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The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany 1933-1945by Richard GrunbergerISBN 0306806606 (0-306-80660-6)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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1759: The Year Britain Became Master Of The Worldby Frank McLynnISBN 022406245X (0-224-06245-X)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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1945: The War That Never Endedby Gregor DallasISBN 0300119887 (0-300-11988-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Madeby Ben YagodaISBN 0306810239 (0-306-81023-9)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europeby George HuppertISBN 0253211808 (0-253-21180-8)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society 980-1420by Georges DubyISBN 0226167704 (0-226-16770-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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"If Age of the Cathedrals has a fault, it is that Professor Duby knows too much, has too many new ideas and takes such a delight in setting them out. . . insights whiz to and fro like meteorites."John Russell, New York Times Book ReviewMore editions of The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society 980-1420:
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Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evilby Bernard McGinnISBN 0231119771 (0-231-11977-1)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Art of War in the Western Worldby Archer JonesISBN 0252069668 (0-252-06966-8)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Battles of the Bibleby Chaim Herzog, Mordechai GichonISBN 0297775243 (0-297-77524-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steelby John Scott, Stephen KotkinISBN 0253205360 (0-253-20536-0)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Bible King James VersionISBN 0310930626 (0-310-93062-6)
Hardcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:This quality ministry and pew Bible in the King James Version is priced right for use by churches, church schools, institutions, or outreach ministries. Features: - Topical subject headings and translators' footnotes. - Printed on high-quality Bible paper. - Durable hardcover binding with gold stamping. - Double-column format. - 8-point type. [via]
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Claudiusby Barbara LevickISBN 0300058314 (0-300-05831-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Doradoby Charles NichollISBN 0226580253 (0-226-58025-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Crusadesby Hans Eberhard MayerISBN 0198730977 (0-19-873097-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Culture of Ancient Egyptby John Albert WilsonISBN 0226901521 (0-226-90152-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Destruction of the European Jewsby Raul HilbergISBN 0300095570 (0-300-09557-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Dream of Scipioby Iain PearsISBN 0224063138 (0-224-06313-8)
Softcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dream of Scipio'Book summary:Like his elegant debut, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears's The Dream of Scipio is an inventive, gloriously detailed historical novel told from multiple viewpoints. But Pears has set himself an additional challenge by spreading his narrators over several centuries: there's the fifth century French nobleman and bishop, Manlius, a civilized man who has embraced the uncouth Christian faith in order to protect what he holds dear; an 11th-century scholar and troubadour named Olivier de Noyen, the famously ill-fated admirer of a married girl; and Julien Barneuve, an early 20th-century scholar of de Noyen who discovers, through him, a magnificent manuscript of Manlius's called "The Dream of Scipio." Though all three men come from the same small Provençal town, it is this manuscript, derived from the teachings of a wise woman, that links the three narrative threads of Pears's story. At the heart of The Dream of Scipio and, one suspects, at the heart of its author, is the conflict between a classical ideal of learning and the contemplation of beauty, and the noisy, uncivilized, democratizing impulses of the Christian era. A novel of ideas like its predecessor, The Dream of Scipio is neither chilly nor didactic and doesn't shy away from depicting the costs of its narrators' unpopular devotions. --Regina Marler [via]
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Edward Iby Michael PrestwichISBN 0300071574 (0-300-07157-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Edward IVby Charles Derek RossISBN 0300073720 (0-300-07372-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Edward IV'Book summary:In his own time Edward IV was seen as an able and successful king who rescued England from the miseries of civil war and provided her with firm, judicious, and popular government. The prejudices of later historians diminished this high reputation, until recent research confirmed Edward as a ruler of substantial achievement, whose methods and policies formed the foundation of early Tudor government.
This classic study by Charles Ross places the reign firmly in the context of late medieval power politics, analyzing the methods by which a usurper sought to retain his throne and reassert the power of a monarchy seriously weakened by the feeble rule of Henry VI. Edward's relations with the politically active classes -- the merchants, gentry, and nobility -- form a major theme, and against this background Ross provides an evaluation of the many innovations in government on which the king's achievement rests.
