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By: Molleson, Kate
Sound Within Sound: Radical Composers of the Twentieth Century
$30.00HardcoverRead moreSound Within Sound presents an alternative history of 20th-century composers–nearly all of them women or composers of color–by a leading international music critic.
Think of a composer right now. W- Author: Molleson, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1419753568
- Language: English
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By: Craig, M.
Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45
$19.95PaperbackRead more‘A racily written, well-researched and heart-warming account’ Scots Magazine
Too many historians have ignored the role of women in the ’45. This book aims to redress the balance. Damn’ Rebel Bitches- Author: Craig, M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1910948292
- Language: English
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By: Bialik, Mayim
Invited to Life: Finding Hope After the Holocaust
$65.00HardcoverRead moreA collection of 90 black-and-white portraits of Holocaust survivors accompanied by stories of their postwar lives
highlighting joy, revival, and embracing life to the fullest! The survivors, many pho… [more below]
- Author: Bialik, Mayim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0764364456
- Language: English
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By: Dobbs, Michael
The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
$17.95PaperbackRead morePublished in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a riveting story of Jewish families seeking to escape Nazi Germany.
In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journal- Author: Dobbs, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0525434836
- Language: English
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The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent
$19.95PaperbackRead moreNew evidence has come to light proving how far the FBI monitored its citizens throughout the Cold War and beyond.
When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged.
- Author: Price, David Hotchkiss
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0745346014
- Language: English
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Beyond Good and Evil
$14.99HardcoverRead moreBeyond Good and Evil is a captivating philosophical masterpiece that challenges conventional thinking and explores the depths of human nature. Written by Friedrich Nietzsche, this influential work del
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9358562277
- Language: English
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By: Romero, John
The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99PaperbackRead moreHow do you remember the seventies? Whether it’s as the “Me Decade,” the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you’ll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture tha… [more below]
- Author: Romero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1497103789
- Language: English
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By: Napier, Michael
Afghan Air Wars: Soviet, Us and NATO Operations, 1979-2021
$40.00HardcoverRead moreMichael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.
US and- Author: Napier, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1472859014
- Language: English
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By: Weismann, Joseph
After the Roundup: Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France
$19.00PaperbackRead moreOn the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. They were held for five days at the V駘odrome d’Hiver stadium, before b
- Author: Weismann, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0253066484
- Language: English
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Hess and the Penguins: The Holocaust, Antarctica and the Strange Case of Rudolf Hess
$19.95PaperbackRead morePursuing his investigations of WWII machinations, secret international agreements, breakaway civilizations and hidden wars in Antarctica, author and researcher Joseph P. Farrell examines the continuin… [more below]
- Author: Farrell, Joseph P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1939149851
- Language: English
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By: Vuillard, Eric
The Order of the Day
$14.99PaperbackRead moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Boston Globe, and Literary Hub
Winner of the 2017 Goncourt Prize, this behind-the-scenes account of the manipulation, hubris, and greed that together led to Nazi- Author: Vuillard, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1635420407
- Language: English
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By: Krimstein, Ken
When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers
$28.00HardcoverRead moreAn NPR Best Book of the Year
From the prize-winning author of The Three Escapes of Hanna
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Tribune Fall Best Read
An Alma most anticipated book of November- Author: Krimstein, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 163557370X
- Language: English
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The Paris Commune: A Brief History
$22.95PaperbackRead moreThe Paris Commune, France’s revolutionary civil war, rocked the nineteenth century and shaped the twentieth. A pivotal moment in history, it is the linchpin between revolutionary pasts and futures and… [more below]
- Series: Reinventions of the Paris Commune
- Author: Eichner, Carolyn J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1978827687
- Language: English
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Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War
$16.95PaperbackRead moreHe has been accused of “studied and ingenious cruelty.” By turns, he has been called a savior and a barbarian, a hero and a villain, a genius and a madman. But whatever you call William Tecumseh Sherm… [more below]
- Series: Emerging Civil War
- Author: Maxfield, Derek D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1611215994
- Language: English
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Tragic Sense of Life
$14.95PaperbackRead moreThe acknowledged masterpiece of one of Spain’s most influential thinkers. Between despair and the desire for something better, Unamuno finds that saving incertitude that alone can console us. Dynamic … [more below]
- Author: Unamuno, Miguel de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 01 1954
- ISBN10: 0486202577
- Language: English
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The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts–first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets–by hiding them on their bod… [more below]
- Author: Fishman, David E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1512603309
- Language: English
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Sixteenth-Century Mission: Explorations in Protestant and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice
$29.99PaperbackRead moreDid the Reformers lack a vision for missions?
In Sixteenth-Century Mission, a diverse cast of contributors explores the wide-reaching practice and theology of mission during this era. Rather than a ce- Series: Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology
- Author: Gallagher, Robert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1683594657
- Language: English
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of t… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Zachary D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0525509054
- Language: English
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Line in the Sand: Foreign Legion Forts and Fortifications in Morocco 1900-1926
$49.95PaperbackRead moreThis book gives an overview of the French conquest of Morocco between 1900 and 1926. Whilst providing a general outline of the conquest of Morocco the book concentrates on the use of forts and other f… [more below]
- Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
- Author: Jeynes, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1915113830
- Language: English
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By: Brennan, Patrick
Gettysburg in Color: Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters
$37.50HardcoverRead moreArtificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg. And it is a marvelous pairing.
Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor maga… [more below]
- Author: Brennan, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216583
- Language: English


