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Vendor: Natalie Dykstra
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner--creator of one of America's most stunning museums--an American original whose own life was remade by art. Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston's Fens at...- $51.99
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Vendor: Mary McAuliffe
Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe's readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography." Booklist, Starred ReviewAcclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo as Georges Haussmann tore down and rebuilt Paris into the...- $41.99
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Vendor: Tracy Daugherty
We Shook Up the World: The Spiritual Rebellion of Muhammed Ali and George Harrison
George Harrison met Muhammad Ali in 1964, when both men were on the cusp of worldwide fame. We Shook Up the World is the story of these two larger-than-life figures at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book...- $59.99
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The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding
Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his name and imagine knowing the man. But what did he really want for the country? What risks did he run in pursuing those vaulting ambitions? Who tried to stop him? How did they fight?...- $59.95
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The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding
Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his name and imagine knowing the man. But what did he really want for the country? What risks did he run in pursuing those vaulting ambitions? Who tried to stop him? How did they fight?...- $59.99
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Vendor: Stephen R. Bown
Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver...- $45.95
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Vendor: Uta Seeburg
How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays
Did you know that Egyptians mummified beef ribs for their dearly departed to enjoy in the afterlife? That Roman gladiators were relegated to a vegan diet of grains and beans? That the fast-food hamburger was a result of a postwar, high-efficiency work ethic? This...- $45.95
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Vendor: Anne Cameron
Daughters of Copper Woman
Since its first publication in 1981, Daughters of Copper Woman has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after...- $45.95
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Vendor: Philip Freeman
Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
"When we think of ancient Rome, it's impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports--but what if it hadn't been? This is the question provoked by classicist Philip Freeman in Julian, an appealing new entry in Yale's Ancient Lives series,...- $39.99
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Vendor: Anne Cameron
Daughters of Copper Woman
Since its first publication in 1981, Daughters of Copper Woman has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after...- $35.99
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Vendor: Stephen R. Bown
Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver...- $49.99
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Vendor: Tracy Daugherty
We Shook Up the World: The Spiritual Rebellion of Muhammed Ali and George Harrison
George Harrison met Muhammad Ali in 1964, when both men were on the cusp of worldwide fame. We Shook Up the World is the story of these two larger-than-life figures at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book...- $59.95
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Vendor: Philip Freeman
Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
"When we think of ancient Rome, it's impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports--but what if it hadn't been? This is the question provoked by classicist Philip Freeman in Julian, an appealing new entry in Yale's Ancient Lives series,...- $45.95
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Vendor: Nick Hewitt
Normandy: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France
The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognized events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation Neptune, began with...- $49.99
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Vendor: Robert Turner
Creating a Culture of Repair: Taking Action on the Road to Reparations
Many people are aware of the injustices Black Americans have suffered over the centuries but feel powerless when it comes to repairing the harm done. The inequality remains even after laws and policies have been corrected. Calculating and implementing financial reparations will require large-scale...- $39.99
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Vendor: Robert Turner
Creating a Culture of Repair: Taking Action on the Road to Reparations
Many people are aware of the injustices Black Americans have suffered over the centuries but feel powerless when it comes to repairing the harm done. The inequality remains even after laws and policies have been corrected. Calculating and implementing financial reparations will require large-scale...- $45.95
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Vendor: Susan Tate Ankeny
American Flygirl
In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough...- $45.95
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Vendor: Susan Tate Ankeny
American Flygirl
In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough...- $45.99
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Vendor: Richard Sennett
The Performer: Art, Life, Politics
An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics In The Performer, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than...- $45.95
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The Performer: Art, Life, Politics
An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics In The Performer, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than...- $49.99
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Vendor: Nick Hewitt
Normandy: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France
The first account of the Allied navies' vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognized events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation Neptune, began with...- $45.95
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Vendor: Uta Seeburg
How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays
Did you know that Egyptians mummified beef ribs for their dearly departed to enjoy in the afterlife? That Roman gladiators were relegated to a vegan diet of grains and beans? That the fast-food hamburger was a result of a postwar, high-efficiency work ethic? This...- $39.99
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Vendor: Norman Ohler
Tripped: Nazi Germany, the Cia, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs and postwar America, examining the untold story of how Nazi experiments into psychedelics covertly influenced CIA research and secretly shaped the War on Drugs. Berlin 1945. Following...- $39.99
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Vendor: Kenn Kaufman
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world.Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer...- $44.99
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Vendor: Frances Kiernan
The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." --O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor's friends and the heads of New York's great cultural institutions, gives us...- $45.95
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Vendor: Steven Hahn
Illiberal America: A History
If your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That's not us, ' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian uncovers a powerful illiberalism as deep seated in the American past as the founding ideals. Driven...- $57.99
