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Europe Without Borders: A History
$35.00 Add to cartThe contested creation of free movement–for people and goods–in the Schengen area of Europe
Europe is a place of free movement among nations–or is it? The Schengen area, established in 1985 and tod- Author: Stanley-Becker, Isaac
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0691261768
- Language: English
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Inside the Stargazer’s Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe
$29.95 Add to cartEnter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning cent- Author: Moller, Violet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 163936837X
- Language: English
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The Holocaust: An Unfinished History
$21.99 Add to cartA revelatory new history that reexamines the brutal reality of the Holocaust–and reinterprets the events as a living trauma from which modern society has not yet recovered
One of the most acclaimed boo
- Author: Stone, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0063348926
- Language: English
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The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation
$24.95 Add to cartThe hidden history of a nation sleepwalking its way into evil
Charlotte Beradt began having unsettling dreams after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. She envisioned herself being shot at, tortured and- Author: Beradt, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0691243514
- Language: English
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Jimmy Carter: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$19.99 Add to cart“We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes–and we must.” –Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. came from a background of farming and mil- Series: Last Interview
- Author: House, Melville
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1685891527
- Language: English
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Mark Twain
$45.00 Add to cartPulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain
Before he was Mark Twai- Author: Chernow, Ron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1200
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 525561722
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$43.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782861
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$32.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782853
- Language: English
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Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
$19.99 Add to cartThe “mesmerizing and inspirational” (Judy Batalion) true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following … [more below]
- Author: Blankfeld, Keren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0316564788
- Language: English
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Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
$28.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this subversive family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author’s great-grandfather, a talented German-Jewish chemist who w… [more below]
- Author: Dunthorne, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1982180757
- Language: English
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Super Gay Poems: Lgbtqia+ Poetry After Stonewall
$29.95 Add to cartA major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience, by writers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, nonbinary, gender fluid, and more.
- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0674273117
- Language: English
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The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
$29.95 Add to cartA moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic–and how they survived against all odds.
When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely se- Author: Schwankert, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368671
- Language: English
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The Revolutionary Self: Social Change and the Emergence of the Modern Individual, 1770-1800
$35.00 Add to cartThe eighteenth century was a time of cultural friction: individuals began to assert greater independence and there was a new emphasis on social equality. In this surprising history, Lynn Hunt examines
- Author: Hunt, Lynn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324079037
- Language: English
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Night
$13.00 Add to cart- Author: Wiesel, Elie
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0374534756
- Language: English
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The Fate of the Generals: Macarthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines
$30.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Hampton Sides’s bestseller Ghost Soldiers comes a World War II story of bravery, survival, and sacrifice–the vow Douglas MacArthur made to return to the Philippines and the oath h… [more below]
- Author: Horn, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1668010070
- Language: English
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Great Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali
$14.99 Add to cartGreat Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali is an illustrated retelling of Ali’s life and sporting career, encompassing topics from the history of boxing to the Civil Rights movement in the US.
You may alre
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Graphics, Great Lives in
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1787081478
- Language: English
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
$37.00 Add to cartA sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom
Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to w- Author: Rosenfeld, Sophia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691164711
- Language: English
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I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts That Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
$17.99 Add to cartThis gripping family memoir of grief, courage, and hope tells the hidden stories of children who escaped the Holocaust, building connections across generations and continents.
In 1938, Jewish families- Author: Borger, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1635424283
- Language: English
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Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust
$27.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, r
- Author: Adlington, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0063433400
- Language: English
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Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups
$32.00 Add to cartFrom actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history’s greatest screwups, complete with lively illustrations.
History- Author: Helms, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1538769476
- Language: English
