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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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The Western Heritage: Volume One, TLC Edition
by Donald Kagan Synopsis "Volume I: To 1750" For introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization; or a supplemental text in Art History or other basic cultural history survey courses. This highly visual "brief" survey of Western...
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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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Passion of the Western Mind (91 Edition)
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...
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A Short History of the World
by J 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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Traditions and Encounters : Global Perspective on the Past, Combined Edition (4TH 08 Edition)
by Jerry Bentley Publisher Comments Over a million students at thousands of schools have learned about world history with the best selling book for the course, Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Using the twin themes of traditions and encounters, the text...
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Classics : a Very Short Introduction (95 Edition)
by Mary Beard Publisher Comments Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects -- from Islam to Sociology, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume...
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
by Thomas S Kuhn Publisher Comments For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical...
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Renaissance Lives : Portraits of an Age (00 Edition)
by Theodore K. Rabb Publisher Comments With Renaissance Lives, Theodore K. Rabb revives a tradition of writing that was often practiced by the historians of that astounding era: to tell the story of an age by examining the lives of those who lived it. Rabb’s subjects are all people who...
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Origins of the Modern World : Global and Ecological Narrative From the Fifteenth To the Twenty-first Century (2ND 07 Edition)
by Robert B. Marks Publisher Comments This clearly written and engaging book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world. Unlike most studies, which assume that the rise of the West is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new...
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History of Civilizations (93 Edition)
by Fernand Braudel Publisher Comments This groundbreaker by one of the premier historians of this century takes an anti-ethnocentric approach to the history of civilizations. This book focuses on the broad sweep of history rather than on the famous events. It covers historical developments...
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Culture and Values - a Survey of the Humanities, Volume I - With CD (6TH 06 Edition)
by Lawrence Cunningham Publisher Comments Trusted by professors of the humanities survey course for over twenty years, CULTURE AND VALUES covers Western cultures along with important non-Western cultures, providing students solid, accessible introductions to art, music, philosophy, literature...
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Western Civilization To 1715
by Jackson J. Spielvogel Publisher Comments Best-selling text, WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and...
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Age of Extremes : a History of the World, 1914-1991 (94 Edition)
by Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher Comments Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950, the Golden Age, 1950-1973, and the Landslide, 1973-1991, Hobsbawm marshals a vast array of data into a volume of unparalleled inclusiveness, vibrancy, and insight, a work that ranks with his...
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Book of Five Rings (94 Edition)
by Miyamoto Musashi Publisher Comments Japan's answer to the Harvard MBA Written over three centuries ago by a Samurai warrior, the book has been hailed as a limitless source of psychological insight for businessmen -- or anyone who relies on strategy and tactics for outwitting the...
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Guns, Germs and Steel - With New Forward ((Rev)05 Edition)
by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new...
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An Intimate History of Humanity
by Theodore Zeldin Publisher Comments A provocative work that explores the evolution of emotions and personal relationships through diverse cultures and time. "An intellectually dazzling view of our past and future."--Time...
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Twentieth Century and Beyond (7TH 08 Edition)
by Goff And Moss / Terry / Upshur / Schroeder Publisher Comments Written by a diverse group of scholars who bring their regional expertise together, this best-selling text offers a balanced treatment of global events and developments in the twentieth century and beyond. By integrating key themes of science and...
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World Civilizations: Volume II : Since 1500 (5TH 08 Edition)
by Philip J. Adler Publisher Comments Short chapters, great stories, and tons of study tools! Adler and Pouwels's WORLD CIVILIZATIONS is a vibrant introduction to world history structured to meet the demands of your study schedule. It's clearly written, packed with charts and illustrations...
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World of Thought in Ancient China (85 Edition)
by Benjamin I. Schwartz Publisher Comments The center of this prodigious work of scholarship is a fresh examination of the range of Chinese culture thought during the formative period of Chinese culture. Benjamin Schwartz looks at the surviving texts of this period with a particular focus on the...
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