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Vendor: Greg Jackson
Been There, Done That
Professor Greg Jackson, podcast host of History That Doesn't Suck, proves that while today's political climate may be dark, these aren't as unprecedented times as we may think.Our nation's past is full of massive upheaval, disagreement, and departures from the moral high ground. The...- $49.99
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Vendor: Robert Kanigel
Uncovering Antioch: The Ancient City and Its Lost Treasures of Mosaic Art
The story of the making, loss, and recovery of some of the greatest treasures of antiquity, raising questions about ancient mosaic art and its creation, the work of archaeology, and museum practice.In 1932, after years of fundraising and flurries of letters back and forth,...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jared Diamond
Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports--seeking to decode how and why leaders matter.Can one person change the world?In his acclaimed and influential books Guns, Germs,...- $49.99
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Vendor: Julie Kliegman
Finding Renee Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer
The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis's first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until now.Fifty years ago, tennis player Renée Richards made international headlines in her fight to compete in the women's draw...- $39.99
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Vendor: Roopika Risam
Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate
AN NPR SUMMER READING PICKFrom clay tablets to the algorithmic state, a groundbreaking new lens on human history arguing that information has always been the seed of power, for readers of Nexus and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.Long before writing existed, at the dawn...- $49.99
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Vendor: Patrick Wyman
Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World
Audiobook narrated by the author."A spellbinding tour de force!" --Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?"This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest." --Eric H. Cline, author of 1177 B.C.The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity's...- $55.99
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Vendor: Barry Werth
The Age of Cures: How American Scientists Saved Your Life
From the acclaimed author of Billion Dollar Molecule and The Antidote, a revisionist, passionate history of the pharmaceutical industry, detailing how the nascent industry ushered in an age of cures.The Age of Cures is the in-depth history of the birth of the pharmaceutical industry...- $54.99
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Vendor: Justin Ellis
The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America
AUDIOBOOK READ BY THE AUTHOR "In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a book about America's favorite lie--that good intentions lead to justice. Ellis is a rigorous historian and a visceral storyteller, and he has produced something essential: a reckoning...- $55.99
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Vendor: Catherine Ostler
The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal
'Remarkable and haunting ... a revelation' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes 'A dazzling achievement, heartbreaking, glamourous, elegiac, revelatory and utterly gripping' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History of Humanity 'Truly beautiful and melodic ... a...- $49.99
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Vendor: Ashley Kahn
Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
The definitive story of the making and legacy of Graceland, Paul Simon's still-beloved, career-topping 1986 album, drawn from extensive research and exclusive interviews with nearly 100 participants and witnesses: musicians, producers, engineers, record executives and journalists from Africa, the US, and Europe. In 1984,...- $44.99
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Vendor: Jonathan Weber
City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco
The definitive and "captivating" (Marty Baron, author of Collision of Power) story of San Francisco's meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. At the dawn...- $55.99
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Vendor: Robert L. O'Connell
Band on the Run: A Greek Army's Epic Escape from Persia and the Makings of the Modern Mercenary
A riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity--when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the "Ten Thousand" mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians.400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of Greek...- $29.99
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Vendor: Kai Bird
American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus, inspiration for the Oscar-winning sensation Oppenheimer, a biography of Roy Cohn - arguably the mastermind behind the current arc of American political life, including the ascent of Donald Trump.From the 1950s to the 1980s, the many...- $55.99
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Vendor: Henry H. Sapoznik
The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City
The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City offers a new look at over a century of New York's history of Yiddish popular culture. Henry H. Sapoznik--a five-time Grammy-nominated performer/producer and Peabody Award-winning co-producer of NPR's Yiddish Radio Project--tells the story in chapters...- $35.95
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Vendor: Timothy Egan
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, this book tells the remarkable untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs. A Bonus disc features Edward Curtis photographs.This book follows Edward Curtis throughout American Indian territory, from desert to rainforest, as he...- $46.99
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Vendor: Chris Burwell
Nine Lives: The Compelling Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot
Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a...- $49.99
