Civilization
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A Short History of Progress: Fifteenth Anniversary Edition
$16.99 Add to cartNow more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright’s #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating patterns of
- Series: CBC Massey Lectures
- Author: Wright, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1487006985
- Language: English
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Brave Knights
$9.95 Read moreKnights were mounted soldiers, expert swordsmen, and jousting competitors. But what were their lives really like, and what was the code of chivalry they lived by? Enter the medieval world and explore … [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warriors
- Author: Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1039809995
- Language: English
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Homo Deus: Breve Historia del Mañana / Homo Deus. a History of Tomorrow: Breve Historia del Mañana = Homo Deus
$21.95 Read moreTras el ?xito de Sapiens. De animales a dioses, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia d?nde nos dirigimos.
La guerra es algo obsoleto. Es m?s probable quitarse la vida que morir- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 194554094X
- Language: Spanish
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The Fantasy of the Middle Ages: An Epic Journey Through Imaginary Medieval Worlds
$29.95 Read moreThis abundantly illustrated book is an illuminating exploration of the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture.
From the soaring castles of Sleeping Beauty to the bloody ba- Author: Grollemond, Larisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1606067583
- Language: English
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Tragicomedia Mexicana 1: La Vida En México de 1940 a 1970 / Tragicomedy 1
$13.95 Read moreLa radiografÃa de un paÃs hecha por uno de sus más conocidos autores.
En este primer volumen de la Tragicomedia mexicana, que comprende de 1940 a 1970, tenemos los grandes acontecimientos polÃticos… [more below]- Author: AgustÃn, José
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820682
- Language: Spanish
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Culture
$18.00 Read moreOne of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture a- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270615
- Language: English
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The Viking Hondbók: Eat, Dress, and Fight Like a Warrior
$18.00 Read moreLearn what it was like to live as a Norseman in this fun and fascinating look at Vikings and the Viking Age.
Vikings, those ancient Norse seafarers, have inspired plenty of pop culture phenomena, from… [more below]- Author: Egerdahl, Kjersti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0762495898
- Language: English
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The Journey of Humanity: A New History of Wealth and Inequality with Implications for Our Future
$19.00 Read moreA landmark, radically uplifting account of our species‘ progress, from one of the world’s preeminent thinkers.
“Unparalleled in its scope and ambition…All readers will learn something, and many wil- Author: Galor, Oded
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593186001
- Language: English
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Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad
$65.00 Read moreProfessor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift was the ability to evoke, in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way, the experiences, beliefs, and thoughts of people living more than two thousand years ago. H
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Bonfante, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0472131974
- Language: English
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Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
$35.00 Read moreAmongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed u… [more below]
- Author: Darlington, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 030025928X
- Language: English
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An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics
$30.00 Read more“For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the … [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593321529
- Language: English
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus–an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who bec… [more below]
- Series: Hinges of History #03
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0385483724
- Language: English
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After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America’s Stolen Lands
$49.92 Read moreA necessary reckoning with America’s troubled history of injustice to Indigenous people
After One Hundred Winters confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossess- Author: Jacobs, Margaret D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0691224331
- Language: English
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Only a Voice: Essays
$29.95 Read moreEssays on politics, power, and culture from one of America’s most eminent critics
In Only a Voice, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity’s promise of progress and the sobering reality- Author: Scialabba, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1804292001
- Language: English
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Knights and Castles
$14.99 Read moreHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about magnificent medieval fortresses and the people who lived in them with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help chil… [more below]
- Series: DK Super Readers
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0744067596
- Language: English
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Communism and the Conscience of the West
$24.95 Read moreFor decades, this book has been recognized as the finest book ever written by a Catholic on the subject of communism. Dedicated to Our Lady in prayerful hope for the conversion of Russia, this is one
- Author: Sheen, Fulton J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1505123259
- Language: English
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Human Geography for Dummies
$24.99 Read moreYour map to understanding human geography
Human Geography For Dummies introduces you to the ideas and perspectives encompassed by the field of human geography, and makes a great supplement to human ge
- Author: Tredinnick, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1394208278
- Language: English
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization takes us on another “captivating…persuasive as well as entertaining” journey into history (The New York Ti… [more below]
- Series: Hinges of History #02
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 17 1999
- ISBN10: 0385482493
- Language: English
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Pocket Genius Countries of the World
$7.99 Add to cartPacked with striking photography, this compact Countries of the World guide explores over 200 countries and territories from around the world.
Explore the planet and journey across the world to discove… [more below]- Series: Pocket Genius
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0744095069
- Language: English
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Knights and Castles: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn
$7.99 Read moreThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the … [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #2
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0375802975
- Language: English
