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The Sitakund Disaster

The Sitakund Disaster

Author: Stephen Levine
ISBN: 9798224359646
Format: Paperback
$23.63

On a quiet Autumn evening in October 1968, the peace was broken by a large explosion at sea. Two more explosions...  Read More >>

Reparation for Chattel Slavery

Reparation for Chattel Slavery

Author: Mike Henry
ISBN: 9789766570996
Format: Paperback
$55.31

The transatlantic slave trade from West Africa into the Caribbean and the wider Americas was one of the worst mass...  Read More >>

The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition

The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition...

Author: Egil Bakka ,  Petri Hoppu
ISBN: 9781800648142
Format: Paperback
$150.35

This major new anthology of the minuet in the Nordic countries comprehensively explores the dance as a historical,...  Read More >>

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind...

Author: Jonn Elledge
ISBN: 9781472298515
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming...  Read More >>

In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past

In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African...

Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ISBN: 9781510778856
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Host of PBS's Finding Your Roots and famed Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses African-American immigration...  Read More >>

The Forbidden Daughter

The Forbidden Daughter

Author: Zipora Klein Jakob
ISBN: 9780008665036
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The unforgettable true story of one Jewish orphan’s survival against impossible odds, and her lifelong quest for...  Read More >>

Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849

Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849...

Author: Christopher Clark
ISBN: 9780141988313
Format: Paperback
$42.99

An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history There can be few more exciting...  Read More >>

Sub-Human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective Liberation, and Us All

Sub-Human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective...

Author: Emma Hakansson (Emma Hakansson)
ISBN: 9781590567241
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Sub-Human delves into what it means to be an animal, how our view of other animals impacts our view of other people,...  Read More >>

Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car

Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History...

Author: Nancy A. Nichols
ISBN: 9781639365593
Format: Hardback
$49.99

From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle...  Read More >>

England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How to Set Them Straight

England: Seven Myths That Changed a Country – and How...

Author: Tom Baldwin ,  Marc Stears
ISBN: 9781526646231
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears take on seven myths that distort our ideas of England and where the country is heading....  Read More >>

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind...

Author: Jonn Elledge
ISBN: 9781472298508
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming...  Read More >>

Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion

Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion

Author: Agnes Arnold-Forster
ISBN: 9781529091366
Format: Hardback
$46.99

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Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism: Performing Politics in Irish and Egyptian Theatre

Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism:...

Author: Amina ElHalawani
ISBN: 9781032560885
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The book explores how theatre, with its performative capacity, has the power to engage with and affect the politics...  Read More >>

Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

Author: Nell Irvin Painter (Princeton University)
ISBN: 9781324050599
Format: Paperback
$31.95

“A triumph of scholarly maturity, imagination, and narrative art.”—Arnold Rampersad  Read More >>

The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition

The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition...

Author: Egil Bakka ,  Petri Hoppu
ISBN: 9781800648159
Format: Hardback
$192.59

This major new anthology of the minuet in the Nordic countries comprehensively explores the dance as a historical,...  Read More >>

Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and America

Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle...

Author: George S. Takach
ISBN: 9781639365630
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation—especially AI—is shaping the tensions between democracy...  Read More >>

Stories My Father Told Me: From Warsaw, Moscow, Algeria, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Dominican Republic

Stories My Father Told Me: From Warsaw, Moscow, Algeria,...

Author: Dvora Treisman
ISBN: 9798224632169
Format: Paperback
$42.21

These are stories from far off places, in far off and very different times, stories of everyday people doing everyday...  Read More >>

Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline...

Author: Paul Cooper
ISBN: 9780715655009
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads,Fall of Civilizationsbrilliantly explores how a range of ancient...  Read More >>

Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920

Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism...

Author: Edward Burke (University College Dublin)
ISBN: 9781009469289
Format: Hardback
$258.75

In 1920, the three Ulster counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan were excluded from Northern Ireland. This book...  Read More >>

Sheeplands: How Sheep Shaped Wales and the World

Sheeplands: How Sheep Shaped Wales and the World

Author: Alan Marshall
ISBN: 9781915279385
Format: Hardback
$39.95

Human civilisation was not just created by humans: we had the help of many creatures, and foremost among these were...  Read More >>

In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

Author: Jonna Mendez
ISBN: 9781541703124
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy...  Read More >>

Aufarbeitung des an Sinti und Roma begangenen Unrechts in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Grundlagenkonzept für eine Wahrheitskommission

Aufarbeitung des an Sinti und Roma begangenen Unrechts...

Author: Marc Buggeln ,  Sebastian Lotto-Kusche
ISBN: 9783658441111
Format: Paperback
$184.77

Marc Buggeln und Sebastian Lotto-Kusche legen mit dieser Publikation ein Grundlagenkonzept zur Wahrheit über das...  Read More >>

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