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Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World by Timothy Brook Publisher Comments Elegant and quietly important...Brook does more than merely sketch the beginnings of globalization and highlight the forces that brought our modern world into being; rather, he offers a timely reminder of humanity's interdependence.--Seattle Times A... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David Hoffman Publisher Comments This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s by Piers Brendon Publisher Comments In a work of breathtaking scholarship and scope, "The Dark Valley" is a magisterial overview of the clouded and turbulent pause between the two World Wars. Brendon expertly takes readers through a decade dominated by the Great Depression, political... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan Publisher Comments From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history-and of the visionary American Air Force... (read more) Your price: $32.00 New - Hardcover
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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters by Frances S Saunders Publisher Comments Shocking evidence of cultural manipulation during the Cold War is presented as Saunders' book draws together newly declassified documents and interviews with cultural figures such as George Orwell and Gloria Steinem to expose the CIA's astonishing... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Your Flying Car Awaits: Robot Butlers, Lunar Vacations, and Other Dead-Wrong Predictions of the Twentieth Century by Paul Milo Publisher Comments Talking dolphins . . . Underwater cities . . . Two-hundred-year life spans . . . Welcome to the present People have always imagined what life would be like in the future. Most of the time they've been wrong. Often they were really, really wrong. Your... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed by Mary Heimann Publisher Comments This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992--from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, and... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $43.95 New - Hardcover
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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Staff Pick In this remarkable follow-up to his hit thriller Devil in the White City, Erik Larson applies his considerable skill to craft a story of invention and murder. A tightly written page-turner.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Classics) by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus Publisher Comments The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world — and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. In the... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (07 Edition) by Orlando Figes Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book of 2007 "A tremendous achievement."--The Sunday Times (London) The Whisperers is a triumphant act of recovery. In this powerful work of history, Orlando Figes chronicles the private history of family life during the violent... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict by Peter Ackerman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-533) and index.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker Publisher Comments Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy -- a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.) by James R. Gaines Publisher Comments Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany, and along with it a template for modern warfare. Their fleeting encounter in 1757 signals a... (read more) Your price: $13.99 New - Trade Paper
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Culture and Imperialism by Edward W Said Publisher Comments In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said's immense erudition and interpretive audacity are brought to bear on a variety of literatures, reanimating the terms of his title and discovering, in the process, how some of the most revered cultural productions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Condition of Postmodernity by David Harvey Publisher Comments In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.... (read more) List Price $41.25 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918 by Stephen Kern Publisher Comments THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION Fromabout 1880 to World War I, sweeping changes in technology and culture created new modes of understanding and experiencing time and space. Stephen Kern writes about the onrush of technics that reshaped... (read more) List Price $19.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Time 1989: The Year That Defined Today's World by Time Magazine (cor) Synopsis The year 1989 was the start of a monumental shift in world history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the introduction of the World Wide Web, the unparalled events of 20 years ago trigered forces that are still shaping our world today. Filled with... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1942-1945 (I Will Bear Witness #02) by Victor Klemperer Publisher Comments Destined to take its place alongside The Diary of Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night as one of the great classics of the Holocaust, I Will Bear Witness is a timeless work of literature, the most eloquent and acute testament to have emerged from Hitler's... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (New Press People's Histories) by Vijay Prashad Publisher Comments An alternative Account of the Cold War from the point of the view of the world's poor—"The first comprehensive political history of the third world as concept and as project" Immanuel Wallerstein). "The Third World today faces Europe like a colossal... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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