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1921 : The Great Novel of the Irish Civil Warby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0312867549 (0-312-86754-9)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Age of Powerby Carl J. Friedrich, Charles BlitzerISBN 0313235503 (0-313-23550-3)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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America's Secret Aristocracyby Stephen BirminghamISBN 0316096504 (0-316-09650-4)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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American Experience: An Interpretation of the History and Civilizationby Henry B. ParkesISBN 0313225745 (0-313-22574-5)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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American Life from 1607 to the Civil Warby Julius Weinberg, John H. CaryISBN 0316130737 (0-316-13073-7)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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The American Promise: A History of the United States, to 1877by James L. Roark, Michael P. Johnson, Patricia Cline Cohen, Sarah StageISBN 0312406886 (0-312-40688-6)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The American Promise: A Compact Historyby James L. Roark, Michael P. Johnson, Alan Lawson, Patricia Cline Cohen, Sarah StageISBN 0312441657 (0-312-44165-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Promise: A Compact History'Book summary:[via]The American Promise: A Compact History offers a unique mid-sized alternative to brief and full-sized texts alike. Designed to draw students into the book and spark their historical imagination, abundant artifacts in the visual program make history tangible and introduces students to material culture, while numerous voices of individuals in the narrative connect students to the people who embraced and contested America's promise. The narrative is condensed by the authors to provide just the right amount of text but not too much to preclude additional readings, and it is enhanced by an abundance of full-color visuals, special features, and study tools usually paired only with full-length narratives to engage and support students in every facet of their learning. The unique combination of narrative, visuals, features and study tools in this mid-sized book is offered at a price thirty percent lower than that of its full-length parent text, making the compact edition just the right choice for many courses.More editions of The American Promise: A Compact History:
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At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold Warby Strobe Talbott, Michael BeschlossISBN 0316092827 (0-316-09282-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Barbara Bush: A Memoirby Barbara BushISBN 0312956649 (0-312-95664-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Blood Songby Terry C. JohnstonISBN 0312929218 (0-312-92921-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Briar Roseby Jane YolenISBN 0312851359 (0-312-85135-9)
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Christopher Columbus And The Enterprise Of The Indies: A Brief History With Documentsby Blair Sullivan, Geoffrey SymcoxISBN 0312410212 (0-312-41021-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Crucial Decade: America, 1945-1955by Eric F. GoldmanISBN 0313231478 (0-313-23147-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Daily Life in Chaucer's Englandby Jeffrey L. Singman, Will McLeanISBN 0313293759 (0-313-29375-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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A Death In Brazil: A Book Of Omissionsby Peter RobbISBN 0312424876 (0-312-42487-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Deke!: U.S. Manned Space From Mercury to the Shuttleby Michael Cassutt, Donald K. SlaytonISBN 031285918X (0-312-85918-X)
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Diplomacy of the American Revolutionby Samuel F. BemisISBN 0313241732 (0-313-24173-2)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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The Eagles' Broodby Jack WhyteISBN 0312852894 (0-312-85289-4)
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An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the Worldby Pankaj MishraISBN 0312425090 (0-312-42509-0)
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Europe and the French Imperium, 1799-1814by Geoffrey BrunISBN 0313240787 (0-313-24078-7)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Europe's Classical Balance of Powerby Edward GulickISBN 0313233500 (0-313-23350-0)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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The Feast of the Goatby Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith GrossmanISBN 0312420277 (0-312-42027-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Feast of the Goat'Book summary:Mario Vargas Llosa, a former candidate for the presidency of Peru, is better placed than most novelists to write about the machinations of Latin American politics. In The Feast of the Goat he offers a vivid re-creation of the Dominican Republic during the final days of General Rafael Trujillo's insidious and evil regime. Told from several viewpoints, the book has three distinctive, alternating strands. There is Urania Cabral, the daughter of Trujillo's disgraced secretary of state, who has returned to Santo Domingo after more than 30 years. Now a successful New York lawyer, Urania has never forgiven her aging and paralyzed father, Agustín, for literally sacrificing her to the carnal despot in the hope of regaining his political post. Flipping back to May of 1961, there is a group of assassins, all equally scarred by Trujillo, waiting to gun the Generalissimo down. Finally there is an astonishing portrait of Trujillo--the Goat--and his grotesque coterie. Llosa depicts Trujillo as a villain of Shakespearean proportions. He is a preening, macho dandy who equates his own virility with the nation's health. An admirer of Hitler "not for his ideas but for the way he wore a uniform" (fittingly he equips his secret police force with a fleet of black Volkswagen Beetles), Trujillo even has his own Himler in Colonel Abbes Garcia, a vicious torturer with a predilection for the occult.
