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1939: The Lost World of the Fairby David GelernterISBN 0028740025 (0-02-874002-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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20 Years Crisis 1919 1939by Edward H. CarrISBN 0061311227 (0-06-131122-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural Historyby Sarah B. Pomeroy, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Stanley Mayer BursteinISBN 0195097432 (0-19-509743-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History'Book summary:Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History introduces students to the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. The most comprehensive and balanced history of ancient Greece that covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, it integrates the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history with a traditional yet lively narrative of political, military, and diplomatic history. The authors show how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors but eventually developed a distinctive culture all their own, one that was marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience. The book goes on to trace the complex and surprising evolution of Greek civilization to its eventual dissolution as it merged with a variety of other cultures. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, the authors provide an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students and general readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.
Featuring 19 maps, more than 80 photographs, and numerous selections that highlight a variety of primary source material, Ancient Greece is an indispensable text for courses in ancient Greek history. [via]More editions of Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History:
Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Agesby Richard E. RubensteinISBN 0156030098 (0-15-603009-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Celliniby Benvenuto Cellini, George Anthony BullISBN 0140447180 (0-14-044718-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini'Book summary:Pages browning. Writing in pencil on some pages. Marks on front cover. Creased backstrip.Softback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. [via]
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An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments With Truthby M.K. GandhiISBN 8172290810 (81-7229-081-0)
Hardcover, South Asia Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. [via]
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Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian Worldby Patrick GearyISBN 0195044584 (0-19-504458-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World'Book summary:From the twilight of the Roman Empire emerged the kingdoms of Merovingian Europe (c. 400-700 AD), which were, in turn, the basis for the nations of medieval and modern Europe. Professor Geary draws on the latest archaeological and historical findings to elucidate one of the least understood periods of European history. This text is aimed at both survey and graduate courses on medieval history, which invariably take the Merovingian period as their starting point. The other available works on this subject are widely acknowledged to be either inadequate or out of date. This concise synthesis of the latest scholarship of Merovingian specialists, whose work appears almost exclusively in highly specialized German or French monographs, will also be welcomed by scholars seeking to keep abreast of the current historiography of this important transitional period in European history. [via]
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Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920sby Otto FriedrichISBN 0060926791 (0-06-092679-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450by David C. LindbergISBN 0226482316 (0-226-48231-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450'Book summary:This landmark book represents the first attempt in two decades to survey the science of the ancient world, the first attempt in four decades to write a comprehensive history of medieval science, and the first attempt ever to present a full, unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. In The Beginnings of Western Science , David C. Lindberg provides a rich chronicle of the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from the pre-Socratic Greek philosophers to the late-medieval scholastics. Lindberg surveys all the most important themes in the history of ancient and medieval science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history, and medicine. He synthesizes a wealth of information in superbly organized, clearly written chapters designed to serve students, scholars, and nonspecialists alike. In addition, Lindberg offers an illuminating account of the transmission of Greek science to medieval Islam and subsequently to medieval Europe. And throughout the book he pays close attention to the cultural and institutional contexts within which scientific knowledge was created and disseminated and to the ways in which the content and practice of science were influenced by interaction with philosophy and religion. Carefully selected maps, drawings, and photographs complement the text. Lindberg's story rests on a large body of important scholarship produced by historians of science, philosophy, and religion over the past few decades. However, Lindberg does not hesitate to offer new interpretations and to hazard fresh judgments aimed at resolving long-standing historical disputes. Addressed to the general educated reader as well as to students, his book will also appeal to any scholar whose interests touch on the history of the scientific enterprise. [via]
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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Cultureby Sarah B. Pomeroy, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Stanley Mayer BursteinISBN 0195156811 (0-19-515681-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture'Book summary:The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations. Comprehensive and balanced, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture is a new and shorter version of the authors' highly successful Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (OUP, 1998). Four leading authorities on the classical world offer a lively and up-to-date account of Greek civilization and history in all its complexity and variety, covering the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, and integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history. They show how the early Greeks borrowed from their neighbors but eventually developed a distinctive culture all their own, one that was marked by astonishing creativity, versatility, and resilience. The authors go on to trace the complex and surprising evolution of Greek civilization to its eventual dissolution as it merged with a variety of other cultures. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, this compact volume provides an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students and general readers with little or no knowledge of Greece.
Ideal for courses in Greek Civilization and Ancient Greece, A Brief History of Ancient Greece offers:
· A more streamlined treatment of political and military history than Ancient Greece
· Emphasis on social and domestic life, art and architecture, literature, and philosophy
· Expanded coverage of women and family life, religion, and athletics
· A new section on male homosexuality in ancient Greece
· A revised art program featuring more than 100 illustrations and 17 original maps
· Numerous "document boxes" that include primary source material
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietamby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195173309 (0-19-517330-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam'Book summary:The bloodiest day in United States history was September 17, 1862, when, during the Civil War battle at Antietam, close to 6,500 soldiers were killed or mortally wounded and another 15,000 were seriously wounded. Moreover, James M. McPherson states in his concise chronicle of the event Crossroads of Freedom, it may well have been the pivotal moment of the war and possibly of the young republic itself. The South, after a series of setbacks in the spring of 1862, had reversed the war's momentum during the summer, and was on not only on the "brink of military victory" but about to achieve diplomatic recognition by European nations, most notably England and France. Though the bulk of his book concerns itself with the details--and incredible carnage--of the battle itself, McPherson raises it above typical military histories by placing it in its socio-political context: The victory prodded Abraham Lincoln to announce his "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves. England and France deferred their economic alliance with the battered secessionists. Most importantly, it kept Lincoln's party, the Republicans, in control of Congress. McPherson's account is accessible, elegant, and economical. --H. O'Billovich [via]
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The Death of a President: November 1963by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0060915315 (0-06-091531-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Death of a President: November 20-November 25, 1963by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0060551364 (0-06-055136-4)
Hardcover, Perennial Library
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Discovery of Indiaby Jawaharlal NehruISBN 0195623592 (0-19-562359-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Domesday Book: England's Heritage, Then and Nowby Thomas HindeISBN 0091618304 (0-09-161830-4)
Hardcover, Hutchinson, in association with English Tourist Board
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Domesday Book: England's Heritage, Then and Now'Book summary:The great Norman administrative document is used as the basis for an enquiry into the changes undergone by the English countryside over the past 1000 years. A time chart setting "Domesday" in its medieval context leads onto a short essay on daily life in Norman England. The central text is a series of county gazeteers, containing over 12,500 entries, which list the "Domesday" settlements alphabetically by their modern spelling. Each entry gives the original "Domesday" information and a note on the history and present status of a settlement. A number of short essays on points of particular interest lend depth and detail to the picture. The text is interspersed with a large number of colour and b&w photograhs and maps. [via]
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Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterraneanby Charles Freeman, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0199263647 (0-19-926364-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean'Book summary:Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions that span the centuries. In this unique and comprehensive introduction to the region's three major civilizations, Egypt, Greece, and Rome draws a fascinating picture of the deep links between the cultures across the Mediterranean and explores the ways in which these civilizations continue to be influential to this day.
Beginning with the emergence of the earliest Egyptian civilization around 3500 BC, Charles Freeman follows the history of the Mediterranean over a span of four millennia to AD 600, beyond the fall of the Roman empire in the west to the emergence of the Byzantine empire in the east. In addition to the three great civilizations, the peoples of the Ancient Near East and other lesser-known cultures such as the Etruscans, Celts, Persians, and Phoenicians are explored. The author examines the art, architecture, philosophy, literature, and religious practices of each culture, set against its social, political, and economic background. More than an overview of the primary political or military events, Egypt, Greece, and Rome pays particular attention to the actual lives of both the everyday person and the aristocracy: here is history brought to life. Especially striking are the readable and stimulating profiles of key individuals throughout the ancient world, covering persons from Homer to Horace, the Pharaoh Akhenaten to the emperor Augustus, Alexander the Great to Julius Caesar, Jesus to Justinian, and Aristotle to Augustine.
Generously illustrated in both color and black-and-white, and drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, Egypt, Greece and Rome is a superb introduction for anyone seeking a better understanding of the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean and their legacy to the West. [via]More editions of Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean:
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The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan Warby Misha GlennyISBN 0140235868 (0-14-023586-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Farmer Boyby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 0060522380 (0-06-052238-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Farmer Boy'Book summary:For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as beautifully redesigned covers.
While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town.
This is Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of how her husband Almanzo grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.
