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By: Ellen Karsh
The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need
$27.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writing
Written by two expert authors who have won secured millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, The Only Grant-Writing- Author: Karsh, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 05, 2019
- ISBN10: 1541617819
- Language: English
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By: Alfred Lansing
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartExperience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 attempt to reach the
- Author: Lansing, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 28, 2015
- ISBN10: 0465062881
- Language: English
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By: John Eisenberg
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American
- Author: Eisenberg, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 01, 2019
- ISBN10: 1541618645
- Language: English
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The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartA New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible … [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1541673522
- Language: English
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By: Tzu, Sun
The Art of War
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe definitive translation of Sun-tzu’s timeless classic of military strategy, Art of War
Sun-tzu’s Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written. This treatise has be- Series: History & Warfare (Paperback)
- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 11, 1994
- ISBN10: 081331951X
- Language: English
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By: Fritzsche, Peter
1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartA penetrating history of the year World War II became a global conflict and humankind confronted both destruction and deliverance on a planetary scale
By the end of the Second World War, more than se- Author: Fritzsche, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1541603214
- Language: English
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By: Aurelius, Marcus
The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartAn exquisite abridged edition of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations by a renowned translator
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the sixteenth emperor of Rome–and by far the most powerful man in the world. His… [more below]- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606760
- Language: English
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By: Bruce D. Perry
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook — What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, an
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children–and outlines the
- Author: Perry, Bruce D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 29, 2017
- ISBN10: 0465094457
- Language: English
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter’s book is concerned directly with the nature of “maps” or links between forma- Author: Hofstadter, Douglas R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 824
- Publish Date: February 05, 1999
- ISBN10: 0465026567
- Language: English
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By: Thomas Sowell
Social Justice Fallacies
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths that underpin the social justice movement
The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our ti- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603923
- Language: English
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The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartA New York Times bestseller, “The Dying Citizen is essential reading for any American who cares about the fate of our nation” (Mark R. Levin)
Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects,
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 11, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541647556
- Language: English
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By: Neil Price
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartA “thrilling” (Wall Street Journal) history of the Vikings by a pre-eminent scholar
The Viking Age saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the world. As traders and raiders, ex
- Author: Price, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541601114
- Language: English
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The Case for Trump
$18.99PaperbackRead moreThis New York Times bestselling Trump biography from a major American intellectual explains how a renegade businessman became one of the most successful — and necessary — presidents of all time.
In- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 17, 2020
- ISBN10: 1541673557
- Language: English
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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA spectacular musical and scientific journey from the Bronx to the cosmic horizon that reveals the astonishing links between jazz, science, Einstein, and Coltrane
More than fifty years ago, John Coltr- Author: Alexander, Stephon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 0465093574
- Language: English
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By: Ford, Martin
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartUpdated for the unfolding AI disruption, this prescient classic shows how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives
A New York Times bestseller and winner of the F- Author: Ford, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608860
- Language: English
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By: Blom, Philipp
The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartEurope, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and … [more below]
- Author: Blom, Philipp
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0465020291
- Language: English
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By: Simms, Brendan
The Return of the Great Powers
$35.00HardcoverRead moreFrom an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new rules of global leadership.
From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Col- Author: Simms, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1541605837
- Language: English
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The Long Revolution: Creating a United States After 1776
$30.00HardcoverRead moreFor America’s 250th birthday, a provocative argument that a “Long Revolution” formed the violently beating heart of American politics for decades after 1776.
In the century after Independence, many- Author: Perl-Rosenthal, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1541606639
- Language: English
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By: Lee, Alexander
The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism
$34.00HardcoverRead moreFrom an acclaimed historian, the definitive story of the Venetian Ghetto and the emergence of modern antisemitism.
In the early sixteenth century, amidst the ruins of war and mounting religious hatre- Author: Lee, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608771
- Language: English
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By: Potter, David
Atlas of the Roman Empire: Battles, Conquests, Legions, and Rulers
$45.00HardcoverRead moreFrom a leading scholar of the ancient world, this stunning illustrated guide to the Roman Empire explores every aspect of its rise to power, its dominion over the world, and its eventual fall.
At its- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1541607317
- Language: English














