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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
$46.67 Read moreA panoramic global history of the nineteenth century
A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transiti- Series: America in the World #20
- Author: Osterhammel, J?rgen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1192
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169802
- Language: English
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The Groundings with My Brothers
$19.95 Read more“I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together.” – Walter Rodney
In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney e- Author: Rodney, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1788731158
- Language: English
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The Changing Face of Antisemitism: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
$19.98 Add to cartFor thirty years the director of the Wiener Library in London–the leading institute for the study of anti-Semitism–Walter Laqueur here offers both a comprehensive history of anti-Semitism as well as… [more below]
- Author: Laqueur, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 30 2008
- ISBN10: 019534121X
- Language: English
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Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
$18.00 Read moreA controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author
“A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces under- Author: Goodman, Micah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0300248415
- Language: English
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Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria
$21.95 Read moreFollowing the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as … [more below]
- Author: Dam, Nikolaos Van
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1784537977
- Language: English
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Robert’s Rules of Order Fast Track: The Brief and Easy Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for the Modern Meeting
$14.99 Read moreMust-Have Advice on Running Effective and Organized Meetings
Easy, accessible, and to the point. Robert’s Rules of Order Fast Track gives you everything you need to know to conduct shorter, fairer, an- Author: Slaughter, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0744056977
- Language: English
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE – A Pulitzer Prize finalist that’s as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came
- Author: Beckert, Sven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0375713964
- Language: English
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The History of the World
$53.00 Read moreJ.M. Roberts’s renowned History of the World is widely considered the finest available one-volume survey of the major events, developments, and personalities of the known past, offering generations of… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: May 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0199936765
- Language: English
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Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters
$19.95 Read moreBoth accessible and authoritative, Understanding Hamas provides much-needed insight into a widely misunderstood movement whose involvement in a just resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict will be
- Author: Cobban, Helena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1682196348
- Language: English
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The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy
$32.00 Add to cartA sweeping journey through twenty-first century India’s violent lurch towards autocracy.
Since Narendra Modi’s election in May 2014, India has become more dysfunctional and dangerous than ever. The “… [more below]
- Author: Bhatia, Rahul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1541704002
- Language: English
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Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and defined our place on the globe fo
- Author: Brotton, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0802163688
- Language: English
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When We Sold God’s Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon
$32.00 Add to cartIn this “remarkable” true story, an Amazonian tribe is forced to reconcile with Westerners entering their territory and running an illegal diamond mine (Douglas Preston).
Growing up in a remote corne- Author: Cuadros, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1538701502
- Language: English
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Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
$32.00 Add to cartThe full story of how and why Russia has tried to violently subjugate Ukraine across the centuries, and how Ukrainians have resisted
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the w- Author: Finkel, Eugene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604679
- Language: English
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Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals
$17.99 Add to cartAll tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entrepreneurs, botanists, distillers, beverage distributor
- Author: Nabhan, Gary Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1324076100
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
$16.95 Read more2022 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER — HISTORY: GENERAL
“. . . inherently interesting, unique, and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and academic libr- Author: Orzel, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1953295606
- Language: English
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A Social History of Western Political Thought
$34.95 Read moreA sweeping and nuanced materialist history of Western political thought
In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory, from Plato to Rousseau. Treating cano- Author: Wood, Ellen Meiksins
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1839766093
- Language: English
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El Infierno Tan Temido: El Secuestro En México / The Hell We Dread: Kidnapping I N Mexico
$17.95 Read moreEl libro ofrece una contraparte no menos amarga con la voz de las vÃctimas para develar cómo fue su dÃa a dÃa durante el secuestro, qué secuelas fÃsicas y mentales quedaron en su vida, cómo fue… [more below]
- Author: Niño de Rivera, Saskia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 607381206X
- Language: Spanish
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Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
$16.99 Add to cartContinuing her journey from a deeply religious Islamic upbringing to a post at Harvard, the brilliant, charismatic and controversial New York Times and Globe and Mail #1 bestselling author of Infidel
- Author: Hirsi Ali, Ayaan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0062333941
- Language: English
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You’ve Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar
$16.95 Read moreIn this electric debut essay collection, a Myanmar millennial playfully challenges us to examine the knots and complications of immigration status, eating habits, Western feminism in an Asian home, an… [more below]
- Author: War, Pyae Moe Thet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222008
- Language: English
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Breve Historia del Mundo. Edición Ilustrada
$26.95 Read moreNueva edición ilustrada de esta obra clásica que lleva décadas divulgando la historia del mundo a lectores de todas las edades.
Esta Breve historia del mundo no es un manual al uso: es la historia d
- Author: Gombrich, Ernst H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 6075692282
- Language: Spanish