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Feudal Society: Social Classes and Political Organizationby Marc Bloch, L.A. ManyonISBN 0226059790 (0-226-05979-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil Warby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195124995 (0-19-512499-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Hellenistic Worldby Michael GrantISBN 0020327870 (0-02-032787-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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History Laid Bare: Love, Sex, and Perversity from the Ancient Etruscans to Warren G. Hardingby Richard ZacksISBN 006092599X (0-06-092599-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A History of Celibacyby Elizabeth AbbottISBN 0002557355 (0-00-255735-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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A History of Hand Knittingby Richard RuttISBN 1931499373 (1-931499-37-3)
Hardcover, Interweave Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Hand Knitting'Book summary:This reference provides a full history of hand knitting by tracing the development and refinement of the craft. With special attention to the social aspects of knitting, it examines the changes in tools and techniques within different regions. Examined in detail are the history of European knitting before 1500, knitting in Britain from Henry VIII to the Commonwealth, from the Restoration to 1835, during the 19th century, and during World War I and after. Further explorations consider local traditions in the British Isles, knitting as practiced east of the Adriatic, and developments in the Americas. Absorbing reading for knitters and nonknitters alike, this book also defines knitting in relation to other yarn crafts such as crochet and nalbinding and offers a historical glossary and a transcription of the earliest known English knitting pattern. This replaces 0934026351.[via]More editions of A History of Hand Knitting:
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congoby Michela WrongISBN 0060934433 (0-06-093443-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo'Book summary:During Mobutu Sese Seko's 30 years as president of Zaire (now the Congo), he managed to plunder his nation's economy and live a life of excess unparalleled in modern history. A foreign correspondent in Zaire for six years, Michela Wrong has plenty of titillating stories to tell about Mobutu's excesses, such as the Versailles-like palace he built in the jungle, or his insistence that he needed $10 million a month to live on. However, these are not the stories that most interest Wrong. Her aim is to understand all of the reasons behind the economic disintegration of the most mineral-rich country on the African continent; in so doing, she turns over the mammoth rock that was Mobutu and finds a seething underworld of parasites with names like the CIA, the World Bank and the IMF, the French and Belgian governments, mercenaries, and a host of fat cats who benefited from Mobutu's largesse and even exceeded his rapaciousness.
Wrong turns first to Belgian's King Leopold II, who instituted a brutal colonial regime in the Congo in order to extract the natural and mineral wealth for his personal gain. Mobutu, with the aid of a U.S. government determined to sabotage Soviet expansion, stepped easily into Leopold's footsteps, continuing a culture built on government-sanctioned sleaze and theft. Under the circumstances, it's hard not to feel some sympathy for the people who survived in the only ways they could--teachers trading passing grades for groceries, hospitals refusing to let patients leave until they paid up, cassava patches cultivated next to the frighteningly unsafe nuclear reactor. What is less comprehensible--and rightly due for an airing--are Wrong's revelations about foreign interventions. Why, for example, did the World Bank and IMF give Mobutu $9.3 billion in aid, knowing full well that he was pocketing most of it?
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz is a brilliantly conceived and written work, sharply observant and richly described with a necessary sense of the absurd. Wrong paints a far more nuanced picture of the wily autocrat than we've seen before, and of the blatant greed and paranoia of the many players involved in the country's self-destruction. --Lesley Reed [via]
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In the Spirit of Crazy Horseby Peter MathhiessenISBN 0140144560 (0-14-014456-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphsby Lesley Adkins, Roy AdkinsISBN 0060194391 (0-06-019439-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs'Book summary:Jean-François Champollion's biography is neatly interwoven with Napoleonic history and the functions of Egyptian hieroglyphs in The Keys of Egypt. A gifted bookseller's son born in Revolutionary France, Champollion was to become "gripped by energetic enthusiasm" for Egypt. By the age of 12, he was studying several ancient languages, and, amid a "wave of Egyptomania," he would beat rivals to discover the key to deciphering hieroglyphs. If this was a race, it was a marathon. The breakthrough came after "20 years of obsessive hard work," not through the quick-fix solution often thought to have been provided by the Rosetta stone. The Keys of Egypt details Champollion's life and work, which were hampered by politics, poverty, and an almost hypochondriacal series of health problems. Its sources include letters and journals, the authors having undertaken researches in major libraries and museums. Chapters on Champollion's travels in Italy and Egypt include a good smattering of excerpts from his writings. Although no bibliography is given, there is a helpful passage on various levels of further reading. Highly instructive and fast-paced, The Keys of Egypt is perhaps less dramatic than it might be in portraying troubled times and groundbreaking discovery. It is, however, a clearly expressed and wide-ranging book explaining the complexity of hieroglyphic interpretation and revealing the man whose achievements "meant the discovery of a whole new civilization." --Karen Tiley, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Crack the Hieroglyph Codeby Lesley Adkins, Roy A. AdkinsISBN 0060953497 (0-06-095349-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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La Joven De La Perla/girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy Chevalier, Pilar VazquezISBN 8466307982 (84-663-0798-2)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Joven De La Perla/girl With a Pearl Earring'Book summary:La joven de la perla centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic. Still, La joven de la perla does contain a final delicious twist.
