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Vendor: Rana Mitter
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese economic miracle. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most...- $31.99
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Vendor: Andrew L. Urban
Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World
The first major profile of Ukraine's courageous President Volodymyr ZelenskyUkraine's most popular comedic actor was an unlikely president of his country. And now, even more improbably, Volodymyr Zelensky has become the world's most celebrated statesman. Who is he? How did he become the international...- $31.95
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Vendor: Nigel Patterson
Blood Red Snow: 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...- $41.99
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Vendor: Barr McClellan
Blood, Money & Power: How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K.
Author: Barr McClellanISBN-10: 8200150313ISBN-13: 9798200150311Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2003Format: CDWeight: 0.70lbs- $51.99
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Vendor: Gregory Abbott
Pardon My Hearse: A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood
Author: Gregory Abbott, Greg Abbott, Allan AbbottISBN-10: 8200002578ISBN-13: 9798200002573Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Jackson Crawford
The Saga of the Volsungs Lib/E: With the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source...- $55.00
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Vendor: Rodney Stark
The Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious Than Ever
Author: Rodney StarkISBN-10: 198258615XISBN-13: 9781982586157Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.15lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Author: Jared DiamondISBN-10: 1665171480ISBN-13: 9781665171489Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2001Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Richard A. McKay
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic Lib/E
Author: Richard A. McKayISBN-10: 1665140305ISBN-13: 9781665140300Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.75lbs- $71.99
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Vendor: Arija Rinpoche
Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years Under Chinese Rule
On a peaceful summer day in 1952, 10 monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child--and future...- $9.99
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Vendor: David Grann
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on...- $40.00
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Vendor: William Sowden Sims
The Victory at Sea
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Victory at Sea. By William Sowden Sims, Rear-Admiral of the US Navy. Commander of the American naval forces operating in European waters during the Great War. (World War One)In Cooperation with Burton J. Hendrick. Twice...- $46.95
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Vendor: Martin Luther King
I Have a Dream
Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr LibraryWith a New Foreword written and read by Amanda Gorman.A beautiful audio edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech at the March on Washington, part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins, hear both the...- $21.99
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Vendor: Jonathan Schneer
The Lockhart Plot: Love, Betrayal, Assassination, and Counter-Revolution in Lenin's Russia
During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane thirty-year-old Scot, they conspired to overthrow Lenin's newly established...- $36.95
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Vendor: Lyon Gardiner Tyler
The American Nation: A History, Vol. 4: England in America, 1580-1652
A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsEngland in America, 1580-1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, President of William and Mary College Narrated by Joseph TablerVolume 4 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell...- $36.95
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Vendor: Adam Rutherford
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls "a defining idea of the twentieth century." Inspired by Darwin's ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England...- $36.95
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Vendor: Leslie Carroll
Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire
From the author of American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry comes a funny and delightful history of the royal weddings and marriages of Europe's most famous--and infamous--monarchs.Since time immemorial, royal marriages have had little to do with love--and almost...- $61.95
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Vendor: Michael J. Tougias
A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition): A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas
When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who...- $31.95
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Vendor: William C. Davis
Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation
No American president has enjoyed as intimate a relationship with the soldiers in his army as did the man they called "Father Abraham." In Lincoln's Men, historian William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries--the voices of the volunteers--to tell the...- $46.95
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Vendor: William C. Davis
The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History
The story of how American settlers led a rebellion in 1810 against Spanish rule and created the Republic of West Florida, which was shortly annexed by the United States just 78 days laterWhen Britain ceded the territory of West Florida--what is now Louisiana, Mississippi,...- $46.95
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Vendor: Hannah Lucinda Smith
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World
A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights.I am one of the lucky ones.I got out of Afghanistan alive when the Taliban retook the country. Millions of others did not - they are now living under one...- $45.00
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Vendor: Andy Campbell
We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism
A gripping investigation into the nation's most notorious far-right group, revealing how they created a new blueprint for extremism and turned American politics into a blood sportAfter the 2016 election, Americans witnessed a frightening trend: the sudden rise of a host of new extremist...- $50.00
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Vendor: Mary Pat Kelly
Martin Scorsese: A Journey
In time for Scorsese's 80th birthday and the release of Killers of the Flower Moon, a new edition of the seminal oral history tracing Scorsese's journey from young filmmaker to legend, featuring a foreword by Steven Spielberg Few filmmakers, if any, make the kind...- $50.00
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Vendor: Kit Heyam
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans...- $50.00
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Vendor: Serhii Plokhy
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning...- $55.00
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Vendor: Peniel E. Joseph
The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America's Third ReconstructionIn The Third Reconstruction, distinguished historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The racial reckoning...- $45.00
