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'In this fascinating book, the historian Jean-Yves Mollier highlights the astonishing diversity of roles assumed by booksellers throughout the ages and the continents' Express'Jean-Yves Mollier . . . traces meticulously the transformations of a profession and a trade...
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Mountain Leopard Press
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2026-06-04
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'History as it should be written: as page-turning and compelling as the best thriller.'JAMES HOLLAND'A mesmerising account.'THE TIMES'Abel Smith takes us right into the heart of the drama. Utterly gripping.'AL MURRAY-Summer, 1940. Winston Churchill watches in horror as...
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Transworld Digital
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2026-06-04
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Populist radical right (PRR) parties have long been characterised as 'men's parties' due to the overrepresentation of men within their ranks. Yet, not only are PRR parties attracting more women voters than ever, but they are also electing more women MPs than ever. To...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-06-03
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A collection of profiles of 50 historically significant American flags that chronicle the history of the country, timed to celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary Few symbols hold the gravity and inspiration of the American flag. It has encouraged heroics in...
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Black Dog & Leventhal
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2026-06-02
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A timely analysis of the myths that underpin white supremacy--and how to counteract them
For centuries, white men in the West have cultivated and perpetuated a set of false narratives about Black people in order to subjugate and maintain power over them. Some of these...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-06-02
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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!What do conservatives actually believe?In this powerful and inspiring manifesto, New York Times bestselling author and former Vice President Mike Pence pens a 21st-century version of The Conscience of a Conservative. With...
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Center Street
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2026-06-02
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The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian. For more than 150 years, Black communities have gathered to honor...
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Black Dog & Leventhal
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2026-06-02
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For America 250, a provocative argument that a “Long Revolution” formed the violently beating heart of American politics for decades after 1776.“Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's delightful The Long Revolution shows how much the story of America remains unsettled—and ours to make...
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Basic Books
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2026-06-02
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A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments. For more than 5,000 years, the seas have challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors...
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Dk
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2026-06-02
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During the years of the Pacific War and occupied Japan, more than ten thousand second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) served in the US armed forces and their campaigns in combat theaters and subsequently occupied enemy land in the Asia-Pacific region. By...
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Oxford University Press
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2026-06-01
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The book traces the history of mathematics in the Polish lands from pagan times (the tenth century AD) to the present, with particular attention to the era inaugurated by the reforms of the National Education Commission (1773–1794), through the nineteenth and twentieth...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2026-06-01
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In times of conflict, especially times of war, pressures on freedom of the press, even in societies that value a free press, inevitably increase – and often involve formal government censorship. Support of one’s country or, in the case of internal conflicts, of one side...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2026-06-01
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The renowned IB Diploma series, combining compelling narratives and academic rigor, has been revised and updated to align with the latest DP History course from the IB, for examination from 2028. Written by subject specialists and IB experts, this series continues to...
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Hachette Learning
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2026-06-01
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The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne marked a decisive moment in international diplomacy, laying the foundations for stability and peaceful coexistence in Southeast Europe and the Middle East. By completing the transition from empire to nation-state, the treaty established...
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Springer
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2026-05-29
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The spread of Roman coins and their imitations, from Ireland to Thailand, reaches well beyond a modern political map of the Roman provinces. Roman Coin Hoards Across Frontiers provides a broad survey of hoarding of Roman coins beyond the Roman Empire from c. 30 BC to AD...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-05-29
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The Wallachian revolution of 1848 was exactly the kind of event that European statesmen feared in the decades after the Congress of Vienna of 1815. Unlike most of the mid-century revolutions, which began as spontaneous manifestations of popular grievances, the...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-05-29
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'The great book on 1966 that needed writing.'PAUL HAYWARD, OBSERVER'Panoramic and polemic.'JONATHAN NORTHCROFT, SUNDAY TIMES-A vivid portrait of the world in 1966, centred around the storied World Cup tournament and its backdrop, published to mark the 60th...
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Transworld Digital
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2026-05-28
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This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employment—potentially lasting decades—was uncommon in Northern Europe until the advent...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2026-05-28
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The story of Winston Churchill's long relationship with the Crown—from radical liberal under Edward VII to his last premiership as an old man under the young Queen Elizabeth II.
Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king....
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OUP Oxford
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2026-05-28
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Throughout the reign of Sultan Selîm III (1789-1807), Ottoman officials complained about the destruction of a notorious criminal named Kara Feyzî and thousands of his followers: they pillaged, slaughtered, and burned down communities throughout the Balkans. But these...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-05-28
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