Pegasus Books
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The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s Troublespots
$28.95 Read moreAn authoritative, incisive explanation of the causes and current status of hostilities around the world.
The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fre- Series: Economist Books
- Author: Andrews, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364439
- Language: English
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The Messenger
$27.95 Read moreA stylish, mind-racing literary thriller set in the dark heart of Paris, by a break-out new talent in crime fiction.
After moving back to Paris to live with his French dad, Alex Giraud is struggling t- Author: Davis, Megan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364471
- Language: English
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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth.
Have you ever wondered wh- Author: Coulson, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366520
- Language: English
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Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Piracy
$29.95 Add to cartA masterful narrative history of the dangerous lives of pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, revealing their unique impact on colonialism and empire.
The pirates that exist in our- Author: Blakemore, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366334
- Language: English
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The English Chemist: The Story of Rosalind Franklin: A Novel
$27.95 Read moreThe controversial story of one of the twentieth century’s most famed scientists, Rosalind Franklin, who discovered the two-chain helical structure of DNA in 1952–but was then cheated out of the Nobel… [more below]
- Author: Mills, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 163936708X
- Language: English
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The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
$32.00 Add to cartThe astonishing story of how in 1942, in Egypt, Colonel Dudley Clarke’s ingenious “A Force” thwarted the Nazis while inventing a whole new playbook of military deception.
Cairo, 1942: If you had asked- Author: Hutton, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367160
- Language: English
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The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music
$29.95 Add to cartA story about a piano and its most prodigious player–and how they both survived one of the darkest periods in history.
When her father died, singer-songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano sh
- Author: de Bastion, Roxanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366873
- Language: English
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Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: A Social History
$35.00 Add to cartA moving, dramatic social history of the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the most inspiring and momentous events of the twentieth century.
The fall of Paris to the Nazis on June 14th, 1940, was on- Author: Bishop, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367039
- Language: English
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The Last Stand of the Raven Clan: A Story of Imperial Ambition, Native Resistance and How the Tlingit-Russian War Shaped a Continent
$29.95 Add to cartA dynamic history of the Battle of Sitka that recognizes the vital importance of the Tlingit people, their fight against Imperial Russia, and how it changed the fate of the North America.
“If the long- Author: Easter, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367365
- Language: English
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Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland’s Elves Can Save the Earth
$18.95 Read more*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR’S CHOICE*
“An impassioned, informative love letter to Iceland.” —New York Times Book Review “This compelling and highly readable book offers a thought-provoking- Author: Brown, Nancy Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365745
- Language: English
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American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed Into the Lands and Imaginations of America
$19.95 Add to cartA vivid and illuminating new history–separate fact from fiction, myth from legend–exploring the early Vikings settlements in North America.
Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combin- Author: Whittock, Martyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367845
- Language: English
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A Sea Full of Turtles: The Search for Optimism in an Epoch of Extinction
$28.95 Add to cartAn inspired and impassioned story of adventure that explores the richness of marine life and charts a path of resilience and hope.
Everyone alive today is witnessing a mass extinction event caused by- Author: Streever, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366695
- Language: English
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The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
$32.00 Add to cartAn incisive look at the past, present, and future of the religious divide that lies at the heart of the Middle East.
At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1- Author: Rogerson, Barnaby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366962
- Language: English
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Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka
$29.95 Add to cartThis groundbreaking study of Franz Kafka’s legacy–to be published during the centenary of his death in 2024–explores Kafka’s life and influence in an entirely new and dynamic way.
In 2024, exactly o- Author: Watroba, Karolina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366717
- Language: English
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Infinite Life: The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth
$29.95 Add to cartAn expansive investigation into the most unifying and enduring structure in the history of life–and a story of biological richness at a moment when so much of our precious biodiversity hangs in the b… [more below]
- Author: Howard, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367748
- Language: English
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Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac–the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures–Dreams evokes the band’s entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama a… [more below]
- Author: Blake, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367322
- Language: English
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The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native American Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands
$29.95 Add to cartThe first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation, and harmful legacy of the Native American boarding schools–and how our nation still has much to resolve before we… [more below]
- Author: Vaughn, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367462
- Language: English
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All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960
$29.95 Add to cartA panoramic social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictions–and how it affects the female body.
“Women have been fat or slim, hyperthyroid or splenetic, sallow or pink-c- Author: Nicholson, Virginia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367063
- Language: English
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Catherine De’ Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
$35.00 Add to cartThe life and times of Catherine de’ Medici–the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe–as seen through her often controversial role in religion and the arts.
During an age of heightened reli- Author: Hollingsworth, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367012
- Language: English
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The Sugar Rush: A Memoir of Wild Dreams, Budding Bromance, and Making Maple Syrup
$28.95 Add to cartFilled with humor and raucous adventure, The Sugar Rush is the story of two friends with a sweet, golden, syrupy dream, set against the rugged New England wilderness.
Trying to shake off the emotions- Author: Gregg, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366814
- Language: English
