Cultural Region/Western Europe
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Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race
$19.95 Read more2023 PROSE Award in European History
“An invaluable historical example of the creation of a scientific conception of race that is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.”
—Washington Post “Reveals how pre- Author: Gates, Henry Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0674295455
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
$28.99 Add to cartThis instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance… [more below]
- Author: Brunt, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1982169907
- Language: English
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, St?hane Breitwieser. – “The Art Thief, like… [more below]
- Author: Finkel, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0525657320
- Language: English
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Villette
$11.95 Add to cartAbout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to schola… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Bront?, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536651
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Oregon
$22.99 Add to cartWhether you want to explore Portland, drink wine in the Willamette Valley, or hike the Columbia River Gorge, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Oregon are here to help! Fodor’s Oregon guidebook is pa
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1640975748
- Language: English
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The Garden of Eden
$18.00 Add to cartThe last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman.A sensational bestseller w… [more below]
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06, 1995
- ISBN10: 0684804522
- Language: English
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Villette
$14.00 Add to cart“I am only just returned to a sense of real wonder about me, for I have been reading Villette…” –George Eliot
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment i- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Bront?, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0140434798
- Language: English
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Good Morning, Midnight
$15.95 Add to cartThe last of the four novels Jean Rhys wrote in interwar Paris, Good Morning, Midnight is the culmination of a searing literary arc, which established Rhys as an astute observer of human tragedy. Her e
- Author: Rhys, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0393357805
- Language: English
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Masochism
$27.95 Add to cartIn his stunning essay Coldness and Cruelty Gilles Deleuze provides a rigorous and informed philosophical examination of the work of late nineteenth-century German novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. D
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Sacher-Masoch, Leopold Von
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 05 1991
- ISBN10: 0942299558
- Language: English
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The Three Musketeers
$8.95 Add to cartPerhaps the greatest “cloak and sword” story ever written, The Three Musketeers, first published ion 1844, is a tale for all time. Pitting the heroic young d’Artagnan and his noble compatriots, Athos,… [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: June 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0553213377
- Language: English
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Heidi
$10.99 Add to cartLittle Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps and she quickly learns to love her new life. But her strict aunt decides to send her away again to live in the town. H… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Spyri, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2009
- ISBN10: 014132256X
- Language: English
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Frankenstein
$8.99 Add to cartA timeless, terrifying tale of one man’s obsession to create life–and the monster that became his legacy. “If ever a book needed to be placed in context, it’s Frankenstein” (The New York Times Book R… [more below]
- Series: Enriched Classics
- Author: Shelley, Mary
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0743487583
- Language: English
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Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
$20.00 Read moreHow does a nation recover from fascism and turn toward a free society once more? This internationally acclaimed revelatory history–“filled with first-person accounts from articles and diaries” (The N… [more below]
- Author: J?hner, Harald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593313933
- Language: English
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Rick Steves Best of Europe
$29.99 Add to cartHit Europe’s can’t-miss art, sights, and bites with Rick Steves Best of Europe!
- Expert advice from Rick Steves on what’s worth your time and money
- Itineraries for one to four days in the top destinatio
- Series: Rick Steves Travel Guide
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: April 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1641715839
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Bucket List Europe: From the Epic to the Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences
$27.99 Add to cartWhether you want to drink wine in the Bordeaux region of France, eat a Sacher torte in a Viennese cafe, walk through the ruins of Pompeii, party at Oktoberfest in Munich, or soak in the Northern Light
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1640976191
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cities
$7.00 Add to cartIt was the time of the French Revolution — a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocen
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 31, 1998
- ISBN10: 0486406512
- Language: English
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Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive history of the idea of equality–and why we’re so ambivalent about it
Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nation- Author: McMahon, Darrin M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0465093930
- Language: English
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Les Misérables
$9.99 Add to cartFew novels ever swept across the world with such overpowering impact as Les Mis rables. Within 24 hours, the first Paris edition was sold out. In other great cities of the world it was devoured with e
- Author: Hugo, Victor
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 12, 1982
- ISBN10: 0449300021
- Language: English
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The Name of the Rose
$19.99 Add to cart“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.”–New York Times
“Whether you’re into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rul
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063279630
- Language: English
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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”–Orlando Sentinel
The gripping true story of the duel to end all due- Author: Jager, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13, 2005
- ISBN10: 0767914171
- Language: English
