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Vendor: Emma Southon
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
An entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in ancient RomeIn ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common--murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city, Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was...- $29.95
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Vendor: Matthew Gabriele
The Bright Ages Lib/E: A New History of Medieval Europe
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself.The word medieval conjures images of the Dark Ages--centuries of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery,...- $71.99
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Vendor: Erin K. Vearncombe
After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements
From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion...- $41.99
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Vendor: Alex Von Tunzelmann
Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History
In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers--and confronts--the past.In 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to...- $41.99
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Vendor: Jelani Cobb
The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America--including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more--with a foreword by Jelani Cobb.This latest anthology from the pages of the New Yorker is a bold and...- $55.99
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Vendor: Ronald Reagan
The Reagan Diaries: Extended Selections
During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, nearly...- $49.99
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Vendor: Michael Harriot
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the...- $41.99
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Vendor: Paul Halpern
Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate
The great debate over the Big Bang and the quest to understand the fate of the universe Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes...- $40.00
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Vendor: Dan Senor
The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow up, The Genius of Israel, which outlines the defining factors behind Israel's successful track record of innovation and explaining how other nations...- $39.99
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Vendor: James Poskett
Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science
The history of science as it has never been told before: a tale of outsiders and unsung heroes from far beyond the Western canon that most of us are taught.When we think about the origins of modern science we usually begin in Europe. We...- $41.99
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Vendor: William J. Perry
The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
Since the Truman administration, America has been one push of a button away from nuclear war--a decision that rests solely in the hands of the president. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the secretary of defense, the president can unleash America's entire...- $39.99
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Vendor: Alistair Horne
Seven Ages of Paris: Portrait of a City
In this luminous portrait of Paris, the celebrated historian gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world's truly great cities. While Paris may be many things, it is never boring. From the rise of Philippe Auguste through the reigns...- $65.99
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Vendor: Derek Perkins
Europe: A History
Here is a masterpiece of historical narrative that stretches from the Ice Age to the Atomic Age, as it tells the story of Europe, East and West. Norman Davies captures it all--the rise and fall of Rome, the sweeping invasions of Alaric and Atilla,...- $75.99
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Vendor: Paul Woodson
The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican...- $39.99
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Vendor: Graham Hancock
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
From Graham Hancock, bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans. While Graham Hancock...- $55.99
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Vendor: Julian Elfer
The Shortest History of Europe
Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilization. The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilization, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of classical learning and Christianity and German...- $41.99
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Vendor: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History
Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn,...- $36.99
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Vendor: Burke Davis
Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller
The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in U.S. Marine Corps history, from a New York Times bestselling author. In the glorious chronicles of the U.S. Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis...- $44.99
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Vendor: Matthew Waterson
Scottish History for Dummies
Want to discover how a small country on the edge of Northern Europe packs an almighty historical punch? Scottish History For Dummies is your guide to the story of Scotland and its place within the historical narratives of Britain, Europe, and the rest of...- $39.99
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Vendor: Nigel Patterson
The White Sniper: Simo Häyhä
Simo Häyhä (1905-2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939-1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers...- $39.99
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Vendor: Paul Woodson
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the...- $39.99
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Vendor: Keith Sellon-Wright
Grant's Victory: How Ulysses S. Grant Won the Civil War
Two of the great themes of the Civil War are how Lincoln found his war-winning general in Ulysses Grant and how Grant finally defeated Lee. Grant's Victory intertwines these two threads in a grand narrative that shows how Grant made the difference in the...- $41.99
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Vendor: Bruce Mann
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West
How did an ancient Indian spiritual discipline turn into a more than twenty-billion-dollar-a-year mainstay of the global wellness industry? What happened along yoga's winding path from the caves and forests of the sages to the gyms, hospitals and village halls of the modern West?...- $55.99
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Vendor: Erik Schmidt
Black Tulip Lib/E: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace
With over 1,404 wartime missions, Erich Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills, and his career contains all the dramas you would expect. There were the frostbitten fighter sweeps over the Eastern Front, drunken forays to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, a decade of imprisonment in...- $71.99
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Vendor: Toni Tipton-Martin
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
Women of African descent have contributed to America's food culture for centuries, but their rich and varied involvement is still overshadowed by the demeaning stereotype of an illiterate "Aunt Jemima" who cooked mostly by natural instinct. To discover the true role of Black women...- $24.99
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Vendor: Russell Martin
Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica, and the Masterpiece That Changed the World
Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today.Author: Russell MartinISBN-10: 1665183993ISBN-13: 9781665183994Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2002Format: MP3...- $41.99
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Vendor: Gandhi
My Experiments with Truth Lib/E
This work is Gandhi's autobiography, documenting his spiritual journey amidst the political strife of his times.Author: Gandhi, Mohandas GandhiISBN-10: 1665183926ISBN-13: 9781665183925Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2009Format: CDWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 6.14h x 6.61w x 0.71d- $44.99
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Vendor: Evan Drellich
Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself.Baseball, that old romantic game, has been...- $41.99
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Vendor: Evan Drellich
Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself.Baseball, that old romantic game, has been...- $51.99
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Vendor: Evan Drellich
Winning Fixes Everything Lib/E: The Rise and Fall of the Houston Astros
The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal offers an in-depth exploration of the team and Major League Baseball to uncover how a heralded organization could become so dishonest. As Moneyball-thinking and Ivy League graduates took over Major League Baseball, one franchise set...- $76.99
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Vendor: A. J. Langguth
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
Author: A. J. LangguthISBN-10: 8200146170ISBN-13: 9798200146178Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2006Format: CDWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 5.59h x 5.83w x 1.10d- $49.99
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Vendor: Eric Metaxas
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
Author: Eric MetaxasISBN-10: 8200143066ISBN-13: 9798200143061Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2007Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.40w x 0.60d- $39.99
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Vendor: Barbara Demick
Nothing to Envy Lib/E: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Author: Barbara DemickISBN-10: 8200127621ISBN-13: 9798200127627Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2010Format: CDWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 6.10h x 6.60w x 1.20d- $69.99
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Vendor: Martin Van Creveld
The Culture of War
Author: Martin Van CreveldISBN-10: 8200104176ISBN-13: 9798200104178Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2010Format: CDWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 6.06h x 5.67w x 1.89d- $55.99
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Vendor: Allan W. Eckert
The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
Author: Allan W. EckertISBN-10: 8200097226ISBN-13: 9798200097227Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/2011Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d- $55.99
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Vendor: Tom Standage
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Author: Tom StandageISBN-10: 8200096297ISBN-13: 9798200096299Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2011Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d- $39.99
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Vendor: Carlos Eire
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Author: Carlos Eire, Carlos M. N. EireISBN-10: 8200089746ISBN-13: 9798200089741Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2011Format: CDWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 5.60h x 6.10w x 1.80d- $49.99
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Vendor: Gene Kranz
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Author: Gene KranzISBN-10: 8200089681ISBN-13: 9798200089680Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2011Format: CDWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 5.67h x 6.06w x 1.89d- $55.99
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Vendor: Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave
Author: Solomon NorthupISBN-10: 8200082164ISBN-13: 9798200082162Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2012Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d- $39.99
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Vendor: Dennis E. Showalter
Armor and Blood Lib/E: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II
Author: Dennis E. ShowalterISBN-10: 8200059197ISBN-13: 9798200059195Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 6.10h x 6.60w x 1.20d- $69.99
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Vendor: James Lacey
Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
In the grand tradition of Edward Creasy's classic Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, James Lacey and Williamson Murray spotlight only those engagements that changed the course of civilization. In gripping narrative accounts they bring these conflicts and eras to vivid life, detailing the...- $39.99
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Vendor: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Lib/E
Author: Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizISBN-10: 8200027872ISBN-13: 9798200027873Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2014Format: CDWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 6.20h x 6.60w x 1.10d- $71.99
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Vendor: Harriet A. Washington
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Author: Harriet A. WashingtonISBN-10: 1799991377ISBN-13: 9781799991373Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2016Format: CDWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 6.10h x 5.60w x 1.80d- $57.99
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Vendor: Eugene Rogan
The Arabs: A History
Author: Eugene RoganISBN-10: 1799990877ISBN-13: 9781799990871Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2016Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.28w x 0.63d- $55.99
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Vendor: Alan Taylor
American Colonies: The Settling of North America
Author: Alan TaylorISBN-10: 1799984575ISBN-13: 9781799984573Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2016Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.28w x 0.63d- $55.99
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Vendor: Tom C. McKenney
Jack Hinson's One-Man War
Author: Tom C. McKenneyISBN-10: 1665295007ISBN-13: 9781665295000Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2016Format: MP3 CD- $20.99
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Vendor: Christopher Clark
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
Author: Christopher ClarkISBN-10: 1665283998ISBN-13: 9781665283991Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.70d- $57.99
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Vendor: Joe Moran
Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness
Author: Joe MoranISBN-10: 1665283157ISBN-13: 9781665283151Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d- $39.99
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Vendor: Alexander A. Cooley
Dictators Without Borders Lib/E: Power and Money in Central Asia
Author: Alexander A. Cooley, John HeathershawISBN-10: 1665279265ISBN-13: 9781665279260Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/21/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 6.10h x 6.60w x 1.20d- $69.99
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Vendor: Gino Segrè
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
Author: Gino Segrè, Bettina HoerlinISBN-10: 1665275502ISBN-13: 9781665275507Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d- $39.99
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