General History
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Cuba: An American History
$32.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba an
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY- Author: Ferrer, Ada
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1501154559
- Language: English
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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World
$38.00 Add to cartNearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia’s access to detailed information on the United States and it… [more below]
- Author: Davies, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 022638957X
- Language: English
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War
$25.00 Add to cartFrom the author of the popular “Letters from an American” newsletter: a sweeping story of how Northerners, Southerners, and Westerners together created modern America in the years from Abraham Lincoln… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0300136307
- Language: English
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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE – A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow Div… [more below]
- Author: Kurson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0812973690
- Language: English
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Travellers of the World Revolution: A Global History of the Communist International
$39.95 Read moreHope, Struggle and Defeat: The Communist International and the Global Fight for Freedom
The Communist International was the first organised attempt to bring about worldwide revolution and left a last- Author: Studer, Brigitte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1839768010
- Language: English
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The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
$27.50 Read moreNow in paperback, from a leading historian and writer, a delightful exploration of the great English tradition of treading the boards.
The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecr- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146992
- Language: English
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Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
$19.00 Add to cartThis seminal study and critique of propaganda from one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1962. Taking not only a psychologi… [more below]
- Author: Ellul, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 12 1973
- ISBN10: 0394718747
- Language: English
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Jekyll Island: A State Park
$24.99 Read moreSince the 1940s, Jekyll Island has gone through a transformation from an exclusive private club where America’s wealthiest families vacationed to a state-owned resort enjoyed by thousands of visitors … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Bagwell, Tyler E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 25 2001
- ISBN10: 0738505722
- Language: English
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Notes on a Lost Flute: A Field Guide to the Wabanaki
$29.95 Add to cartAnyone interested in Native American lifeways will want to pore over Notes on a Lost Flute. Hardy brings together his expertise in forestry, horticulture, and environmental science to tell us about Ne… [more below]
- Author: Hardy, Kerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 16 2009
- ISBN10: 0892727799
- Language: English
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Oak Island Odyssey: A Masonic Quest
$19.95 Read moreA compelling case for the connection between Freemasonry and the notorious Oak Island treasure, written by a historian and Curse of Oak Island guest expert.
If you think you know everything about the
- Author: Clarke, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 263
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1774711567
- Language: English
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The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe
$26.00 Add to cartA new history of the medieval illustrations that birthed modern anatomy.
This book is the first history of medieval European anatomical images. Richly illustrated, The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Euro- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: McCall, Taylor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 178914681X
- Language: English
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Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
$46.67 Add to cartWinner, James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship
A stunning work of popular history–the story of how a crop transformed the history of sla
Winner, Harriet Tubman Prize- Author: Lewis, Jori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1620971569
- Language: English
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Myths of Modern History: From the French Revolution to the 20th Century World Wars and the Cold War – New Perspectives on Key Events
$27.95 Read moreAt a time when it’s all too easy to see history in black-and-white terms, historian Jacques R. Pauwels urges readers to let go of conventional history textbooks and re-examine historical events outsid… [more below]
- Author: Pauwels, Jacques R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1459416937
- Language: English
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The Story of Greece and Rome
$16.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia, from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century
The magnificent civilization cr- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0300251645
- Language: English
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After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America’s Stolen Lands
$49.92 Read moreA necessary reckoning with America’s troubled history of injustice to Indigenous people
After One Hundred Winters confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossess- Author: Jacobs, Margaret D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0691224331
- Language: English
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
$30.00 Read moreThe “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected fore… [more below]
- Author: Parkin, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1982178523
- Language: English
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The Food Adventurers: How Around-The-World Travel Changed the Way We Eat
$30.00 Read moreA delectable gastronomic expedition into the linked histories of global travel and global cuisine.
From mangosteen fruit discovered in a colonial Indonesian marketplace to caviar served on the high s- Author: Bender, Daniel E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147573
- Language: English
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Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
$29.95 Add to cart“What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India.” –Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste
The classic work of Indian Dalit politics, reframed- Author: Ambedkar, B. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1784783528
- Language: English
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The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts
$16.95 Read moreIn this real-life historical treasure hunt, bestselling author Graham Robb–“one of the more unusual and appealing historians currently striding the planet (New York Times)”–reveals the mapping of an
- Author: Robb, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0393349926
- Language: English
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Seven Games: A Human History
$17.95 Read moreCheckers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and
- Author: Roeder, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1324051027
- Language: English