"A rare combination of scholarship and shrewd common sense". -- John Raymond, Sunday Times [via]
Encyclopedia of World Historyby Market House Books LtdISBN 0198602235 (0-19-860223-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The European Reformationby Euan CameronISBN 0198730934 (0-19-873093-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Everyday Life Through the Agesby Neal V. Martin, Michael Worth DavisonISBN 0276420357 (0-276-42035-7)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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The Face of the Third Reichby Joachim C. FestISBN 030680915X (0-306-80915-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Fall of Berlinby Anthony Read, David FisherISBN 0306806193 (0-306-80619-3)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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Fifteenth Century: 1399-1485by Ernest F. JacobISBN 0198217145 (0-19-821714-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paulby Wayne A. MeeksISBN 0300098618 (0-300-09861-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Frederick the Greatby Nancy MitfordISBN 0241019222 (0-241-01922-2)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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God's Playground: A History of Poland, 1795 to the Presentby Norman DaviesISBN 0231128177 (0-231-12817-7)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0292730616 (0-292-73061-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialecticsby Gyorgy LukacsISBN 0262620200 (0-262-62020-0)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics'Book summary:This is the first time one of the most important of Lukács' early theoretical writings, published in Germany in 1923, has been made available in English. The book consists of a series of essays treating, among other topics, the definition of orthodox Marxism, the question of legality and illegality, Rosa Luxemburg as a Marxist, the changing function of Historic Marxism, class consciousness, and the substantiation and consciousness of the Proletariat.Writing in 1968, on the occasion of the appearance of his collected works, Lukács evaluated the influence of this book as follows:"For the historical effect of History and Class Consciousness and also for the actuality of the present time one problem is of decisive importance: alienation, which is here treated for the first time since Marx as the central question of a revolutionary critique of capitalism, and whose historical as well as methodological origins are deeply rooted in Hegelian dialectic. It goes without saying that the problem was omnipresent. A few years after History and Class Consciousness was published, it was moved into the focus of philosophical discussion by Heidegger in his Being and Time, a place which it maintains to this day largely as a result of the position occupied by Sartre and his followers. The philologic question raised by L. Goldmann, who considered Heidegger's work partly as a polemic reply to my (admittedly unnamed) work, need not be discussed here. It suffices today to say that the problem was in the air, particularly if we analyze its background in detail in order to clarify its effect, the mixture of Marxist and Existentialist thought processes, which prevailed especially in France immediately after the Second World War. In this connection priorities, influences, and so on are not particularly significant. What is important is that the alienation of man was recognized and appreciated as the central problem of the time in which we live, by bourgeois as well as proletarian, by politically rightist and leftist thinkers. Thus, History and Class Consciousness exerted a profound effect in the circles of the youthful intelligentsia."George Lichtheim, also in 1968, writes that "...The originality of the early Lukács lay in the assertion that the totality of history could be apprehended by adopting a particular 'class standpoint': that of the proletariat. Class consciousness ;not indeed the empirical consciousness of the actual proletariat, which was hopelessly entangled with the surface aspects of objective reality, but an ideal-typical consciousness proper to a class which radically negates the existing order of reality: that was the formula which had made it possible for the Lukács of 1923 to unify theory and practice."
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A History of the Ostrogothsby Thomas S. BurnsISBN 0253206006 (0-253-20600-6)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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The Holy BibleISBN 0310904161 (0-310-90416-1)
Softcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:This Bible contains the complete text of the King James Version. It includes an alphabetical listing of the books of the Bible, a double-column format and 7.1 point type. It is an inexpensive edition for personal or ministry use and has a convenient size for Christians who are on the go. [via]
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Holy Bible: Deluxe Gift & Award Bible King James Version, Black LeatheretteISBN 0310904234 (0-310-90423-4)
Softcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:- An economically-priced KJV Bible, its the perfect gift for promotions, confirmations, and special achievements - List of key Scripture memory verses plus directory of 150 famous Bible stories - Introductions to each book of the Bible and full-color maps [via]
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Holy Bible: King James Version, Textbook EditionISBN 031090322X (0-310-90322-X)
Hardcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:Finely illustrated with 99 optimized images. This is the Official and Authorized King James Bible, which is the world's most popular version of the Holy Bible. This Officially Authorized and Illustrated King James Version covers the full, unabridged text of the complete Bible, which has been carefully optimized for your reading using your electronic device. Every illustration is optimized for your electronic device.
