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Life After Death
Life After Death
by Richard (edt) Bessel
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Novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War.... (read more)

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Passion of the Western Mind
Passion of the Western Mind
by Richard Tarnas
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"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp... (read more)

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Illustrated History of the World Volume 2
Illustrated History of the World Volume 2
by J M Roberts
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The Illustrated History of the World is a lavishly illustrated edition of J. M. Roberts's bestselling History of the World. Now completely revised and updated, each volume of this comprehensive reference work traces the tumultuous story of humankind from... (read more)

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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
by Eleanor Herman
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In this follow-up to her bestselling Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of a queen's boudoir. Impeccably researched, filled with page-turning romance, passion, and scandal, Sex with the Queen... (read more)

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Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World
Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World
by Alan Beard
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OUTRAGEOUS HISTORICAL REVELATIONS IN FEWER THAN 140 CHARACTERS!   THEY TWEETED WHAAAATTT? History’s most famous personalities share their ridiculous, scandalous, and humorous thoughts. From the ancient tweets of @Plato and @Socrates to modern... (read more)

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Medieval Women (Canto Book)
Medieval Women (Canto Book)
by Eileen Edna Power
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A vivid portrayal of women in the Middle Ages, with an engaging essay on Eileen Power by Maxine Berg.... (read more)

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History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s
History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s
by Timothy Garton Ash
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The 1990s. An extraordinary decade in Europe. At its beginning, the old order collapsed along with the Berlin Wall. Everything seemed possible. Everyone hailed a brave new Europe. But no one knew what this new Europe would look like. Now we know. Most of... (read more)

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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Gibbon
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"Its theme is the most overwhelming phenomenon in recorded history -- the disintegration not of a nation, but of an old and rich and apparently indestructible civilization." --Moses Hadas, editor.... (read more)

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The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men Who Introduced the World to Itself
The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, the Men Who Introduced the World to Itself
by Jonathan Wright
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We think of ambassadors as simply diplomats-but once they were adventurers who dared an uncertain fate in unknown lands, bringing gifts of greyhounds and elephants to powerful and unpredictable leaders. In vivid detail, The Ambassadors traces the... (read more)

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Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts
Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts
by Harvey Rachlin
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"A bodacious artifactual romp through history." (Kirkus Reviews)... (read more)

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Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts
Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts
by Harvey Rachlin
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The book behind the History Channel's new series, "History's Lost and Found." Following on his acclaimed Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones and Einstein's Brain, the insatiably curious Harvey Rachlin tells the fascinating and often hilarious tales of forty... (read more)

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Barbed Wire: A Political History
Barbed Wire: A Political History
by Olivier Razac
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No less than the internal combustion engine, the transistor, or the silicon chip, barbed wire is the quintessentially modern creation, a product that has influenced the lives of millions of people across the globe since its invention in the late... (read more)

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Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
by Felipe Armesto Fernandez
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In "Civilizations, " Felipe Fernandez-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler... (read more)

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Blood of Revolution: From the Reign of Terror to the Rise of Khomeini
Blood of Revolution: From the Reign of Terror to the Rise of Khomeini
by Erik Durschmied
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Starting on the eve of the French Revolution in the late 1780s, Durschmied not only describes the dramatic events but enriches each of these historic upheavals by quoting the protagonists on both sides. Letting facts and quotations speak for themselves... (read more)

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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
by Anthony Everitt
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Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time. Cicero comes to life in these pages and takes center... (read more)

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How Did It Really Happen?: Decide What You Believe about History's Intriguing Mysteries
How Did It Really Happen?: Decide What You Believe about History's Intriguing Mysteries
by Readers Digest
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Find out the true story behind 150 of the world's most enduring myths, strange disappearances, mysterious deaths, nagging controversies and timeless questions. Knowing the facts about mysteries surrounding historic events and famous people will let you... (read more)

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Time 100: Heroes & Inspirations Person of the Century
Time 100: Heroes & Inspirations Person of the Century
by Time Inc
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Memorable portraits of 20 great people who have led humanity through inspirational words and deeds. Time's editors designate the famed "Person of the Century."... (read more)

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The World on Fire: 1919 and the Battle with Bolshevism
The World on Fire: 1919 and the Battle with Bolshevism
by Anthony Read
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While the Western leaders were hammering out a peace treaty in Paris to end the Great War, a new war had already begun. Bolshevism--the creed of the Russian Revolution--had burst on the scene in 1917 and seared itself into the world's consciousness even... (read more)

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The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader
The Renaissance in Europe: A Reader
by Keith Whitlock
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An essential reference for any student of the Renaissance, this book is a collection of readings on one of the most fascinating periods of Western development. Eminent scholars explore themes of humanism, structures of authority, and levels of culture... (read more)

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The Ancient Mediterranean
The Ancient Mediterranean
by Michael Grant
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Written by eminent classical scholar Michael Grant.  The Ancient Mediterranean is a wonderfully revealing, unusually comprehensive history of all the peoples who lived around the Mediterranean from about 15,000 B.C. to the time of Constantine (306... (read more)

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