Browse Books: History / World

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback) By Yuval Noah Harari $24.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Place #1) (Paperback) By Tim Marshall $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	A Little History of the World (Little Histories) (Paperback) By E. H. Gombrich, Clifford Harper (Illustrator) $16.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (Paperback) By Peter Frankopan $20.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback) By Tom Standage $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Paperback) By Simon Winchester $18.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback) By Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox (Translator), Homi K. Bhabha (Foreword by) $16.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History (Fifty Things That Changed the Course of History) (Paperback) By Bill Laws $19.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Hardcover) By Neil Price $35.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback) By Simon Singh $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Cartoon History of the Universe: Volumes 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great (Paperback) By Larry Gonick $26.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Lannan Selection) (Paperback) By Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) $19.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

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