This edition is fully searchable and comes with an interactive table of contents for each book for both the New and Old Testaments.
Table of Contents
Fully Complete Old Testament
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemia Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Solomon's Song Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
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Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation
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Holy Bible: Open Bible, King James Version, Brown Genuine LeatherISBN 0310904226 (0-310-90422-6)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Holy Bible: Today's New International Version, Black/Black,,Thinline, Italian Duo-Toneby ZondervanISBN 0310941350 (0-310-94135-0)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holy Bible: Today's New International Version, Black/Black,,Thinline, Italian Duo-Tone'Book summary:God's Word: A Value Beyond Price - New verse-by-verse layout. - Smythe-sewn---lays flat when open. - Easy-to-read type with red-letter words of Christ. When you give the Zondervan KJV Gift and Award Bible, you're giving the very best there is. This revised edition has been thoughtfully and meticulously redesigned to offer the ultimate in quality and usefulness. Compare with other gift Bibles and discover for yourself the unparalleled features of the KJV Gift and Award Bible: - New, spacious interior design for enhanced readability. - Clear, easy-to-follow verse-by-verse format. - Darker, larger type for maximum clarity and visual comfort. - Red-letter words of Jesus. - Overview of the Bible. - Life in New Testament Times. - Famous People in the Bible. - Famous Events in the Bible. - Lists of teachings, ministry, miracles and parables of Jesus. - Bible dictionary. - Full-color presentation page. - 2 full-color maps. - Leather-Look binding. - Quality Smythe-sewn binding opens fully, lays flat and lasts longer. - Complete Bible...an ideal gift. [via]
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Holy Bible, King James Version: Award Bible, Leather-Look, BurgundyISBN 0310904196 (0-310-90419-6)
Softcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:- An economically-priced KJV Bible, its the perfect gift for promotions, confirmations, and special achievements - List of key Scripture memory verses plus directory of 150 famous Bible stories - Introductions to each book of the Bible and full-color maps [via]
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Holy Bible, King James Version: Gift & Award Black Leather LookISBN 0310941334 (0-310-94133-4)
Softcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:God's Word: A Value Beyond Price - New verse-by-verse layout. - Smythe-sewn---lays flat when open. - Easy-to-read type with red-letter words of Christ. When you give the Zondervan KJV Gift and Award Bible, you're giving the very best there is. This revised edition has been thoughtfully and meticulously redesigned to offer the ultimate in quality and usefulness. Compare with other gift Bibles and discover for yourself the unparalleled features of the KJV Gift and Award Bible: - New, spacious interior design for enhanced readability. - Clear, easy-to-follow verse-by-verse format. - Darker, larger type for maximum clarity and visual comfort. - Red-letter words of Jesus. - Overview of the Bible. - Life in New Testament Times. - Famous People in the Bible. - Famous Events in the Bible. - Lists of teachings, ministry, miracles and parables of Jesus. - Bible dictionary. - Full-color presentation page. - 2 full-color maps. - Leather-Look binding. - Quality Smythe-sewn binding opens fully, lays flat and lasts longer. - Complete Bible...an ideal gift. [via]
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King Johnby W. L. WarrenISBN 0300073747 (0-300-07374-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Kosovo: War and Revengeby Tim JudahISBN 0300097255 (0-300-09725-5)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Plattonby Alex KershawISBN 0306814404 (0-306-81440-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Platton'Book summary:On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly in the path of the main thrust of Hitler's massive Ardennes offensive. Despite being vastly outnumbered, they were told to hold their position "at all costs." Throughout the day, the platoon repulsed three large German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing hundreds of German soldiers. Only when they had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. But their long winter was just beginning. As POWs, the platoon experienced an ordeal far worse than combat-surviving in wretched German POW camps. Yet miraculously the men of the platoon survived-all of them-and returned home after the war. More than thirty years later, when President Carter recognized the platoon's "extraordinary heroism" and the U.S. Army approved combat medals for all eighteen men, they became America's most decorated platoon of World War II. With the same vivid and dramatic prose that made The Bedford Boys a national bestseller, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of these little-known heroes-an epic tale of courage, duty, and survival in World War II and one of the most inspiring episodes in American history. The Longest Winter is an intensely human story about young men who find themselves in frightening wartime situations, who fight back instinctively, survive stoically, and live heroically.