Western Europe
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Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
$19.99 Add to cartBestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)… [more below]
- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1451668848
- Language: English
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The Face of Battle
$18.00 Add to cart
The Face of Battle is military history from
John Keegan’s groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle — a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare- Author: Keegan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: January 27 1983
- ISBN10: 0140048979
- Language: English
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Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–And WWII Heroes
$29.00 Add to cartThe astonishing true story of three fearless female teenage resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands
“Exhaustively researched- Author: Brady, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0806540389
- Language: English
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought–a riveting nonfiction chronicle published
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0062312065
- Language: English
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
$22.99 Add to cartA “breathtakingly magisterial” account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal)
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a w… [more below]- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1541674103
- Language: English
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A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe
$24.99 Add to cart“We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations
- Author: Kundera, Milan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063272954
- Language: English
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
$25.00 Add to cartA “marvelous history”* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years’ War, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August
*Lawrence Wright, author o- Author: Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: July 12 1987
- ISBN10: 0345349571
- Language: English
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Switzerland
$24.99 Add to cartWhether you want to hit the slopes, explore chocolate-box alpine towns, or take a scenic railway journey to remember, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Switzerland has… [more below]
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0241664527
- Language: English
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The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
$18.00 Add to cart“A lively, anecdotal, all-encompassing history of Basque ingenuity and achievement.” —Atlantic Monthly
From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, Birdseye, and Paper–the illuminating- Author: Kurlansky, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 6, 2001
- ISBN10: 0140298517
- Language: English
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The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
$32.50 Read moreA riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times
Based on select writings
- Author: Siegal, Nina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063070650
- Language: English
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The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
$19.99 Add to cartThis classic bestseller — the inspiration for the PBS series — is an “illuminating and even inspiring” portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians live… [more below]
- Author: Menocal, Maria Rosa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 02 2003
- ISBN10: 0316168718
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartCelebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 co… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Hirst, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1615199144
- Language: English
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The War on the West
$32.00 Add to cartAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!
China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?
It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Som
- Author: Murray, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063162024
- Language: English
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The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times
$19.95 Add to cartFew families in history are as renowned as the Habsburgs, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. These enthralling pages provide glimpses into
- Author: Habsburg, Eduard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1644138107
- Language: English
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King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
$19.99 Add to cart“An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel.” — Christian Science Monitor
“As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times .- Author: Hochschild, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 03, 2020
- ISBN10: 0358212502
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
$28.99 Add to cartThis instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance… [more below]
- Author: Brunt, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1982169907
- Language: English
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Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
$20.00 Read moreHow does a nation recover from fascism and turn toward a free society once more? This internationally acclaimed revelatory history–“filled with first-person accounts from articles and diaries” (The N… [more below]
- Author: J?hner, Harald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593313933
- Language: English
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Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive history of the idea of equality–and why we’re so ambivalent about it
Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nation- Author: McMahon, Darrin M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0465093930
- Language: English
