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  • Ravens in Winter

    **“One of the most interesting discoveries I’ve seen in animal sociobiology in years.” —E.O. WilsonWhy do ravens, often considered solitary birds, share food with one another in the harsh months of winter? At first glance, the behavior seemed to defy the rules of evolutionary biology. Yet the more biologist Bernd Heinrich observed these intelligent corvids, the more fascinating the puzzle became ... Read more

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  • Seven Years in Tibet

    In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and imprisoned by British authorities. After several attempts, he escaped and crossed the rugged, frozen Himalayas, surviving by duping government ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Aristotle's Guide to Self-Persuasion

    How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life

    by Jay Heinrichs ...
    Show yourself who's in charge using the original art of persuasion, backed by contemporary pop culture examples that make transforming your habits and achieving goals easy, even fun—from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for ArguingRhetoric once sat at the center of elite education. Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr., used it to build empires, write ... Read more

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  • How to Argue with a Cat

    A Human's Guide to the Art of Persuasion

    by Jay Heinrichs ...
    Learn how to persuade cats—the world’s most skeptical and cautious negotiators—with this primer on rhetoric and argument from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing!Cats are skilled manipulators who can talk you into just about anything without a single word (or maybe a meow or two). They can get you to drop whatever you’re doing and play with them. They can make you serve ... Read more

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  • Shadows of Glory: The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empire

    The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires, #4

    Series Book 4 - The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires
    The Persian Empire wasn't built in a day — but it sure began with a bold idea. In this razor-sharp retelling, Heinrich Wilson strips away textbook boredom and exposes the ambition, innovation and cracks behind one of history's most enduring powers.From the rise of Cyrus to the fall beneath Alexander's sword, Shadows of Glory explores not just what Persia was, but what it dared to become.Woven with ... Read more

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  • The History of the Jews (All Six Volumes)

    Enriched edition. From the Earliest Period to the Modern Times and Emancipation in Central Europe

    Translated by Bella Löwy ...
    Heinrich Graetz's monumental work, "The History of the Jews," spans six volumes and stands as a seminal contribution to Jewish historiography. Composed in a narrative style that blends meticulous scholarship with a rich literary elegance, Graetz traces the Jewish experience from antiquity to the modern era. The text is notable for its synthesis of historical data, philosophical reflection, and ... Read more

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  • Mycenae: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns

    In the south-east corner of the Plain of Argos, on the lowest and flattest of a group of rocky hills, which rise like islands out of the marshy lowlands, only eight stadia or one mile from the Gulf of Argos, was situated the ancient citadel of Tiryns, now called Palæocastron. It was celebrated as the birthplace of Hercules and was famous for its gigantic Cyclopean walls, of which Pausanias says, ... Read more

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  • How to Read Marx's Capital

    Commentary and Explanations on the Beginning Chapters

    An accessible companion to Karl Marx's essential CapitalWith the recent revival of Karl Marx's theory, a general interest in reading Capital has also increased. But Capital—Marx’s foundational nineteenth-century work on political economy—is by no means considered an easily understood text. Central concepts, such as abstract labor, the value-form, or the fetishism of commodities, can seem opaque to ... Read more

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  • The Empires of Time, The Han Dynasty's Rise and Fall

    The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires, #5

    Series Book 5 - The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires
    Dive into the dazzling, bureaucratic, and occasionally disastrous world of ancient China with The Empires of Time: The Han Dynasty's Rise and Fall. Heinrich Wilson returns with another hilariously blunt and oddly educational look at one of history's greatest empires — the Han.From civil wars to silk exports, imperial feasts to palace drama featuring backstabbing eunuchs and philosophical ... Read more

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  • Mind of the Raven

    Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

    In Mind of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich, award-winning naturalist, finds himself dreaming of ravens and decides he must get to the truth about this animal reputed to be so intelligent.Much like a sleuth, Heinrich involves us in his quest to understand their world, letting one clue lead to the next. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a ... Read more

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  • History of the Jews (Vol. 1-6) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. From the Earliest Period to the Modern Times and Emancipation in Central Europe

    Translated by Bella Löwy ...
    Heinrich Graetz's History of the Jews, presented here in six volumes, is a monumental narrative of Jewish civilization from its ancient Near Eastern beginnings through dispersion, medieval adversity, intellectual renewal, and the modern struggle for civic emancipation. Written in a vigorous, dramatic prose, the work combines political chronicle, religious history, biography, and cultural criticism ... Read more

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  • Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated)

    What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

    by Jay Heinrichs ...
    The definitive guide to getting your way, revised and updated with new material on writing, speaking, framing, and other key tools for arguing more powerfully“Cross Cicero with David Letterman and you get Jay Heinrichs.”—Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Quartet and American SphinxNow in its fourth edition, Jay Heinrichs’s Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD