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The Clock Mirage

by Joseph Mazur • 2020

Our Myth of Measured Time

Our Myth of Measured Time

by Joseph Mazur 2020 272 pages

The Hell of Good Intentions

by Stephen M. Walt • 2018

America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy

International Relations

The Hell of Good Intentions

America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy

by Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 pages

International Relations

On Her Game

by Christine Brennan • 2025

Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports

Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports

by Christine Brennan 2025 272 pages

by Stephen Budiansky • 2008

Terror After Appomattox

Terror After Appomattox

by Stephen Budiansky 2008 336 pages

Klan-destine Relationships

by Daryl Davis • 1997

A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan

Klan-destine Relationships

A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan

by Daryl Davis 1997 315 pages

by Jacob S. Hacker • 2006

The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back

The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back

by Jacob S. Hacker 2006 256 pages

by Jennifer T. Roberts • 2017

Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece

by Jennifer T. Roberts 2017 416 pages

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

by Eric Foner • 1990

A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877

by Eric Foner 1990 297 pages

The Battle of New Orleans

by Robert V. Remini • 1999

Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

The Battle of New Orleans

Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

by Robert V. Remini 1999 226 pages

The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou • 2022

The Amazing History and Sublime Mystery of the Passion

The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

The Amazing History and Sublime Mystery of the Passion

by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou 2022 446 pages

The Quest for Community

by Robert A. Nisbet • 1953

A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom

The Quest for Community

A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom

by Robert A. Nisbet 1953 272 pages

Birth of the Leviathan

Birth of the Leviathan

by Ertman 1997 380 pages

by Hampton Sides • 2018

The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

by Hampton Sides 2018 394 pages

by Thomas Levenson • 2025

How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs—and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs—and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

by Thomas Levenson 2025 448 pages

The Privatization of Everything

by Donald Cohen • 2021

How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

The Privatization of Everything

How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

by Donald Cohen 2021 320 pages

Why the New Deal Matters

by Eric Rauchway • 2021

Why the New Deal Matters

by Eric Rauchway 2021 232 pages

by Linda Greenhouse • 2021

The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court

The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court

by Linda Greenhouse 2021 336 pages

A Ghost in the Throat

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa • 2020

A Ghost in the Throat

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020 326 pages

by Nicole Hemmer • 2022

The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s

The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s

by Nicole Hemmer 2022 368 pages

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

by Lawrence W. Levine • 1977

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

by Lawrence W. Levine 1977

by Rory Carroll • 2023

The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown

The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown

by Rory Carroll 2023 416 pages

by George M. Fredrickson • 1981

A Comparative Study of American and South African History

A Comparative Study of American and South African History

by George M. Fredrickson 1981 384 pages

by Randall Balmer • 2021

Race and the Rise of the Religious Right

Race and the Rise of the Religious Right

by Randall Balmer 2021 144 pages

The Conservative Sensibility

by George F. Will • 2019

The Conservative Sensibility

by George F. Will 2019 640 pages

How Democratic Is the American Constitution?

by Robert A. Dahl • 2001

How Democratic Is the American Constitution?

by Robert A. Dahl 2001 240 pages

by Garry Wills • 2003

Jefferson and the Slave Power

Jefferson and the Slave Power

by Garry Wills 2003

The Age of Acquiescence

by Steve Fraser • 2015

The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power

The Age of Acquiescence

The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power

by Steve Fraser 2015 480 pages

Peasants Into Frenchmen

by Eugen Weber • 1976

The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914

Peasants Into Frenchmen

The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914

by Eugen Weber 1976 614 pages

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad • 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad 2025 208 pages

by Gemma Hollman • 2019

Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

by Gemma Hollman 2019 320 pages

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

by Roberto Sirvent • 2019

A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

by Roberto Sirvent 2019 256 pages

by Matthew Continetti • 2022

The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism

The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism

by Matthew Continetti 2022

by Adam Rothman • 2005

American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South

American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South

by Adam Rothman 2005 312 pages

The Divided States of America

by Donald F. Kettl • 2020

Why Federalism Doesn't Work

The Divided States of America

Why Federalism Doesn't Work

by Donald F. Kettl 2020 240 pages

by Larry M. Bartels • 2008

The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age

by Larry M. Bartels 2008 344 pages

by Matthew LaCroix • 2016

The Suppression and Evolution of Human Consciousness

The Suppression and Evolution of Human Consciousness

by Matthew LaCroix 2016 162 pages

by Randall Balmer • 2025

The Separation of Church and State

The Separation of Church and State

by Randall Balmer 2025 160 pages

by Binyamin Appelbaum • 2019

False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

by Binyamin Appelbaum 2019 448 pages

Through the Gates of Splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot • 1957

Through the Gates of Splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot 1957

by Robert G. Parkinson • 2016

Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution

Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution

by Robert G. Parkinson 2016 742 pages

How the West Grew Rich

by Nathan Rosenberg • 1985

The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World

How the West Grew Rich

The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World

by Nathan Rosenberg 1985 368 pages

by Caroline Elkins • 2005

The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya

The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya

by Caroline Elkins 2005 496 pages

by Walter Nugent • 2009

A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Walter Nugent 2009 160 pages

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War

by Joseph Loconte • 2015

How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War

How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

by Joseph Loconte 2015 235 pages

by Dana Milbank • 2022

The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

by Dana Milbank 2022 416 pages

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1994

The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1994 656 pages

A Handful of Hard Men

by Hannes Wessels • 2015

The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

A Handful of Hard Men

The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

by Hannes Wessels 2015 277 pages

Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America

by Morris P. Fiorina • 2004

Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America

by Morris P. Fiorina 2004 256 pages

Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy

by Daniel Ziblatt • 2017

Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy

by Daniel Ziblatt 2017 439 pages

The Moral Basis of a Backward Society

by Edward C. Banfield • 1958

The Moral Basis of a Backward Society

by Edward C. Banfield 1958 188 pages

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