General History
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And Grandma Said… Iroquois Teachings: As Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition
$23.99 Read moreThe Iroquois culture and traditional Longhouse spirituality has a universal appeal, a ring of truth to it that resonates not only with other indigenous people, but also with non-Native people searchin… [more below]
- Author: Tom Porter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: August 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1436335655
- Language: English
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The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
$27.00 Read moreThe moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of slaves, wh… [more below]
- Author: Sands, Philippe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 059353509X
- Language: English
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Plan of Attack
$25.99 Add to cartPlan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward’s late… [more below]
- Author: Woodward, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 467
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0743255488
- Language: English
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The Jefferson City Civil Pilots: From Lincoln University to Tuskegee Airmen
$24.99 Read moreAviation captivated young men before World War II, regardless of their skin color. But few Black enthusiasts had access, means or opportunity until the Civil Pilot Training program. Lincoln University… [more below]
- Series: Military
- Author: Brooks, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154490
- Language: English
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The Life and Glories of St. Joseph: Husband of Mary, Foster-Father of Jesus, and Patron of the Universal Church
$29.95 Add to cartNo words of St. Joseph are recorded In Scripture. In fact, little mention is made of him there. Yet, despite these seeming limitations, the Church nonetheless possesses an indescribably rich knowledge… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Edward Healy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: December 01 1980
- ISBN10: 0895551616
- Language: English
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves
$19.99 Read moreAdam Hochschild’s Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history–the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.
Winner … [more below]
- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0618619070
- Language: English
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America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization
$40.00 Read moreThe Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has mad- Author: Hancock, Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1250153735
- Language: English
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Indian Raids and Massacres: Essays on the Central Plains Indian War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Indian wars on the Central Plains the area roughly between the Arkansas River to the south and the Platte River to the north ” emanates at the November 29, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. The chapters h… [more below]
- Author: Broome, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 506
- Publish Date: September 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0870046357
- Language: English
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
$19.99 Add to cart“Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done…great fun to read.” — New York Times Book Review
A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0061253170
- Language: English
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Egyptian Mythology: A Traveler’s Guide from Aswan to Alexandria
$24.95 Read moreJoin Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on an entertaining tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemie
- Author: Shaw, Garry J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0500252289
- Language: English
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Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
$18.95 Read 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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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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A History of the Middle East: Fifth Edition
$25.00 Read moreThe definitive history of the Middle East that provides the historical context to today’s headlines – now in its fifth edition
“The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries and economic- Author: Mansfield, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0143121901
- Language: English
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Fear: An Alternative History of the World
$35.00 Add to cartIt’s been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces -… [more below]
- Author: Peckham, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1788167236
- Language: English
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Warning to the West
$18.00 Add to cartAlexander Solzhenitsyn’s Warning to the West includes the texts of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s three speeches in the United States in the summer of 1975, his first major public addresses since hi
- Author: Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0374513341
- Language: English
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
$20.00 Read moreA fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets
In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sug- Author: Mintz, Sidney W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 05 1986
- ISBN10: 0140092331
- Language: English
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Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
$29.95 Read more“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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Happy Odyssey
$24.95 Add to cartAdrian Carton de Wiart’s autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs.
He was intended for the law, but abandoned his studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a troop… [more below]
- Author: Carton de Wiart, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1844155390
- Language: English
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Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East
$28.00 Read moreThe essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East
The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Sprin- Author: Phillips, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263422
- Language: English
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Life in a Medieval City
$18.99 Add to cart“Some particular books I found useful for A Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention… Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City, both by Joseph and Frances Gies.” –George R.R. Ma
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0062415182
- Language: English
