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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan  
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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Guns, Germs and Steel : the Fates of Human Societies (97 Edition)
by Jared Diamond
Publisher Comments A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. Until around 11,000 b.c., all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the...
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History of Western Society, Complete (9TH 08 Edition)
by John P. Mckay Publisher Comments A History of Western Society examines Western civilization through the lives of ordinary people as well as historical figures, using an engaging, lively writing style to capture student interest. The authors pay careful attention to political and...
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Salt: A World History
by Mark Kurlansky
Powells.com Staff Pick I like salt. When I was younger and less self-conscious about eating a chip made from a potato paste, I used to lick each side of a Pringle until I found the saltier one, and put that side tongue-down so I could get the maximum salt intake. Salt is...
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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. Bernstein Publisher Comments Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world? In this...
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
by Dan Koeppel Publisher Comments A gripping biological detective story that uncovers the myth, mystery, and endangered fate of the world's most humble fruit To most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. In...
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Short History of the World (93 Edition)
by John M. Roberts Publisher Comments Here is a compact and affordable edition of J. M. Robert's acclaimed world history. Vividly written and beautifully illustrated, it brings the outstanding breadth of scholarship and international scope of the larger volume within the grasp of most...
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Brian M. Fagan Publisher Comments How the earth’s previous global warming phase, from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, reshaped human societies from the Arctic to the Sahara—a wide-ranging history with sobering lessons for our own time. From the tenth to the fifteenth...
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
by Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher Comments Daniel Boorstin, former librarian of the Library of Congress, gives a fascinating history of world civilization. From astronomical development, microscopes, telescopes, medicine, vaccines, genetics and map-making, this book delves into the discoveries of...
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1: From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution
by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments < P> The Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny take on modern history. It is essentially a complete and up& ndash; to& ndash; date course in college level Modern World History, but presented as a graphic novel. In an...
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The Western Heritage: Volume One, TLC Edition
by Donald Kagan Synopsis This highly visual brief survey of Western civilization provides an exceptionally balanced survey of the political, social, and cultural development of Western civilization-its strengths and weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding it. The Teaching &...
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History of the World in Six Glasses (06 Edition)
by Tom Standage
Powells.com Staff Pick Like Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Longitude, and other enjoyable histories that explore the indelible influences of a singular topic, Tom Standage takes the subject of beverages and purposes that the ages have each had their signature drink. Here he explores the...
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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
by Amy Butler Greenfield Publisher Comments This colorful account is a richly researched, dramatic, enthralling look thatportrays the color red as a driving force in history and empire since ancienttimes. 8-page color insert....
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Patterns in Prehistory : Humankind's First Three Million Years (5TH 07 Edition)
by Robert J. Wenke Publisher Comments Who are we? How did the world become what it is today? What paths did humanity traverse along the way? <BR>Patterns in Prehistory, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive and engaging survey of humanity's past three million years. It brings together...
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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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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright Publisher Comments In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history-and discerning...
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Landscape and Memory
by Simon Schama
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-621) and index....
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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
by Jennifer Mich Hecht Publisher Comments <<Hecht is right that doubts story deserves to be told ... (and) she tells it in just the right spirit.>>...
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Wealth and Poverty of Nations Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (98 Edition)
by David S. Landes
Publisher Comments David S. Landes tells the long, fascinating story of wealth and power throughout the world: the creation of wealth, the paths of winners and losers, the rise and fall of nations. He studies history as a process, attempting to understand how the world's...
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present
by Jacques Barzun
Publisher Comments Chapter One The West Torn Apart The Modern Era begins, characteristically, with a revolution. It is commonly called the Protestant Reformation, but the train of events starting early in the 16C and ending-if indeed it has ended-more than a century later...
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