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 John, a bookseller at Gibson's Bookstore My academic background is science & history & I've been a bookseller for over 20 years, first at the Harvard Coop, then at Gibson's.

 

The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War (Hardcover)

By Stephen Puleo
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9781594161643
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Westholme Publishing, 10/2012
John's November 2012 pick
Many regard politics today as being uniquely uncivil. This book is a reminder that things could be much worse.
On May 22, 1856, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was brutally beaten by pro-slavery Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina on the floor of the US Senate. Stephen Puleo (author of Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919) does a fine job of narrating this incident (a key turning point on the path to Civil War) and its aftermath.

Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)

By Max Hastings
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780307273598
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Knopf, 11/2011
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April 2012

Do we need another history of World War II? The answer is yes, when it's as well written and engaging as this one. He gives a solid overview of battles, strategy, campaigns, etc. but the great strength of the book is the amount of attention Hastings gives to ordinary people's experience of the war.

Railway Maps of the World (Hardcover)

By Mark Ovenden
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780670022656
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Viking Adult, 4/2011
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December 2011

A book to appeal to railroad buffs, graphic design & map geeks (like me) or anyone for whom dreaming of a trip is almost as pleasurable as the journey itself.

A History of the World in 100 Objects (Hardcover)

By Neil MacGregor
$45.00
ISBN-13: 9780670022700
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Viking Adult, 10/2011
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November 2011

The author, Director of the British Museum, takes objects from throughout history to illuminate the evolution of human culture. From the sublime (Seated Buddha from Gandhara) to the mundane (the credit card), MacGregor uses these things to tell the story of mankind in a dramatically original way.

The Art Museum (Hardcover)

By Phaidon Press
$200.00
ISBN-13: 9780714856520
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Phaidon Press, 9/2011

November 2011

With over 2500 of the world's greatest works of art, this oversized (1000 pages, 19 x 14 inches) volume may be the most comprehensive history of art ever published. If the price gives you pause ($160 at Gibson's) consider what the cost would be to see all these masterpieces in person!

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