History
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The Great American Quiz Book: 1776 Questions to Celebrate 250 Years of the USA
$16.95 Add to cartTest your knowledge with The Great American Quiz Book!
Packed with 1,776 questions–a nod to the year of independence–this ultimate trivia treasure celebrates 250 years of the USA. It’s the perfect co
- Series: Quiz Books
- Author: Hopkinson, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1835553877
- Language: English
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The Adoption Papers
$16.95 Add to cartJackie Kay tells the story of a black girl’s adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best … [more below]
- Author: Kay, Jackie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: October 24 1991
- ISBN10: 185224156X
- Language: English
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Explore the Aztec Empire
$9.99 Add to cartThe Aztecs built an empire on two swampy islands in Lake Texcoco. They thrived until Spanish explorers came and took control. From farming to warfare, learn about the daily life of the Aztecs.
Civiliza
- Series: Lightning Bolt Books (R) — Early Civilizations
- Author: Ransom, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798348028992
- Language: English
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A Year at Highclere: Secrets and Stories from the Real Downton Abbey
$42.99 Add to cartJoin Lady Carnarvon as she exclusively reveals into the daily rhythms, seasonal changes and timeless traditions of one of Britain’s most iconic stately homes.
Built in a bygone era, Highclere Castle a
- Author: Carnarvon, The Countess of
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1529963931
- Language: English
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Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance
$26.95 Add to cartA call for unity in the face of growing dehumanization of marginalized people-from a powerful voice in the dialogue on racism today.
The walk back on a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Th
- Author: Meeks, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1640659676
- Language: English
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Pausanias of Sparta: From Victor to Traitor
$30.00 Add to cartThe story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history
Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the enigmatic
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ogden, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0300284764
- Language: English
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Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet
$32.00 Add to cart‘It’s rich and beautiful and strange’ Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics
‘This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you’re as hooked on Homer as the- Author: Power, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1399428152
- Language: English
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Legends & Lore Along Route 66: Tales from the Mother Road
$24.99 Add to cart100 years of cruising from Chicago to Santa Monica.
Opened in 1926, Route 66 was one of America’s original highways. In modern times, the Mother Road is an icon of nostalgia and kitsch, but behind each
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Clune, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1467172170
- Language: English
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The Modernist Wish: A History of Europe, 1914-1939
$45.00 Add to cart- Series: Cambridge History of Europe
- Author: Eley, Geoff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 540
- Publish Date: May 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0521811457
- Language: English
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Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
$20.00 Add to cartA sweeping and deeply personal account of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life
FINALIST FOR T- Author: Pember, Mary Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 059347046X
- Language: English
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Vineyards to Victory: A French Soldier, Yorktown, and the Making of an American Family
$18.99 Add to cartA multigenerational French-American migration story rooted in the Revolutionary War.
From the vineyards of France to the battlefield of Yorktown, and from one village in Haute-Sa?ne to a French settlem
- Author: Hart, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798999760753
- Language: English
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Oregon: This Storied Land
$24.95 Add to cartOregon’s landscape boasts brilliant waterfalls, towering volcanoes, productive river valleys, and far-reaching high deserts. People have lived in the region for at least twelve thousand years, during
- Author: Robbins, William G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0295747242
- Language: English
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How We Got the Bible
$18.99 Add to cartOVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD
The story behind the most widely read book of all time
A classic for more than forty years, How We Got the Bible provides well-researched, accessible answers to many questions… [more below]- Author: Lightfoot, Neil R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0801072611
- Language: English
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Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies
$19.95 Add to cartAn intelligent, humanistic, and exciting alternative to welfare reform.
- Author: Sirolli, Ernesto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0865713979
- Language: English
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Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
$21.00 Add to cartShortlisted for the National Jewish Book Awards (History)
“Despite their own legacy of torment in Egypt, Jews in the U.S. varied in their attitudes toward the slave system, even after it provoked sece- Author: Kreitner, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1250419948
- Language: English
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By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine
$21.00 Add to cartAn intimate, affecting account of life during wartime, told through the lives that have been shattered.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many Americans have identified deeply wit- Author: Leavitt, Danielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1250437768
- Language: English
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A History of England in Twenty-Five Poems
$32.00 Add to cart- Author: Clarke, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101580
- Language: English
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The Sisterhood of Ravensbr?1/4ck: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp
$23.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary true story of a small group of Frenchwomen, all Resistance members, who banded together in a notorious concentration camp to defy the Nazis–from the New York Times bestselling autho… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0593732324
- Language: English
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Trees of Acadia: The Past, Present, and Future of Park Forests
$24.95 Add to cartThe sharp spires of spruce and fir perched atop Otter Cliffs, streaks of pitch pines on the ledges of the Beehive, gnarled birches on Cadillac Mountain, and the jack pines at Schoodic Point, Acadia Na… [more below]
- Author: Schmitt, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 1684752248
- Language: English
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The Princes in the Tower: How History’s Greatest Cold Case Was Solved
$22.00 Add to cartIn 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from the Tower of London. History has judged they were murdered on the orders of Richard III. This new book… [more below]
- Author: Langley, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798897100842
- Language: English