As the novel edges toward Trujillo's inevitable murder, Urania's story gets a bit lost in the action; the remaining narratives however, are rarely short of mesmerizing. Trujillo's death unleashes a new order, but not the one expected by the conspirators. Enslaved by the soul of the dead chief, neither they nor the Trujillo family--who embark on a hideous spree of bloody reprisals--are able to fill the void. Llosa has them all skillfully outmaneuvered by the puppet-president Joaquín Belaguer, a former poet who is the very antithesis of the machismo Goat. Savage, touching, and bleakly funny, this compelling book gives an all too human face to one of Latin America's most destructive tyrants. --Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Feast of the Goat: International Editionby Mario Varga Llosa, Edith GrossmanISBN 0312987064 (0-312-98706-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A Flame in Byzantiumby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312930267 (0-312-93026-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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For the Record: From Wall Street to Washingtonby Donald ReganISBN 0312915187 (0-312-91518-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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French Lieutenant's Womanby John FowlesISBN 0316291161 (0-316-29116-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Friends of Richard Nixonby George V. HigginsISBN 0316360805 (0-316-36080-5)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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From Despotism to Revolution, 1763-1789by Leo GershoyISBN 0313240809 (0-313-24080-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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George Washington: Anguish and Farewell, 1793-1799by James Thomas FlexnerISBN 0316286028 (0-316-28602-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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George Washington: The Forge of Experience, 1732-1775by James Thomas FlexnerISBN 0316285978 (0-316-28597-8)
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Goldwaterby Barry M. Goldwater, Jack CasserlyISBN 0312920008 (0-312-92000-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of Americaby Jason GoodwinISBN 0312422121 (0-312-42212-1)
Softcover, Picador
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Hornblower and the Hotspurby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0316290467 (0-316-29046-7)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hornblower and the Hotspur'Book summary:April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower-who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy-commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations. All the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own "accursed unhappy temperament"-matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs. [via]
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How Did They Die?by Norman Donaldson, Betty DonaldsonISBN 0312917406 (0-312-91740-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novelby Luis Alberto UrreaISBN 0316154520 (0-316-15452-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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If the South Had Won the Civil Warby MacKinlay KantorISBN 0312869495 (0-312-86949-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If the South Had Won the Civil War'Book summary:The Past is a strange place indeed . . . everything could have been so different so easily.[via]
Just a touch here and a tweak there . . . .
MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Price-winning author and master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War: how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the Confederacy. What would have happened to the Union, to Abraham Lincoln, to the people of the North and South, to the world?
If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an American Classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable for a decade. Now, this much requested classic is once again available for a new generation of readers, and features a stunning cover by acclaimed Civil War artist Don Troiani, a new introduction by award-winning alternate history author Harry Turtledove, and fifteen superb illustrations by the incomparable Dan Nance.
It all begins on that fateful afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, 1863, when a deplorable equestrian accident claims the life of General Ulysses S. Grant . . . .More editions of If the South Had Won the Civil War:
Kommando: German Special Forces of World War Twoby James Sidney LucasISBN 0312459408 (0-312-45940-8)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Last Seen in Massiliaby Steven SaylorISBN 0312977875 (0-312-97787-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Seen in Massilia'Book summary:There are those who say that Steven Saylor's stunningly atmospheric novels featuring an ancient Roman sleuth are the last word in this particular genre. But there are also those who say that Lindsey Davis's Falco (in her own series of Roman mysteries) is every inch the equal of Saylor's Gordianus the Finder. Actually, it doesn't matter a damn who does this kind of thing best: both writers are such masters of their craft, that readers should be grateful two such adroit practitioners are working at the height of their powers. The latest in Saylor's Roma sub Rosa series, Last Seen in Massilia, is probably his most compelling yet, and his wry hero's first-person narration again pulls off the brilliant sleight-of-hand of transplanting a modern sensibility into a denizen of the ancient world, while always avoiding anachronism. As a guide through the bloody back alleys of Rome and the decadent splendours of its Senatorial palaces, Gordianus is non-pareil: the perfect cynical survivor.
