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By: Bowden, Hugh
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
$18.95PaperbackRead moreMystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically reenacted the story of Demeter’s loss and recovery of h
- Author: Bowden, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297274
- Language: English
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By: Richard J. Evans
The Third Reich in Power
$0.00PaperbackRead moreThe second book in his acclaimed trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, Richard J. Evans’ The Third Reich in Power: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation explores how Hitler t
- Author: Evans, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 941
- Publish Date: October 31, 2006
- ISBN10: 0141009764
- Language: English
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Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel
$16.95PaperbackRead moreIt is now more than seventy years since the creation of the state of Israel, yet its origins and the British Empire’s historic responsibility for Palestine remain little known. Confusion persists too
- Author: Thompson, Gardner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0863564828
- Language: English
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By: Ritter, Scott
Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union
$31.95PaperbackRead moreDisarmament in the Time of Perestroika is the definitive history of the implementation of the INF Treaty signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in all its complexities, and the lengths both sid… [more below]
- Author: Ritter, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1949762610
- Language: English
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By: Gayle, Caleb
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
$18.00PaperbackRead more“An important part of American history told with a clear-eyed and forceful brilliance.” –National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson
“We Refuse to Forget reminds readers, on damn near every page, … [more below]- Author: Gayle, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0593329600
- Language: English
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By: Lederman, Marsha
Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed: A Memoir
$18.00PaperbackRead moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER
For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Leder- Author: Lederman, Marsha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0771049382
- Language: English
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By: Stern, Sol
A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred
$9.99PaperbackRead morePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an international campaign to achieve recognition by the United Nations for an independent Palestinian state. Abbas and his international supporters cla… [more below]
- Series: Encounter Broadsides #24
- Author: Stern, Sol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 1594036209
- Language: English
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By: Nmai
Do All Indians Live in Tipis? Second Edition: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
$17.95PaperbackRead moreHow much do you really know about totem poles, tipis, and Tonto? There are hundreds of Native tribes in the Americas, and there may be thousands of misconceptions about Native customs, culture, and hi… [more below]
- Author: Nmai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1588346196
- Language: English
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Palestine: The Reality: The Inside Story of the Balfour Declaration 1917-1938
$30.00PaperbackRead moreA comprehensive history and analysis of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published in the run up to its 100th anniversary. First published by Longman Green, London, this book had a short life; the ent
- Author: Jeffries, J. M. N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: November 15, 2016
- ISBN10: 1566560241
- Language: English
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By: Maalouf, Amin
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cart- Series: Saqi Essentials
- Author: Maalouf, Amin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 29 1989
- ISBN10: 0805208984
- Language: English
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By: Gibler, John
To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War
$16.95PaperbackRead moreMexico is in a state of siege. Since President Felipe Calderon declared a war on drugs in December 2006, more than 38,000 Mexican have been murdered. During the same period, drug money has infused ove
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Gibler, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0872865177
- Language: English
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By: Bree, Tom
The Cosmos in Stone: Sacred Geometry of a Master Mason
$39.95PaperbackAdd to cartThis beautiful and groundbreaking book examines the use of sacred geometry and cosmology in Gothic cathedral design. Renowned geometer and lecturer Tom Bree demonstrates how medieval Master Masons com… [more below]
- Author: Bree, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1906069212
- Language: English
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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
$16.95PaperbackRead moreBefore the United States’ invasion, a million Soviet troops fought a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties–and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. The Sovie
- Author: Alexievich, Svetlana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1324051124
- Language: English
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By: Stone, Daniel
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
$28.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic
On a frigid April night in 1912, the- Author: Stone, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0593329376
- Language: English
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By: Remnick, David
Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize
One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times
From the editor of The New Yorker a riveting account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which has become the standar… [more below]- Author: Remnick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: April 26 1994
- ISBN10: 0679751254
- Language: English
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By: Volavkova, Hana
I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartFifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates, we see the daily mise… [more below]
- Author: Volavkova, Hana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: March 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0805210156
- Language: English
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By: Yenne, Bill
The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe
$35.00HardcoverRead moreA remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.
To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the war-tor- Author: Yenne, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1472858719
- Language: English
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By: Sam Low
Hawaiki Rising: Haokaulea, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartAttuned to a world of natural signs–the stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swells–Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing
- Author: Low, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 30 2019
- ISBN10: 0824875249
- Language: English
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By: Friedman, Norman
British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After
$100.00HardcoverRead moreBritish Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After is the first comprehensive study on the subject. Using contemporary official material, much of which has not been used previously, and published memoir… [more below]
- Author: Friedman, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1399018582
- Language: English
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Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion
$32.00HardcoverRead moreScience and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?
Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth centur- Author: Spencer, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0861544617
- Language: English





