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The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child ...

If I Never Went Home

If I Never Went Home

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, ...

Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee & David Tolin

When I Fell From the Sky

When I Fell From the Sky

Juliane Diller (Koepcke)

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

A. Roger Ekirch

This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto

This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History

A Fistful of Shells: West Africa From the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

A Fistful of Shells: West Africa From the Rise of the Slave ...

The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America

The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America

The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon

The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, ...

William M. Adler

The Americans: The Colonial Experience

The Americans: The Colonial Experience

Daniel J. Boorstin

Elsewhere, U.S.A.

Elsewhere, U.S.A.

The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies

The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret ...

Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World

Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World

Christian Wolmar

Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey ...

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women ...

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918–1928

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918–1928

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of ...

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage

Stephanie Coontz

The Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families, 1600-1900

The Social Origins of Private Life: A History of American Families, ...

Stephanie Coontz

The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality From the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century

The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality From ...

Walter Scheidel

Rethink: The Surprising History of New Ideas

Rethink: The Surprising History of New Ideas

The Matter of the Heart: A History of the Heart in Eleven Operations

The Matter of the Heart: A History of the Heart in Eleven Operations

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

The Rich: From Slaves to Super-Yachts: A 2,000-Year History

The Rich: From Slaves to Super-Yachts: A 2,000-Year History

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley and the Birth of British Science

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley and the Birth of ...

John Gribbin & Mary Gribbin

Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds

Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds

Rachelle Bergstein

The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

A Little History of the United States

A Little History of the United States

James West Davidson

Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder

Saltpeter: The Mother of Gunpowder

Back to the Garden: Nature and the Mediterranean World From Prehistory to the Present

Back to the Garden: Nature and the Mediterranean World From ...

James H. S. McGregor

Empire of Cotton: A Global History

Empire of Cotton: A Global History

City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong

City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong

California: A History

California: A History

Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Anne Helen Petersen

The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time

The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time

Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J. P. Morgan

Gentlemen Bankers: The World of J. P. Morgan

The Making of Asian America: A History

The Making of Asian America: A History

The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle

Lillian Faderman

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Life of the Automobile: The Complete History of the Motor Car

The Life of the Automobile: The Complete History of the Motor ...

Steven Parissien

How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts

How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, ...

A Short History of Disease: From the Black Death to Ebola

A Short History of Disease: From the Black Death to Ebola

The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink

The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American ...

Dane Huckelbridge

Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, From Roman Times to the Modern Era

Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, From ...

Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America

Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America

White Boots & Miniskirts - a True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties: The Follow Up to Bombsites and Lollipops

White Boots & Miniskirts - a True Story of Life in the Swinging ...

Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

Paul A. Offit, MD

The Illustrated Secret History of the World

The Illustrated Secret History of the World

Heroes: A History of Hero Worship

Heroes: A History of Hero Worship

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Stranger Than We Can Imagine: An Alternative History of the 20th Century

Stranger Than We Can Imagine: An Alternative History of the ...

Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013

Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

Butter: A Rich History

Butter: A Rich History

Elaine Khosrova

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United ...

The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London

The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London

Judith Flanders

Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making for an Unknowable Future

Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making for an Unknowable Future

Mervyn King & John Kay

Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation

Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation

Neil Howe & William Strauss

Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity

Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester