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  • Pox Romana

    The Plague That Shook the Roman World

    by Colin Elliott ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Darkest Summer

    Pusan and Inchon 1950

    by Bill Sloan ...
    From “a master of the combat narrative” comes “a gripping, fast-moving and sobering” chronicle of the US military’s first two battles in the Korean War (Dallas Morning News).The Darkest Summer recounts, in strikingly vivid and authoritative detail, the first three months of the Korean War. In that brief time, outnumbered and outgunned Marines and GIs executed two of the greatest military ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Dynasty

    The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

    by Tom Holland ...
    Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.Dynasty continues Rubicon's story, opening where that book ended: with the murder of Julius Caesar. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Our Hideous Progeny

    A Novel

    by C.E. McGill ...
    “A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition, passion and intrigue.” — Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship“An immersive blend of historical and science fiction brims with surprises and dark delights. . . . An incisive exploration of women’s rights within the field of science. . . . Readers will revel in Mary’s personal and scientific discoveries and root for her to succeed in an unfair world.” — ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • First Casualty

    The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

    by Toby Harnden ...
    An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan—where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • The End of the Myth

    From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

    by Greg Grandin ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEA new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall.Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States’ belief in itself as an exceptional nation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Knowing What We Know

    The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

    by Simon Winchester ...
    “A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • The Shock Doctrine

    The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

    by Naomi Klein ...
    The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to IraqIn her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Prisoners of Geography

    Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

    by Tim Marshall ...
    Series series Politics of Place
    In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—“fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Dawn of Everything

    A New History of Humanity

    by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Invention of Science

    A New History of the Scientific Revolution

    by David Wootton ...
    This “fantastic revisionist history . . . captures the excitement of the scientific revolution and makes a point of celebrating the advances it ushered in” (Financial Times).We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. In The Invention of Science, historian David Wootton reveals why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. Spanning continents and centuries, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Divine Might

    Goddesses in Greek Myth

    by Natalie Haynes ...
    New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Countdown 1960

    The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever

    by Chris Wallace ...
    **An Amazon Best Book of the MonthA riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing timely parallels to the choice Americans face in 2024**It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Pursuit of Italy

    A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples

    by David Gilmour ...
    **One of The Economist's Books of the YearA provocative, entertaining account of Italy's diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and present**Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? The question is asked and answered in a number of ways in The Pursuit of Italy, an engaging, original consideration ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Prize

    The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

    by Daniel Yergin ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important ... Read more

    $18.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    by Matt Ridley ...
    “A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change—what Ridley calls ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • Ideas

    A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud

    by Peter Watson ...
    The acclaimed author of The German Genius presents a sweeping intellectual historian of human civilization: “[An] extraordinary book” (Sunday Telegraph, UK).In Ideas, Peter Watson has undertaken a hugely ambitious study, charting the evolution of human history from deep antiquity to the present day through the lens of intellectual development. Here is the grand story of human thought from the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power Broker

    Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Robert A. Caro ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • American Midnight

    The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

    by Adam Hochschild ...
    National Bestseller • One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfictionA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast CompanyFrom legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "masterly" (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Longstreet

    The Confederate General Who Defied the South

    by Elizabeth Varon ...
    Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyAmerican Battlefield Trust Prize for History FinalistA “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet ... Read more

    $16.99 USD $3.99 USD

  • The Gulag Archipelago

    The Authorized Abridgement

    by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...
    “BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Black Saturday

    An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

    by Trey Yingst ...
    Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, offering riveting insight and fresh facts that clarify the scope and magnitude of this latest and most dramatic outbreak in one of the bloodiest, most nuanced, and longest-standing conflicts in modern history.On the morning of October 7, 2023, the militant group ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Moveable Feasts

    From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat

    by Sarah Murray ...
    “A fascinating chronicle of mankind’s efforts to move food throughout history” from the Financial Times contributor and author of Making an Exit (The News & Observer).Today the average meal has traveled thousands of miles before reaching the dinner table. How on earth did this happen? Through delightful anecdotes and astonishing facts, Moveable Feasts tells the stories.Combining history, science, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Lion: Volume 2

    Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940

    by William Manchester ...
    The second volume of William Manchester's masterful account of Winston Churchill's life.Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD $2.99 USD