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Vendor: Nancy Marie Brown
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say....- $46.99
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The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: A True Story Retold for Young Readers
This powerful, moving middle grade adaptation of the adult international bestselling narrative nonfiction book The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz shines a light on the true story of two brothers who experienced the atrocities of the Holocaust in very different ways.Fritz Kleinmann...- $36.99
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Vendor: Mensun Bound
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." ― Sunday TimesThe extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found...- $46.99
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Vendor: Tori Telfer
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column Lady Killers, this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John...- $41.99
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Vendor: Max Hastings
The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history--the Cuban Missile Crisis--providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each...- $57.99
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The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel
The never-before-told story of NASA's 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space. With the exclusive participation of the astronauts who were there, this is the...- $51.99
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Blood Red Snow Lib/E: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent...- $71.99
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Vendor: Sarah L. Delany
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living...- $36.95
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Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
Author: Lynn SpencerISBN-10: 8200134024ISBN-13: 9798200134021Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2008Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Eugene Rogan
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
Author: Eugene RoganISBN-10: 8200013588ISBN-13: 9798200013586Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $57.99
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Vendor: Joseph Luzzi
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
A true historical detective story full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence's unofficial rulers,...- $36.95
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100 Turning Points in Military History: The Critical Decisions, Key Events, and Breakthrough Inventions and Discoveries That Shaped Warfare Around the
The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them. This book takes a different approach. It presents battles and wars and people aplenty, but they are not its ultimate subjects. This book is about...- $51.95
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Vendor: Isabel Vincent
Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan That Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich
A secret aria of courage and suspenseEurope, 1937. Two British sisters: one a dowdy typist, the other a soon-to-be famous romance novelist. One shared passion for opera.With war clouds gathering and harassment increasing, the stars of Continental opera, many of whom are Jewish, face...- $36.95
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Vendor: Rebecca E. F. Barone
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
The edge-of-your seat true story of the codebreakers, spies, and navy men who cracked the Nazis' infamous Enigma encryption machine and turned the tide of World War II―perfect for fans of The Imitation Game.As the Germans waged a brutal war across Europe, details of...- $36.95
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Vendor: Toni Mount
Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors
Our capital city has always been a thriving and colorful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip and doing business. Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings and reconstructed by the Normans, London...- $41.95
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Vendor: Tova Friedman
The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival, and Hope
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.I am a survivor. That comes with...- $41.99
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Vendor: Shirley Chisholm
Unbought and Unbossed
A tremendously impressive book.--Washington PostHer motto and title of her autobiography--Unbought and Unbossed--illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.--National Women's History MuseumIn this classic work--a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis...- $31.99
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Vendor: Steve Kemper
Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor
A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war.In 1932, Japan was in crisis....- $51.99
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Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace
An extraordinary re-envisioning of the scope and ambitions of the contemporary military memoir: the Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient examines the bonds and wounds of war across two decades.After fourteen years apart, forty veterans of brutal close-quarters combat, lost souls to...- $51.99
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Vendor: Caroline Moorehead
Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Resistance Quartet returns with the incredible story of Mussolini's daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy and a powerful proponent of the fascist movement.Edda Mussolini was the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's...- $51.99
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Vendor: Max Hastings
The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history--the Cuban Missile Crisis--providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each...- $57.99
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Vendor: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
My People: Five Decades of Writing about Black Lives
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American...- $51.99
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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime--the source for HBO's Winning Time--the definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson.From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to...- $67.99
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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
From Barack Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president's words could bring the...- $41.99
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Vendor: Adam Hochschild
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a groundbreaking reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threated by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the...- $51.99
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Vendor: Jonathan Freedland
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
A complex hero. A forgotten story. The first witness to reveal the full truth of the Holocaust.Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Jonathan Freedland tells the incredible story of Rudolf Vrba--the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz, a man determined to warn the world...- $46.99
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Vendor: Jane Jacobs
