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The Magnificent Boat: The Colonial Theft of a South Seas Cultural Treasure
$29.95 Read moreFrom an eminent and provocative historian, a wrenching parable of the ravages of colonialism in the South Pacific.
Countless museums in the West have been criticized for their looted treasures, but fe- Author: Aly, Götz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0674276574
- Language: English
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From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
$19.00 Read moreA Wired Most Fascinating Book of the Year
“An important book that reminds us that navigation remains one of our most underappreciated arts.”
–Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s- Author: Bond, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0674260414
- Language: English
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Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
$29.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year
Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Associat- Author: Bellah, Robert N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: May 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0674975340
- Language: English
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The First Crusade: The Call from the East
$24.00 Read more“The most significant contribution to rethinking the origins and course of the First Crusade for a generation.”
“Filled with Byzantine intrigue, in every sense
–Mark Whittow, Times Literary Supplement- Author: Frankopan, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0674970780
- Language: English
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Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy
$21.00 Read moreA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
“Even in these dismal times genuinely important books do occasionally make their appearance…You really ought to read it…A tour de force…While Wertheim is- Author: Wertheim, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271130
- Language: English
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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism
$27.95 Read moreThe last book by the eminent American philosopher and public intellectual Richard Rorty, providing the definitive statement of his mature philosophical and political views.
Richard Rorty’s Pragmatism- Author: Rorty, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0674248910
- Language: English
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The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
$29.95 Read moreAn award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter–and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.
When you train a telescope o- Author: Schilling, Govert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0674248996
- Language: English
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Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World
$29.95 Read moreA New Yorker Best Book of the Year
The remarkable life of violinist and teacher Shinichi Suzuki, who pioneered an innovative but often-misunderstood philosophy of early childhood education–now known- Author: Hotta, Eri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0674238230
- Language: English
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An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry
$40.00 Read moreNever before has there been a single-volume anthology of modern Irish poetry so significant and groundbreaking as An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry.
Collected here is a comprehensive representation- Author: Davis, Wes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: March 18 2013
- ISBN10: 0674072227
- Language: English
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The Essential Tagore
$30.00 Read moreThe Essential Tagore showcases the genius of India’s Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel Laureate and possibly the most prolific and diverse serious writer the world has ever known.
Marking the- Author: Tagore, Rabindranath
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: November 24 2014
- ISBN10: 0674417046
- Language: English
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de Gaulle
$26.95 Read moreWinner of the Duff Cooper Prize
In this definitive biography of the mythic general
Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize
A New Yorker, Financial Times, Spectator, Times, and Telegraph Book of the Year- Author: Jackson, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0674241452
- Language: English
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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
$18.00 Read moreWinner of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Excellence in American History Book Award
“Cogent, lucid, and concise…An indispensable guide to the
Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize- Author: Chervinsky, Lindsay M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271033
- Language: English
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The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China, with a New PostScript
$27.00 Add to cartOne of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang
- Author: Taylor, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: April 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0674060490
- Language: English
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Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
$24.00 Read moreWinner of the William James Book Award
“A landmark in our understanding of human development.”
Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award
–Paul Harris, author of Trusting What You’re Told “Magisterial…- Author: Tomasello, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0674248287
- Language: English
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What Works: Gender Equality by Design
$21.00 Read moreShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year
A Times Higher Education Book of the Week
Best Business Book of the Year,- Author: Bohnet, Iris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0674986563
- Language: English
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Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire
$21.95 Add to cartCundill Prize Finalist
“Superbly original…Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutio
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year- Author: Harper, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 067429212X
- Language: English
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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
$35.00 Read moreA Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction
A sweeping history of American psychiatry–from the mental hospital to the brain lab–that reveals the devastating treatments d
A Telegraph Book of the Year- Author: Scull, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0674265106
- Language: English
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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
$18.95 Read more“At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery.”–The Economist
“Insightful and infor- Author: Sedivy, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293932
- Language: English
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Metternich: Strategist and Visionary
$24.95 Read more“A superb biographical portrait and work of historical analysis…Let us hope that it will serve if not as a manual then at least as an inspiration–good statesmanship is needed more than ever.”
–Bren- Author: Siemann, Wolfram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0674292189
- Language: English
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Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
$35.00 Read moreIn the first comprehensive accounting of the US Supreme Court’s race-related jurisprudence, a distinguished historian and renowned civil rights lawyer scrutinize a legacy too often blighted by racial
- Author: Burton, Orville Vernon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0674975642
- Language: English
