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American Mind an Interpretation of American Thoughby H.S. CommagerISBN 0300000464 (0-300-00046-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Art of the Twentieth Century: A Readerby Jason Gaiger, Paul WoodISBN 0300101449 (0-300-10144-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Arthur and the Lost Kingdomsby Alistair MoffatISBN 029764324X (0-297-64324-X)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britainby David CannadineISBN 0300059817 (0-300-05981-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain'Book summary:In this stylish and provocative book, the eminent historian David Cannadine brings his characterisitc wit and acumen to bear on the British aristocracy, probing behind the legendary escapades and indulgences of aristocrats Such as Lord Curzon, the Hon C.S. Rolls (of Rolls Royce), Winston Churchill, Harold Nicolson, and Vita Sackville -West, and changing our perceptions of them - transforming wastrels into heroes and the self-satisfied into tthe second-rate. Cannasine begins by investigating the land-owning classes as a whole during the last two hundred years, describing their origins, their habits, their increasing debts, and their involvement with the steam train, the horseless carriage, and the aeroplamne. He next focuses on patricians he finds particularly fascinating: Lord Curzon, an unrivaled ceremonial impresario and inventor of traditions; Lord Strickland, part English landowner and part Mediterranean nobleman, who has both an imperial proconsul and prime minister of Malta; and Winston Churchill, whom Cannadine sees as an aristocratic adventureer, a man who has burdened by more than he benefited fromhis family connections and patrician attitudes. Cannadiine then moves from individuals to aristocratic dynasties. He reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozwns-Hardys, a Norfolk family who playeda remarkably varies part in the life of their country, and offers a controversial reapraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harols Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West- a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage. [via]
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At the End of an Ageby John LukacsISBN 0300101619 (0-300-10161-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Battleground Berlin: CIA Vs. KGB in the Cold Warby George Bailey, David E. Murphy, Sergei A. KondrashevISBN 0300078714 (0-300-07871-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Bicycle: The Historyby David V. HerlihyISBN 0300104189 (0-300-10418-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Bohemians: The Birth of Modern Art, Paris 1900-1930by Dan FranckISBN 0297644033 (0-297-64403-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Brontesby Juliet BarkerISBN 0297812904 (0-297-81290-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brontes'Book summary:The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and "poor Charlotte". Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created by amateur biographers from Mrs Gaskell onwards who were primarily novelists, and were attracted by the tale of an apparently doomed family of genius. Later biographers still repeat her mistakes, and have, without exception, relied on the bowdlerised texts published by T.J. Wise, a forger. Juliet Barker's landmark book is the first definitive history of the Brontes. It demolishes the myths, yet provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. Based on firsthand research among all the Bronte manuscripts, many so tiny they can only be read by magnifying glass, and among contemporary historical documents never before used by Bronte biographers, this book is both scholarly and compulsively readable. [via]
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The Byzantine Empireby Robert BrowningISBN 0297778218 (0-297-77821-8)
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Calcuttaby Geoffrey MoorhouseISBN 0297004557 (0-297-00455-7)
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Cesare Borgia, His Life and Timesby Sarah BradfordISBN 0297771248 (0-297-77124-8)
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The Children of Prideby Robert Manson MyersISBN 0300031300 (0-300-03130-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Pride'Book summary:The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation family, now available in a compact, illustrated volume for new readers and for all those who so greatly admired the original monumental edition. The letters vividly recreate a period of American history unparalleled for its drama and poignancy. From reviews of the first edition: "No story in America's history has been so often told, or has so well stood the retelling, as that of the Old South and its destruction. But Robert Manson Myers's splendid [book] tells it as it has not been told before, in the fullness of its poignancy and tragedy." -Madison Jones, New York Times Book Review "A great and indispensable book." -Jonathan Yardley, New Republic "A Gone with the Wind saga.... This book is superb." -Clarence E. Olson, St. Louis Post Dispatch "The Children of Pride is family reconstruction on a grand scale. It demonstrates how the editing of sources can become, in the hands of an imaginative scholar, the work of creative history." -Citation for the 1973 National Book Award in History. The original version of The Children of Pride was the winner of the 1973 National Book Award in History. It was also named among the best books of 1972 by the American Library Association and by the New York Times Book Review, Saturday Review, Time, Washington Post, and Newsweek. [via]
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The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil Warby Charles Colcock Jones, Robert Manson MyersISBN 0300012144 (0-300-01214-4)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil Warby Robert Manson MyersISBN 0300040539 (0-300-04053-9)
