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Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’
$18.95 Read moreIn 2017, Myanmar’s military launched a campaign of violence against the Rohingya minority that UN experts later said amounted to a genocide. More than seven hundred thousand civilians fled to Banglade
- Series: Asian Arguments
- Author: Wade, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: September 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1786995778
- Language: English
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The Great Empires of the Ancient World
$16.95 Read moreIn this highly appealing collection, a distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars survey the great empires from 1600 BCE to 500 CE. In ten comprehensive chapters, from the ancient Mediter
- Author: Harrison, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0500295883
- Language: English
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Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel
$18.99 Read more“Ethan Michaeli has a gimlet eye for the people, texture, and contradictions of modern Israel. I’m in awe of his powers of observation and his ability as a modern-day Tocqueville to take us inside one
- Author: Michaeli, Ethan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0062688863
- Language: English
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Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer
$32.95 Read moreThis is the first book of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations. It profiles the leaders, top spies, and … [more below]
- Author: Mattis, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1682478556
- Language: English
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A Little History of the World
$25.00 Add to cartThe international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages
“All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: wha- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Gombrich, E. H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0300108834
- Language: English
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the national bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization–a fascinating look at how medieval thinkers created the origins of modern intellectual movements.
“Intoxicating…. Cahill’s c- Series: Hinges of History #05
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0385495560
- Language: English
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Human Capital: A History of Putting Refugees to Work
$34.95 Read moreHOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABOR
Historian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime. Tracing the century-long history of attem- Author: Robson, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1804290211
- Language: English
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When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History’s Unknown Chapters
$19.00 Read moreObscure and addictive true tales from history told by one of our most entertaining historians, Giles Milton
The first installment in Giles Milton’s outrageously entertaining series, History’s Unknown- Author: Milton, Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1250078776
- Language: English
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#You Know You’re Black in France When: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness
$34.95 Read moreA groundbreaking study about everyday antiblackness and its refusal in an officially raceblind France.
What does it mean to be racialized-as-black in France on a daily basis? #You Know You’re Black in- Author: Keaton, Trica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047780
- Language: English
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Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History
$19.95 Read more“The brief sections are consistently interesting, and plenty of supplemental illustrations and photos make this a handsome volume… best-suited to curious kids and casual mineralogists.” –Publisher
- Series: Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History
- Author: Chaline, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1770855874
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
$17.95 Read moreThe most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, accla
- Author: Greenblatt, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0393356264
- Language: English
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How to Slay a Dragon: Building a New Russia After Putin
$14.95 Read moreMikhail Khodorkovsky is one of the most astute observers of today’s Russia. Imprisoned for a decade in Russia’s prisons on politically motivated charges, he knows all too well the best and the worst o… [more below]
- Author: Khodorkovsky, Mikhail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1509561056
- Language: English
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Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy
$23.95 Read more‘Fascinating and trenchant, this account of contemporary Italian neo-fascism is both original and shocking’ – John Foot, historian
The fastest-rising force in Italian politics is Giorgia Meloni’s Frat
- Author: Broder, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0745348025
- Language: English
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The Decline of the West
$17.95 Add to cartSince its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a… [more below]
- Author: Spengler, Oswald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 11 2006
- ISBN10: 1400097002
- Language: English
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Decolonization: Unsung Heroes of the Resistance
$25.99 Read moreFull of gripping historical vignettes and evocative photographs, an accessible overview of the dynamic figures who resisted colonization, from India, Senegal, and Algeria to Vietnam, Kenya, and Congo.… [more below]
- Author: Singaravélou, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1635421039
- Language: English
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The Age of the Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy Around the World
$27.99 Read moreNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday Times
From Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbç–£, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of stron- Author: Rachman, Gideon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1635422809
- Language: English
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The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
$27.99 Read moreA NYTBR Editor’s Choice
“This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders – not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It
- Author: Aikins, Matthieu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063058588
- Language: English
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No Limits: The Inside Story of China’s War with the West
$29.99 Read moreThe riveting and mostly untold story about the battle for financial and technological power and mastery between the West and China over the last decade.
Since China joined the WTO in December 2001, th- Author: Small, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1685890199
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
$25.00 Add to cartAbout national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "… [more below]
- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0679720197
- Language: English
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Dictators and the Disappeared: Democracy Lost and Restored
$50.00 Read more“Dictators and the Disappeared is a book that should be found in every library and bookstore of democratic nations, particularly in the U.S., whose foreign policy has been instrumental in supporting … [more below]
- Author: Davidson, Russ
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0890136750
- Language: English