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Vendor: Frances Kiernan
The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." --O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor's friends and the heads of New York's great cultural institutions, gives us...- $55.99
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Vendor: Frank Costigliola
Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of...- $59.95
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Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of...- $69.99
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Vendor: Joan L. Bryant
Reluctant Race Men: Black Challenges to the Practice of Race in Nineteenth-Century America
Activists in the earliest Black antebellum reform endeavors contested and deprecated the concept of race. Attacks on the logic and ethics of dividing, grouping, and ranking humans into races became commonplace facets of activism in anti-colonization and emigration campaigns, suffrage and civil rights initiatives,...- $45.95
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Reluctant Race Men: Black Challenges to the Practice of Race in Nineteenth-Century America
Activists in the earliest Black antebellum reform endeavors contested and deprecated the concept of race. Attacks on the logic and ethics of dividing, grouping, and ranking humans into races became commonplace facets of activism in anti-colonization and emigration campaigns, suffrage and civil rights initiatives,...- $55.99
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Vendor: Steven Hahn
Illiberal America: A History
If your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That's not us, ' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian uncovers a powerful illiberalism as deep seated in the American past as the founding ideals. Driven...- $57.99
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Vendor: Charles D. Freilich
Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power
In Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. ("Chuck") Freilich, Matthew S. Cohen, and Gabi Siboni provide a detailed and comprehensive study of Israel's cyber strategy, tracing it from its origins to the present. They analyze Israel's highly advanced civil and military cyber capabilities...- $57.99
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Vendor: Frye Gaillard
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost
"There are many different ways to remember the sixties," Frye Gaillard writes, "and this is mine. As future generations debate the meaning of the decade, I hope to offer a sense of how it felt to have lived it. A Hard Rain is one...- $59.95
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Vendor: Frye Gaillard
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost
"There are many different ways to remember the sixties," Frye Gaillard writes, "and this is mine. As future generations debate the meaning of the decade, I hope to offer a sense of how it felt to have lived it. A Hard Rain is one...- $79.99
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Vendor: Charles D. Freilich
Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power
In Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. ("Chuck") Freilich, Matthew S. Cohen, and Gabi Siboni provide a detailed and comprehensive study of Israel's cyber strategy, tracing it from its origins to the present. They analyze Israel's highly advanced civil and military cyber capabilities...- $57.99
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Vendor: Nigel Patterson
Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel
Author: Nigel Patterson, Samuel W. MitchamISBN-10: 1665213337ISBN-13: 9781665213332Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2019Format: CDWeight: 0.50lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Samuel W. Mitcham
It Wasn't about Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War
Was the Civil War really about slavery? Or was it a war fought over money? Civil War historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. (Vicksburg, Bust Hell Wide Open) opens his fascinating new book, It Wasn't About Slavery, with Dr. Grady McWhiney's claim that "what passes...- $29.95
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Vendor: Lloyd Clark
The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel
From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and...- $41.99
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Vendor: Marc Morris
King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
Author: Marc MorrisISBN-10: 8200005836ISBN-13: 9798200005833Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2015Format: CDWeight: 0.48lbs- $46.99
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Vendor: Greg Graffin
Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence
Author: Greg GraffinISBN-10: 8200001466ISBN-13: 9798200001460Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2015Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.30lbs- $41.99
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Vendor: Richard Rhodes
The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan.Few great...- $75.00
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Vendor: Paul Johnson
A History of Christianity
First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. Weaving a great range of material, the scholar and author Johnson creates an ambitious panoramic overview of the evolution of the...- $44.95
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Vendor: David H. Petraeus
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
Two leading authorities--an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time--collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin's invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating...- $57.99
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Vendor: Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates
New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell explores the Puritans and their journey to America in The Wordy Shipmates. Even today, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means -- and what it should mean. What was this great...- $29.99
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Vendor: Brian Kilmeade
Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker...- $35.00
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Vendor: Susan Wise Bauer
Story of the World, Vol. 1 Audiobook: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times
Volume 2 is 9 sound discs, ca. 11 hours; volume 3 is 9 sound discs, ca. 11 hours; volume 4 is 11 sound discs, ca. 12 hours.Author: Susan Wise BauerISBN-10: 1933339047ISBN-13: 9781933339047Publisher: Well-Trained Mind PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2006Pages: 7Format: CDWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 5.89h x 5.17w x...- $43.95
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Vendor: James Morwood
Oxford Latin Course: CD 2
This is a CD version of the popular Oxford Latin Course cassettes. The two CDs contain recordings of selected extracts from the Oxford Latin Course Parts 1-3 and the Latin Course Reader. The Oxford Latin Course is split into three parts, each focus on...- $53.99
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Vendor: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
Author: Rosaria Champagne ButterfieldISBN-10: 8200506576ISBN-13: 9798200506576Publisher: ChristianaudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.35lbs- $36.99
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Vendor: James Morwood
Oxford Latin Course
This is a compact disc version of the popular Oxford Latin Course cassettes. The two CDs contain recordings of selected extracts from the Parts 1-3 and the Reader.Author: James MorwoodISBN-10: 0199124183ISBN-13: 9780199124183Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2003Pages: 3Format: CDWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 4.94h x 5.56w...- $31.99
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