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Nellie Bly and Investigative Journalism for Kids: Mighty Muckrakers from the Golden Age to Today, with 21 Activities Volume 56
$19.99 Read moreA Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2016
In the late 1800s, the daring young reporter Elizabeth Cochrane–known by the pen name Nellie Bly–faked insanity so she could be committed t- Series: For Kids
- Author: Mahoney, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 161374997X
- Language: English
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California Rewritten: A Journey Through the Golden State’s New Literature
$30.00 Add to cartDive into the revelatory worlds of California’s most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future.
“In Freeman’s hands, California is a l
- Author: Freeman, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146927
- Language: English
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Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love
$19.95 Add to cartIn Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love, Elaine Culbertson has created a new kind of Holocaust survivor story. It is a memoir that combines both her mother, Dora Freilich’s, personal recollections of he
- Author: Culbertson, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 26 2025
- ISBN10: 195705722X
- Language: English
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Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World
$18.99 Add to cart“Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America’s pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race of unlikely hero
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0063371413
- Language: English
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The 1960s Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See a Turbulent Decade
$22.95 Add to cartThe 1960s had it all: cultural transformation, social upheaval, political unrest, technological leaps, and more. But until now, it’s never been brought to vivid life in such extraordinarily informativ… [more below]
- Series: Maps for Curious Minds
- Author: Kerr, Gordon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030808
- Language: English
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The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care
$19.95 Add to cart“A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one.”–Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature.
A suspenseful, a- Author: Wunsch, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1778402135
- Language: English
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The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood
$29.99 Add to cartThe story begins with the abandonment of the newborn Agata Smeralda on February 5, 1445, in Florence’s Hospital of the Innocents, the first–but certainly not the last–child to be left at its doors.
- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324065788
- Language: English
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From Death-Camp to Existentialism: A Psychiatrist’s Path to a New Therapy
$14.99 Add to cartIn this powerful and deeply introspective account, psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl shares his firsthand experiences as a prisoner in Auschwitz and a sub-camp of Dachau. Rather than dwelling on the horro
- Author: Frankl, Viktor Emil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: January 01 1961
- ISBN10: 9784575108
- Language: English
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
$24.99 Add to cartThe literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller.
“An impressive work…deeply, rightly passionat
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0063452049
- Language: English
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The Nietzsche Reader
$21.50 Add to cartThe Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche’s writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche’s life and importance, and in… [more below]
- Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers
- Author: Ansell-Pearson, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0631226540
- Language: English
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I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1: A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1933-1941
$20.00 Add to cartThe publication of Victor Klemperer’s secret diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. “In its cool, lucid style and power of observation,” said The New York … [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback) #1
- Author: Klemperer, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0375753788
- Language: English
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Inventing Human Rights: A History
$16.95 Add to cartHow were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and i… [more below]
- Author: Hunt, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0393331997
- Language: English
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On This Day in Tudor History III
$28.99 Add to cartStep Back in Time: Daily Tudor Events for History Lovers and Trivia Enthusiasts
On This Day in Tudor History III offers a captivating journey through the calendar, presenting one fascinating Tudor eve
- Series: On This Day in Tudor History #3
- Author: Ridgway, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 598
- Publish Date: September 01 2025
- ISBN10: 8412971639
- Language: English
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Ring Legends of Tolkien Deluxe Edition
$19.99 Add to cartThe most popular legends about the Rings of Power are discussed in detail in this deluxe edition that will hold a special place on your bookshelf.
The history of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world of- Author: Day, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1667211331
- Language: English
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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah
$20.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE – From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-cen… [more below]
- Author: King, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0593466713
- Language: English
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Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
$33.00 Add to cartA revelatory history of enslaved people’s resistance and self-emancipation, across the Atlantic world and beyond.
The ending of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery by European powers during t- Author: Hazareesingh, Sudhir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0374611076
- Language: English
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Rescuing Titanic: A True Story of Quiet Bravery in the North Atlantic
$15.99 Add to cartThis exquisitely illustrated story of quiet bravery tells in rich detail how the little ship Carpathia saved 705 passengers of the Titanic from the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
With the approach- Series: Hidden Histories
- Author: Delargy, Flora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1836007582
- Language: English
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Mussolini’s Italy: Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945
$32.00 Add to cartWith Mussolini ‘s Italy, R.J.B. Bosworth–the foremost scholar on the subject writing in English–vividly brings to life the period in which Italians participated in one of the twentieth century’s mos… [more below]
- Author: Bosworth, R. J. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143038567
- Language: English
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Chain of Fire: The Siege of Khartoum and the Campaign of Egypt and the Sudan
$35.00 Add to cartThe dramatic story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain’s extraordinarily violent 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan.
In the 1880s, British control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield tha- Author: Hart, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639369775
- Language: English
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Defending Dixie’s Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil War
$39.95 Add to cartARE YOU INTERESTED IN KNOWING the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed school children? When it comes to the story a
- Author: Bishop, Isaac C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 196350643X
- Language: English
