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Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
$32.00 Add to cartThe full story of how and why Russia has tried to violently subjugate Ukraine across the centuries, and how Ukrainians have resisted
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the w- Author: Finkel, Eugene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604679
- Language: English
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Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future
$30.00 Add to cartHow the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world’s forests
In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent “doing something good for the planet.” Ma- Author: Oakes, Lauren E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603346
- Language: English
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Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan
$30.00 Add to cartA heartfelt, humane, and even hilarious account of why rule-obsessed veganism fails and how a focus on flourishing can bring about an abundant future for all
In Hungry Beautiful Animals, philosopher- Author: Halteman, Matthew C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1541602056
- Language: English
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Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash
$32.00 Read moreA leading historian argues that Johnny Cash was the most important political artist of his time
Johnny Cash was an American icon, known for his level, bass-baritone voice and somber demeanor, and for h
- Author: Foley, Michael Stewart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1541699572
- Language: English
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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
$19.99 Read more“It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject.” — Scientific American
In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a- Author: Smolin, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 465094546
- Language: English
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Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined–And Redefined–Nature
$30.00 Read moreFrom the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature
When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing t- Author: Shapiro, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1541644182
- Language: English
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T. R.: The Last Romantic
$27.99 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt
Lauded as “a rip-roaring life” (Wall Street Journal), TR is a magisterial biography of Theodore Roosevelt… [more below]- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: September 11 1998
- ISBN10: 0465069592
- Language: English
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Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers: All the Basics You Need to Know
$22.99 Read moreIn the current environment of cut-throat competition, razor-thin profit margins, and increasing scrutiny from stakeholders, mastering the fundamentals of financial management is a must for everyone wi… [more below]
- Author: Droms, William G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0465078982
- Language: English
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The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
$18.99 Read moreAn incisive biography of the Supreme Court’s enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far.
John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming h… [more below]- Author: Biskupic, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1541675436
- Language: English
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
$35.00 Read moreThis definitive biography of one of history’s most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world — and their rise and fall from power.
Alexander the Great’s conquests… [more below]- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 154164669X
- Language: English
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What’s the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life
$28.00 Read moreSee the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world–from technology to health care and beyond.
Almost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering whe… [more below]- Author: Stewart, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1541699483
- Language: English
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
$30.00 Read moreOne of the world’s great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver–and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts.
We are often told that hard work is the key- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1541600363
- Language: English
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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
$30.00 Read moreA distinguished religious leader’s stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values.
With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down- Author: Sacks, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1541675312
- Language: English
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Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class
$30.00 Add to cartA blistering critique of America’s assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargain
Most Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone o
- Author: Canon, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1541674677
- Language: English
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The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight
$30.00 Read moreA spellbinding exploration of the human capacity to imagine the future
Our ability to think about the future is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. In The Invention of Tomorrow, cognitive
- Author: Suddendorf, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 154167572X
- Language: English
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The Hydrogen Revolution: A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy
$30.00 Read moreNamed a Financial Times Best Book of 2021
An energy expert shows why hydrogen can fight climate change and become the fuel of the futureWe’re constantly told that our planet is in crisis; that to sav
- Author: Alverà, Marco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541620410
- Language: English
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The Social Lives of Animals
$30.00 Read moreA rat will go out of its way to help a stranger in need. Lions have adopted the calves of their prey. Ants farm fungus in cooperatives. Why do we continue to believe that life in the animal kingdom is
- Author: Ward, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600835
- Language: English
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Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas
$35.00 Read moreA bold new history of the origins and aftermath of the Texas Revolution, revealing how Indians, Mexicans, and Americans battled for survival in one of the continent’s most diverse regions
The Texas R- Author: Haynes, Sam W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1541645413
- Language: English
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The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates
$35.00 Read moreA preeminent classics scholar revises the history of medicine.
Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of their great legacies to the world. In the fifth cent… [more below]- Author: Fox, Robin Lane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0465093442
- Language: English
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The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
$32.00 Read moreA magisterial intellectual history of the last century of American conservatism
When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan. Yet this narrow view leaves ma
- Author: Continetti, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600509
- Language: English
