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A Little History of the United States
$15.00 Add to cartA character-filled history that brings the American saga to life
The United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world. This is the remarkable story of how it came to be. Beginning wit- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Davidson, James West
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283431
- Language: English
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
$34.95 Add to cartA refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
In the Future of Yesterday delves into Stefan Zweig’s considerable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Je- Author: Görner, Rüdiger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1914979109
- Language: English
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Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir
$19.95 Add to cartThe authors of this striking memoir, Hiding in Holland, survivor Max Rothschild and his daughter Shulamit Reinharz, tell the story of a Jewish man who saved his life repeatedly during the Holocaust, e
- Series: Holocaust Survivor True Stories
- Author: Reinharz, Shulamit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: June 17 2024
- ISBN10: 949332270X
- Language: English
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The Hidden Life of Otto Frank
$17.99 Add to cartIn this definitive new biography, Carol Ann Lee provides the answer to one of the most heartbreaking questions of modern times: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis? Probing this startl
- Author: Lee, Carol Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0060520833
- Language: English
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History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment
$9.99 Add to cartMyths! Lies! Recycling scams? Discover the real story behind the first Earth Day celebration and some of the biggest US climate catastrophes–and their solutions! Don’t miss the award-winning History … [more below]
- Series: History Smashers
- Author: Messner, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593705300
- Language: English
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Wagner Group – Private Military Company: Volume 1: Establishment, Purpose, Profile and Historic Relevance 2013-2023
$29.95 Read more“Western media made sure that Wagner was well-known and this book pieces together disparate bits of information into one place.” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
In the early 2010s the Wagner Grou… [more below]
- Series: Europe@war
- Author: Besenyo, Janos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1804516090
- Language: English
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More Than Love: The Enduring Fascination with Edgar Allan Poe
$28.00 Read more- Author: Armiento, Amy Branam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0881469467
- Language: English
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Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy
$35.99 Add to cartThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history. In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputatio
- Author: Gilbert, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0393867080
- Language: English
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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah
$34.00 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Me… [more below]
- Author: King, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 9798217014354
- Language: English
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Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property
$34.95 Add to cartExiled in 1948, Palestinians were robbed of their private property when looting became weaponized
During the 1948 War, Israeli fighters and residents alike plundered Palestinian homes, shops, business- Author: Raz, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1804295159
- Language: English
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Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever
$22.95 Add to cartYear 2000 shares the untold story of the actors operating on the global stage responsible for managing computer hardware and software for Year 2000 compliance, thus keeping national infrastructures, f
- Author: James, Nancy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085611
- Language: English
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Pillars of the American Century: FDR, Reagan, and the World They Shaped
$18.95 Add to cartFranklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan were the two most consequential and successful Presidents of the 20th Century. Most casual observers today think of them as polar opposites in their views on gover
- Author: Bumgardner, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 23 2024
- ISBN10: 9798893094114
- Language: English
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Also Here
$18.99 Add to cartAs a young girl Brooke Randel knew little about the Holocaust-just that it was a catastrophe in which millions were murdered, and that her grandma Golda Indig barely escaped that fate. But her Bubbie … [more below]
- Author: Randel, Brooke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1948954974
- Language: English
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Edges of Ailey
$65.00 Add to cartA revelatory look at the life, work, and legacy of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey
“A rich, multitudinous window into the world of the choreographer Alvin Ailey. . . . It does everything but d- Author: Edwards, Adrienne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278845
- Language: English
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The Apothecary’s Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity
$28.95 Add to cart“A lively medical, scientific, and economic history.”–Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
“A timely reminder that the current greed-based healthcare system
Best Nonfiction Books of 2024, Kirkus Reviews- Author: Gevirtz, Karen Bloom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0520409914
- Language: English
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Out from the Shadows: Growing up with Holocaust Survivor Parents
$16.95 Add to cartGrowing up, the author and his family constantly lived under the shadow of the Holocaust. There was persistent tension at home. He was frequently told: “Finish your dinner. We didn’t have food like th
- Series: Holocaust Heritage
- Author: Handler, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: November 09 2024
- ISBN10: 9493322882
- Language: English
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The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
$30.00 Add to cartA witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science.
In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Sov- Author: Strausbaugh, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1541703340
- Language: English
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Elsie’s Tune: One Last Song to Overcome
$21.99 Add to cart“She took the record out and put it on. As it started to play, she simply didn’t know if good memories would come back. Maybe bad memories would overtake them. Whichever way she felt, she just knew th
- Author: Watson, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890410399
- Language: English
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Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition
$29.95 Add to cartAn authoritative, myth-piercing study of the world-famous explorer George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924.
In the years following his disappearance near the summit of Mount Everest i- Author: Conefrey, Mick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366350
- Language: English
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City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle ?poque
$35.00 Add to cartA top historian offers a new history of Paris’s Belle ?poque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacr?-Coeur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be … [more below]
- Author: Rapport, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1541647491
- Language: English