The Roman world is torn apart by a civil war, and Caesar and Pompey struggle for ascendancy. But life goes on pretty much as normal for Gordianus, who receives an anonymous message telling him that his son is dead. Meto was playing the dangerous game of acting as a double agent for Caesar, and as Gordianus tries to find who is behind the murder, he finds himself in the blockaded seaport of Massilia, with famine and bloodshed an ever-present threat. And as he pursues what seems an impossible quest, Gordianus' only friend in the city has been chosen by the corrupt officials to die for the sins of a populace and stave off catastrophe. And then there is the young woman Gordianus has seen fall from the Sacrifice Rock outside the city.
Saylor's plotting remains as deliriously convoluted as ever, while his grasp of historical detail never falters. The reader, while transfixed by the narrative, is continually aware of the sights and smells of the eternal city when it was the centre of the civilised world. One reads each new Gordianus novel thinking, "Is this the one in which Saylor loses that golden touch?" But so far, it hasn't happened--the burnish the author gives his work still dazzles.
--Barry Forshaw [via]
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Lieutenant Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0316290637 (0-316-29063-7)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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The Long Ball: The Summer of '75-Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Playedby Tom AdelmanISBN 0316068993 (0-316-06899-3)
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Makers of the Western Tradition: Portraits from Historyby J. Kelley SowardsISBN 0312506155 (0-312-50615-5)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Man, His First Two Million Years: A Brief Introduction to Anthropologyby Ashley MontaguISBN 0313226008 (0-313-22600-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History: A Reinterpretationby Frederick Merk, Lois B. MerkISBN 0313238448 (0-313-23844-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Maps in Context: A Workbook for American Historyby Gerald A. DanzerISBN 0312434812 (0-312-43481-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Maps in Context: A Workbook for American History, from 1865by David Brody, James A. Henretta, Lynn Dumenil, Gerald DanzerISBN 031240932X (0-312-40932-X)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Maps in Context: A Workbook for American History, to 1877by David Brody, James A. Henretta, Lynn Dumenil, Gerald DanzerISBN 0312409311 (0-312-40931-1)
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Mediaeval Churchby M.W. BaldwinISBN 0313235546 (0-313-23554-6)
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The Medieval Archerby Jim BradburyISBN 0312526652 (0-312-52665-2)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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A Mist of Propheciesby Steven SaylorISBN 0312983778 (0-312-98377-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklinby Catherine Drinker BowenISBN 0316103799 (0-316-10379-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0316289124 (0-316-28912-4)
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Forester's genius was not tidy, and so this story, which sets Hornblower on course at age 17, is Forester's sixth book about him, though it should have been the first. LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER, which follows it, carries the intrepid young man another step forward in his career. [via]
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The Murder of Napoleonby David Hapgood, Ben WeiderISBN 0312925484 (0-312-92548-4)
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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Areaby Harry M. CaudillISBN 0316132128 (0-316-13212-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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North Americaby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0312578563 (0-312-57856-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Societyby Dave Grossman, G. KloskeISBN 0316330116 (0-316-33011-6)
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Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflictby Charles D. SmithISBN 0312437366 (0-312-43736-6)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict'Book summary:[via]Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict brings the multi-faceted story of the struggle in the Middle East to life for readers. Smith places the conflict in historical and political perspective, facilitating readers' understanding of how this complex situation has evolved over time. By examining its underlying causes, individual and group motives, and the roles that countries around the world have played in the region, Smith helps readers understand the history behind the headlines. He presents this in-depth account in an engaging, accessible book that includes historical and current voices on all sides of the struggle. The book's carefully selected documents, maps, photographs, and chronologies provide context for the narrative, and its up-to-the-minute coverage of developments captures readers' interest and helps them better understand the latest news in the region.More editions of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
People of the Westby Dayton DuncanISBN 0316196339 (0-316-19633-9)
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Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Beingby John D. BarrowISBN 0316082597 (0-316-08259-7)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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Positively Fifth Streetby James McManusISBN 0312422520 (0-312-42252-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Positively Fifth Street'Book summary:In 2000, novelist and poet James McManus was sent to Las Vegas, innocently enough, by Harper's magazine to write a story about the World Series of Poker held annually at Binion's Horseshoe. But then, as so often happens on trips to Sin City, something kind of ... happened. Rather than becoming an objective report, McManus's article evolved into a memoir as he put his entire advance on the line, got lucky with his cards and won a spot in the competition, and came much closer than anyone expected to winning the darn thing. The result, Positively Fifth Street, is just as dazzling, exciting, and disturbing as Vegas itself.
