University of Virginia Press
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The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding
$32.95 Add to cartThe preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth
In these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the Americ
- Series: The Revolutionary Age
- Author: Cogliano, Francis D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0813954622
- Language: English
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Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice
$39.95 Add to cartThe remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice, from Nuremberg to the first trial of the International Criminal Court
On September 29, 1947, in Courtroom 600, before- Series: Democratic Ideals in Global Perspective
- Author: Gordon, Gregory S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: November 07 2025
- ISBN10: 081395309X
- Language: English
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Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict
$34.95 Add to cartFor two Americans in Saigon in 1963, the personal and the political combine to spark the drama of a lifetime
Before it spread into a tragic war that defined a generation, the conflict in Vietnam smol- Series: Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
- Author: Trueheart, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0813951283
- Language: English
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Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary
$34.95 Add to cartAn American Eyewitness in Vietnam at the End of War and Beginning of Peace
By the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975, almost all Americans and thousands of terrified Vietnamese had left Saigon, fea- Author: Krich, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0813952352
- Language: English
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Edgar Allan Poe: A Life
$49.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking exploration of one of America’s most iconic and misunderstood authors
Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinati- Author: Kopley, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0813952239
- Language: English
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Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art
$19.95 Add to cartA timely and urgent inquiry by one of global literature’s leading lights
In this concisely argued and illuminating book, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine takes the subject of po- Series: Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-In-Residence Lectures
- Author: Alameddine, Rabih
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0813952514
- Language: English
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Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government
$29.95 Add to cartThe last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy
Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you’ve never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine–who served as the inspec- Series: Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
- Author: Fine, Glenn A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0813952468
- Language: English
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The Witch of Pungo
$24.95 Add to cartIn 1706, Grace Sherwood was “ducked” after her neighbors in Princess Anne County accused her of witchcraft. Binding and throwing her into the Lynnhaven River, they waited to see whether she would floa
- Author: Moore, Scott O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0813951305
- Language: English
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The Scientist Turned Spy: Andr? Michaux, Thomas Jefferson, and the Conspiracy of 1793
$34.95 Add to cartThe incredible story of an explorer caught up in international intrigue at the dawn of US history
Andr? Michaux was the most accomplished scientific explorer of North America before Lewis and Clark.- Series: Jeffersonian America
- Author: Spero, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0813952182
- Language: English
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Three Talks: Metaphor and Metonymy, Meaning and Mystery, Magic and Morality
$19.95 Add to cartThree Talks is the first prose collection by the award-winning poet and educator Brenda Hillman. These short essays on six M‘s of the art of poetry make the form accessible in a novel way, exploring w… [more below]
- Series: Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-In-Residence Lectures
- Author: Hillman, Brenda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0813949432
- Language: English
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Treasure in Heaven: The Holy Poor in Early Christianity
$26.95 Add to cartThe “holy poor” have long maintained an elite status within Christianity. Differing from the “real” poor, these clergymen, teachers, and ascetics have historically been viewed by their fellow Christia
- Series: Richard Lectures
- Author: Brown, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0813938287
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Barbados Diary, 1751-52
$37.95 Add to cartIn the autumn of 1751, at the age of nineteen, George Washington sailed with his older half-brother Lawrence from Virginia to the Caribbean island of Barbados–the one and only time that the future Re
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0813941377
- Language: English
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City of Trees: The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C.
$29.95 Add to cartWashington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning abo
- Series: Center Books
- Author: Choukas-Bradley, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0813926882
- Language: English
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Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making
$24.95 Add to cartThe wood used by master craftsmen to create many of the world’s legendary stringed instruments–violins and cellos, mandolins and guitars–comes from seven near-mythic European forests. In his latest
- Author: Greene, Jeffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0813947464
- Language: English
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Blueprint for Going Green: How a Small Foundation Changed the Model for Environmental Conservation
$85.00 Add to cartHow one organization took on industrial pollution–and the lessons for our new century
In 1977, one forward-thinking judge took an ecological disaster–the poisoning of the James River by Allied Che- Author: McCarthy, Gerald P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0813950724
- Language: English
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Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent
$29.95 Add to cartWould it surprise you to learn that there was a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway’s who, in his romantic questing and hell-or-high-water pursuit of life and his art, was closer to the Hemingwayesque id
- Author: Bowman, Rex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0813946670
- Language: English
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The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University
$34.95 Add to cartAlready renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the former preside
- Author: O’Shaughnessy, Andrew J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0813946484
- Language: English
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Those Who Labor for My Happiness: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
$27.95 Add to cartOur perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view
- Series: Jeffersonian America
- Author: Stanton, Lucia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0813932238
- Language: English
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Best New Poets 2022: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers
$12.95 Add to cartEntering its eighteenth year, Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. The only publication of its kind, this annual antholo… [more below]
- Series: Best New Poets
- Author: Bohince, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0997562366
- Language: English
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We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team That Dismantled Jim Crow
$26.95 Add to cartThe decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through carefully conceived strategy and the work of tireless individua
- Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute
- Author: Edds, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0813942640
- Language: English