Dark Age Ahead
A dark age is a culture's dead end. In North America, for example, we live in a virtual graveyard of lost and destroyed aboriginal cultures. In this powerful and provocative book, renowned author Jane Jacobs argues convincingly that we face the coming of our...- $36.95
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Vendor: Orlando Figes
The Story of Russia
From the great storyteller of Russian history, a brilliantly colored account of the myths that have shaped and reshaped Russia's identity and politics from its foundingWho were the Rus, the ancient tribe from which the Russians trace their origins? Were they Baltic Slavs, hailing...- $46.95
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The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York socialite to international outlaw during the Golden Age of PiracyCaptain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever prowl...- $36.99
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Uniting America: How FDR and Henry Stimson Brought Democrats and Republicans Together to Win World War II
The untold story of the most crucial bipartisan alliance in United States history.As Adolf Hitler's Nazi armies threatened Europe, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged a divided America to mobilize to defend democracy and freedom. Many Republicans accused FDR of leading the nation needlessly...- $51.95
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Vendor: Noam Chomsky
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of Us Power
Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a sudden vacuum in our foreign policy--not only of authority, but also of explanations of what...- $31.95
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Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds, the New York Times bestselling author of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II, illuminating its key role in securing victory. Need to Know is the most thorough and...- $51.99
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence's memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War. The Ottomans had joined the side of Germany and the Central Powers in the...- $76.95
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Vendor: Dan Abrams
Alabama V. King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement
The inspiring story of the Montgomery Bus boycott trial, which brought national attention to a young Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., told by King's lawyer and friend, Fred Gray with New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher.On December 1, 1955, Rosa...- $41.99
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Vendor: Robin Stevenson
Kid Trailblazers: True Tales of Childhood from Changemakers and Leaders
Inspiring, relatable, and totally true biographies tell the childhood stories of a diverse group of trailblazers including Kamala Harris, Greta Thunberg, Ai Weiwei, Benazir Bhutto, Elliot Page, and John Lewis, along with ten other powerful figures.Featuring kid-friendly text, Kid Trailblazers highlights contemporary figures who...- $26.95
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See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture
A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless intimate, hilarious, and often thought-provoking stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of today's convention and fandom community.See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con...- $56.95
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Vendor: Eve L. Ewing
1919
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation's Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event--which lasted eight days and...- $21.99
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Vendor: Christina Delaine
Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the U.S. State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth,...- $46.99
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Vendor: Walter Dixon
Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights
In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed...- $41.99
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Vendor: Daniel Boyarin
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ
In July 2008, a front-page story in the New York Times reported on the discovery of an ancient Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Jesus, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Commenting on this startling...- $31.99
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Vendor: Matthew P. Mayo
Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West
The romance of the West is built on an endless armature of shootouts and train robberies, cowboys versus Indians, white hat versus black, and everybody versus the wilderness. From John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet to Hugh Glass's six week crawl to civilization...- $41.99
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Vendor: John Julius Norwich
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
Author: John Julius NorwichISBN-10: 8200016161ISBN-13: 9798200016167Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Stephen L. Harris
Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the Tide Against the Kaiser in World War I
Author: Stephen L. HarrisISBN-10: 8200008061ISBN-13: 9798200008063Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Howard Zinn
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
Author: Howard ZinnISBN-10: 8200001660ISBN-13: 9798200001668Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/28/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d- $41.99
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Vendor: Laura Kaplan
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
First published in 1997, The Story of Jane recounts the evolution of Jane, the underground group in Chicago that performed abortion services before the procedure was legalized. An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the...- $34.95
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In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
Author: Adrian GoldsworthyISBN-10: 1799992888ISBN-13: 9781799992882Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/23/2016Format: MP3 CD- $21.99
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Vendor: Jana Louise Smit
How to Kill an Earworm: And 500+ Other Psychology Facts You Need to Know
Discover why you always want to squeeze cute things, why social media is actually addictive, and more with hundreds of quick facts, research-based explanations, and challenging quiz questions on everything from the psychology of our ancient ancestors to the dark side of the world...- $29.99
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Vendor: Katy Kelleher
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.Katy Kelleher has spent much of her life chasing beauty. As a child, she uprooted handfuls of purple, fragrant little flowers...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jeff Benedict
Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY From Jeff Benedict, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tiger Woods and The Dynasty, Poisoned chronicles the events surrounding the worst food-poisoning epidemic in US history: the deadly Jack in the Box E. coli infections in 1993.On December...- $39.99
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Vendor: Jeroen de Bruyn
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confident in the Annex, bringing us closer to understanding one of the great secrets of World War II.Anne...- $34.99
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