General History
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The Paris Commune: A Brief History
$22.95 Read moreThe Paris Commune, France’s revolutionary civil war, rocked the nineteenth century and shaped the twentieth. A pivotal moment in history, it is the linchpin between revolutionary pasts and futures and… [more below]
- Series: Reinventions of the Paris Commune
- Author: Eichner, Carolyn J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1978827687
- Language: English
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The Blue Nile
$17.99 Add to cartIn the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterra
- Author: Moorehead, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0060956402
- Language: English
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How Capitalism Ends: History, Ideology and Progress
$21.95 Add to cartWhile the past 300 years have witnessed immense growth in productive capacity, the ‘logic’ of capitalist production is now pushing progress in all the wrong directions. We’ve passed the point where ou
- Author: Paxton, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1803410000
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
$21.00 Add to cartA thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire.
The evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0307473651
- Language: English
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Coronation: A History of the British Monarchy
$34.99 Read moreThe definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.
‘What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.
What do people talk most about? A Coronation.
What is- Author: Strong, Roy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0008550069
- Language: English
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The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
$29.95 Add to cartThe Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts–first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets–by hiding them on their bod… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1512603309
- Language: English
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Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History
$18.99 Read moreHow do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past?
Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological proble
- Author: Trueman, Carl R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 03 2010
- ISBN10: 1581349238
- Language: English
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Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
$20.00 Read moreThe subject of John Singer Sargent’s most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the “it girl” of her day. A relative unk… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: May 03 2004
- ISBN10: 158542336X
- Language: English
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The New Huey P. Newton Reader
$19.95 Read moreThe first comprehensive collection of writings by the Black Panther Party founder and revolutionary icon of the black liberation era, now in a new edition with a new introduction by former Black Panth… [more below]
- Author: Newton, Huey P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1609809009
- Language: English
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Missing in the Minarets: The Search for Walter A. Starr, Jr.
$18.99 Add to cartThis riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nev… [more below]
- Author: Alsup, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1930238185
- Language: English
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Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England
$27.95 Read moreTake a 500-year journey back in time and experience the Tudor Era through the five senses.
Much has been written about the lives of the Tudors, but it is sometimes difficult to really grasp how they- Author: Licence, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643138154
- Language: English
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Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
$22.00 Add to cartNearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive
- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035986
- Language: English
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Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland
$21.00 Read moreUkraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia’s … [more below]
- Author: Schlögel, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146771
- Language: English
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States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System
$23.00 Read moreA crucial book for our current moment, uncovering the history of mass incarceration in the United States and engaging with the major challenges of contemporary prison and police abolition activism.
I- Series: Field Notes
- Author: Shanahan, Jarrod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146666
- Language: English
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
$22.00 Add to cartIn the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and … [more below]
- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0307279480
- Language: English
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Fuego Persa
$24.95 Read more- Author: Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 18 2019
- ISBN10: 8417743332
- Language: Spanish
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Farthest North: The Greatest Arctic Adventure Story
$21.95 Read moreIn 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures and drift to the North Pole as a scient… [more below]
- Author: Nansen, Fridtjof
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1783342455
- Language: English
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The Curious History of Weights & Measures
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating miscellany of the stories behind our weights and measures.
How long is an ell? How big is the largest champagne bottle? How do you measure the heat of a chili pepper? Why is the depth o- Author: Cock-Starkey, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1851245790
- Language: English
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The Story of Civilization Teacher’s Manual: Volume I – The Ancient World
$19.95 Add to cartThe Activity Book and companion Teacher’s Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World, along with creative activities to accompany each chapter,… [more below]
- Author: Tan Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1505105706
- Language: English
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A Traveller’s History of England
$14.95 Read moreThis book gives a comprehensive and enjoyable survey of England’s past from prehistoric times right through to the present. All the major periods of English history are dealt with, including the Roman… [more below]
- Series: Interlink Traveller’s Histories
- Author: Daniell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1566566045
- Language: English
