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Congo: The Epic History of a People
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu’s brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo:
- Author: Van Reybrouck, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0062200127
- Language: English
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By: Roberts, David
The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion That Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe dramatic and tragic story of the only successful Native American uprising against the Spanish, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.With the conquest of New Mexico in 1598, Spanish governors, soldiers, and m… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2005
- ISBN10: 0743255178
- Language: English
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The Gospel of the Red Man: An Indian Bible an Indian Bible
$13.95PaperbackAdd to cartConsidered one of the best books on Native Americans ever written. The author and compiler reveals how Indians once lived and what they believed in relation to spiritual principles. As we move further
- Author: Seton, Ernest Thompson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: September 13 2006
- ISBN10: 1585092762
- Language: English
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By: Buck, Elaine
If These Stones Could Talk: African American Presence in the Hopewell Valley
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartCemeteries have stories to tell, voices to unearth-and lessons from the past that we can draw upon to better shape the future. If These Stones Could Talk brings fresh light to a forgotten corner of Am
- Author: Buck, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: March 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986618852
- Language: English
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By: Jeffs, Amy
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
$27.99HardcoverAdd to cartImmersed in mist and old magic, Storyland is an exquisitely illustrated new mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. Historian and printmaker Amy Jeffs reimagines ancient legends in wondro… [more below]
- Author: Jeffs, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 152488233X
- Language: English
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By: Millard, Candice
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
$32.50HardcoverRead moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy–from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and De… [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0385543107
- Language: English
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By: Francia, Luis H.
History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial an… [more below]
- Author: Francia, Luis H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1468308572
- Language: English
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By: Sand, Shlomo
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
$34.95PaperbackAdd to cartThis groundbreaking work deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the ‘Holy Land’ of Israel–and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it.
What is a homeland, and when does it become a nation- Author: Sand, Shlomo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 305
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1781680833
- Language: English
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Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb
$28.95PaperbackAdd to cart- Author: Groueff, Stephane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: June 20 2000
- ISBN10: 0595092381
- Language: English
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By: Ferguson, Niall
The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money’s Prophets: 1798-1848
$28.00PaperbackAdd to cartIn his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family’s phenomenal economic success… [more below]
- Series: House of Rothschild #1
- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140240845
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the Netherlands
$35.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the historica… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Kennedy, James C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: July 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0521699177
- Language: English
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By: Turner, Graham
The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner
$50.00HardcoverAdd to cartA highly illustrated history of the Wars of the Roses based on the medieval art of Graham Turner.
The period of civil strife in the second half of the 15th century now known as the Wars of the Roses w- Author: Turner, Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1472847288
- Language: English
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By: Vasagar, Jeevan
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
$28.95HardcoverRead moreA compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore–the world’s most successful city-state.
In 1965, Singapore’s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After- Author: Vasagar, Jeevan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1643139347
- Language: English
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By: Scott, Julius S.
The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution
$24.95PaperbackRead moreWinner of the 2019 Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History
A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era The Common Wind is a gripping and- Author: Scott, Julius S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1788732480
- Language: English
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A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times
$49.95PaperbackRead moreWidely considered the classic book in the field, George Cameron Stone’s A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times is an indispensable resou… [more below]
- Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
- Author: Stone, George Cameron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: July 02 1999
- ISBN10: 0486407268
- Language: English
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From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution of Religion in Ancient Egypt
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartHave popular modern religions developed out of practices in ancient Egypt? Did religion in Egypt represent only a shadow of the spiritual practices of prehistoric people? This work explores the teachi… [more below]
- Author: Mehler, Stephen S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 229
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1931882495
- Language: English
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By: Zakaria, Anam
1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
$24.95PaperbackRead moreThe year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people’s homes and their stories, and in political discourse.
- Author: Zakaria, Anam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 014345403X
- Language: English
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By: Cook, James R.
The Journals of Captain Cook
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe writings of a first-rate scientist and daring adventurer–the subject of New York Times bestselling historian Hampton Sides’s The Wide Wide Sea
John Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacif… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Cook, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140436472
- Language: English
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By: Brown, Norman O.
Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History
$29.95PaperbackRead moreA shocking and extreme interpretation of the father of psychoanalysis.
- Author: Brown, Norman O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 387
- Publish Date: June 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0819561444
- Language: English
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By: Mertz, Henriette
The Mystic Symbol: Mark of the Michigan Mound Builders
$21.95PaperbackRead moreAn expanded edition of the original classic, long out-of-print, The Mystic Symbol describes thousands of Christian, inscribed tablets, unearthed across Michigan. The Michigan Mound Builders left behin… [more below]
- Author: Mertz, Henriette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 275
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0970398549
- Language: English













