Europe
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White Eagles
$9.99 Add to cartSister. Savior. Deserter?
Summer 1939. With Europe on the brink of war, eighteen-year-old Kristina Tomiak has been called up to join the White Eagles, Poland’s valiant air force. When the Nazis reach- Series: Everyone Can Be a Reader (War Birds Cycl
- Author: Wein, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1454962747
- Language: English
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Live Like a Tudor: Discovering the Secrets of the Tudors
$19.99 Add to cartLive Like a Tudor is a fascinating journey back in time to find out what it was really like to live in Elizabethan England.
This book reveals what it was like to live in the turbulent Tudor age, when E
- Series: Live Like a
- Author: Saunders, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 178708177X
- Language: English
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The Last Hawk
$9.99 Add to cartPilot. Patriot. Spy?
Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stutter, but when Ingrid Hartman soars through the skies in her beloved glider planes, she feels safe and free.It’s like a
- Series: Everyone Can Be a Reader (War Birds Cycl
- Author: Wein, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1454962739
- Language: English
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Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean
$35.00 Add to cartFrom Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to India, Australia and back to England, this is the story of the heiresses–and the role they played in the history of enslavement.
Through the eighteenth and- Author: Kaufmann, Miranda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368299
- Language: English
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Vanessa Bell: Modern Living
$21.95 Add to cartThe painter Vanessa Bell initiated a step change in modern British art, bringing the bright palette and bold stylization of the Parisian avant-garde to London. She was a central figure in the Bloomsbu
- Series: V&a Artists in Focus
- Author: McKever, Rosalind
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0500481059
- Language: English
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Bittersweet: Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers
$19.99 Add to cartSoar into the tender true story of how one airman inspired a movement by airdropping little parachutes of candy to kids trapped in occupied Berlin in this nonfiction picture book ode to everyday acts … [more below]
- Author: Mandin, Christy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1665960582
- Language: English
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Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science
$40.00 Add to cartFlush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy
The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people s- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300280874
- Language: English
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Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers
$30.00 Add to cartA ground-breaking history delivered in a refreshing new voice, Queer Enlightenments details eleven overlooked stories of eighteenth-century queer people who lived extraordinary lives of resistance and
- Author: Delaney, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0802165966
- Language: English
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The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945
$31.00 Add to cartFrom the author of To Hell and Back, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II
Countless books have been written abo- Author: Kershaw, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122134
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Snakestone
$17.99 Add to cartA remarkable middle-grade debut that takes readers on a thrillingly fast-paced race through the murky and magical underbelly of 19th-century Paris.
Z?lie is often accused of being a witch, but she do- Author: Dasgupta, Piu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887771939
- Language: English
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The German Genius: Europe’s Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
$19.99 Add to cartThe German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe,… [more below]
- Author: Watson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: August 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0060760230
- Language: English
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Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image
$39.95 Add to cartA spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagram
The Wound Man–a medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseases–was repr- Author: Hartnell, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0691243484
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Sicily
$22.99 Add to cartWhether you want to hike Mt. Etna, explore Palermo, or eat like a duke in Siracusa, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Sicily are here to help! Fodor’s Sicily guidebook is packed with maps, carefull
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1640978429
- Language: English
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The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
$40.00 Add to cartAn acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century
When we think of “ancient Romans” toda- Author: Watts, Edward J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1541619811
- Language: English
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
$9.99 Add to cartBeneath the prim and proper morals of Victorian society lurks a violent madman who emerges at night to commit the most cold-hearted of crimes. Nothing is known of him except his name: Mr. Hyde. A lawy… [more below]
- Series: Everyone Can Be a Reader (Classics)
- Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 145496040X
- Language: English
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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
$20.00 Add to cartThe story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific
Spices drove the early modern world econo- Author: Crowley, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281129
- Language: English
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The Armada
$27.99 Add to cartChronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century, The Armada is the definitive story of the English fleet’s infamous defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The esteemed and criti
- Author: Mattingly, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0618565914
- Language: English
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Frommer’s Rome, Florence, and Venice 2026
$23.95 Add to cartThere is no better introduction to Italy than the classic itinerary of Rome, Florence and Venice. But it is not dummy-proof, which is why we enlisted three of Italy’s most knowledgeable experts–Eliza… [more below]
- Series: Complete Guide
- Author: Strachan, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 378
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1628876476
- Language: English
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Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance
$19.99 Add to cartWords are powerful. Words spread truth. Words turn to action. Words matter in this lyrical account of the White Rose Resistance.
The White Rose Resistance was the German student movement that used the
- Author: Fitch Pazner, Anita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1773069705
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Rome 2026
$22.99 Add to cartWhether you want to tour the Roman Forum, explore the Vatican, or marvel at the Colosseum, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Rome are here to help! Fodor’s Rome guidebook is packed with maps, carefu
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 164097847X
- Language: English
