History & Military
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The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
$20.00 Add to cartThe fast-paced and “engrossing account” (The New York Times Book Review) of “one of the greatest breakthroughs in archaeological history” (The Christian Science Monitor): two rival geniuses in a race … [more below]
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1501198947
- Language: English
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
$19.99 Add to cart“A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life.” —The Washington Post
The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the… [more below]
- Author: Lockley, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335044981
- Language: English
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The Lost Scriptures of Giza: Enoch and the Origin of the World’s Oldest Texts
$21.95 Add to cartCenturies after a cataclysmic depopulation of the world, mankind sought to replicate the only connection he had with his Maker. Pyramids were erected everywhere, as colonies of survivors thrived. None
- Author: Breshears, Jason M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1585091448
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America
$29.95 Add to cart“A model of excellence in the art of reference volume publishing… Every public and school library… should acquire this treasure. It will remain the standard for many years to come.”
— Dr. James- Author: Johnson, Michael G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0228104025
- Language: English
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The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
$19.99 Add to cartA “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the fut… [more below]
- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1982116684
- Language: English
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Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt
$21.95 Add to cartJohn Anthony West’s revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accepted as dogma concerning Ancient Egypt. In this pioneering study West documents that: H… [more below]
- Author: West, John Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: May 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0835606910
- Language: English
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The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works: Gallic War, Civil War, Alexandrian War, African War, and Spanish War
$35.00 Add to cartThe Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the five works that chronicle the military campaigns of Julius Caesar. Together, these five narratives present a comprehensive picture of m… [more below]
- Series: Landmark
- Author: Raaflaub, Kurt A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0307455440
- Language: English
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National Geographic Ultimate Visual History of the World: The Story of Humankind from Prehistory to Modern Times
$50.00 Read more- Author: Isbouts, Jean-Pierre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1426221894
- Language: English
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Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
$15.99 Add to cartDick Gregory has been an unsparing and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years: a friend of such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Gregory is an unrelenting, lifelon
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0062448714
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium
$21.95 Add to cartBuilding on A People’s History of the United States, this radical world history captures the broad sweep of human history from the perspective of struggling classes.
An “indispensable volume” on class… [more below]- Author: Harman, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1786630818
- Language: English
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America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization
$25.00 Add to cartThe Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has mad- Author: Hancock, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1250756952
- Language: English
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Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
$49.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0393345238
- Language: English
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One Summer: America, 1927
$22.00 Add to cartA Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book
The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record. In Newa
A GoodReads Reader’s Choice- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0767919416
- Language: English
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Diné: A History of the Navajos
$29.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive narrative traces the history of the Navajos from their origins to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on extensive archival research, traditional accounts, interviews, … [more below]
- Author: Iverson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 28 2002
- ISBN10: 082632715X
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
$17.00 Add to cart*Now with a new afterword containing never-before-seen research on the identity of the spy ring’s most secret member, Agent 355
“This is my kind of history book. Get ready. Here’s the action.” –BRAD- Author: Kilmeade, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1595231102
- Language: English
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The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
$22.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclea
- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 21, 2020
- ISBN10: 0316381675
- Language: English
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint l’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
$19.00 Add to cartA powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803
“One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery- Author: James, C. L. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679724672
- Language: English
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Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
$21.95 Add to cartMost books on the Roman and Greek Empires deal with famous figures or events, but Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants focuses on things that seldom appear in history books: myths and magi
- Author: Ryan, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1633887022
- Language: English
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The extraordinary account of James Garfield’s rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author … [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0767929713
- Language: English
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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
$21.99 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.
It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a min- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 20, 2016
- ISBN10: 031620059X
- Language: English
