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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
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Taking the Plunge Into Ethiopia: Tales of a Peace Corp Volunteer
$24.95 Read moreFrom 1968 until 1970, William Hershey served as the only Peace Corps volunteer in a small Ethiopian town. Hershey taught seventh and eighth grade students the English that they would need to continue … [more below]
- Series: Bliss Institute
- Author: Hershey, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1629222666
- Language: English
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To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change
$19.95 Read more“History on an epic scale-sweeping, provocative, and unsparing in its judgment.” –Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
An immensely readable history,- Author: McCoy, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1642599212
- Language: English
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The Illustrated Secret History of the World
$55.00 Add to cartMark Booth’s The Illustrated Secret History of the World expands upon his New York Times authoritative text on the subject of esoteric belief systems and secret societies, adding to its thorough and r… [more below]
- Author: Booth, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1468315668
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History
$40.00 Read moreA dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world.
From the rise of Sa- Author: Lieven, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0735222193
- Language: English
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100 Greatest Battles
$20.00 Read moreA highly illustrated introduction to some of the greatest battles in world history, from the iconic encounters of the Ancient World such as Thermopylae and Cannae, through to the major clashes of the
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856945
- Language: English
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Jewels: A Secret History
$20.00 Add to cartThroughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her ow… [more below]
- Author: Finlay, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 14 2007
- ISBN10: 345466950
- Language: English
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The Revolution Betrayed
$19.95 Read moreOne of Marxism’s most important texts, The Revolution Betrayed explores the fate of the Russian Revolution after Lenin’s death. Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and pro… [more below]
- Author: Trotsky, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 233
- Publish Date: February 20 2004
- ISBN10: 0486433986
- Language: English
