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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
by Simon Wiesenthal  Publisher Comments While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to — and obtain...
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman 
Powells.com Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's...
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Europe : a History - a Glorious Chronicle of Europe, From Kings To Peasants, From the Urals To the Faroes (96 Edition)
by Norman Davies Publisher Comments "Europe is a magisterial work, sweeping in its analysis, illuminating in its insights and erudite in its scholarship." "Europe brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement." "A master of broad...
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Man's Search for Meaning, Revised and Updated (84 Edition)
by Victor E. Frankl
Publisher Comments When Beacon Press first published Man's Search for Meaning in 1959, Carl Rogers called it "one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years." In the thirty-three years since then, this book — at once a memoir, a...
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
Powells.com Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's...
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Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity
by Primo Levi Publisher Comments In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and Italian citizen of Jewish race, was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German...
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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present, 500 Years of Western Cultural Life
by Jacques Barzun
Review "Jacques Barzun, one of the most erudite and eloquent of minds, in his new book spans the cultural history of the Western world from the Renaissance and the Reformation till now. It is a masterpiece for the ages." (-- Martin Meyerson, President...
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King Leopold's Ghost (98 Edition)
by Adam Hochschild
Publisher Comments In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber...
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Rise of the Roman Empire (79 Edition)
by Obye Polybius Synopsis In writing his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire, the Greek statesman Polybius set out to help his fellow-countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. This text presents a translation of his work....
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Nazi Germany and the Jews, Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939
by Saul Friedlander Publisher Comments A great historian crowns a lifetime of thought and research by answering a question that has haunted us for more than 50 years: How did one of the most industrially and culturally advanced nations in the world embark on and continue along the path...
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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture
by Sarah Pomeroy Publisher Comments This book reestablishes the importance of religion in the historical assessment of the Glorious Revolution and its consequences. The distinguished scholars who contributed to this volume explore a variety of themes, including the nature of religious...
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Histories (98 Edition)
by Herodotus Publisher Comments "The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the...
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Greek Way (93 Edition)
by Edith Hamilton Synopsis The aim of this work is not a history of events but an account of the achievement and spirit of Greece. Edith Hamilton is also the author of "The Roman Way"....
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Penguin History Atlas of Ancient Rome (95 Edition)
by Chris Scarre Synopsis This atlas traces the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It examines its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences, and follows its foreign wars and internecine struggles. The transformation of Ancient Rome into a...
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill Synopsis In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece....
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Man's Search for Meaning (06 Edition)
by Viktor E. Frankl Publisher Comments 'Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while...
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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
by Plutarch And Scott Kilv Publisher Comments Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander....
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The Coming of the Third Reich
by Richard J. Evans
Powells.com Staff Pick "The Coming of the Third Reich is sober reading when compared against current events; the temptation to draw parallels is great....The past can...inform the present, and Evans offers much information on how a democracy became a fascist dictatorship in...
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (With PGS72-104) ((Rev)81 Edition)
by Walter Rodney Synopsis This wide-reaching volume shows how Africa developed before the coming of the Europeans up to the 15th century, and shows Africa's contribution to European capitalist development in the pre-colonial period. Colonialism is then shown as a system for...
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The Weimar Republic Sourcebook
by Anton Kaes Publisher Comments A laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth century. Its political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and...
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