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The Civilization of Ancient Egyptby Paul JohnsonISBN 0297775308 (0-297-77530-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Common Landscape of America, 1580 to 1845by John StilgoeISBN 0300030460 (0-300-03046-0)
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The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920by Barbara Jelavich, Charles JelavichISBN 0295964138 (0-295-96413-8)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to Historyby Ruth Kirk, Carmela AlexanderISBN 0295974435 (0-295-97443-5)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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A Fire on the Moonby Norman MailerISBN 0297179527 (0-297-17952-7)
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From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesusby Paula FredriksenISBN 0300084579 (0-300-08457-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Gem in the Lotus : The Seeding of Indian Civilisationby Abraham EralyISBN 0297829831 (0-297-82983-1)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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The Golden Age of Persia: The Arabs in the Eastby Richard N. FryeISBN 0297768719 (0-297-76871-9)
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The Habsburgsby Edward CrankshawISBN 0297004271 (0-297-00427-1)
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Handwriting in America: A Cultural Historyby Tamara Plakins ThorntonISBN 0300074417 (0-300-07441-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Hellfire Nation: The Politics Of Sin In American Historyby James MoroneISBN 0300105177 (0-300-10517-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Historical Atlas of Central Europeby Paul Robert MagocsiISBN 0295981466 (0-295-98146-6)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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A History of Education in Antiquityby Henri Irenee MarrouISBN 0299088146 (0-299-08814-6)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadershipby Andrew RobertsISBN 0297843303 (0-297-84330-3)
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Hitler's Spy Chief: The William Canaris Mysteryby Richard BassettISBN 0297846876 (0-297-84687-6)
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The House of Tudorby Alison PlowdenISBN 0297771477 (0-297-77147-7)
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Hudson's English History: A Compendiumby Roger HudsonISBN 0297844156 (0-297-84415-6)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecologyby Max OelschlaegerISBN 0300053703 (0-300-05370-3)
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Iron Cages: Race and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Americaby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0295959045 (0-295-95904-5)
Softcover, University of Washington Press
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Jesus: The Evidenceby Ian WilsonISBN 0297783254 (0-297-78325-4)
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The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandraby Alexandra, Wolfson, Laura Esther (AFT), Vladimir M. Khrustalev, Vladimir A. Kozlov, Alexandra Raskina, Timothy D. SergayISBN 0300072120 (0-300-07212-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra'Book summary:The last Tsaritsa of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, was murdered with her family on the night of 16-17 July 1918 by agents acting on behalf of the revolutionary Bolshevik government. The story of the demise of the Romanov dynasty has been recounted many times. This book - the recently declassified 1918 diary of Alexandra - aims to provide something no other account could do: a glimpse of the Tsaritsa's thoughts and activities from 1 January 1918 until the night of her death. As the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Alexandra wrote in English, though her native language was German and she became fluent in Russian after her marriage to Nicholas. The 1918 diary takes us into her private world, revealing the care she lavished on her children during this period of revolutionary turmoil, how she felt towards her husband, Tsar Nicholas, and what she imagined about the profound struggle - between past and present, old and new worlds, the sacred and the profane - then occurring over the destiny of Russia. The diary reveals that even in her most intimate reflections, she remained the representative of a great system of belief that had prevailed for hundreds of years in Russia and that she and Nicholas hoped to perpetuate. We see in detail the daily confrontation between this system of belief and the reality of the modern world that had, in every sense, broken free of her and Nicholas's control. The Tsaritsa's diary is accompanied by an introduction by Robert Massie. A biographical portrait of Alexandra, the introduction places her in the historical context of the revolution, her marriage to Nicholas, and the events that encompassed her, her family, and her nation. [via]
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The Life and Times of Edward VIIby Keith MiddlemasISBN 0297994263 (0-297-99426-3)
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The Life and Times of Victoriaby Dorothy MarshallISBN 0297994387 (0-297-99438-7)
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The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetryby William Kelly SimpsonISBN 0300017111 (0-300-01711-1)
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The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetryby William Simpson, Edward F. Wente, Vincent Arieh Tobin, Robert Kriech RitnerISBN 0300099207 (0-300-09920-7)
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London 1900: The Imperial Metropolisby Jonathan SchneerISBN 0300089031 (0-300-08903-1)
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Lords of All the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain, and France c.1500-c.1800by Anthony PagdenISBN 0300074492 (0-300-07449-2)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Buildersby Hiram Bingham, Hugh ThomsonISBN 0297607596 (0-297-60759-6)
