General History
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The Big Book of Britain: Cheers to the Crown, Churchill, Shakespeare, the Beatles, and All Things British!
$24.95 Read moreFrom woolly mammoths and eight-foot beavers on the River Thames to plagues and civil wars, from tea to castles and cathedrals, and everything in between, The Big Book of Britain is a compendium of the
- Author: Rayborn, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1646433084
- Language: English
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Chernobyl 01: 23:40: The incredible true story of the world’s worst nuclear disaster
$27.00 Add to cartAt 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl’s fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thous
- Author: Leatherbarrow, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 099359753X
- Language: English
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Tsqelmucw?c: The Kamloops Indian Residential School―resistance and a Reckoning
$19.95 Read moreIn May 2021, the world was shocked by the news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetr… [more below]
- Author: Haig-Brown, Celia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 155152905X
- Language: English
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History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History
$26.99 Add to cartWhat do you know about the history of Canada?
You might think you know a lot about Canada-especially if you happen to live in North America. But in truth, it’s surprising how little most of us know abo
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: December 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1637165412
- Language: English
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The French Huguenots and Wars of Religion
$25.00 Add to cartWinner of the National Huguenot Society’s 2022 Scholarly Works Award
The Huguenots and their struggle for freedom of conscience and freedom of worship are largely unknown outside of France. The entranc
- Author: Davis, Stephen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1532661614
- Language: English
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Daniel Suhr: A Story of September 11th
$14.95 Add to cartOn September 11, 2001 no one in the South Tower survived. Yet sixteen FDNY Firefighters were ordered into the building moments before it collapsed, and thirteen of them are still alive. This is the st
- Author: Conlon, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: August 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1736884603
- Language: English
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Jesus: A New Vision
$29.95 Add to cartJesus: A New Vision is a completely new look at the life of Jesus, what happened after his crucifixion and how his story completely overturned the old pagan religion of the Roman empire and altered hi
- Author: Strieber, Whitley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1734202858
- Language: English
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Anatomy of Torture
$27.95 Add to cartDoes torture “work?” Can controversial techniques such as waterboarding extract crucial and reliable intelligence? Since 9/11, this question has been angrily debated in the halls of power and the cour
- Author: Hassner, Ron E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501762036
- Language: English
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Narrative of William W. Brown
$5.99 Add to cartOriginally published in 1847, William W. Brown offers a first-person narrative that details his enslavement and the daring escape that ultimately led to his freedom. It’s a captivating tale and testam
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Brown, William Wells
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: May 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1513278657
- Language: English
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Mansa Musa: A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Majo
$16.97 Add to cartWho was Mansa Musa? And why was he important?
In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa’s life. We know that he was one of the greatest emperors of the Mali Empire. And we know
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: March 31 2021
- ISBN10: 163716260X
- Language: English
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Death in Poland: The Fate of the Ethnic Germans in September 1939
$16.99 Add to cartThe expulsion and mass murder of the ethnic Germans in Poland before and at the start of World War Two was by no means restricted to the Bloody Sunday of Bromberg, a massacre that is all too often dow
- Author: Dwinger, Edwin Erich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1777543606
- Language: English
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The War for Gaul: A New Translation
$16.95 Add to cartA translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar’s account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul
Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 069121669X
- Language: English
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Roman Emperors: A Captivating Guide to Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Constantine the Great, and Justinian I
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating lives of five Roman Emperors, then keep reading…
Five captivating manuscripts in one book:
- Augustus: A Captivating Guide to the First Emperor of Rome and How
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: April 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1647486823
- Language: English
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Native American Mythology: Captivating Myths of Indigenous Peoples from North America
$29.99 Add to cartIf you’re looking for a captivating collection of Native American myths, then keep reading…
Part of the history of Indigenous cultures is, of course, their traditions of storytelling. Myths, legends,
- Author: Clayton, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1952191033
- Language: English
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Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
$18.95 Add to cartFor Fans of True-Life Pirate Stories
“Only someone who has lived in the shadows chasing faded pirates for an age, and is blessed with creativity, can pull off a book of this high caliber.” –Wreck Watch
- Author: Simon, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1642503371
- Language: English
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Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History
$34.95 Add to cartCatholic Herald Book Awards 2019 Finalist, Current Affairs
“Auzanneau has created a towering telling of a dark and dangerous addiction.”–Nature
The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, a
- Author: Auzanneau, Matthieu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: January 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1603589783
- Language: English
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Rameses III, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife
$40.83 Read moreMaster story-teller and renowned Egyptologist, Aiden Dodson, reveals the secrets of Rameses III, in this fully-illustrated, accessible history, the first to exclusively cover this last great pharaoh, … [more below]
- Author: Dodson, Aidan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 9774169409
- Language: English
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Burton Holmes. Travelogues. the Greatest Traveler of His Time 1892-1952
$25.00 Add to cartIt was the Belle ?poque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when Burton Holmes (1870-1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home.
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Caldwell, Genoa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 31 2018
- ISBN10: 3836557800
- Language: English
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Introduction to Maat Philosophy: Introduction to Maat Philosophy: Ancient Egyptian Ethics & Metaphysics
$21.95 Add to cartINTRODUCTION TO MAAT PHILOSOPHY: Spiritual Enlightenment Through the Path of Virtue Known as Karma Yoga in India, the teachings of MAAT for living virtuously and with orderly wisdom are explained and … [more below]
- Series: Spiritual Enlightenment Through the Path of Virtue
- Author: Ashby, Muata
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1884564208
- Language: English
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The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays
$15.00 Add to cartA collection of essays and articles from the Ukranian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno, who fought against encroaching Bolshevik terror during the Russian Revolution. The Struggle Against the State and ot… [more below]
- Author: Makhno, Nestor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: July 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1873176783
- Language: English
