1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95
A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491. Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China...
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Return of a King
The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
Written by William Dalrymple
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $30.00
From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West’s greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time.
With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan...
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Written by Anne Frank
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2010
Price: $5.99
The diary as Anne Frank wrote it. At last, in a new translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Anne Frank's
The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has...
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The Dispensable Nation
American Foreign Policy in Retreat
Written by Vali Nasr
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $28.95
In a brilliant and revealing book destined to drive debate about the future of American power, Vali Nasr questions America’s dangerous choice to engage less and matter less in the world. Vali Nasr, author of the groundbreaking
The Shia Revival, worked closely with Hillary Clinton at the State Department on Afghan...
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Man's Search for Meaning
Written by Viktor Frankl
Afterword by William J. Winslade
Foreword by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2006
Price: $14.00
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: eBook, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
American Lion and
Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary...
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The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of
The Tudors and
A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Written by Jon Meacham
Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $35.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
American Lion and
Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary...
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