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Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
$31.00 Add to cartFollowing in the wake of his groundbreaking work War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a brilliant, radical synthesis of historical development of the last thousand years. A
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: De Landa, Manuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 11 2000
- ISBN10: 0942299329
- Language: English
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Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
$35.00 Add to cartBefore the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its height. International travel, migration, trade, and progressive projects on matters ranging from women’s rights to world peace
- Author: Zahra, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0393651967
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartEngland–begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor–is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven b… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Hawes, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615198148
- Language: English
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Complete Flags of the World: The Ultimate Pocket Guide
$22.00 Add to cartExplore the fascinating world of flags!
Find intriguing stories and factoids on the design of country, province, state and special flags. Read how these flags are used as heraldic symbols, cultural an… [more below]- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0744045622
- Language: English
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A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
$29.99 Add to cartEuropeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid an
- Author: Bale, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1324064579
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the World
$31.99 Add to cartThis book tells the story of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world hi… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Wiesner-Hanks, Merry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 405
- Publish Date: September 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1107694531
- Language: English
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Empire’s Workshop (Updated and Expanded Edition): Latin America, the United States, and the Making of an Imperial Republic
$19.99 Add to cart“A pathbreaking work about how policies forged in blood and fire in Latin America were then exported to every corner of the globe. This brilliant and up-to-the-minute new edition is absolutely crucial
- Series: American Empire Project
- Author: Grandin, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1250753295
- Language: English
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How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
$24.99 Add to cartFrancis Schaeffer’s Classic Analysis of the Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
As one of the foremost evangelical thinkers of the twentieth century, Francis A. Schaeffer long pondered th
- Author: Schaeffer, Francis A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1433576910
- Language: English
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
$35.95 Add to cartWinner of the Lionel Gelber Prize
An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Washington P
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist- Author: Vogel, Ezra F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: October 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0674725867
- Language: English
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Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
$19.95 Add to cart“This is a beautiful book, replete with illustrations, photos, diagrams, and maps. The text balances technicality with storytelling, scholarly analysis with entertainment. It’s a sweeping, fascinatin
- Series: Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History
- Author: Graham, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0228103649
- Language: English
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The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$18.95 Add to cartIn the second edition of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know, renowned Middle East scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
- Author: Gelvin, James L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0197622097
- Language: English
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Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
$19.99 Add to cart“A beautifully written evocation of Ukraine’s brutal past and its shaky efforts to construct a better future.”–Financial Times
Ukraine is gripped in a bloody crisis that has killed tens of thousands,
- Author: Reid, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603486
- Language: English
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Warriors, Rebels, and Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X
$30.00 Read moreDo leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders.
We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, and across the globe, we sense t- Author: Temkin, Moshik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541758471
- Language: English
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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
$20.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn To Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and A History of God, Hecht champions doubt and questioning as one of the great an
- Author: Hecht, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 551
- Publish Date: September 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0060097957
- Language: English
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cartThe 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency
“[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.” —The Washington Post
“F- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143116177
- Language: English
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The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
$21.00 Add to cartNamed one of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022
“An authoritative and intelligent portrait of the global spread of authoritarianism and its dangers…what sets [this] work apart from books like Timoth- Author: NaÃm, Moisés
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 125087582X
- Language: English
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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
$19.99 Add to cartIn the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements–and the amazing, litt… [more below]
- Author: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0061824739
- Language: English
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Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Gamble
$7.99 Add to cartAn exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world – Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.
In ‘Waterloo’, Roberts provides not only a fizzing account of one of the most
- Series: Making History (Paperback)
- Author: Roberts, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 06 2006
- ISBN10: 000719076X
- Language: English
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
$22.99 Add to cartA “breathtakingly magisterial” account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal)
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a w… [more below]- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1541674103
- Language: English
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The Essential Lewis and Clark
$15.99 Add to cartThis compact volume of the journals of Lewis and Clark, compiled by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure–in their own words
The jou
- Series: Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Author: Jones, Landon Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 203
- Publish Date: March 19, 2002
- ISBN10: 0060011599
- Language: English
