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Open Borders to a Revolution
Culture, Politics, and Migration
Edited by Jaime Marroquin, Adela Pineda Franco and Magdalena Mieri
Format: Hardcover, 270 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $39.95
Open Borders to a Revolution is a collective enterprise studying the immediate and long-lasting effects of the Mexican Revolution in the United States in such spheres as diplomacy, politics, and intellectual thought. It marks both the bicentennial of Latin America’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an... Read more >
Culture, Politics, and Migration
Edited by Jaime Marroquin, Adela Pineda Franco and Magdalena Mieri
Format: Hardcover, 270 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $39.95
Open Borders to a Revolution is a collective enterprise studying the immediate and long-lasting effects of the Mexican Revolution in the United States in such spheres as diplomacy, politics, and intellectual thought. It marks both the bicentennial of Latin America’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an... Read more >
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Outlaw Marriages
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
Written by Rodger Streitmatter
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $16.00
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many... Read more >
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The Passage of Power
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $18.95
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV
Written by Robert A. Caro
Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $18.95
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE
NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Economist *...
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Skinned
Selected Poems
Written by Antjie Krog
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $23.95
One of South Africa’s greatest living poets selects from her most recent poems and also from the poems and the themes that best represent her from across her long career.
Part One of Skinned contains poems about writing, family and love poems. The poems in second part were chosen from a volume... Read more >
Selected Poems
Written by Antjie Krog
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $23.95
One of South Africa’s greatest living poets selects from her most recent poems and also from the poems and the themes that best represent her from across her long career.
Part One of Skinned contains poems about writing, family and love poems. The poems in second part were chosen from a volume... Read more >
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The Souvenir
A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
Written by Louise Steinman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99
Louise Steinman’s American childhood in the fifties was bound by one unequivocal condition: “Never mention the war to your father.” That silence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinman opened an old ammunition box left behind after her parents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500 letters her father had written... Read more >
A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
Written by Louise Steinman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99
Louise Steinman’s American childhood in the fifties was bound by one unequivocal condition: “Never mention the war to your father.” That silence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinman opened an old ammunition box left behind after her parents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500 letters her father had written... Read more >
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Story of My People
Written by Edoardo Nesi
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.95
Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was... Read more >
Written by Edoardo Nesi
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.95
Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was... Read more >
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Story of My People
Written by Edoardo Nesi
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $11.99
Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was... Read more >
Written by Edoardo Nesi
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $11.99
Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
Starting from his family’s textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the recent shifts in Italy’s manufacturing industry. Only one generation ago, Prato was... Read more >
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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $30.00
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $30.00
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
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eBook.
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Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $14.99
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Days of Defiance
Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Written by Maury Klein
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
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Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Written by Maury Klein
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
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The Eastern Frontier
Written by Charles Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
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Written by Charles Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
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Shinohata
A Portrait of a Japanese Village
Written by Ronald Dore
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
Not many foreigners have the chance to live in a Japanese village, certainly not foreigners who are sufficiently at home to do so as unobtrusively and intimately as the author of this book. Ronald Dore went to Shinohata twenty years ago when he was studying the land reform which broke the... Read more >
A Portrait of a Japanese Village
Written by Ronald Dore
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
Not many foreigners have the chance to live in a Japanese village, certainly not foreigners who are sufficiently at home to do so as unobtrusively and intimately as the author of this book. Ronald Dore went to Shinohata twenty years ago when he was studying the land reform which broke the... Read more >
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So Far from God
The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
Written by John S.D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $11.99
The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and... Read more >
The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
Written by John S.D. Eisenhower
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $11.99
The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and... Read more >
Tragic Muse
Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise
Written by Rachel Brownstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
Rachel Felix (1821-58), the homely daughter of poor Jewish peddlers, was the first stage actress to achieve international stardom - and the last person one would have expected to resurrect the cultural patrimony of France. Yet her passionate, startling performances of the works of Racine and Corneille saved them from almost... Read more >
Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise
Written by Rachel Brownstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
Rachel Felix (1821-58), the homely daughter of poor Jewish peddlers, was the first stage actress to achieve international stardom - and the last person one would have expected to resurrect the cultural patrimony of France. Yet her passionate, startling performances of the works of Racine and Corneille saved them from almost... Read more >
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The Western Way of War
Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
Written by Victor Hanson
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks... Read more >
Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
Written by Victor Hanson
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks... Read more >
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Worlds Of Wonder, Days Of Judgment
Popular Religious Belief in Early New England
Written by David D. Hall
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
This book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. It is about ordinary people--farmers, housewives, artisans, merchants, sailors, aspiring scholars--struggling to make sense of their time and place on earth. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of... Read more >
Popular Religious Belief in Early New England
Written by David D. Hall
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
This book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. It is about ordinary people--farmers, housewives, artisans, merchants, sailors, aspiring scholars--struggling to make sense of their time and place on earth. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of... Read more >
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Manhunt
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Written by Peter L. Bergen
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $16.00
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Written by Peter L. Bergen
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $16.00
NOW AN HBO DOCUMENTARY
In Manhunt, Peter Bergen delivers a taut yet panoramic account of the pursuit and killing of Osama bin Laden. Here are riveting new details of bin Laden's flight after the crushing defeat of the Taliban to Tora Bora, where American forces came startlingly close to capturing him...
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Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe
Written by Noam Chomksy and Laray Polk
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $13.95
“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.
While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response... Read more >
Written by Noam Chomksy and Laray Polk
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $13.95
“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.
While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe
Written by Noam Chomksy and Laray Polk
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $13.95
“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.
While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response... Read more >
Written by Noam Chomksy and Laray Polk
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $13.95
“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II.
While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Short History of Nuclear Folly
Written by Rudolph Herzog
Translated by Jefferson Chase
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café, a blackly sardonic people’s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe
Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny, presents a devastating account of history’s most irresponsible uses of... Read more >
Written by Rudolph Herzog
Translated by Jefferson Chase
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café, a blackly sardonic people’s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe
Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny, presents a devastating account of history’s most irresponsible uses of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
A Short History of Nuclear Folly
Written by Rudolph Herzog
Translated by Jefferson Chase
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café, a blackly sardonic people’s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe
Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny, presents a devastating account of history’s most irresponsible uses of... Read more >
Written by Rudolph Herzog
Translated by Jefferson Chase
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café, a blackly sardonic people’s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe
Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny, presents a devastating account of history’s most irresponsible uses of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Vast Unknown
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and...
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The Vast Unknown
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $12.99
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $12.99
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Life of Elizabeth I
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $13.99
Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new... Read more >
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $13.99
Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new... Read more >
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Line Doggie: Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Written by Charles Gadd
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $11.99
Charles Gadd served in Vietnam in late 1967 and 1968 and had experiences very similar to what most enlisted men endured. He describes the mud, blood, leeches, loss of friends, and low morale due to constant harassment by guerrillas. The author, a squad leader with the 101st Airborne, was wounded twice... Read more >
Written by Charles Gadd
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $11.99
Charles Gadd served in Vietnam in late 1967 and 1968 and had experiences very similar to what most enlisted men endured. He describes the mud, blood, leeches, loss of friends, and low morale due to constant harassment by guerrillas. The author, a squad leader with the 101st Airborne, was wounded twice... Read more >