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Vendor: Brian McDonald
Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the Fdny
Rescue Me meets Blue Bloods in this riveting social history of the New York City Fire Department told from the perspective of the Feehan family, who served in the FDNY for four generations and counting.Seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter...- $45.00
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Vendor: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Author: Lisa Reneé Pitts, Candacy TaylorISBN-10: 1665198451ISBN-13: 9781665198455Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2020Format: CDWeight: 0.35lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Roland S. Martin
White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds
White fear has shaped our democracy and society from the beginning--and today, it's more intense and visible than ever. To neutralize it, we must first understand it.White fear is not new. It enabled the rise of Donald Trump. It's behind the recent flood of...- $19.99
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Vendor: Susanna Moore
Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaii
Author: Susanna MooreISBN-10: 8200004996ISBN-13: 9798200004997Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2015Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Serhii Plokhy
The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story
Author: Serhii PlokhyISBN-10: 1665299290ISBN-13: 9781665299299Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2016Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Matthew Lloyd Davies
The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel-A Retelling for Our Times
Author: Matthew Lloyd Davies, James HawesISBN-10: 1665212926ISBN-13: 9781665212922Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/19/2019Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Kate Moore
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Author: Kate MooreISBN-10: 1665146796ISBN-13: 9781665146791Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.15lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Timothy Snyder
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
From the bestselling author of On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler's and Stalin's wars against the civilians of Europe in World War TwoAmericans call the Second World War The Good War.But before it even began, America's wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions...- $123.99
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Vendor: L. David Marquet
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules
David Marquet, an experienced Navy officer, was used to giving orders. As newly appointed captain of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, he was responsible for more than a hundred sailors. In this high-stress environment, where there is no margin for error, it...- $29.95
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Vendor: Donald Kagan
The Peloponnesian War
For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War...- $39.95
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Vendor: Thucydides
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides' classic chronicle of the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 BCE persists as one of the most brilliant histories of all time. As one who actually participated in the conflict, Thucydides recognized the effect it would have on the history...- $130.00
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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...- $31.95
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Vendor: Graham McTavish
The Clanlands Almanac Lib/E: Seasonal Stories from Scotland
A seasonal meander through the wilds of ScotlandIf Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top-down, pedal-to-the-metal, up-and-down odyssey through the many byways of a Scottish year. An invitation to anyone who picks up the book to join us...- $97.00
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Vendor: Roy Adkins
Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the coauthor of Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History. In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal...- $41.99
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Vendor: John Piper
The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin
We admire these men for their greatness, but the truth is Augustine grappled with sexual passions, Martin Luther struggled to control his tongue, and John Calvin fought the battle of faith with worldly weapons. Yet each of these men will always be remembered for...- $24.95
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Vendor: Raymond Ibrahim
Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
A riveting account of the lives and epic battles of eight Western defenders against violent Islamic jihad that sheds much-needed light on the enduring conflict with radical IslamIn Defenders of the West, the author of Sword and Scimitar follows up with vivid and dramatic...- $31.95
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Vendor: Philip Matyszak
24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities--one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian...- $36.99
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Vendor: David Bentley Hart
The Story of Christianity: A History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith
In The Story of Christianity, the distinguished theologian David Bentley Hart provides a broad picture of Christian history. Presented in fifty short chapters--each focusing on a critical facet of Christian history or theology, and each amplified by timelines, and quotations--his magisterial account does full...- $46.99
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Vendor: James C. Scott
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of...- $14.99
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Vendor: Kevin Hazzard
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of...- $50.00
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Vendor: Raymond Ibrahim
Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
A riveting account of the lives and epic battles of eight Western defenders against violent Islamic jihad that sheds much-needed light on the enduring conflict with radical IslamIn Defenders of the West, the author of Sword and Scimitar follows up with vivid and dramatic...- $46.95
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Vendor: David Pietrusza
Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: Fdr's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal
Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 reelection landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America's most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at...- $56.95
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Vendor: Jerry Stahl
Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man's Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust
A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal and historical demons with both despair and humor.In September 2016, Jerry Stahl was feeling nervous on the eve of a two-week trip across Poland and Germany. But it...- $36.95
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Vendor: Jack Parlett
Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past centuryFire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of...- $36.99
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