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The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950by Robert A. OrsiISBN 0300091354 (0-300-09135-4)
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Marcus Aurelius: A Biographyby Anthony BirleyISBN 0300038445 (0-300-03844-5)
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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Workby Jonathan J.G. AlexanderISBN 0300060734 (0-300-06073-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Mistress of the House: Great Ladies and Grand Houses, 1670-1830by Rosemary BairdISBN 0297830783 (0-297-83078-3)
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Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural, and Social Life in the Third Reichby George L. MosseISBN 0299193047 (0-299-19304-7)
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The Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuriesby Wayne A. MeeksISBN 0300065132 (0-300-06513-2)
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Parrot's Theoremby Denis Guedj, Frank WynneISBN 0297645781 (0-297-64578-1)
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A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918by Robert WohlISBN 0300068875 (0-300-06887-5)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1537by Geoffrey MoorhouseISBN 0297643932 (0-297-64393-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu: The Significant Chapters and Supporting SelectionsISBN 0299024245 (0-299-02424-5)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Hill has prepared an excellent translation of the more important parts of the Political Testament; his notes are clear, concise, informative, and accurate, and his short introduction will provide students who wish to delve into the French original with an indication of the road that is open to them. . . . Offers a window to the mind of the redoubtable Richelieu. American Historical Review[via]More editions of Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu: The Significant Chapters and Supporting Selections:
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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empireby Peter BrownISBN 0299133443 (0-299-13344-3)
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Prince Henry 'the Navigator': A Lifeby P.E. RussellISBN 0300091303 (0-300-09130-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkinby Simon Sebag-MontefioreISBN 029781902X (0-297-81902-X)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Soundby Murray Cromwell MorganISBN 0295983035 (0-295-98303-5)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Rise and Fall of the British Nannyby Jonathan Gathorne-HardyISBN 029778594X (0-297-78594-X)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Russia in the Age of Catherine the Greatby Isabel De MadariagaISBN 0300028431 (0-300-02843-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Science in Medieval Islam: An Illustrated Introductionby Howard R. TurnerISBN 0292781490 (0-292-78149-0)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Howard Turner opens with a historical overview of the spread of Islamic civilization from the Arabian peninsula eastward to India and westward across northern Africa into Spain. He describes how a passion for knowledge led the Muslims during their centuries of empire-building to assimilate and expand the scientific knowledge of older cultures, including those of Greece, India, and China. He explores medieval Islamic accomplishments in cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, medicine, natural sciences, alchemy, and optics. He also indicates the ways in which Muslim scientific achievement influenced the advance of science in the Western world from the Renaissance to the modern era. This survey of historic Muslim scientific achievements offers students and general readers a window into one of the world's great cultures, one which is experiencing a remarkable resurgence as a religious, political, and social force in our own time.
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Seattle Past to Presentby SaleISBN 0295956151 (0-295-95615-1)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Tainos: Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbusby Irving RouseISBN 0300056966 (0-300-05696-6)
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Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacyby Terry G. JordanISBN 0292780702 (0-292-78070-2)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Two New Sciences, Including Centers of Gravity & Force of Percussionby Galileo Galilei, Stillman DrakeISBN 0299064042 (0-299-06404-2)
Softcover, University of Wisconsin Press
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The Viceroy's Daughters: The Lives of the Curzon Sistersby Anne De CourcyISBN 0297819771 (0-297-81977-1)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Victoria R.I.by Elizabeth Harman Pakenham LongfordISBN 029776635X (0-297-76635-X)
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The Viking Sagaby Peter Ludwig BrentISBN 0297769359 (0-297-76935-9)
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The Vindication of Traditionby Jaroslav PelikanISBN 0300036388 (0-300-03638-8)
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Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passageby Glyn WilliamsISBN 0300098669 (0-300-09866-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Waldenby Henry David Thoreau, J.S. CramerISBN 0300104669 (0-300-10466-9)
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War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000by Jeremy BlackISBN 0300082851 (0-300-08285-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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William Rufusby Frank BarlowISBN 0300082916 (0-300-08291-6)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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