[via]More editions of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Platton:
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoonby Alex KershawISBN 0306813041 (0-306-81304-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon'Book summary:On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his "last gamble"-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them. Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.[via]More editions of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon:
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Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its Historyby E. G. RichardsISBN 0198504136 (0-19-850413-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History'Book summary:This fascinating book fully addresses a topic of much general interest by drawing together a wealth of diverse material on the much-trusted (and rarely disputed) phenomenon we know as the calendar. From the fundamentals of astronomy to the world's ancient time-keeping schemes, from the development of the modern-day calendar to the precise calculation of what happens when (as in, how does one arrive at the date for Easter Sunday?), this is a skillful yet approachable discussion of the calendar from both the historical and contemporary perspectives. Readers will even learn how to perform experiments and calculations for themselves by using such basic techniques as stargazing and simple mathematics. [via]
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Medieval Childrenby Nicholas OrmeISBN 0300097549 (0-300-09754-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Mind of the Middle Ages, A.D. 200-1500: An Historical Surveyby Frederick Binkerd ArtzISBN 0226028402 (0-226-02840-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Modern Iran: Roots And Results of Revolutionby Nikki R. Keddie, Yann RichardISBN 0300121059 (0-300-12105-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern Iran: Roots And Results of Revolution'Book summary:In this revised and expanded version of Nikki Keddie's work, "Roots of Revolution", the author brings the story of modern Iran to the present day, exploring the political, cultural, and social changes of the past quarter century. Keddie provides insightful commentary on the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian Gulf War, and the effects of 9/11 and Iran's strategic relationship with the US. She also discusses developments in education, health care, the arts and the role of women. [via]
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The Murder Of Charles The Goodby Galbert, James Bruce RossISBN 0231136714 (0-231-13671-4)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Nelson: A Personal Historyby Christopher HibbertISBN 0201408007 (0-201-40800-7)
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No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880-1920by Jackson T.J. LearsISBN 0226469700 (0-226-46970-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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On Borrowed Time: How World War II Beganby Leonard MosleyISBN 0297178156 (0-297-17815-6)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Ottoman Empire and Islamic Traditionby Norman ItzkowitzISBN 0226388069 (0-226-38806-9)
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Historyby S. J. ConnollyISBN 0198662408 (0-19-866240-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish History'Book summary:The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a radically new and eminently readable introduction to all aspects of the history of this fascinating and complex land. Written by a team of 87 specialists, its 1,800 entries explore Irish history from earliest times to the recent past. Key figures and events are re-evaluated in the light of recent research, while emerging areas of scholarship, such as women's history and public health, are discussed in depth. Many entries focus on enduring themes of Irish history, including nationalism, unionism, and Catholicism, breaking away from a purely chronological approach to examine the contexts and traditions that underpin Irish identity.
