General History
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
$18.99 Read moreWith this “impeccable” (BBC History) chronicle, acclaimed popular historian Ruth Goodman reveals a Renaissance Britain particularly rank with troublemakers. From snooty needlers who took aim with a cu
- Author: Goodman, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1631496247
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Canada
$37.00 Add to cartMargaret Conrad’s history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada’s deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she trac… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Conrad, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 556
- Publish Date: August 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1108736378
- Language: English
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Aesop’s Fables
$7.99 Read moreThe original Aesop Fables, introduced by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. Over two hundred familiar tales from ‘Look Before You Leap’ and ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ to much less familiar tales, eac… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Aesop
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 02 2013
- ISBN10: 0141345241
- Language: English
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Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of Randy Shilts Award
In the half century before the Nazis rose to power, Berlin became the undisputed gay capital of the world. Activists and medical professionals made it a city of firsts–th- Author: Beachy, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307473139
- Language: English
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Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire
$21.95 Add to cartCundill Prize Finalist
“Superbly original…Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutio
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year- Author: Harper, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 067429212X
- Language: English
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Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure
$16.99 Add to cart“You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?” asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. “What the ice gets, ” replied Sir Ernest Shackleton,
- Author: Worsley, Frank Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319946
- Language: English
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The Jews of Islam: Updated Edition
$22.95 Add to cartThis landmark book probes Muslims’ attitudes toward Jews and Judaism as a special case of their view of other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim societies. With authority, sympathy and wit,
- Series: Princeton Classics #11
- Author: Lewis, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0691160872
- Language: English
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Salvador
$17.00 Add to cart“Terror is the given of the place.” The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. Didion “brings the country to life” (The New York Times), delivering an anatomy of a parti… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 26 1994
- ISBN10: 0679751831
- Language: English
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Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-Zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
$23.00 Read moreAn authoritative analysis of how Putin’s Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using ‘grey zone’ warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda.
- Series: Raid #59
- Author: Galeotti, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472853849
- Language: English
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Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
$18.95 Read more“Outstanding.” – The Sunday Times
“Beautifully written.” The Times
“Superbly adroit.” The Spectator
“Excellent.” BBC History Magazine
The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading- Author: Parker, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1350383406
- Language: English
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Horses, Hitches, and Rocky Trails: The Packer’s Bible
$12.95 Add to cartWritten in the language of the West, this is a complete and often humorous presentation of packing horses into the wilderness. Amplified by the beautiful, often witty drawings, Back includes step-by-s… [more below]
- Series: Little Western Library
- Author: Back, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1555664776
- Language: English
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The History of Montréal: The Story of Great North American City
$19.95 Read moreThis book tells the fascinating story of Montreal, Canada, from prehistoric time through the 21st century. From the Iroquoian community of Hochelaga to the bustling economic metropolis that Montreal h… [more below]
- Author: Linteau, Paul-André
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1926824776
- Language: English
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Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience
$24.95 Add to cartThis beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first and greatest of the Native American author… [more below]
- Series: American Indian Traditions
- Author: Eastman, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1933316764
- Language: English
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The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
$30.00 Read moreA journalist delves into the history, science, and practice of fasting, an ancient cure enjoying a dynamic resurgence.
When should we eat, and when shouldn’t we? The answers to these simple questions- Author: Hendricks, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1419748475
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAmid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay-reader alike. This Very Short Introduction integr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Graham, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0192803778
- Language: English
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Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets
$17.99 Add to cartEason Favourite Book of the Year 2022
‘she is no small town, and this is no small story . . .’
BASED ON THE POPULAR DUBLIN HISTORY PODCAST
A companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name … [more below]
- Author: Fallon, Donal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1848408722
- Language: English
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Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
$29.95 Read moreRare stories from more than 250 years of Native Americans’ service in the military
Why We Serve commemorates the 2020 opening of the National Native American Veterans Memorial at the Smithsonian Natio- Author: Nmai
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1588346978
- Language: English
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Welcome to Texas (Welcome To)
$10.99 Add to cartWelcome to Texas! Whether they’re locals or visitors, young readers will love this bright, cheerful, fact-filled picture book celebration of “The Lone Star State.”
With information about the state’s a- Series: Welcome to
- Author: Gilland, Asa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0593178270
- Language: English
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The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
$28.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – An “elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated” (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements–from the 1600… [more below]
- Author: Beckerman, Gal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 152475918X
- Language: English
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Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get ri… [more below]
- Author: Andersen, Kurt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 198480135X
- Language: English
