General History
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The Cosmos in Stone: Sacred Geometry of a Master Mason
$39.95 Read moreThis 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
$16.95 Read 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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Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
$28.00 Read 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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Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
$23.00 Read moreWinner 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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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
$22.00 Add 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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The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe
$35.00 Read 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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Hawaiki Rising: Haokaulea, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
$19.99 Add 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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British Coastal Forces: Two World Wars and After
$100.00 Read 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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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
