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February 2023
Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

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Author: Edith Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead...
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

$17.50
Author: Robert Dallek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR "We come to see in FDR the magisterial,...
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

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Author: Simon Winchester Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . ....
Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

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Author: Alex Von Tunzelmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An Economist Best Book of the Year In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the...
The Little Book of Pride: The History, the People, the Parades

The Little Book of Pride: The History, the People, the Parades

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Author: Lewis Laney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Celebrate the LGTBQ community with this small but perfectly formed guide to Pride. What began as a protest for gay rights...
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings

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Author: Robert M Pirsig Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of...
The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport

The Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport

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Author: Jonathan Lichtenstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son....
The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

$59.99$17.50
Author: Susan Ronald Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's deeply controversial tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the...
The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones

The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones

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Author: Daniel Mendelsohn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly...
Sunnis and Shi'A: A Political History

Sunnis and Shi'A: A Political History

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Author: Laurence Louer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world When Mohammed died in 632...
Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots

Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots

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Author: James Suzman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 "This book is a tour de force." -- Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take A revolutionary...
Far and Away: The Essential A.A. Gill

Far and Away: The Essential A.A. Gill

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Author: Adrian Gill Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A.A. Gill was an exceptional writer. Savage and compassionate in equal measure, he was always opinionated, always original, often...
The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

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Author: Binyamin Appelbaum Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 In this "lively and entertaining" history of ideas (Liaquat Ahamed, The New Yorker), New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells...
Gender Mosaic: Beyond the myth of the male and female brain

Gender Mosaic: Beyond the myth of the male and female brain

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Author: Prof. Daphna Joel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This timely manifesto calls for a future free from gender-based assumptions about human potential. Written by the internationally renowned neuroscientist...
The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families

$27.99$6.00
Author: Shannon Bream Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect.... "Have faith" is a phrase we...
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

$79.99$30.00
Author: Yang Jisheng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 768 As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great...
Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

$32.99$12.00
Author: Talia Lavin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 *** "One of the marvels of this furious book is how insolent and funny Lavin is; she refuses to...
Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul

Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul

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Author: Jamie Ducharme Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Big Vape is a dazzling story that crackles with the energy of a nicotine buzz, mixing tales of ground-breaking...
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

$27.99$10.00
Author: Ben Shapiro Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in...
Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China

Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China

$63.95$20.00
Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the century China. In...
A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea

A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea

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Author: Don Kulick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Renowned linguistic anthropologist Don Kulick first went to study the tiny jungle village of Gapun in New Guinea over thirty years...
The Undesirables

The Undesirables

$24.99$10.00
Author: Mark Isaacs Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Mark Isaacs takes us behind the gates of Nauru and provides a shocking, and often touching, eyewitness account of...
To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth

To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth

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Author: Philip Zelikow Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 A deeply researched international history and exemplary study (New York Times Book Review) of how a divided world ended...
Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online hate and its human fallout

Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online hate and its human fallout

$32.99$12.00
Author: Ginger Gorman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In 2013, journalist Ginger Gorman was trolled online. She received scores of hateful tweets, including a death threat. She...
Breaking Free Workbook: Practical help for survivors of child sexual abuse

Breaking Free Workbook: Practical help for survivors of child sexual abuse

$34.99$12.00
Author: Kay Toon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 As a survivor of sexual abuse in childhood, you may find that its effects continue to haunt you -...
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

$49.99$15.00
Author: Ben Shapiro Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West....
The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York

The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York

$39.99$15.00
Author: Tom Roston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The remarkable story of a restaurant on top of the world-built by a legend, destroyed in tragedy-and an era in New...
Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace

Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace

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Author: Carl Safina Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 In this superbly articulate cri de coeur, Safina gives us a new way...
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against Isis

The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against Isis

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Author: Margaret Coker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team...
Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization

Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization

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Author: Nadav Eyal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 "A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few will...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture

$34.99$12.00
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly...
The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

$10.00
Author: Matthew B Crawford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of...