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In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends of the World In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends of the World
by Michael Wood

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In this compelling new book, accompanying the PBS television series of the same name, historian Michael Wood, whose renowned adventures have taken him to many remote and exciting places around the globe, now goes in search of four powerful legends... (read more)

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The Americas: A Hemispheric History (Modern Library Chronicles #13) The Americas: A Hemispheric History (Modern Library Chronicles #13)
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

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In this groundbreaking work, leading historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the story of our hemisphere as a whole, showing why it is impossible to understand North, Central, and South America in isolation without turning to the intertwining... (read more)

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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146bc The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146bc
by Adrian Goldsworthy

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Adrian Goldsworthy is one of the best young historians writing today. John Keegan The Fall of Carthage was the greatest conflict of the ancient world, and thanks to one of the finest historians of our time, this sweeping saga comes to life anew... (read more)

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A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968
by Paul Berman

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-343) and index.... (read more)

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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion
by Steph Dando Collins

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Reviews From The First Edition Posterity may remember The Dollar Crisis as a seminal book in the field of twenty-first century economics. Indeed, rarely has a book offered such a grim yet well argued view of the current economic situation facing the... (read more)

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Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe
by Angela E Stent

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The relationship between Russia and Germany has been pivotal in some of the most fateful events of the twentieth century: the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the emergence of a new Europe from the ashes of communism. This is the first book to examine... (read more)

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Decline of the West Volume II: Perspectives of World History Decline of the West Volume II: Perspectives of World History
by Oswald Spengler

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Oswald Spengler was born in 1880 at Blankenburg, Germany. He studied mathematics, philosophy, and history at Munich and Berlin. Except for his doctor's thesis on Heraclitus, he published nothing before the first volume of The Decline of the West, which... (read more)

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History of European Family #03: Family Life in the Twentieth Century: The History of the European Family: Volume 3 History of European Family #03: Family Life in the Twentieth Century: The History of the European Family: Volume 3
by David Kertzer

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This volume completes the History of the European Family series, a comprehensive synthesis of what is known about European families across the past five centuries. The profound political and social transformations that occurred from 1914-2000 were... (read more)

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Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History
by Olivier Zunz

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Five historians uncover the ties between people's daily routines and the all-encompassing framework of their lives. They trace the processes of social construction in Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and China, discussing both... (read more)

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On the Teaching and Writing of History: Responses to a Series of Questions On the Teaching and Writing of History: Responses to a Series of Questions
by Bernard Bailyn

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Bailyn, a professor at Harvard and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, writes of the impossibility of teaching history without bias, and that history itself is constantly open to new interpretations and viewpoints.... (read more)

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The Subversive Tradition in Spanish Renaissance Writing The Subversive Tradition in Spanish Renaissance Writing
by Antonio Perez-romero

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This book samples a cross-section of literature from the Spanish Renaissance, and discovers a surprising flavor of ferment, discontent, and subversion often masked by the pervasive perfumes of stability--church, state, and wealth. This slice of time... (read more)

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Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
by Ian Kershaw

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The history of the Second World War, with its horrible twists and turns, is so well known that the major events and their outcomes have taken on a sort of inevitability. Ian Kershaw's extraordinarily thought-provoking and gripping new book, FATEFUL... (read more)

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Oxford Dictionary of World History 2ND Edition Oxford Dictionary of World History 2ND Edition
by Oxford Univ Press

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An incredibly useful reference, the second edition of A Dictionary of World History has been fully revised and updated in order to bring it into the 21st century. It contains over 4,000 clear and concise entries on all aspects of history, from prehistory... (read more)

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Rome Rome
by Ada Gabucci

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This pocket-size reference draws on the vast treasures of this ancient civilization to illustrate the remarkable achievements of one of the great empires of the West.... (read more)

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The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories) The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
by T C W Blanning

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Modern Europeans, argues T. C. W. Blanning, are characterized by the conviction that the ground is moving beneath their feet. Among other things, it has given them a strong sense of dynamism: the world is changing, it can be changed, and so it should be... (read more)

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The End of the European Era: 1890 To the Present, 4TH Edition The End of the European Era: 1890 To the Present, 4TH Edition
by Felix Gilbert

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A standard text now brought current through 1989-1990. A new edition (3d was in 1984) will be needed to reflect events of August 1991. A solid and concise treatment with a modest bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more)

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The Greeks: An Introduction to Their Culture The Greeks: An Introduction to Their Culture
by Robin Sowerby

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"The Greeks" is a concise, yet wide-ranging, introduction to the culture of ancient Greece. This concise survey covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the end of the classical period, providing detailed... (read more)

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Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History
by Mary Lefkowitz

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Not Out of Africa has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic... (read more)

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Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness
by Guy Maclean Rogers

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For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend — and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two.... (read more)

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A Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in History) A Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in History)
by Thomas F Madden

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The crusades were a quintessentially medieval phenomenon, which both defined and reflected the unique social forces that characterized Europe in the Middle Ages. In this fascinating book, Thomas F. Madden places the crusades within the medieval social... (read more)

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