General History
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
$34.95 Read moreThe ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0500052158
- Language: English
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A Woman’s Way West: In and Around Glacier National Park, 1925-1990
$16.95 Read moreDoris Ashley left Iowa and came to Montana as the frontier era came to a close and the hard transition to the modern West began. In 1925, already a widow at the age of twenty-four, she took a job as “… [more below]
- Author: Fraley, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1560377623
- Language: English
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Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel
$17.95 Read more“The serene and gentle amazement with which Scheerbart] tells of the strange natural laws of other worlds . . . makes him one of those humorists who, like Lichtenberg or Jean Paul, seem never to forg
- Author: Scheerbart, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 257
- Publish Date: December 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0984115595
- Language: English
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
$27.95 Read moreDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. P
- Author: Green, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0393635341
- Language: English
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Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil
$19.95 Read more“Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Stud
- Author: Dennett, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021475
- Language: English
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The Moon’s Galactic History: A Look at the Moon’s Extraterrestrial Past and Its Connection to Earth
$22.00 Read moreThe Moon’s Galactic History: A Look at the Moon’s Extraterrestrial Past and Its Connection to Earth, follows the past and present research about the Moon’s strange, enigmatic history, with a focus on … [more below]
- Author: Briggs, Constance Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 194880350X
- Language: English
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The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind
$35.00 Read moreA major new history of the Cold War that explores the conflict through the minds of the people who lived through it.
More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the hum- Author: Sixsmith, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361812
- Language: English
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Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday’s Traditions
$24.95 Read moreBehind every Christmas tradition is a story — usually, a forgotten one. Each year, as we decorate a tree, build a gingerbread house, and get ready for a visit from St. Nicholas, we’re continuing gene
- Author: Earl, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 149306939X
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Sicily 1130-1266: The Norman-Swabian Age and the Identity of a People
$56.00 Add to cartA defining reference work whose engaging narrative brings southern Italy’s Middle Ages to life.
This is the first major history written in English about the Kingdom of Sicily under its Hauteville and- Series: Sicilian Medieval Studies
- Author: Mendola, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 820
- Publish Date: September 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1943639396
- Language: English
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Harry’s Bar: The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
$16.99 Read moreNow in paperback, the inside story of one of the world’s most renowned watering holes, legendary since the days of Hemingway.
Harry’s Bar in Venice has remained one of the world’s most storied waterin- Author: Cipriani, Arrigo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1956763066
- Language: English
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Nubia: Lost Civilizations
$28.95 Read moreDrawing on the latest archaeological and textual discoveries, a revealing look at the rich and dynamic civilization of Nubia.
Nubia, the often-overlooked southern neighbor of Egypt, has been home to- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Schellinger, Sarah M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146593
- Language: English
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Domesday Book (Penguin Classic): A Complete Translation
$35.00 Add to cartDomesday Book is one of the most famous documents in English history–and arguably in world history. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original Lati… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Martin, G. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1456
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0141439947
- Language: English
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Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. But this is relatively recent compared… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gosden, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198803516
- Language: English
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A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
$18.00 Read moreUnafraid to speak her mind and famously tenacious in her convictions, Eleanor Roosevelt was still mourning the death of FDR when she was asked by President Truman to lead a controversial commission, u… [more below]
- Author: Glendon, Mary Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2002
- ISBN10: 0375760466
- Language: English
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A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
$24.00 Read moreThe definitive general history of the Zionist movement, by one of the most distinguished historians of our time.
Walter Laqueur traces Zionism from its beginnings–with the emancipation of European Je- Author: Laqueur, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 20 2003
- ISBN10: 0805211497
- Language: English
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Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
$35.00 Add to cartIn Conquerors, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the da… [more below]
- Author: Crowley, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0812994000
- Language: English
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By Fire, by Water
$16.99 Read moreRecipient of the Independent Publishers Award for Historical Fiction (Gold Medal), the Foreword Book of the Year Award for Historical Fiction (Bronze Medal), and an honorable mention in the category o… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Mitchell James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1635424003
- Language: English
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The Persians: Lost Civilizations
$29.00 Read moreNow in paperback, this is a history of an incomparable culture whose influence can still be seen, millennia later, in modern-day Iran and the wider Middle East.
During the first and second millennia- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Parker, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146895
- Language: English
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Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance
$60.00 Read moreA lavish survey of Renaissance master sculptor Donatello and his works–captured in photographs from some of the nation’s most renowned art museums
Arguably the greatest sculptor of all time, Donatel- Author: Motture, Peta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1838510346
- Language: English
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Zelda Popkin: The Life and Times of an American Jewish Woman Writer
$28.00 Read moreZelda Popkin’s adventurous life could have made her the protagonist of one of her own novels. In his brilliant telling of the story of her life, her historian grandson, Jeremy D. Popkin, has made a si
- Author: Popkin, Jeremy D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 153816843X
- Language: English
