Penguin Books
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus
$18.00 Add to cartThe most fatal virus known to science, rabies-a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans-kills nearly one hundred percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. In this c… [more below]
- Author: Wasik, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 0143123572
- Language: English
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The Peloponnesian War
$25.00 Add to cartFor three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian … [more below]
- Author: Kagan, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0142004375
- Language: English
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Love & War
$10.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
The thrilling romance of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler continues in the sizzling sequel to the New York Times bestselling Alex & Eliza: A Love Story 1781. Al- Series: Alex & Eliza Trilogy #2
- Author: de la Cruz, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1524739677
- Language: English
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Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods
$24.00 Add to cartAn authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen’s beloved novels, from the authors of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018)… [more below]
- Author: Adkins, Roy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125729
- Language: English
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The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Chicago Tribune‘s 2013 Heartland Prize
A critically acclaimed history of Chicago at mid-century, featuring many of the incredible personalities that shaped American culture Before air t- Author: Dyja, Thomas L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125095
- Language: English
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The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings
$24.00 Add to cartInternationally recognized as a major publishing event, The Courage to Stand Alone is a collection of prison writings from the world’s most famous political prisoner. Wei Jingsheng, who has spent near… [more below]
- Author: Jingsheng, Wei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0140275355
- Language: English
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The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists
$20.00 Add to cartThis anatomy book for artists is an invaluable quick reference guide on both the construction and the outward appearance of the male and female figures. It contains more than 250 illustrations of the … [more below]
- Author: Rubins, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 15 1975
- ISBN10: 0140042431
- Language: English
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The Shooter at Midnight: Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided
$19.00 Add to cartThe harrowing true story of a cold-blooded murder and the campaign to bring justice to a suffering Midwestern town
On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillico- Author: Cooper, Sean Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0143135449
- Language: English
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Mastering the Art of French Eating: From Paris Bistros to Farmhouse Kitchens, Lessons in Food and Love
$17.00 Add to cartThe memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris–one dish at a time
When journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is ov- Author: Mah, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125923
- Language: English
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Supreme Court Decisions
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political his- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #06
- Author: Beeman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121995
- Language: English
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American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
$18.00 Add to cartThe story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone from bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands
With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. B- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119559
- Language: English
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If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path
$17.00 Add to cartZen and the art of getting unstuck . . .
Perennial favorites, Charlotte Kasl’s If the Buddha Dated, If the Buddha Married and If the Buddha Had Kids have inspired readers with their empowering balance- Series: Compass
- Author: Kasl, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 04 2005
- ISBN10: 0142196282
- Language: English
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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
$20.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller – One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 – A New York Times Notable Book
“A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important,- Author: Bakewell, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0735223394
- Language: English
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Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore
For three years, Jennifer Ackerman liv- Author: Ackerman, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0143134183
- Language: English
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To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
$27.00 Add to cart“Chilling… To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking…. Kershaw documents each and every… [more below]
- Series: Penguin History of Europe
- Author: Kershaw, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109928
- Language: English
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Flygirl
$12.99 Read moreFor fans of Unbroken and Ruta Sepetys.
All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she’s in the air. But as a young black woman- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417254
- Language: English
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American Indian Trickster Tales
$16.00 Add to cartOf all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it’s the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and aga… [more below]
- Series: Myths and Legends
- Author: Erdoes, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140277714
- Language: English
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Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
$23.00 Read moreNow an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln’s Dilemma.
One of the Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0143110764
- Language: English
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Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
$20.00 Add to cartIn a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading up to… [more below]
- Author: Frank, Richard B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0141001461
- Language: English
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The Penguin History of the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad’s widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1846144434
- Language: English