McManus details his battles not only against his opponents but also against "Bad Jim," the portion of his own personality that needs to get in on a poker game in spite of both common and fiscal sense. Besides telling his own story, he relates the considerably more unpleasant tale of Ted Binion, whose grisly death was blamed on Binion's former stripper-girlfriend and her ex-linebacker beau. In the hands of a lesser author, the pursuit of these separate through lines of poker and the seedy personal lives of wealthy casino heirs may have lead readers to wish the author had picked just one subject. But under McManus's careful watch, they're really pretty similar: steeped in adrenaline, mystery, deception, and skating on thrillingly thin ice. Each story underscores the other, a neat little "narrative as metaphor" device, while also painting a vivid picture of Vegas casino life. Poker, as anyone who has lost at it will tell you, is an intricate game and it's nice to see a top-notch author and player relate its finer points in an entertaining style that will appeal even to non-players. The author's hilariously self-aware and at times self-loathing style make Positively Fifth Street a fun read. But beyond that, his account of nearly winning the biggest poker tournament in the world and subsequently watching as the verdicts are announced for Binion's accused murderers makes for a great story. Even if it wasn't the one he was sent there to write. --John Moe [via]
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The Power of Oneby Bryce CourtenayISBN 0316158259 (0-316-15825-9)
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Prentice Alvinby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312931417 (0-312-93141-7)
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The Private World of the Last Tsar: In the Photographs and Notes of General Count Alexander Grabbeby Paul Grabbe, Beatrice GrabbeISBN 0316322717 (0-316-32271-7)
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The Quest for Security, 1715-1740by Penfield RobertsISBN 0313240868 (0-313-24086-8)
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The Rescue of Miss Yaskellby Russell BakerISBN 0312927304 (0-312-92730-4)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oraclesby Michael WoodISBN 0312423071 (0-312-42307-1)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oracles'Book summary:Cultures of all epochs have consulted oracles in times of need. This fascinating exploration of the enduring popularity of oracles examines how they are interpreted and why. Taking examples from literature and history, from the oracles at Delphi to those in Macbeth, and further still to the works of Kafka and Bob Dylan, and even in the film The Matrix, Wood combines storytelling and commentary to provide a lively account of humanitys persistent faith in signs, which continues to exert an important influence on the course of civilization.[via]More editions of The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oracles:
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Rubiconby Steven SaylorISBN 0312971184 (0-312-97118-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rubicon'Book summary:Steven Saylor's seventh installment in his Roma Sub Rosa series begins with a character saying, "Pompey will be mightily pissed." Scholars might argue that there is no evidence of this particular synonym for anger ever being used in 49 B.C., but the author would no doubt respond that poetic license includes doing whatever it takes to bridge the gap for modern audiences. And indeed, the head of the Roman Senate is mightily pissed. Rome is on the verge of another civil war, and the forces of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony have crossed the Rubicon River and are marching toward the capital. To top it all off, one of Pompey's favorite cousins has been garroted to death.
