Basic Books
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1897 a grimy steamer docked in Seattle and set into epic motion the incredible succession of events that Pierre Berton’s exhilarating The Klondike Fever chronicles in all its splendid and astonishi… [more below]
- Author: Berton, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 457
- Publish Date: December 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0786713178
- Language: English
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Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
$18.99 Add to cart“The publication of Creatures of a Day is reason to celebrate.” — Steven Pinker
In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients’ struggles — as w- Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 046509743X
- Language: English
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Sin Boldly!: Dr. Dave’s Guide to Writing the College Paper
$14.99 Add to cartCheeky, original, and decidedly practical, this guide to effective writing is perfect for anyone who wants to hone their communication skills — college-bound or in the working world.
Jammed with sa- Author: Williams, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: August 11 2004
- ISBN10: 0465091598
- Language: English
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Water: A Natural History
$16.50 Add to cartAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.
Water: A Natura- Author: Outwater, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 1997
- ISBN10: 0465037801
- Language: English
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Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant
$19.99 Add to cartAlways innovative, often controversial, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin has carved out a unique position as one of the women’s movement’s most influential figures, from the early days of con… [more below]
- Author: Dworkin, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 14 2002
- ISBN10: 0465017541
- Language: English
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A Voice in the Wilderness: A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems
$30.00 Read moreWhy understanding evolution–the most reviled branch of science–can help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism
Evolutionary science has long been regarded as conservative, a tool for enfo
- Author: Graves, Joseph L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600711
- Language: English
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Hitler’s First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich
$22.99 Add to cartThis “elegant and sobering” (New York Times) history reveals how Germany’s fractured republic gave way to the Third Reich, from the breakthrough of the Nazi party to the rise of Hitler
Amid the ravages
- Author: Fritzsche, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1541697456
- Language: English
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A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
$16.99 Add to cartA stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time from an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author.
Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been… [more below]- Author: Gopnik, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541699343
- Language: English
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Roman Warfare
$18.99 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a concise and comprehensive history of the fighting forces that created the Roman Empire
Roman warfare was relentless in its pursuit of victory. A ruthl… [more below]- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1541699238
- Language: English
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
$41.00 Add to cartFrom a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism.
In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0465098495
- Language: English
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The Arabs: A History
$24.99 Read moreThe internationally bestselling definitive history of the Arab world, named a best book of the year by the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Atlantic — now updated to cover the latest developme… [more below]
- Author: Rogan, Eugene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 046509421X
- Language: English
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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds
$18.99 Read moreA “fantastically informative” exploration of the hummingbird from an acclaimed natural history writer that is “exceedingly well-researched and packed with fascinating lore” (Wall Street Journal)
Hummin
- Author: Dunn, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1541601416
- Language: English
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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
$39.58 Add to cartAn award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.
One of the Best Books of 2021 — Wall Street Journal
The islands of … [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619838
- Language: English
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The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe
$32.00 Add to cartOne of the preeminent mathematicians of the past half century shows how physics and math were combined to give us the theory of gravity and the dizzying array of ideas and insights that has come from … [more below]
- Author: Nadis, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604296
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Lawyer
$18.99 Add to cartAs defender of both the righteous and the questionable, Alan Dershowitz has become perhaps the most famous and outspoken attorney in the land. Whether or not they agree with his legal tactics, most pe… [more below]
- Series: Art of Mentoring (Paperback)
- Author: Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0465016332
- Language: English
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America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States
$36.40 Add to cart“The best one-volume history of the United States ever written” (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidencies
In America, Empire of Liberty, prizewinning historian David Reyn… [more below]- Author: Reynolds, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 154167569X
- Language: English
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In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
$19.99 Add to cartThe seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know it.
Most people are familiar with history’s great equations: Newton’s Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein’s theory of relativity.- Author: Stewart, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0465085989
- Language: English
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The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom
$24.99 Add to cartPaul Dirac was among the greatest scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of Einstein’s most admired colleagues, he helped discover quantum mechanics, and his prediction of antimatter was one of th… [more below]
- Author: Farmelo, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0465022103
- Language: English
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Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War
$23.99 Read moreAn “absorbing” and “visceral” (New York Times) account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States
By e- Author: Simms, Brendan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1541619102
- Language: English
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What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a
$29.00 Add to cartA beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes.
Dubbed by the New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” Dar- Author: Williams, Dar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0465098967
- Language: English
