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By: Mike Duncan
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541730348
- Language: English
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By: Senior, Antonia
Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire
$35.00HardcoverRead moreThe riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over E… [more below]
- Author: Senior, Antonia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 154170438X
- Language: English
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By: McKean, David
The Flag Was Still There: A History of the American Experiment in Five Anniversaries
$32.00HardcoverRead moreA clear-eyed yet hopeful history of the United States, revisiting the state of the union every fifty years since America’s birth.
“Brilliantly written and illuminating.” –Douglas Brinkley, New York- Author: McKean, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1541704169
- Language: English
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By: Shortland, Anja
Dark Screens: Hackers and Heroes in the Shadowy World of Ransomware
$30.00HardcoverRead moreA riveting account of major ransomware attacks and their devastating consequences, revealing how exposed we really are–and how we can protect ourselves
Imagine opening your computer only to find eve- Author: Shortland, Anja
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1541705750
- Language: English
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By: Dickie, John
The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartDiscover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternity
Founded in London in 1717 as a way of bindin- Author: Dickie, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1541704681
- Language: English
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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartToday, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our pe… [more below]
- Author: Emmerson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393805
- Language: English
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By: Menn, Joseph
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, “a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the inte… [more below]
- Author: Menn, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541706110
- Language: English
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By: Cox, Joseph
Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartWritten “in the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI created its own tech start-up to wire… [more below]
- Author: Cox, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1541702700
- Language: English
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By: Romano, Tricia
The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartA rollicking history of America’s most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers
“The Freaks Came Out to Write may be the best history of a- Author: Romano, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541742419
- Language: English
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By: Kopp, Wendy
One Day, All Children…: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom her dorm room at Princeton University, twenty-one-year-old college senior Wendy Kopp decided to launch a movement to improve public education in America. In One Day, All Children… , she shares … [more below]
- Author: Kopp, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 17 2007
- ISBN10: 1586481797
- Language: English
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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartA “meticulously researched and comprehensive” (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa’s Congo
At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of western Europ- Author: Stearns, Jason K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541706064
- Language: English
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By: Bevins, Vincent
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cart“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflame–and what we can learn from its embers
From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any- Author: Bevins, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1541788982
- Language: English
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By: Ansary, Tamim
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cart“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)
We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omi… [more below]- Author: Ansary, Tamim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 154170620X
- Language: English
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Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe definitive, unbiased account of the twenty-four hours surrounding the historic January 6th attack on the Capitol
The January 6th insurrection was a stunning and unprecedented attack on the center- Author: Jalonick, Mary Clare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 154170598X
- Language: English
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By: Marcus, Celeste
Chaim Soutine: Genius, Obsession, and a Dramatic Life in Art
$34.00HardcoverAdd to cartA revelatory biography of the Jewish expressionist painter that corrects the myths surrounding his work and proves his importance to the contemporary art world
Every major modern art museum in the wo- Author: Marcus, Celeste
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1541703227
- Language: English
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By: Mendez, Jonna
In True Face: A Woman’s Life in the Cia, Unmasked
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this “extraordinarily brave and entertaining book” (Sonia Purnell, New York Times-bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous st… [more below]
- Author: Mendez, Jonna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1541703138
- Language: English
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By: Stern, Ken
Healthy to 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartIn this “must-read” (Chip Conley), an internationally recognized longevity and aging expert uncovers the secret to an enduring, thriving life: meaningful social connections
Contrary to popular belief- Author: Stern, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1541705017
- Language: English
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn this new edition of their classic work, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics upend the most common assumptions about how economics works, providing a “rich and humane” (Financial Times) exam… [more below]
- Author: Banerjee, Abhijit V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1541706188
- Language: English
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By: Duncan, David S.
The Secret Lives of Customers: A Detective Story about Solving the Mystery of Customer Behavior
$30.00HardcoverRead more“A page-turner that reads like a mystery” (Mark Bertolini, former chairman and CEO, Aetna) that delivers key insights to the questions: who really are our customers, why do we lose them, how do… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, David S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1541774493
- Language: English
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War and Power: Who Wins Wars–And Why
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartA bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of economic, political, and social power–“vital… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Phillips Payson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606973
- Language: English
















