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Collins Atlas of 20th Century History by Richard Overy Publisher Comments A single-volume reference to answer all your questions about history's most complex century. The 20th century was a time of massive political upheaval and rapid transition that included the Age of Imperialism, Lenin, the First World War, the rise of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W Tuchman Publisher Comments "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary<br><br>The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan Publisher Comments With the publication of her landmark bestseller Paris 1919, Margaret MacMillan was praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now she brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Europe: A History 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... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine De Pizan Publisher Comments Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 in Venice. Her family moved to Paris three years later when her father was appointed court astrologer to King Charles V. Close ties to the royal court and her father's encouragement enabled Christine to obtain a good... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Europe in the High Middle Ages (Penguin History of Europe) by William Ches Jordan Publisher Comments A brilliant portrait of Europe in the full flower of the Middle Ages.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham Publisher Comments Jon Meacham "weaves together the lives, characters, and fates of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill" ("Time") in the fullest portrait to date of the complex emotional connection between the two men who led the free world to victory in World War II.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire by Elizabeth Speller Publisher Comments One of the greatest--and most enigmatic--Roman emperors, Hadrian stabilized the imperial borders, established peace throughout the empire, patronized the arts, and built an architectural legacy that lasts to this day: the great villa at Tivoli, the domed... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Varieties of History: From Voltaire to the Present by Fritz R Stern Publisher Comments This is a book by historians about history, personal reflections on an ancient but ever varying discipline. As the present work will show, modern historians have written in a variety of genres, but the multiplicity of style cannot obscure the two basic... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The EU and Neighbors: A Geography of Europe in the Modern World by Brian Blouet Synopsis Presenting an entry level, introductory, systemic and regional survey, this book will quickly get readers up to speed on the European landscape. It uses the European Union as an organizing focus while discussing modern events in two sections. The... (read more) List Price $107.00 Your price $60.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Western Civilization on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   The Thirty Years War (New York Review Books Classics) by C V Wedgwood Publisher Comments Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-284) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean by Charles Freeman Publisher Comments Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions that span the centuries. In this unique and comprehensive introduction... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list A History of the World in Six Glasses 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... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization by Simon Hornblower Publisher Comments Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to architecture, ancient law to mythology, the sciences to the... (read more) Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Atlas of the Medieval World by Rosamon Mckitterick Publisher Comments Forged in an age of faith and war and tempered by great statesmen, religious leaders and artists, medieval civilizations witnessed remarkable transformations. Far from being a homogeneous world of knights and castles, the era saw a multitude of... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All by Peter Linebaugh Publisher Comments This remarkable book shines a fierce light on the current state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny--and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture--are being abridged... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 by Janet L Abu Lughod Publisher Comments By the end of the thirteenth century the regions of Europe, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean area, and China were becoming integrated--through activities in an archipelago of cities located along major land and sea routes--into a world system of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 1968: The Year That Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky Powells.com Staff Pick Kurlansky specializes in unlikely subject matter that might, from the outset, seem dry as toast, but in his hands becomes a delicious baguette. Following Salt, 1968 might seem like more boomer navel-gazing but it's actually an insightful and gripping... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese Publisher Comments In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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