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The pessimist's guide to history The pessimist's guide to history
by Stuart Flexner

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The original "irreverent jaunt through the catastrophes, cataclysms and outrages that shaped our world" has sold more than 73,000 copies. This updated edition takes us from the Big Bang (it was an explosion, after all) to the turn of the millennium, with... (read more)

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Oxford History of the Classical World Oxford History of the Classical World
by John Boardman

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From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world has established the foundations of our culture, as well as many of its enduring... (read more)

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God Wills It!: An Illustrated History of the Crusades God Wills It!: An Illustrated History of the Crusades
by W B Bartlett

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The dramatic history of the movement which throughout much of the Middle Ages sought to establish Christianity in the place of its birth. A tale of wordy ambition and spiritual sacrifice, pride and humility, extraordinary valor and despicable cowardice.... (read more)

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Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany, and Italy in the Decade After World War I Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany, and Italy in the Decade After World War I
by Charles S Maier

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The author of fourteen books, Charles Maier is one of the most prominent contemporary scholars of European history. Recasting Bourgeois Europe, his first book, presented an unparalleled analysis of the crucial decade in Europe after 1918. Based on... (read more)

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Objectivity Is Not Neutrality: Explanatory Schemes in History Objectivity Is Not Neutrality: Explanatory Schemes in History
by Thomas L Haskell

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In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Thomas L. Haskell argues for a moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society -- even while upholding time-honored distinctions... (read more)

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The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
by Eric J Hobsbawm

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Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War.... (read more)

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Common Destiny: Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany Common Destiny: Dictatorship, Foreign Policy, and War in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
by Macgregor Knox

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This book offers a genuinely comparative analysis of the dictatorships that launched the Second World War: their origins, nature, dynamics, and common ruin. It provides an unconventional and compelling overview from territorial unification in the 1860s... (read more)

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Preparing for the Twenty-First Century Preparing for the Twenty-First Century
by Paul Kennedy

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Kennedy's groundbreaking book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers helped to reorder the current priorities of the United States. Now, he synthesizes extensive research on fields ranging from demography to robotics to draw a detailed, persuasive, and... (read more)

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Visions of Utopia Visions of Utopia
by Edward Rothstein

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From the sex-free paradise of the Shakers to the worker's paradise of Marx, utopian ideas seem to have two things in common--they all are wonderfully plausible at the start and they all end up as disasters. In Visions of Utopia, three leading cultural... (read more)

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Black Death Black Death
by Sean Martin

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The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to... (read more)

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Day By Day the Eighties 2 Volumes Day By Day the Eighties 2 Volumes
by Ellen Meltzer

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The decade's major political, social, and cultural shifts are documented in two easy-to-use volumes. Photos. Index.... (read more)

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Alexander Alexander
by Theodore Ayra Dodge

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Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) was incontestably one of the greatest military generals of all time. From the time he sacked Thebes and crossed the Hellespont to his death eleven years later, he conquered the entire Persian empire, including... (read more)

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The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia
by Richard Overy

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If the past century will be remembered for its tragic pairing of civilized achievement and organized destruction, at the heart of darkness may be found Hitler, Stalin, and the systems of domination they forged. Their lethal regimes murdered millions and... (read more)

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Ancient History: Monuments and Documents (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) Ancient History: Monuments and Documents (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
by Charles W Hedrick

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This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in doing ancient history, as opposed to reading it.... (read more)

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Europe and the World, 1650-1830 Europe and the World, 1650-1830 Europe and the World, 1650-1830 Europe and the World, 1650-1830
by Jeremy Black

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"Europe and the World, 1650-1830" is an important study of the first age of globalization. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. Focusing on... (read more)

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
by J W Roberts

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Authoritative, wide-ranging, and unrivalled in its accessibility, The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World is a concise and lucid survey of life in ancient Greece and Rome, spanning 776 BC - AD 180, from the first Olympic games to the death of Marcus... (read more)

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All for Love: Seven Centuries of Illicit Liaison All for Love: Seven Centuries of Illicit Liaison
by Val Horsler

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For centuries, the vagaries of human passion have moved, amused or scandalized us. Drawing on literary sources as well as personal letters, criminal trials and divorce papers from the National Archives, it uncovers people's real attitudes to sexual... (read more)

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From Armageddon To the Fall of Rome From Armageddon To the Fall of Rome
by Erik Durschmied

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In the Mediterranean, the most fought-over region in the world, history was made and warfare changed forever. This volume looks at 17 of ancient history's most fascinating battles, from Pharaonic Egypt to Rome, the world's first superpower, and from... (read more)

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Rome in Augustan Age Rome in Augustan Age
by Henry T Rowell

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This book is intended to serve three purposes: to account historically for the great flowering in Rome that occurred in the Augustan Age; to describe the city in its physical and cultural development as it reached its peak; and to make the discovery of... (read more)

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The Reign of Arthur: From History to Legend The Reign of Arthur: From History to Legend
by Christopher Gidlow

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Detailed analysis of the key Arthurian sources, contemporary testimony and archaeology reveals the reality of fragmented British kingdoms uniting under a single military command to defeat the Saxons. There is plausible and convincing evidence for the... (read more)

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