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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
$21.95 Read moreLONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE
Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword bla- Author: Fri?riksd?ttir, J?hanna Katr?n
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1350230308
- Language: English
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Mao: The Man Who Made China
$26.95 Add to cartOne of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of milli… [more below]
- Author: Short, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1350376728
- Language: English
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Metronome
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musici- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Birkhold, Matthew H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765108871
- Language: English
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The World Cup: A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event, 2026 Edition
$26.95 Read moreThe ultimate history of the World Cup
Every four years, the world’s best national soccer teams compete for the World Cup. Billions of people tune in from around the world to experience the remarkable- Author: Lisi, Clemente A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798216275275
- Language: English
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Healing Through Wonder: How Awe Restores Us After Trauma and Loss
$29.95 Add to cartVal Walker’s profound journey through trauma and spiritual exploration is both heart-wrenching and inspiring. This book beautifully captures the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative p
- Author: Walker, Val
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 08 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881842406
- Language: English
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Caf? Tacvba’s Re
$14.95 Add to cartThis book is about unveiling and exploring the many layered gestures of Re.
Re, the 1994 album by the Mexican group Caf? Tacvba, is a spectacularly unique musical object that adopts and adapts myriad- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Esterrich, Carmelo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765106556
- Language: English
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Ballot
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an incre- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Enjeti, Anjali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765126196
- Language: English
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Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
$14.95 Add to cartConceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and highly sophisticated-exquisitely analog and experimental
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Carter, Kameryn Alexa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765106464
- Language: English
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Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Unlikeliest Popstar
$29.95 Add to cartJohn Larkin – a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist – overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts in pop music history by turning his gre
- Author: Waggott, Gina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881807078
- Language: English
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Hitchcockian Thrillers: Must-See Films in the Style of the Suspense Master
$49.95 Add to cartDuring Alfred Hitchcock’s five-decade reign as the screen’s internationally celebrated Master of Suspense, he directed 53 motion pictures. In such Hitchcock gold standard classics as The 39 Steps, Rea
- Author: Rebello, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 149307959X
- Language: English
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The Luckiest Unlucky Couple: A Medical Love Story
$28.95 Add to cartThe story goes something like this: successful journalist and author, Alicia (Lisa), in her late 50s, is single and mostly happy but has given up on finding love again after her first marriage ended a
- Author: Shepard, Alicia C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798216270058
- Language: English
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A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See
$28.95 Add to cartAn engaging and informative cultural history of glasses that explores their origins, stigmas, future in technology, and more.
Eyeglasses have become so commonplace we hardly think about them-unless w- Author: Dunaway, David King
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881804824
- Language: English
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Banning Books in America: Not a How-To
$24.00 Add to cartThis is a book about banned books in the U.S. – about reading them, teaching them, and lending them under the shadow of political pressure not to.
Banning Books in America features novelists on bannin- Author: Cohen, Samuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765138076
- Language: English
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Lipstick
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
From Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: G’Sell, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765135587
- Language: English
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1970s Jazz Fusion
$19.95 Add to cartThe once derided musical hybrid that is 1970s Jazz Fusion has since become one of the most influential genres of music in jazz, rock, soul, and hip-hop.
The once derided musical hybrid that is 1970s J- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3
- Author: Baker, Matthew Reed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765119525
- Language: English
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Rock Art and Its Legacy in Myth and Art: Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and Northern Africa
$40.00 Add to cartRock art is mankind’s oldest artistic expression. The first creation of rock carvings (petroglyphs) and rock paintings (pictographs) by Homo sapiens represented on multiple counts a quantum leap in me
- Author: Baumer, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: November 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0755650441
- Language: English
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101 Lessons from the Dugout: What Baseball and Softball Can Teach Us about the Game of Life
$19.95 Read moreDecoding baseball’s hidden messages for finding success in the game of life
Every player or fan of baseball and softball thinks they know the game-and they do, at least the rules and the strategy. But- Author: Rotbart, Harley A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765163009
- Language: English
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Let’s Talk about Money: Low-Conflict Conversations for Couples
$22.00 Add to cartWhat if the biggest threat to your relationship isn’t infidelity, but instead is your next credit card bill? You can stop arguing and learn how to talk about money.
Disagreements about money can quiet- Author: Gaspard, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881802301
- Language: English
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Resisting Nazism: True Stories of Resistance to the World’s Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present
$27.00 Add to cartNazism has always faced resistance: from the German artists who caricatured the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS to try and expose the Holocaust in the 1940s, or the people who un
- Author: Berryman, Luke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 9798881800697
- Language: English
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The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
$14.95 Read moreAs immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On the
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Barker, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1501321277
- Language: English
