19th Century
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A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
$22.00 Add to cartPaul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senato
- Author: Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0230341985
- Language: English
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We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
$29.99 Add to cartAmerica has always been sustained by rebellion and activism. It is up to us to continue the fight.
America’s founding was a contradictory one. When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years
- Author: Days, Michael I.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 9798889837374
- Language: English
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No Duppy in Our House
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1895, in the Dry Harbour Mountains of Jamaica, Emma Whorms lives a comfortable life with her carpenter husband and two young sons. Quite unconventional for her time, she is a contented mother and w… [more below]
- Author: Fairbanks, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1038351995
- Language: English
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The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
$22.00 Add to cartThomas Edison’s greatest invention? His own fame.
At the height of his fame Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “the Napoleon of invention” and blazed in the public imagination as a virtual demigod. Start
- Author: Stross, Randall E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 25 2008
- ISBN10: 1400047633
- Language: English
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The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War
$25.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn.
N- Author: Shaara, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 14 2016
- ISBN10: 034554921X
- Language: English
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Art for All. Art History
$46.67 Add to cartA comprehensive volume covering five seminal genres that shaped art, from the late 19th century and well into the 20th: Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Ea
- Author: Hess, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 3754401459
- Language: English
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Railroads and Regulation, 1877-1916
$23.99 Add to cartGovernment regulation of the railroads is probably the most important example of federal intervention in the economy from the Civil War to World War I. It is also a key to an assessment of the impulse
- Author: Kolko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0393005313
- Language: English
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The Stargazer of Nantucket
$28.99 Add to cart“Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt’s meticulous research. Luminous.”
–Fiona Davis, New York Times bes… [more below]- Author: Gerstenblatt, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0778306755
- Language: English
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They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy
$32.00 Add to cartIn this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, North Carolina, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects of… [more below]
- Author: Collins, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1984878816
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad: An Enthralling Overview of the Secret Path to Freedom for African Americans during the 19th Century
$26.99 Add to cartEmbark on a profound journey through the veiled pathways of hope and resilience with The Underground Railroad.
This book pierces the shroud of myths surrounding one of history’s most clandestine escape
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: May 02 2024
- ISBN10: 9798887653594
- Language: English
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Days of Sun and Shadow
$18.95 Read moreBorn into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent… [more below]
- Author: Hayford, India
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1496753143
- Language: English
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Fury Over Texas
$15.95 Read moreThe bestselling masters of the Great American Western pit heroes and villains, men and women, survivors and the unlucky, against the shocking power of Mother Nature in this epic standalone adventure s… [more below]
- Author: Johnstone, William W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 0786052333
- Language: English
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Feast
$30.00 Add to cartIn nineteenth-century France, a young woman with a magical sense of taste saves a duc from poison, and her new role as poison taster thrusts her into the world of the nobility, where secrets and dange… [more below]
- Author: Kurtz, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217191031
- Language: English
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism 2027 Mini Wall Calendar
$10.99 Read morePerfect for small spaces, this mini-sized 12-month wall calendar from The Metropolitan Museum of Art features 13 stunning paintings by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters.
Featuring vibrant l- Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1419789635
- Language: English
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The Stargazer of Nantucket
$30.00 Add to cartComing soon! The Stargazer of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt will be available Jun 09, 2026.
- Author: Gerstenblatt, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0778307506
- Language: English
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Cynthia Hart’s Victoriana Wall Calendar 2027
$17.99 Read moreBring the richness, elegance, and charm of the Victorian era into 2027 with this calendar of lush, vibrant collages.
- A STYLISH YEAR: Each month’s design is carefully curated by expert designer Cynthi
- Author: Hart, Cynthia
- Binding:
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1523533250
- Language: English
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism 2027 Wall Calendar
$16.99 Read moreEnjoy 13 stunning paintings by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters with this 12-month calendar from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Featuring vibrant landscapes, spectacular still lifes, and- Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Binding:
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1419789643
- Language: English
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The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, a Graphic Novel
$18.95 Add to cartA stunning graphic history of how enslaved Africans on board the Amistad rebelled and captured the slave ship in 1839, challenging a whitewashed version of history and putting the Africans back at the… [more below]
- Author: Lester, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 080701690X
- Language: English
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American Uprising
$15.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
“Breathtaking. [Rasmussen’s] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about history itself–about how
- Author: Rasmussen, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0061995223
- Language: English
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The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
$21.99 Add to cartFollowing the bitterly contested election between Adams and Jefferson in 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of
- Author: Sloan, Cliff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1586488058
- Language: English
