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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas Publisher Comments "[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) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Proud Tower: A Protrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman Publisher Comments "The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Baroque Personae (95 Edition) by Rosario (ed.) Villari Publisher Comments The Baroque, which stretched from the end of the sixteenth to the second half of the seventeenth century, is one of the most enigmatic eras in history. In this book, thirteen distinguished scholars develop a portrait of institutions, ideologies... (read more) List Price $35.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The West: Encounters & Transformations, Combined Volume by Brian Levack Publisher Comments ... (read more) List Price $122.00 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, Second Edition: One Volume Hardcover, Complete by Robert Tignor Publisher Comments '\'\\\'In this second edition, the book\\\\\\\'s non-Eurocentric approach continues with expansions of the original eleven world history \\\\\\\"turning point\\\\\\\" stories from the modern period to include ten more \\\\\\\"turning point... (read more) List Price $127.50 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits by Mental Floss Publisher Comments Pop quiz! Who said what about history? History is . . . (a) more or less bunk. (b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken. (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers: (1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce'... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Perspectives From Past, Volume 1 (5TH 12 Edition) by James M. Brophy Publisher Comments Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civilizations offers a broad range of selections in varying degrees of length; with a total of 225 classic and contemporary primary sources. Selections are long, which gives students a chance to... (read more) List Price $35.50 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Year 501: The Conquest Continues by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments Noting that the current period has much in common with the Colombian Age of Imperialism, during which Western Europe conquered most of the world, Chomsky focuses on various historical moments in this march of imperial power, up to and including the... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community by David C Korten Publisher Comments * Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time* Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting thereIn The Great Turning, David Korten argues that... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bollingen Series #0026: Philosophies of India by Heinrich Zimmer Publisher Comments "Indian philosophy was at the heart of Zimmer's interest in oriental studies, and this volume therefore represents his major contribution to our understanding of Asia. It is both the most complete and most intelligent account of this extraordinarily rich... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Culture and Values, Alt. Volume (7TH 10 Edition) by Lawrence S. Cunningham Publisher Comments Large course taught nationwide, but especially large in Florida, Texas, and California. Usually a popular elective but required of all incoming students at some schools. Annual enrollments in the course and current TL market share.... (read more) List Price $238.95 Your price: $158.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Social Dimension of Western Civilization , Volume 1 (5TH 03 Edition) by Richard M. Golden Publisher Comments Combining the latest scholarship with classic pieces, The Social Dimension of Western Civilization's48 secondary-source readings hook students with the fascinating and often surprising details of how everyday Western people worked, ate, played... (read more) List Price $63.90 Your price: $45.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 by Charles Murray Publisher Comments A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’ s From Dawn to Decadence. “ At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nature : Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times (98 Edition) by Peter Coates Publisher Comments In an advertisement for water filter cartridges, we see a tumbling waterfall. The caption reads, "Like nature, Brita is beautifully simple." What kind of thinking is this? Is nature an objective reality that, in its beautiful simplicity, is unaffected by... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Reflections on a Ravaged Century (00 Edition) by Robert Conquest Publisher Comments Robert Conquest has been called by Paul Johnson "our greatest living modern historian." As a new century begins, Conquest offers an illuminating examination of our past failures and a guide to where we should go next. Graced with one of the most acute... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ways of the World: a Brief Global History, Volume I (09 Edition) by Robert Strayer Publisher Comments Ways of the World offers a genuine alternative for world history survey courses. Designed from the beginning as a brief text, Ways of the World focuses on the "big picture" of significant historical developments and is thoroughly global in its thematic... (read more) List Price $68.90 Your price: $47.00 Used - Trade Paper
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World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity (7TH 10 Edition) by Peter N. Stearns Publisher Comments Rather than overwhelm students with minutia, the primary goal of World History in Brief is to present the big picture by highlighting the major developments in world history. The text emphasizes the global interactions among major civilizations, enabling... (read more) List Price $72.20 Your price: $58.00 Used - Trade Paper
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History of Western Civilization 6TH Edition by William Har Mcneill Publisher Comments Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth-century... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The West: A Narrative History, Combined Volume (Myhistorykit) by A Daniel Frankforter Publisher Comments The West: A Narrative History is one the newest and best Western Civilization textbooks on the market. It is extremely well written, and is brief enough to allow instructors to assign additional secondary or primary readings. It has a... (read more) List Price $77.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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