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The Powell's Shuffle: HistoryAndWorldCultures

Shuffle through Powell's City of Books — it's never the same place twice!
Below, you'll find a random selection of used books available today at Powells.com. Each time you shuffle, you'll find eight more!

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Politics


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From one of the nation's leading foreign-policy minds comes a provocative new account of how to think about—and use—America's power in the twenty-first century. Inspired by Machiavelli's classic The Prince, Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating... (read more)

Your Price $9.95
Used - Hardcover



US History


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What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has comprehended its meaning best? Jack Rakove, professor of history at Stanford University, now approaches the debates surrounding the framing and ratification of the Constitution from the vantage... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover



Middle East


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One in a series of short books devoted to different countries that offers much-needed cross-cultural and global material to instructors. Used alongside an introductory sociology text, in courses on the Middle East or Iran, or as a supplement in courses... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper



World History


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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-338) and index.... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover



Sociology


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Post-Columbine has been a time when the issues of popular culture and the behavior of boys have generated more heat than light. This complex, contested intersection has led to censorship and worse-alarm, irrationality, and a failure to examine our ways... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper



Ethnic Studies


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What does it mean to be white? This remains the question at large in the continued effort to examine how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. White Out brings together the original work of... (read more)

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Germany


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This chronology examines the Nazi regime's tenure from the Night of Long Knives in 1934 through the fall of Berlin in May 1945. Each month is covered in a compelling narrative style that reveals the growth of anti-Semitism and other grim realities of... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper



Americana


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The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and...gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track. "All I wanted to do was fix my old... (read more)

List Price $24.99
Your Price $7.95
Used - Hardcover





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