cloherty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 9798991820707
- Language: English
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Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
$35.00 Add to cartThe forgotten life and complex legacies of Wakara, the mighty, once-notorious Native leader whose battles and conquests shaped the American West
The Native American leader Wakara (ca. 1815-1855) was- Author: Mueller, Max Perry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541602595
- Language: English
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Cairo: The City Victorious
$19.00 Add to cartFrom a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, th… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Rodenbeck, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 22 2000
- ISBN10: 0679767274
- Language: English
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The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book Selection
Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics’ Best Book “Ex- Author: Delbanco, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0735224137
- Language: English
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Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America
$49.95 Add to cartThe Civil War produced the largest cavalry force ever raised in American history. In Civil War Cavalry, Earl J. Hess examines that force comprehensively and from new perspectives, challenging standar… [more below]
- Author: Hess, Earl J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0807184446
- Language: English
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10/7: 100 Human Stories
$19.00 Add to cartWinner of the National Jewish Book Awards’ 2024 Jewish Book of the Year and The Natan Fund’s Winter 2025 Notable Book Award!
The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victi- Author: Yaron, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1250366313
- Language: English
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Inside the Britannic: Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic’s Sister Ship
$38.00 Add to cartDocumenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills’ new book takes you inside the SS Britannic for a unique dive into the past.
The Olympic Class ships were i- Author: Mills, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 139941450X
- Language: English
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Ancient Greek Philosophers
$29.99 Add to cartTrace the origins of modern philosophy back to ancient Greece with the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and other famous thinkers.
Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics w- Series: Leather-Bound Classics
- Author: Editors of Canterbury Classics
- Binding: Leather
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1667211641
- Language: English
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I’m Prancing as Fast as I Can: My Journey from a Self-Loathing Closet Case to a Successful TV Writer with Some Self-Esteem
$18.99 Add to cartWARNING: Those who don’t remember my past are doomed to repeat it.
I’m Prancing As Fast As I Can is a coming of Gay story that takes us from a scared, self-hating kid who spends most of his time under- Author: Kinnally, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888459508
- Language: English
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Defending Dixie’s Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil War
$39.95 Add to cartARE YOU INTERESTED IN KNOWING the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed school children? When it comes to the story a
- Author: Bishop, Isaac C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 196350643X
- Language: English
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The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840
$19.99 Add to cart“Compact and insightful. “–New York Times Book Review “Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like.”–American Heritage
A… [more below]
- Author: Larkin, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0060916060
- Language: English
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The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating….A highly readable history of the conflict.” —New York Times Book Review
In The Great Gamble, a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, former NPR Moscow correspo
- Author: Feifer, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0061143197
- Language: English
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Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals
$27.99 Add to cartIn this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can… [more below]
- Author: Ratigan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0802886086
- Language: English
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Great Plains Indians
$14.95 Add to cart2017 Nebraska Book Awards Nonfiction: Reference
David J. Wishart’s Great Plains Indians covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering- Series: Discover the Great Plains
- Author: Wishart, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0803269625
- Language: English
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The Six Loves of James I
$32.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking and insightful exploration of King James I, enigmatic successor to Queen Elizabeth I, from the “meticulous researcher” (The Wall Street Journal) and author of the “enjoyable and reada… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Gareth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1668049686
- Language: English
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The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It
$24.00 Add to cartExamining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis–and where it might take us.
We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cult- Author: Ryrie, Alec
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390823
- Language: English
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Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team
$16.00 Add to cartA magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America’s great twentieth-century writers
A Penguin Classic On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143105914
- Language: English
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The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
$26.00 Add to cartFor the first time in a generation, here is a bold new account of the Battle of the Marne, a cataclysmic encounter that prevented a quick German victory in World War I and changed the course of two wa… [more below]
- Author: Herwig, Holger H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0812978293
- Language: English
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Selling Israel: Zionism, Propaganda, and the Uses of Hasbara
$25.00 Add to cartAn urgent and necessary deep dive into how Israel’s masterful use of propaganda has shaped global perceptions, justified Israel’s policies, and masked its violations of human rights and international … [more below]
- Author: Malinowitz, Harriet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1623715806
- Language: English