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Vendor: Robert G. Parkinson
Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
An acclaimed historian presents a sweeping new look at the Declaration of Independence, focusing not on the lofty principles of the preamble but on the list of grievances leveled against King George III.For the 250 years since it was written and proclaimed to the...- $24.99
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Vendor: Jamison R. Firestone
Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia
"There are many books that explain the transformation of Russia by focusing on the politicians, oligarchs, and KGB/FSB spies who run Russia. This isn't one of them. Let me explain how a kid from New York founded a law firm in Moscow, had to...- $49.99
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Vendor: Barry Clifford
The Lost Fleet: The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy
On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy.Tracing the lives of fabled pirates like the Chevalier de Grammont,...- $20.99
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Vendor: Emma Southon
Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
From acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and historian Emma Southon, a groundbreaking history of Ancient Rome that explores how the empire was built, fueled, and shaped by its enslaved people. When Julius Caesar conquered Gaul he...- $44.99
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Vendor: Vivian Kirkfield
One Girl's Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land
Suffragist and abolitionist Lucy Stone, a pioneer in the 19th century's two greatest movements for equality, finds her voice in this STEAM picture book for budding activists.Lucy Stone grew up in a world where men'svoices rang out, but women swallowed their words. When her...- $35.95
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Vendor: Mark David Spence
Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places...- $45.95
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Vendor: Robert H. Patton
Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution
They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores. They played a decisive role in America's struggle for independence and later turned...- $49.99
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Vendor: David M. Kennedy
Over Here: The First World War and American Society
The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history. It also left a residue of disruption and disillusion that spawned an even more ruinous conflict scarcely a generation later. Over Here is the...- $59.99
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Vendor: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Backtalker: A Memoir
Author: Kimberlé Williams CrenshawISBN-10: 1797182358ISBN-13: 9781797182353Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2026Format: CD- $39.99
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Vendor: Rachel Campos-Duffy
All American Patriotism: Celebrating 250 Years of America's Greatness
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Campos-Duffy and the Fox News family comes a celebration of the people, the history, and the spirit that make America great, from sea to shining sea.For 250 years, the United States has stood for hope, freedom,...- $45.99
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Vendor: Micki McElya
Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics
A sweeping, definitive work of history exploring the road to the September 1968 protests of the Miss American Pageant--one led by women's liberationists and the other organized by the emergent Miss Black America Pageant--and the birth of a new politics of beauty. A revolution...- $60.99
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Vendor: Jim Rasenberger
Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
A revelatory new look at the long and complex relationship between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who died on the same historic day--July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.In creating the Declaration of Independence, approved...- $49.99
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Vendor: Christopher Andrew
The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the the Third World
In 1992, Vasili Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist, snuck out of Russia carrying with him a vast cache of transcriptions of top-secret KGB intelligence files. The FBI later described his trove of documents as "the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any...- $49.95
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Vendor: John Lewis Barkley
Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero
A reconnaissance man and sniper, John Lewis Barkley served in Company K of the 4th Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York-like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when...- $39.99
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Vendor: Neil Gorsuch
Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence
Narrated by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch!From Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and bestselling author Janie Nitze! Explore the courage and sacrifice of some of the heroes of the American Revolution and the stories behind the document that started it all--The Declaration of Independence.Dive...- $25.99
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Vendor: Gad Saad
Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind
The bestselling author of The Parasitic Mind shows why empathy in politics leads to civilizational collapse.What happens when a society elevates victimhood to a virtue and decides that punishment is cruel? You get the disease Dr. Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. And the West...- $45.99
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Vendor: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Take Me to Your Leader: Practical Advice for Your First Alien Encounter
America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Ever since childhood," writes Neil...- $29.99
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Vendor: John U. Bacon
