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Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.88 Used - Trade Paper 
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Atlas of World History by Patrick Obrien Publisher Comments Synthesizing exceptional cartography and impeccable scholarship, the Atlas of World History traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full color maps and over 200,000 words of text. In addition, more than 200 illustrations and tables complement the... (read more) List Price $98.95 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War by Caroline Alexander Publisher Comments A groundbreaking reading of the Iliad that restores Homer's vision of the tragedy of war, by the bestselling author of The Bounty Few warriors, in life or literature, have challenged their commanding officer and the rationale of the war they fought as... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama Publisher Comments In a brilliantly inventive work, bestselling author Simon Schama explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. Drawing on a vast... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture by Peter Garnsey Publisher Comments During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga Publisher Comments "Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." Washington Post Book World The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 by Chris Wickham Publisher Comments The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. As a result, early medieval history is much more... (read more) List Price $220.00 Your price: $59.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker Publisher Comments Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy -- a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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