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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt Publisher Comments One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin Publisher Comments "This book provides an introduction to Byzantium in a nonconventional fashion. It explores, in chronological order, basic questions about Byzantine history and society. I know of no other book that attempts this approach to the millennium-long history of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt Publisher Comments The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. The twentieth century comes to... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History (Columbia Guides to Asian History) by R. Keith Schoppa Publisher Comments This book is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years.... (read more) Your price: $85.50 New - Hardcover
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What Life Was Like in Europe's Golden Age: Northern Europe, Ad 1500-1675 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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Cold War : New History (05 Edition) by John Lewis Gaddis Publisher Comments The and#147;dean of Cold War historiansand#148; (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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