Chronological Period/17th Century
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The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio
$45.00 Read moreA revised and updated edition of Shakespeare’s First Folio that explains the significance of the iconic publication.
The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio offers the first comprehensive biography of- Author: Smith, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 277
- Publish Date: August 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1851245987
- Language: English
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Slaves in the Family
$25.00 Add to cartMore than twenty years after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classic
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Ball, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 22 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534454
- Language: English
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth I?
$6.99 Add to cartOur bestselling series is fit for a queen
The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father’s court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Eding, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0448448394
- Language: English
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The Witch’s Daughter
$20.00 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An enthralling tale of modern witch Bess Hawksmith, a fiercely independent woman desperate to escape her cursed history who must confront the evil which has haunted her f- Series: Witch’s Daughter #1
- Author: Brackston, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 125000408X
- Language: English
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Text Bible-KJV-1611
$79.95 Add to cartCelebrating the 400th anniversary of the 1611 King James Version Bible For over 400 years, the Authorized Version of the Bible–popularly known as the King James Version–has been beloved for its maje
- Author: Hendrickson Publishers
- Binding: Leather
- Page Count: 1536
- Publish Date: June 01, 2003
- ISBN10: 1565631625
- Language: English
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The Traitor’s Blade
$9.99 Add to cartChristopher’s homecoming takes a sinister turn when a murderous conspiracy is uncovered in this fifth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.
Christopher, Tom, and Sally are back in London a- Series: Blackthorn Key #5
- Author: Sands, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1534484574
- Language: English
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The Miniaturist
$18.00 Add to cartNow a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS
Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam–a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion–a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and s
- Author: Burton, Jessie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0062306847
- Language: English
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
$21.99 Add to cart“A feat of both scholarship and storytelling” (Wall Street Journal)–the definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries.
In The Habsburgs,… [more below]- Author: Rady, Martyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1541644514
- Language: English
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William Shakespeare Comedies
$14.99 Add to cartBring on the merriment whenever you open this collection of Shakespeare’s entertaining comedies.
The comedies of William Shakespeare–including The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s D- Series: Word Cloud Classics
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 164517154X
- Language: English
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The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689
$11.99 Add to cartThis ongoing series introduces our country’s history to young readers in an appealing picture-book format. Clear, simple texts combine with informative, accurate illustrations to help young people dev
- Series: American Story (Paperback)
- Author: Maestro, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0060575727
- Language: English
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The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
$22.95 Read more“A powerful analysis of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, a private company that conquered a subcontinent and subjugated an entire people.”–Huw Bowen, Swansea University
“Elegantl- Author: Robins, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0745331955
- Language: English
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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
$26.00 Add to cartThis is the story of a city that shouldn’t exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America’s most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, ba
- Author: Powell, Lawrence N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0674725905
- Language: English
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Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle
$21.99 Add to cartQuicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason w
- Series: Baroque Cycle #1
- Author: Stephenson, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: September 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0060593083
- Language: English
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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
$18.99 Add to cart“Brilliantly framed . . . fascinating . . . a well-told story of discovery, conquest, business, and politics.” — Kirkus Reviews
Four centuries ago, and 14 years before the Mayflower, a group of men–l
- Author: Woolley, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 08 2008
- ISBN10: 006009057X
- Language: English
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The Three Musketeers
$12.95 Add to cartOne of the most famous historical novels ever written, The Three Musketeers (1844) is also revered as one of the world’s greatest adventure stories–its heroes Athos, Porthos and Aramis symbols for th… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538468
- Language: English
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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award
What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever l
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Shapiro, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0060088745
- Language: English
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates
$19.99 Add to cartSet against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” – spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s – when l… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1631496220
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
$25.00 Add to cart“[Mr. Robertson] is [a] splendid writer, astoundingly versed in European letters and gifted at vividly sketching the views of the “Enlighteners.”… Robertson, armed with a prodigious knowledge of the
- Author: Robertson, Ritchie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0062410660
- Language: English
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Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip’s War
$24.99 Add to cartThis classic account of King Philip’s War, first published in 1958, offers a bird’s-eye view of the conflict, from the Wampanoag sachem’s rise to his ultimate defeat. The battles, massacres, stratagem
- Author: Leach, Douglas Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0881508853
- Language: English
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
$18.99 Add to cartThe rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as cont
- Author: Morrissey, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0060525347
- Language: English