Before Pompey flees the city, he asks Rome's greatest detective, Gordianus the Finder, to solve the murder. But Pompey has reason to distrust Gordianus, who may have an allegiance with Caesar. To force his loyalty, Pompey seizes the detective's son-in-law, and makes him join his household army. By doing so, he ensures that Gordianus's involvement in the coming conflict will be a very personal one. Confused and troubled, Gordianus walks through Rome toward the house of his former friend and mentor, the poet Cicero. "All around me, I felt the uneasiness of the city, like a sleeper in the throes of a nightmare." Awakening from the nightmare, surviving the chaos, and solving this whodunit will be the Finder's toughest battle yet. --Dick Adler [via]
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The Skystoneby Jack WhyteISBN 0312860919 (0-312-86091-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skystone'Book summary:How do you find a new way to approach a story as familiar as any in the English language? If you're Jack Whyte, you begin your retelling of the Arthurian saga by taking one giant step backward to the latter days of the Roman Empire in Britain, sometime between the first breaching of Hadrian's Wall and the legendary days of King Arthur. Publius Varrus is the last legionnaire in Britain, and The Skystone is in many ways his story. He is a common man with aristocratic friends, and successful both as a soldier and an ironsmith. As the Roman world slowly crumbles around them, and Publius becomes involved in a political and personal vendetta, he and his friends seek to establish a refuge, a valley where the old Roman virtues will be kept alive and the empire's many faults be avoided.
A finely crafted historical novel, The Skystone pays close attention to the details of everyday life in fourth-century Britain. As the first book in Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, it makes few allusions to the usual details of the Arthurian legends until Publius comes into contact with a sword, a stone, a lake, and a Celtic tribe who name themselves Pendragon. Greg L. Johnson [via]
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The Stairway to Heavenby Zecharia SitchinISBN 0312755058 (0-312-75505-8)
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Sweet And Low: A Family Storyby Rich CohenISBN 0312426011 (0-312-42601-1)
Softcover, Picador USA
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The Ten Thousandby Michael Curtis FordISBN 0312980329 (0-312-98032-9)
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Designby Henry PetroskiISBN 0312806809 (0-312-80680-9)
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The Tomb of God: The Body of Jesus and the Solution to a 2,000-Year-Old Mysteryby Richard Andrews, Paul SchellenbergerISBN 0316042757 (0-316-04275-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Twilight of Empireby Allan W. EckertISBN 0316208868 (0-316-20886-8)
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The Volcano Loverby Susan SontagISBN 0312420072 (0-312-42007-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Volcano Lover'Book summary:Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance from the National Book Award-winning author of In America touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector's obsessions, and, above all, love.[via]More editions of The Volcano Lover:
The War Between the Generalsby IrvingISBN 031292920X (0-312-92920-X)
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The War of Atonement: October, 1973by Chaim HerzogISBN 0316359009 (0-316-35900-9)
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The West: An Illustrated History for Childrenby Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Stephen IvesISBN 0316196282 (0-316-19628-2)
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The West: An Illustrated History for Childrenision Seriesby Dayton DuncanISBN 0316196320 (0-316-19632-0)
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Western Civilizationby Jackson J. SpielvogelISBN 0314027963 (0-314-02796-3)
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When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantisby Rand Flem-AthISBN 0312964013 (0-312-96401-3)
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Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddyby G. Gordon LiddyISBN 0312924127 (0-312-92412-7)
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Wind in the Tower: Mao Tsetung and the Chinese Revolution, 1949-1975by Suyin HanISBN 0316342882 (0-316-34288-2)
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Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader Since 1400by Kevin ReillyISBN 0312446861 (0-312-44686-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader Since 1400'Book summary:[via]Assembled by award-winning community college teacher and distinguished world historian Kevin Reilly, the documents in the best-selling Worlds of History bring history alive for students. Students read voices from the distant and more recent past that address topics and issues -- like patriarchy, love and marriage, and imperialism -- of enduring interest and relevance. Ranging widely across regions and cultures, each chapter takes up a major theme and asks students to examine it in the context of two or more cultures, encouraging them to make cross-cultural connections and comparisons. The flexible comparative and thematic framework easily accommodates the variety of approaches instructors bring to teaching world history while supporting the general goal of cultivating critical thinking skills.More editions of Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader Since 1400:
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Familyby Catherine Drinker BowenISBN 0316103896 (0-316-10389-6)
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