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The definitive account of America's most haunting maritime disasterOn the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the "Mighty Fitz."For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe...- $49.99
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Vendor: Greg Lewis
The Nazi Ghost Train: Evasion, Betrayal, and Escape During World War II
Hours before the liberation of Brussels in 1944, the Germans loaded more than 1,400 members of the Resistance, SOE agents, and Allied airmen onto a train bound for the Neuengamme concentration camp. What happened next came to be known as the miracle of "The...- $45.95
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Vendor: Greg Lewis
The Nazi Ghost Train: Evasion, Betrayal, and Escape During World War II
Hours before the liberation of Brussels in 1944, the Germans loaded more than 1,400 members of the Resistance, SOE agents, and Allied airmen onto a train bound for the Neuengamme concentration camp. What happened next came to be known as the miracle of "The...- $49.99
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Vendor: Len Deighton
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
"The most honest attempt yet to tell how the Battle of Britain really was" --Andrew Wilson, Observer History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of...- $45.95
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Vendor: Corrie Ten Boom
In My Father's House: The Years Before the Hiding Place
This is the story of Corrie's life with her mother, her father, her siblings, and her aunts before World War II began. This book is a testament to how God prepared one family through a father's faithfulness to his Savior and the Word of...- $36.99
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Vendor: Steven E. Koonin
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters / Updated and Expanded Edition
In this updated and expanded edition of climate scientist Steven Koonin's groundbreaking book, go behind the headlines to discover the latest eye-opening data about climate change--with unbiased facts and realistic steps for the future."Greenland's ice loss is accelerating.""Extreme temperatures are causing more fatalities.""Rapid 'climate...- $45.95
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Vendor: Donald Keene
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
When Emperor Meiji began his rule in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor,...- $85.99
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Vendor: Andrew Gordon
The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command
When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author...- $59.95
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Vendor: Irving Finkel
The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood
Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the relationship...- $45.95
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Vendor: Winston Groom
The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America
In this masterful narrative, Winston Groom brings his signature storytelling panache to the tale of our nation's most fascinating founding fathers--Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams--painting a vivid picture of the improbable events, bold ideas, and extraordinary characters who created the United States...- $19.99
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Vendor: Mark Cotta Vaz
Pan Am at War: How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II
Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy," spanning six continents and placing the country at the...- $49.99
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Vendor: Eric Alterman
Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse
This definitive history of presidential lying reveals how our standards for truthfulness have eroded -- and why Trump's lies are especially dangerous.If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president to do...- $40.00
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Vendor: Dominic Frisby
The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics, and Power
Revealing the sweeping saga of the world's oldest--and most treasured--currency, this is the first definitive history of gold.The Secret History of Gold tells the sparkling, eye-opening, and definitive story of the metal that has shaped our world--and may yet determine its fate.From its origins...- $35.95
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Vendor: Bill O'Reilly
Confronting America: What Has to Change
Drawn from more than fifty years of first-person encounters with the most powerful people in America: the new book in the #1 bestselling series In his more than five decades as a journalist, Bill O'Reilly has reported from 86 countries, covered wars, elections, riots,...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jim Weiss
A Treasury of Wisdom: True Stories of Hope & Inspiration
These true stories of great individuals include Raphael, Michelangelo, Diogenes, Alexander the Great, King Solomon, Jesus' The Good Samaritan, Beatrix Potter, Satchel Paige, and more. Track listing: Preface An Empty Cup: A Story from Japan (1890) The Eye of the Beholder: Raphael and Michelangelo...- $16.95
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Vendor: Jim Weiss
Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America
Jim Weiss' spirited narration will remind children and adults alike why Lincoln holds a special place in American history and in our hearts.Author: Jim WeissISBN-10: 1942968523ISBN-13: 9781942968528Publisher: Well-Trained Mind PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2015Format: CDWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 5.50h x 4.90w x 0.40d- $16.95
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Vendor: Jim Weiss
Gone West: Bold Adventures of American Explorers and Pioneers
Follow the saga of American exploration, from Jefferson and Monroe securing the Louisiana Purchase through the bold explorations of Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea. Experience the dawning of a new age aboard Robert Fulton's steamboat, and ride the rumbling wagons of the Oregon Trail...- $20.95
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