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By: Callanan, Frank
James Joyce: A Political Life
$45.00HardcoverRead moreA major new biography that reveals how politics profoundly shaped Joyce’s life, thought and writings
The young James Joyce (1882-1941) was forged in the smithy of Irish political controversies, and he- Author: Callanan, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0691227977
- Language: English
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History’s Most Spectacular Heists: High-Stakes Thefts, Incredible Treasures, and Daring Rescues
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartDive into the world’s most unbelievable, high-stakes, fascinating heists, from art thefts to bank robberies to jewel burglaries–perfect for kids 8-12.
A collection of jewels vanishes in the dead of n- Author: Berne, Emma Carlson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798886742541
- Language: English
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By: Spitz, Bob
The Rolling Stones: The Biography
$38.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, a groundbreaking reckoning with the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band
All great music is a threat. Wh- Author: Spitz, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0593489098
- Language: English
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By: Guyer, Paul
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
$49.99PaperbackAdd to cartKant’s Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most important works in the Western philosophical tradition, which made seminal contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, and the foundations of moral ph… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant
- Author: Guyer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 764
- Publish Date: November 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1009600052
- Language: English
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By: McDonough, Frank
The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945
$45.00HardcoverAdd to cart‘This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is about providing an accessible, sober and vivid resource that keeps the subject alive. In this aim, the book succeed
- Author: McDonough, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1035912481
- Language: English
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By: Osterweil, Vicky
The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World
$28.95HardcoverRead moreA provocative history of Disney’s rise to cultural dominance, pulling skeletons from the corporate closet to decode the political messages hidden in all of your favorite childhood movies.
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- Author: Osterweil, Vicky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888903667
- Language: English
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I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cart
“Esther Safran Foer is a force of nature: a leader of
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS FINALIST – “Part personal quest, part testament, and all thoughtfully, compassionately written.”–The Washington Post- Author: Foer, Esther Safran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0525575995
- Language: English
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By: Meltzer, Brad
The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy–And Why It Failed
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR 2025
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 125079059X
- Language: English
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By: Beevor, Antony
Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
$35.00HardcoverRead moreFrom one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his seduction of the imperial househo… [more below]
- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217061181
- Language: English
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By: Taylor, Victoria
Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
$32.99HardcoverAdd to cartTELEGRAPH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler’s forces. Her forces driven off the continent, many rescued from c- Author: Taylor, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1804549991
- Language: English
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By: Pappe, Ilan
The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartSince its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappe looks at th… [more below]
- Author: Pappe, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1836740409
- Language: English
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By: Copjec, Joan
Read My Desire: Lacan Against the Historicists
$26.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn Read My Desire, Joan Copjec stages a confrontation between the theories of Jacques Lacan and those of Michel Foucault, protagonists of two powerful modern disciplines–psychoanalysis and historicis… [more below]
- Series: Radical Thinkers
- Author: Copjec, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1781688885
- Language: English
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By: Althusser, Louis
For Marx
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartThis is the work in which Louis Althusser formulated some of his most influential ideas. For Marx, first published in France in 1968, has come to be regarded as the founding text of the school of “str… [more below]
- Series: Radical Thinkers
- Author: Althusser, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2006
- ISBN10: 184467052X
- Language: English
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Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures
$25.00PaperbackAdd to cartA spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe’s extraord- Author: Saltzman, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115316
- Language: English
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By: Veale, Sara
Wild Grace: The Untamed Women of Modern Dance
$34.95HardcoverAdd to cart“Opening a door into the rich world of modern dance.” Kirkus starred review ⭐
“Captivating.” Publishers Weekly starred review ⭐
“Refreshing.” New Statesman
“Compelling.” Harper’s Bazaar
“Pas- Author: Veale, Sara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0571368565
- Language: English
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By: More, Thomas
Utopia
$11.99PaperbackAdd to cart‘To find citizens ruled by good and wholesome laws, that is an exceeding rare, and hard thing.’
Thomas More’s Utopia presents an account of an idealised fictional society that has fascinated readers s- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: More, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 07 2025
- ISBN10: 019886020X
- Language: English
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By: Diamond, Larry
Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cart*Shortlisted for the 2020 Arthur Ross Book Award*
From America’s leading scholar of democracy, a personal, passionate call to action against the rising authoritarianism that challenges our world order- Author: Diamond, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0525560645
- Language: English
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By: Baldwin, James
The Amen Corner: A Play
$15.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom one of the most brilliant writers of the twentieth century–a masterpiece of the modern American theater: a play about faith and family, about the gulf between black men and black women and black… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 17 1998
- ISBN10: 0375701885
- Language: English
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By: Little, John
The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840-1880
$19.95PaperbackRead moreA violent family living in violent times.
In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland to the British province of Canada. Almost immediately problems develop as the patriarch of the famil- Series: Comprehensive Donnellys #1
- Author: Little, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1770416293
- Language: English
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By: Reade, Orlando
What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Enlightening and enthusiastic.” –Ed Simon, The New York Times Book Review
Now in paperback, a highly original hybrid of literary criticism and political history, telling of the enduring, surprising- Author: Reade, Orlando
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1662603401
- Language: English















