18th Century
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The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom
$40.99 Add to cartThe Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay’s brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes’ program and their vi… [more below]
- Series: Enlightenment an Interpretation
- Author: Gay, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 746
- Publish Date: September 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0393313662
- Language: English
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Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast
$18.95 Add to cartThey were bold, arrogant, brutal. They strode the rolling deck of a ship more easily than the tame streets of a town. They were wealthy–some beyond the wildest dreams of the governors and kings who f
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 1993
- ISBN10: 194946718X
- Language: English
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The Anza Trail and the Settling of California
$24.00 Add to cartIn 1774, the Spanish viceroy of Mexico sent Juan Bautista de Anza, captain of the Presidio at Tubac (in what is now Arizona), to lead two expeditions: the first to find a safe overland route to Monter… [more below]
- Series: California Legacy Book
- Author: Guerrero, Vladimir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1597140260
- Language: English
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A Taste of History Cookbook: The Flavors, Places, and People That Shaped American Cuisine
$30.00 Read moreThe delicious, informative, and entertaining cookbook tie-in to PBS’s Emmy Award-winning series A Taste of History.
A TASTE OF HISTORY COOKBOOK provides a fascinating look into 18th and 19th century A- Author: Staib, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1538746689
- Language: English
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Pilates: Wall Pilates for Seniors to Enhance Flexibility and Balance (An Illustrated Guide to Improve Your Posture and Build Yo
$19.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive guide is designed specifically for newcomers to pilates, providing an accessible and gentle approach to harnessing the benefits of this renowned exercise method. With easy-to-follow
- Author: Barcomb, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1999212363
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
$25.00 Add to cart“History writing at its glorious best.”–The New York Times
“A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style.”–The Economist The New York T- Series: Penguin History of Europe (Viking)
- Author: Blanning, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113895
- Language: English
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Reynolds Pamphlet
$4.99 Add to cartThe Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. Written while Hamilton was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, the Pamphlet was intended as a defense against accusations that Hamilto
- Series: Mint Editions–Historical Documents and Treaties
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1513295616
- Language: English
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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
$40.99 Add to cartThe day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198715951
- Language: English
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Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution
$35.00 Add to cartJos駱hine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; T駻騷ia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette R馗amier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarcer
- Author: Higonnet, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0393867951
- Language: English
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The Age of Revolution: 1749-1848
$20.00 Add to cartThis magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphorist… [more below]
- Series: History of the Modern World
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 26 1996
- ISBN10: 0679772537
- Language: English
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Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism (Revised)
$37.99 Add to cartIn the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded accou… [more below]
- Series: Enlightenment an Interpretation
- Author: Gay, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 590
- Publish Date: July 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0393313026
- Language: English
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The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It
$35.00 Add to cartA panoramic, “persuasive and inspiring” (New Yorker) new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress an… [more below]
- Author: Perl-Rosenthal, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603192
- Language: English
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The Penguin Book of Pirates
$20.00 Add to cartReal-life accounts of the world’s most notorious pirates–both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond–compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masu… [more below]
- Author: Howe, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0143137514
- Language: English
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
$30.00 Add to cartIn this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years’ War-long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution-takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed,… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: January 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0375706364
- Language: English
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Jane Austen Embroidery: Regency Patterns Reimagined for Modern Stitchers
$24.95 Add to cartJane Austen was as skillful with a needle as she was with a pen, and this unique book showcases rare and beautiful embroidery patterns from her era, repurposed into 15 modern sewing projects. Derived … [more below]
- Series: Dover Crafts: Embroidery & Needlepoint
- Author: Batchelor, Jennie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0486842878
- Language: English
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The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
$21.99 Add to cartIt is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contra
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winik, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: May 06 2016
- ISBN10: 006008314X
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
$25.00 Add to cart“[Mr. Robertson] is [a] splendid writer, astoundingly versed in European letters and gifted at vividly sketching the views of the “Enlighteners.”… Robertson, armed with a prodigious knowledge of the
- Author: Robertson, Ritchie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0062410660
- Language: English
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American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795
$32.50 Add to cartNew attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the Constitution a pact with slaver
- Author: Larson, Edward J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0393882209
- Language: English
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The House of Medici
$19.99 Add to cartIt was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even pope… [more below]
- Author: Hibbert, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 19, 1999
- ISBN10: 0688053394
- Language: English
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Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution
$20.00 Add to cartIn August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Great Britain, General George Washington’s young army faced off against over 20,000 British a… [more below]
- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0802126367
- Language: English
