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Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught history of these neighboring countries.
There is- Author: Booth, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1250114055
- Language: English
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Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War
$30.00 Add to cartInitially a victory line where Allies met at the end of World War Two, the Iron Curtain quickly became the front of a new kind of war. It divided Europe from north to south for a staggering forty-five… [more below]
- Author: Phillips, Timothy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1615199640
- Language: English
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The World Crisis, 1911-1918
$41.00 Add to cartAs first lord of the admiralty and minister for war and air, Churchill stood resolute at the center of international affairs. In this classic account, he dramatically details how the tides of despair … [more below]
- Author: Churchill, Winston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743283430
- Language: English
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A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today
$20.95 Add to cartHow the Treaty of Versailles is still influencing current events-with a new Foreword by Sir Harold Evans and a new Introduction by the author
For more than half a century, it has been widely recognized
- Author: Andelman, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: November 24 2014
- ISBN10: 1620459914
- Language: English
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Israel: A History
$35.00 Add to cartWritten by one of Israel’s most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late nineteenth century to the present day. Orga… [more below]
- Series: Schusterman Series in Israel Studies
- Author: Shapira, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 1611686180
- Language: English
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The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
$9.95 Add to cart“We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and Mar a unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a pa
- Author: Klein, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1608463575
- Language: English
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Capitalism: A Short History
$20.95 Add to cartA comprehensive and concise history of capitalism from its origins to today
In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world’s most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive- Author: Kocka, J?rgen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0691178224
- Language: English
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Fine Dining: The Secrets Behind the Restaurant Industry
$16.99 Add to cart“Opening up a restaurant is not a walk in the park, or a walk in the kitchen. Instead, it takes strategy, grit, perseverance but, most of all, passion in your concept and vision.”
Food has become a vit
- Author: Rasmussen, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: May 18 2022
- ISBN10: 9798885040891
- Language: English
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The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World
$21.00 Add to cartThis collection of stories and illustrations–all about the wonders of the spiritual realm–takes you on a captivating ride from the great myths of ancient civilization to astounding discoveries of th… [more below]
- Author: Booth, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1451698577
- Language: English
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Deep Truth: Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
$22.99 Add to cartThe Crisis: Best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that the hottest topics that divide us as families, cultures, and nations-seemingly disparate issues such as war, terroris… [more below]
- Author: Braden, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1401929222
- Language: English
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The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
$35.99 Add to cartDavid Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive–even stories as familiar as Paul Revere’s ride, or as complicated as the assimilat… [more below]
- Author: Fischer, David Hackett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: November 11 1999
- ISBN10: 019512121X
- Language: English
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The Great Waves of Change
$23.95 Add to cartIn The Great Waves of Change, Marshall Vian Summers explains the steps you can take to navigate our increasingly turbulent and uncertain times. In the face of such uncertainty, Summers presents a revo… [more below]
- Author: Summers, Marshall Vian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1884238610
- Language: English
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Default: The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
$29.95 Read moreThe dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law
Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection f
- Author: Makoff, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1647123976
- Language: English
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Around the World in 80 Books
$30.00 Add to cartA transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them
*Featured in the Chicago Tri… [more below]- Author: Damrosch, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593299884
- Language: English
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Culture and Resistance
$17.95 Add to cartEdward W. Said discusses the importance and centrality of popular resistance in the framework of culture, history, and struggle. He reveals his thoughts on the war on terrorism and the invasion of Afg
- Author: Said, Edward W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1608463133
- Language: English
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Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine
$35.99 Add to cartIn June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts: Israe… [more below]
- Author: Schanzer, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0230609058
- Language: English
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Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War
$30.00 Add to cartIn this fully revised and updated in-depth analysis of the war in Ukraine, Paul D’Anieri explores the dynamics within Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia, and between Russia and the West that emerged … [more below]
- Author: D’Anieri, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1009315544
- Language: English
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This Brave New World
$18.00 Add to cart“By turns alarming and encouraging…Manuel delineates with clarity [why] the US must attend closely to…harmonious future relations with China and India” (Kirkus Reviews) and why our obsession with … [more below]
- Author: Manuel, Anja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1501121987
- Language: English
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Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
$21.95 Read moreCelebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than
- Series: Asian Arguments
- Author: Eyler, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 15 2019
- ISBN10: 178360719X
- Language: English
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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World
$19.95 Add to cartA work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying accepted na
- Author: Colley, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1324092386
- Language: English
