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100 Mistakes That Changed History: Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World by Bill Fawcett Publisher Comments Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Slave Route: From Africa to America by Harry Holcroft Publisher Comments Of all institutions, common to all societies throughout human history, slavery is the only constant. It would not be wildly inaccurate to suggest that well over 90% of all humanity has been subjected to slavery of some description. In one form or another,... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Atlantic and Its Enemies: A History of the Cold War by Norman Stone Publisher Comments After World War II, the former allies were saddled with a devastated world economy and traumatized populace. Soviet influence spread insidiously from nation to nation, and the Atlantic powers—the Americans, the British, and a small band of allies... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Black Death by John Hatcher Publisher Comments In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Rome by Katharine Wiltshire Publisher Comments The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Rome is... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.97 Sale - Hardcover
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What Life Was Like Amid Splendor and Intrigue: Byzantine Empire, Ad 330-1453 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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States, Nations, and Borders by Allen E. (edt) Buchanan Publisher Comments Examines the views of seven prominent ethical traditions on the making and unmaking of boundaries.... (read more) List Price $47.75 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine by Scott Korb Publisher Comments What was it like to live in the time of Jesus? What did people eat? Whom did they marry? How did they keep themselves clean? What did their cities and towns look like? What did they believe? The answers, it turns out, are surprising. This simple question... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis Publisher Comments At the beginning of the eighth century, the Arabs brought a momentous revolution in power, religion, and culture to Dark Ages Europe. David Levering Lewis's masterful history begins with the fall of the Persian and Roman empires, followed by the rise of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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To the Finland Station by Edmund Wilson Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Endgame 1945 Uk by David Stafford Publisher Comments To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. While the war may have seemed all but over by Hitler's final birthday (April 20), Stafford's chronicle of the three months that followed tells a different, and much richer, story.... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Byzantium by Giles Morgan Publisher Comments The Byzantine Empire lasted for over a thousand years, created remarkable art and architecture and a lasting cultural and religious legacy that still has significance today. Now recognized as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance and a... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Roman Religion (Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization) by Valerie M Warrior Publisher Comments Examining sites that are familiar to many modern tourists, Valerie Warrior avoids imposing a modern perspective on the topic by using the testimony of the ancient Romans to describe traditional Roman religion. The ancient testimony recreates the social... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Emperor of the West: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire by Hywel Williams Publisher Comments The life, times, and historical legacy of the man who created modern Europe Every facet of the rule and legacy of one of the most remarkable rulers in European history is explored in this magisterial new study. Through his foreign conquests and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What Life Was Like at the Rebirth of Genius: Renaissance Italy, Ad 1400-1550 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Timetables of History by Random House Publisher Comments Timetables of History offers information on over 10,000 major events, from ancient times to the present. It serves as a historical outline from the first civilizations to today. It is catalogued by time period, with sections devoted to major developments... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Age of Empires by Robert Aldrich Publisher Comments The story of thirteen modern empires told with a rich profusion of illustrations drawn from a wide range of vivid, authentic sources. Images of empire are extraordinarily potent. Spanish memories of the Conquistadors; Camöes' saga of the Portuguese "... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Brief History of Classical Civilization (Brief History Of...) by Steve Kershaw Publisher Comments From Gladiator to 300, the true history of the classical world is revealed here and will include everything you need to know including: Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? Who were the Spartans? Where does democracy come from? Despite centuries of... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Chasing the Sun by Richard Cohen Publisher Comments In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports from locations in... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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