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Discover old books and books of old at our online bookstore. Shop old classic books, best-selling books, and timeless treasures—perfect for collectors and book lovers alike!
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When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-DayA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Absolutely gripping." --The Washington Post - "A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." --Evan Thomas From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist...
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When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood EraLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic "A master class in...
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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War IIThe astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II--when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. "An amazing, riveting tale of unsung heroes who went above and beyond."--James Bradley, New York...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent FaithNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America's isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. - Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. "Fantastic.... Right up there with In...
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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIANATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "rip-roaring" (Steve Coll), "staggeringly well-researched" (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, "electric with revelations" (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from the bestselling author...
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIANEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - With shocking revelations that made headlines all across the country, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in...
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "bracing" (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism, from a "public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present" (The New York Times)--now in hardcover for the first time "Timothy Snyder reasons...
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No Duppy in Our HouseIn 1895, in the Dry Harbour Mountains of Jamaica, Emma Whorms lives a comfortable life with her carpenter husband and two young sons. Quite unconventional for her time, she is a contented mother and wife who serves her family and the Catholic Church dutifully.One...
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The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I"Thoroughly researched and beautifully written history."--New York Times Book Review"Absorbing . . . a David-and-Goliath tale of the industrial age."--Wall Street JournalA propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in the early years of the twentieth...
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The Morgue KeeperIn 1966, as a brutal revolution grips his city, morgue keeper Qing Yuan spends his nights cleaning bodies in silence-until a viciously murdered woman, known only as "#19," shatters his routine, and he becomes entangled in an existential quest to uncover the truth behind...
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The Prodigal of Leningrad"Taylor's elegantly simple prose is compelling, and his attention to detail is the work of an expert storyteller. An unforgettable book that will resonate with readers of World War Il historical fiction." - Library Journal starred review"A man's reverence for art leads to wartime...
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Three Days in Moscow"An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan." -- Jay WinikPresident Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and award-winning anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with...
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Monroe DoctrineA Concise History of the (In)Famous Doctrine that Gave Rise to the American Empire President James Monroe's 1823 message to Congress declaring opposition to European colonization in the Western Hemisphere became the cornerstone of nineteenth-century American statecraft. Monroe's message proclaimed anticolonial principles, yet it...
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Power & LightWeaver's long-awaited adult novel returns to the themes of Red Earth, White Earth and Sweet Land. In 1906, an emigrant family from Norway arrives in North Dakota with dreams of owning land and "moving up in the world." Tragedy plus a crime against them...
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The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (20th Anniversary Edition)With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism--and the culture it creates--harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification--a need that corrodes the work ethic...
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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great WarToday, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced...
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The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World"Gilder's originality, plus the sheer force of his enthusiasm for the extraordinary virtues of the beleaguered Jewish state, sweep away the prevailing vitriol and make for a book that is nothing less than thrilling to read."--Norman PodhoretzIn this timely and courageous book, George Gilder...
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This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the WildWinner of the High Plains Book Award Best Book of the Year - Outdoor Writers Association of America"How could we have missed the swashbuckling story of Avis and Bernard DeVoto, tribunes of public lands, free speech and liberty itself? Thankfully we have it now...
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Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974In this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering the question: When--and how--did America become so polarized? It all starts in 1974 with...
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Cloudsplitter"Deeply affecting. . . . Like the best novels of Nadine Gordimer, it makes us appreciate the dynamic between the personal and the political, the public and the private, and the costs and causes of radical belief." -- New York TimesA triumph of the...
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