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Salt: A World History
by Mark Kurlansky
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
by David Hoffman
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This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world... ( read more)
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The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-Century Thought
by William R Everdell
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A lively and accessible history of Modernism, The First Moderns is filled with portraits of genius, and intellectual breakthroughs, that richly evoke the fin-de-siecle atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg. William Everdell offers... ( read more)
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Empires of the Sea: the Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World (08 Edition)
by Roger Crowley
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In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths... ( read more)
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
by Margaret Macmillan
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National Bestseller New York Times Editors’ Choice Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Silver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign Relations Finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book... ( read more)
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Civilization of the Middle Ages
by Norman F Cantor
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Now completely revised and expanded, this comprehensive general history of the Middle Ages centers on medieval culture and religion rather than on political history, and retains the powerful narrative flow that made the earlier edition so accessible and... ( read more)
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Forge of Empires 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made
by Michael Knox Beran
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Writing with the sweep of a Tolstoyan novel and the cinematic excitement of a Hollywood epic, acclaimed author Beran brings to life a compelling cast of characters who have ushered in or witnessed the events of the revolutionary decade, 1861-1870... ( read more)
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Columbian Exchange Biological
by A W Crosby
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"The best thing about this book is its overarching thesis, the concept of a Columbian exchange. This provocative device permits Crosby to shape a lot of familiar and seemingly unrelated data into a fresh synthesis. . . . The implications of this... ( read more)
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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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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
by Barbara W Tuchman
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World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
by William Manchester
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative... ( read more)
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Dark Valley : Panorama of the 1930S (00 Edition)
by Piers Brendon
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In a work of breathtaking scholarship and scope, "The Dark Valley" is a magisterial overview of the clouded and turbulent pause between the two World Wars. Brendon expertly takes readers through a decade dominated by the Great Depression, political... ( read more)
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A History of Civilizations
by Fernand Braudel
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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... ( read more)
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At the End of an Age
by John Lukacs
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This compelling book is a deeply informed reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Renowned historian John Lukacs asserts that now, even at the end of the modern age, our understanding of the universe is based on what we fallible... ( read more)
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
by Nicholson Baker
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Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy — a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh... ( read more)
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Postwar : History of Europe Since 1945 (05 Edition)
by Tony Judt
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Tony Judt's POSTWAR is an unprecedented accomplishment: the first truly European history of contemporary Europe, from Lisbon to Leningrad, based on research in six languages, covering thirty-four countries across sixty years in a single integrated... ( read more)
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In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
by Adrian Goldsworthy
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Adrian Goldsworthy has received wide acclaim for his exceptional writing on the Roman Empire—including high praise from the acclaimed military historian and author John Keegan—and here he offers a new perspective on the Empire by focusing on... ( read more)
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A History of the 20th Century: Volume Three: 1952-1999
by Martin Gilbert
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One of the most eminent historians of our time brings readers up to date in this rich historical narrative of the contradictory events of the last 50 years. Three 8-page photo inserts.... ( read more)
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Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (00 Edition)
by Brian Fagan
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning treatise explores patterns and symbols in the disciplines of mathematics, art, and musical... ( read more)
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Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
by Peter Watson
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In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. The narrative begins nearly two million years ago with the... ( read more)
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