Basic Books
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The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos
$32.00 Read moreHow learning to “listen” to the universe using radio waves has revolutionized our understanding of everything from gravity to little green men.
In space, no one can hear you scream. But the universe- Author: Chapman, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1541601858
- Language: English
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Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece
$40.00 Read moreFrom an award-winning historian, the definitive history of classical Greece and the rivalry between its two greatest cities.
“Goldsworthy tells a timely tale of national pride, and he has much to be- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541619986
- Language: English
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Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7
$32.00 Read moreHow humanity’s long pursuit of ever-larger numbers broke the boundaries of mathematics and propelled us into the Information Age
“A charming tour”–Jordan Ellenburg, author of Shape What if, every t- Author: Elwes, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1541605926
- Language: English
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Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves
$34.00 Read moreA history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable.
“A tour de force … Read it now.” –Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Aboliti- Author: Schrader, Stuart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608038
- Language: English
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After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World
$30.00 Read moreA renowned political scientist’s searing explanation for the rightward turn of global politics since the end of the Cold War.
“A compelling analysis–profoundly challenging to so many Western assumpt- Author: Shapiro, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1541606264
- Language: English
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
$40.00 Add to cart“Superb….Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post)
Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Hei- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608186
- Language: English
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Europe: A New History
$35.00 Read moreA bold new history of Europe, from ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture?- Author: Beaton, Roderick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 154160380X
- Language: English
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Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity
$40.00 Add to cartA sweeping history of Christianity in America, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the political triumphs of evangelicalism, showing the powerful, singular role the faith has always played in A… [more below]
- Author: Sutton, Matthew Avery
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1541646339
- Language: English
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How Black Music Took Over the World
$30.00 Read moreOne of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form
Why- Author: Gibbs, Melvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1541603249
- Language: English
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life
$35.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography of American suffragist and women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from a preeminent historian of women’s suffrage
“The life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton still has much t- Author: DuBois, Ellen Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1541647513
- Language: English
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
$19.99 Add to cartThe “engaging” (New Yorker), New York Times best-selling story of how coyotes took over North America–and are now taking over South America as well
Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science- Author: Flores, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608534
- Language: English
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The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the “Golden Apple,” as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventee… [more below]
- Author: Wheatcroft, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 046502081X
- Language: English
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Syria: A Modern History
$35.00 Add to cartA landmark new history of Syria, a country forged in conflict, cursed by civil war and dictatorship, and pivotal to the future of the Middle East
Modern Syria has seen violence, repression, and autoc- Author: Neep, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1541608127
- Language: English
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Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
$21.99 Add to cartFrom a “remarkably gifted historian” (New York Times), the definitive account of the golden age of Rome — an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness
The Pax Romana has long been shortha- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 154160637X
- Language: English
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Feed the People!: Why Industrial Food Is Good and How to Make It Even Better
$30.00 Add to cartWhy Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, and other slow-food-loving locavores are wrong about food in America–and why Waffle House can save us all.
The food industry is a major driver of climate change, p- Author: Dutkiewicz, Jan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1541603788
- Language: English
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Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
$21.99 Add to cartThe epic story of the planet’s oldest trees and the making of the modern world
“Rich…fascinating.”–The Wall Street Journal Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But - Author: Farmer, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1541607953
- Language: English
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Worlds of Islam: A Global History
$40.00 Add to cartA sweeping global history of Islam, tracing the 1,400-year evolution of a diverse community of faith and its place in the modern world
From its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith- Author: McDougall, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1541600142
- Language: English
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Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic
$30.00 Add to cartThe life and thought of Diogenes the Cynic, an iconoclastic philosopher who pioneered a brash and free-thinking vision of life that inspired the philosophy of Stoicism–“a rich, engaging portrait of i… [more below]
- Author: Kuin, Inger N. I.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606477
- Language: English
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
$40.00 Add to cartA definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to read and understand Thucydides
Thucydides calle- Author: Thucydides
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1541603389
- Language: English
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The Fight of His Life: Joe Louis’s Battle for Freedom During World War II
$32.00 Add to cartThe boxing champion whose fight against the Nazis in and out of the ring made him a global icon
During the 1930s and 1940s, no African American athlete commanded the spotlight more than heavyweight b- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605063
- Language: English
