Aspects (Academic)/Historical
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The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History, Second Edition
$27.95 Read moreIn this second edition of their classic text, Klyza and Trombulak use the lens of interconnectedness to examine the geological, ecological, and cultural forces that came together to produce contempora… [more below]
- Author: Klyza, Christopher McGrory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1611684021
- Language: English
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The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
$21.00 Add to cartA searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath–from the prizewinning economist and author of Shutdown, Crashed and The Wages of Destruction
Winner of the L- Author: Tooze, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127977
- Language: English
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Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City
$20.00 Add to cartAn endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World
Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesqu- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0307743756
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
$21.00 Add to cartA thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire.
The evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0307473651
- Language: English
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The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition
$34.95 Read moreAs many in the north country can attest, one of life’s great pleasures resides in the tradition of sauna-sitting in 180-plus-degree heat and throwing cool water on oven-hot stones to create a blast of… [more below]
- Author: Nordskog, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0816656827
- Language: English
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The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers tells the unexpected story of America’s second great founding and of the men most responsible–Alexander Hamilton, George W… [more below]
- Author: Ellis, Joseph J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 080417248X
- Language: English
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The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess—In Her Own Words
$29.99 Add to cartA new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan’s memoir–the story of the “real” Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love- Author: Balsan, Consuela Vanderbilt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1250017181
- Language: English
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Boy Scouts Handbook: Original 1911 Edition
$16.99 Read moreThis is a full-color edition of the very first Boy Scouts Handbook, complete with the wonderful vintage advertisements that accompanied the original1911 edition, Over 40 million copies in print
The o- Author: The Boy Scouts of America
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1616081988
- Language: English
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Cities That Shaped the Ancient World
$16.95 Read moreThe cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities as we know them today. But what was it like to live in B
- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0500293406
- Language: English
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July Crisis: The World’s Descent Into War, Summer 1914
$56.65 Add to cartThis is a magisterial new account of Europe’s tragic descent into a largely inadvertent war in the summer of 1914. Thomas Otte reveals why a century-old system of Great Power politics collapsed so dis… [more below]
- Author: Otte, T. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 558
- Publish Date: May 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1107695279
- Language: English
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Brittany: A Cultural History
$15.00 Read moreA cultural guide to a region on the edge of europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans. Brittany’s richly layered landscape has contributed depth and charact… [more below]
- Series: Interlink Cultural Histories
- Author: Mewes, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1566560888
- Language: English
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The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung political entity in the world, holding sway at one time over one fifth of the world’s population. The… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jackson, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0199605416
- Language: English
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
$22.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
The remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a care- Author: Croke, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0812981650
- Language: English
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The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
$17.00 Add to cartThe Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glo
- Author: Michener, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0812986741
- Language: English
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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
$24.95 Read moreAn irresistible look into more than 300 years of fashion through an exquisite collection of designer dresses
What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first- Author: Koda, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0300166559
- Language: English
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Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
$17.99 Add to cartBetween Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street thro
- Author: Lauterbach, Preston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352137
- Language: English
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Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age
$31.00 Read moreThe hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and everything: companies care more about the moods of their shareholders than about longstanding commercial success; governments subordi
- Series: Zone / Near Futures
- Author: Feher, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1942130120
- Language: English
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The Tragedy of the Royal Tar: The 1836 Circus Steamship Fire
$12.95 Add to cartOn October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maine’s Penobscot Bay. On board was a small circus menagerie returning to Boston from a summer-long tour of the Canadian Maritimes. … [more below]
- Author: Warner, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 16 2015
- ISBN10: 1608933571
- Language: English
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First Telegraph Line Across the Continent: Charles Brown’s 1861 Diary
$14.95 Add to cart2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/Illustration
The transcontinental telegraph was a remarkable technological feat that had major consequences for the West and the nation as a whole. Yet relatively
- Author: Mihelich, Dennis N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 133
- Publish Date: August 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0933307322
- Language: English
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The Brewer’s Tale: A History of the World According to Beer
$16.95 Add to cartThe Brewer’s Tale is a beer-filled journey into the past: the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer’s quest to bring them–and their ancient, forgotten beers–back to life, one taste at a time… [more below]
- Author: Bostwick, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0393351998
- Language: English
