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The Tragedy of Patton a Soldier’s Date with Destiny: Could World War II’s Greatest General Have Stopped the Cold War?
$27.99 Read more“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.” — General George S. Patton
It is 75 years since the end of WW II and the strange, mysterious death of General George S. Patton, but as in life, P
- Author: Orlando, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1630061751
- Language: English
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The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy Around the World
$27.99 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday Times
From Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbç–£, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of stron- Author: Rachman, Gideon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1635422809
- Language: English
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The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
$32.00 Read moreA fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
“[Mauceri’s] writing is mo- Author: Mauceri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300233701
- Language: English
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Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History
$83.25 Read moreA sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracy–with lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorship
Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural hist- Author: Sayer, Derek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 069118545X
- Language: English
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Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1: Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard
$37.50 Read 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: January 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216095
- Language: English
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The Rise of Modern Philosophy
$23.99 Add to cartSir Anthony Kenny’s engaging new multi-volume history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy captures the fascinating story of the emergence, from the ea… [more below]
- Series: New History of Western Philosophy #3
- Author: Kenny, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: August 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0198752768
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age
$20.00 Read moreAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.
- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0345803027
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
$25.00 Add to cartAbout national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "… [more below]
- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0679720197
- Language: English
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To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change
$19.95 Read more“History on an epic scale-sweeping, provocative, and unsparing in its judgment.” –Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
An immensely readable history,- Author: McCoy, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1642599212
- Language: English
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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
$20.00 Read moreThe Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stan
- Author: Daughton, J. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1324050357
- Language: English
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Modern Watercolor: A Playful and Contemporary Exploration of Watercolor Painting
$19.99 Read moreModern Watercolor provides a colorful and fun approach to working with watercolor! Use the easy-to-follow instructions and beautiful, colorful artwork featured throughout the book to create dynamic le… [more below]
- Series: Modern
- Author: Van Leuven, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 19 2017
- ISBN10: 1633223566
- Language: English
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Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
$22.00 Read moreA classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United S… [more below]
- Author: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0593314859
- Language: English
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Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters
$45.00 Read morePrincess Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (Bee) of Saxe Coburg, granddaughters of Queen Victoria of England, married into the Spanish royal family.
In 1906, Ena became the consort of K… [more below]
- Author: de Sagrera, Ana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 178155854X
- Language: English
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Sound Within Sound: Radical Composers of the Twentieth Century
$30.00 Read 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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Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45
$19.95 Read 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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Invited to Life: Finding Hope After the Holocaust
$65.00 Read 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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The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
$23.00 Add to cartPublished 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
$19.95 Read 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
$14.99 Read 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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The Ultimate 70s Collection: Iconic Musicians and Albums, Movies That Defined a Generation, Legendary Toys and Videogames
$19.99 Read 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
