World
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Ten Myths about Israel
$19.95 Add to cartThe myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict–from “the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history” (New Statesman)
The outspoken and radical Israeli historia- Author: Pappe, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1804297046
- Language: English
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The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art
$35.00 Add to cartDrawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehisto… [more below]
- Author: Owens, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0300260474
- Language: English
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The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War
$34.95 Add to cartIn this classic work which analyzes the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent, the great historian Arno Mayer emphasizes the backwardness of the European e… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Mayer, Arno J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1844676358
- Language: English
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe’s Crisis and America’s Economic Future
$45.50 Read moreA #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK]
A titanic battle is being waged for Europe’s integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and mal- Author: Varoufakis, Yanis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1568585047
- Language: English
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They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence
$39.95 Add to cartA sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires
Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global p- Author: Benton, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248478
- Language: English
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Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
$18.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have hel… [more below]
- Author: Durant, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0743235940
- Language: English
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
$43.68 Add to cartNature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, govern… [more below]
- Author: Patel, Raj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 520293134
- Language: English
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What If? II: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
$24.00 Add to cartWhat if Lincoln didn’t abolish slavery? What if an assassin succeeded in killing FDR in 1933? This volume presents 25 intriguing “what if…” scenarios by some of today’s greatest historical minds-inc… [more below]
- Series: What If Essays
- Author: Cowley, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 042518613X
- Language: English
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Garden History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquility, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gard… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Campbell, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0199689873
- Language: English
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Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays
$13.95 Add to cartThe haunting poetry of [Oz’s] prose and the stunning logic of his testimony make a potent mixture.” —Washington Post Book World
Amos Oz was one of the first voices of conscience to advocate for a tw- Author: Oz, Amos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0156001926
- Language: English
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It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower
$19.99 Add to cart“A fast-paced political thriller…. Wrong’s gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo’s courage and a cautionary tale.” —New York Times Book Review
“On one level, It’s Our Turn
- Author: Wrong, Michela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0061346594
- Language: English
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The Jews
$10.30 Add to cartThe object of this book is explain the relation between the Jews and the nations around them in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. The author addresses problems and challenges of mutual life… [more below]
- Author: Belloc, Hilaire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 8027342341
- Language: English
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Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World
$16.99 Read moreThe first major profile of Ukraine’s courageous President Volodymyr Zelensky!
Ukraine’s most popular comedic actor was an unlikely president of his country. And now, even more improbably, Volodymyr Ze- Author: Urban, Andrew L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1684513782
- Language: English
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Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream Is the New Threat to World Order
$16.99 Read moreThe Once and Future Hegemon
In a world bristling with dangers, only one enemy poses a truly mortal challenge to the United States and the peaceful and prosperous world that America guarantees. That e- Author: Mosher, Steven W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1684512999
- Language: English
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The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against Isis
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS.
The Spymaster of Baghdad tells the dr
- Author: Coker, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0062947419
- Language: English
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics
$21.99 Read moreDeadly plagues have ripped across the globe for centuries and will continue to do so in the future. From the Black Death to Smallpox and the Hong Kong flu, seven of the ten worst plagues in history or… [more below]
- Series: Politically Incorrect Guides (Paperback)
- Author: Mosher, Steven W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1684512611
- Language: English
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Mi Mar?: Surviving the Storm: Voices from Puerto Rico.
$19.95 Add to cartPuerto Rican voices share their stories of surviving Hurricane Mar? and its aftermath.
- Series: Voice of Witness
- Author: Chansky, Ricia Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: September 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1642595799
- Language: English
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China Unbound: A New World Disorder
$19.99 Read moreWhile the United States stumbles, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles China’s dramatic moves to become a dominant power.
As the world’s second-largest economy, China is extending its inf
- Author: Chiu, Joanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1487007671
- Language: English
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A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty Three Students
$24.95 Add to cartThe definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican students
On September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were en route to a protest when interc
- Author: Hernández, Anabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1788731492
- Language: English
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Language of War, Language of Peace: Palestine, Israel and the Search for Justice
$15.95 Add to cartAward-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli Palestine conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create – legal and cultural – tha
- Author: Shehadeh, Raja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1781253765
- Language: English