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The Oxford Companion to World War IIby Ian Dear, M. R. D. FootISBN 0198604467 (0-19-860446-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to World War II'Book summary:The definitive single-volume reference work for students of World War II, I. C. B. Dear's 1,400-page compendium provides a wealth of detail on matters that standard histories often gloss over or pass over altogether. For example, Dear covers the Night and Fog Decree, which called for the execution of any civilians committing crimes against German forces in occupied territories, as well as the Battle of the Courland Peninsula, in which Red Army soldiers overwhelmed the last German forces in the Baltic and seized Latvia and Lithuania for the Soviet Union. This is a fine book to browse through while watching Bataan or The Longest Day, or to have on hand to provide background material for other World War II-related reading. [via]
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The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Twentieth Centuryby Judith M. Brown, William Roger LouisISBN 0199246793 (0-19-924679-3)
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Reign of George Third, 1760-1815by J. Steven WatsonISBN 0198217137 (0-19-821713-7)
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Roots of Revolution: A History of the Populist and Socialist Movements in Nineteenth Century Russiaby Franco VenturiISBN 0226852709 (0-226-85270-9)
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Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popesby Eamon DuffyISBN 0300115970 (0-300-11597-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes'Book summary:Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, by Eamon Duffy, is a wonder of comprehensive compression--a sumptuously illustrated, one-volume history of one of the most influential human institutions in world history. Duffy's lively portraits of the 261 scholars, scoundrels, and spiritual guides who have led the Roman Catholic Church are embedded in six historical essays that proceed chronologically from St. Peter to John Paul II. Duffy, a reader in church history and fellow at Cambridge, writes in the mannered yet affable tone of an avuncular English don. His narrative and arguments convey his own Catholic conviction that "the story of the popes is a crucial dimension of the providential care of God for humankind throughout history." Yet he also offers candid assessments of papal moral failings, including spectacular failures such as the orchestration of the Spanish Inquisition and the willed ignorance of Germany's Third Reich. Duffy's glossary of theological terms ensures that no secular reader will be lost in Christian arcana, and his excellent bibliographical essay will help motivated students zero in on the best resources for learning more about any period of Catholic history. For readers primarily concerned with current events, his analysis of John Paul II's papacy is extraordinarily useful and refreshingly free of cant. "To many people Pope John Paul seems a backward-looking figure, a man attempting to force a champagne cork back into the bottle," Duffy writes. "To others, he points the way towards a recovery of balance, a restoration of order and true faith in the flux of time. Only time, and the next conclave, will reveal which of these directions in their long walk through history the heirs of St. Peter will take." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politicsby Bruce J. SchulmanISBN 030681126X (0-306-81126-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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A Social History of the Third Reichby Richard GrunbergerISBN 0297002945 (0-297-00294-5)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Sources of Chinese Traditionby Wing-Tsit Chan, Irene Bloom, Joseph Adler, Richard Lufrano, William T. DebaryISBN 0231109385 (0-231-10938-5)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sources of Chinese Tradition'Book summary:A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women's education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections.
Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571--1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings.
The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius's Analects, the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes ( I Jing), the Classic of Filiality, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China.
With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century.
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Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Centuryby Theodore Debary, Richard LufranoISBN 0231112718 (0-231-11271-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century'Book summary:For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition, revised and extended through Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin--era China, this classic volume remains unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, and thought in the world's largest nation. Award-winning China scholar Wm. Theodore de Bary -- who edited the first edition in 1960 -- and his coeditor Richard Lufrano have revised and updated the second volume of Sources to reflect the interactions of ideas, institutions, and historical events from the seventeenth century up to the present day.
Beginning with Qing civilization and continuing to contemporary times, volume II brings together key source texts from more than three centuries of Chinese history, with opening essays by noted China authorities providing context for readers not familiar with the period in question.
Here are just a few of the topics covered in this second volume of Sources of Chinese Tradition:
" Early Sino-Western contacts in the seventeenth century;
" Four centuries of Chinese reflections on differences between Eastern and Western civilizations;
" Nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements, with treatises on women's rights, modern science, and literary reform;
" Controversies over the place of Confucianism in modern Chinese society;
" The nationalist revolution -- including readings from Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek;
" The communist revolution -- with central writings by Mao Zedong;
" Works from contemporary China -- featuring political essays from Deng Xiaoping and dissidents including Wei Jingsheng.
With more than two hundred selections in lucid, readable translation by today's most renowned experts on Chinese language and civilization, Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be recognized as the standard for source readings on Chinese civilization, an indispensable learning tool for scholars and students of Asian civilizations.
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Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600by Irene Bloom, Joseph Adler, William Theodore De Bary, Richard LufranoISBN 0231109393 (0-231-10939-3)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Realityby Paul BarberISBN 0300048599 (0-300-04859-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Warfare in the Eighteenth Centuryby Jeremy BlackISBN 0304362123 (0-304-36212-3)
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La Iglesia Catolicaby Hans Kung, Albert BorrasISBN 0307273822 (0-307-27382-2)
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