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En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza más profunda.Conocido como La Mona Lisa holandesa, detrás de ese enigmático rostro que esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde que a los dieciséis años entra a trabajar como doncella en casa del artista a cambio de un mísero salario.Su extraordinaria sensibilidad y el cuidado que pone en todo lo que toca atraen al maestro, quien poco a poco la introduce en su mundo, un paraíso inundado por una luz mágica y poblado por criaturas femeninas de singular belleza. La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinación, de cómo surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiración y el amor. La luz en los ojos de Griet, la sirvienta convertida en musa, encierra el misterio más profundo en el proceso de creación de una obra de arte. Tracy Chevalier evoca la vida cotidiana en el siglo XVII holandés en esta hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte. [via]
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The Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 0064400026 (0-06-440002-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilizationby Brian FaganISBN 1862076448 (1-86207-644-8)
Hardcover, Granta Books
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The Mechanical Turk : The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the Worldby Tom StandageISBN 014029919X (0-14-029919-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mechanical Turk : The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the World'Book summary:This title tells the true story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation. The story links an unlikely cast of historical characters, from Napoleon, Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age, and provides an accessible way of examining the complex relationship between magic, man, mind and machine, from the Enlightenment to the computer age. [via]
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Medieval Technology and Social Changeby Lynn Townsend WhiteISBN 0195002660 (0-19-500266-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Technology and Social Change'Book summary:In Medieval Technology and Social Change, Lynn White considers the effects of technological innovation on the societies of medieval Europe: the slow collapse of feudalism with the development of machines and tools that introduced factories in place of cottage industries, and the development of the manorial system with the introduction of new kinds of plows and new methods of crop rotation. One invention of particular import, writes White, was the stirrup, which in turn introduced heavy, long-range cavalry to the medieval battlefield. The development thus escalated small-scale conflict to "shock combat." Cannons and flamethrowers followed, as did more peaceful inventions, such as watermills and reapers. [via]
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Midnight's Childrenby Salman RushdieISBN 0140132708 (0-14-013270-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Midnight's Children'Book summary:Anyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay's claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdie--less prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. Though Rushdie's novels lack the requisite six musical numbers that punctuate every Bombay talkie, they often share basic plot points with their cinematic counterparts. Take, for example, his 1980 Booker Prize-winning Midnight's Children: two children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947--the moment at which India became an independent nation--are switched in the hospital. The infant scion of a wealthy Muslim family is sent to be raised in a Hindu tenement, while the legitimate heir to such squalor ends up establishing squatters' rights to his unlucky hospital mate's luxurious bassinet. Switched babies are standard fare for a Hindi film, and one can't help but feel that Rushdie's world-view--and certainly his sense of the fantastical--has been shaped by the films of his childhood. But whereas the movies, while entertaining, are markedly mediocre, Midnight's Children is a masterpiece, brilliant written, wildly unpredictable, hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure.
Rushdie's narrator, Saleem Sinai, is the Hindu child raised by wealthy Muslims. Near the beginning of the novel, he informs us that he is falling apart--literally:
I mean quite simply that I have begun to crack all over like an old jug--that my poor body, singular, unlovely, buffeted by too much history, subjected to drainage above and drainage below, mutilated by doors, brained by spittoons, has started coming apart at the seams. In short, I am literally disintegrating, slowly for the moment, although there are signs of an acceleration.
In light of this unfortunate physical degeneration, Saleem has decided to write his life story, and, incidentally, that of India's, before he crumbles into "(approximately) six hundred and thirty million particles of anonymous, and necessarily oblivious, dust." It seems that within one hour of midnight on India's independence day, 1,001 children were born. All of those children were endowed with special powers: some can travel through time, for example; one can change gender. Saleem's gift is telepathy, and it is via this power that he discovers the truth of his birth: that he is, in fact, the product of the illicit coupling of an Indian mother and an English father, and has usurped another's place. His gift also reveals the identities of all the other children and the fact that it is in his power to gather them for a "midnight parliament" to save the nation. To do so, however, would lay him open to that other child, christened Shiva, who has grown up to be a brutish killer. Saleem's dilemma plays out against the backdrop of the first years of independence: the partition of India and Pakistan, the ascendancy of "The Widow" Indira Gandhi, war, and, eventually, the imposition of martial law.We've seen this mix of magical thinking and political reality before in the works of Günter Grass and Gabriel García Márquez. What sets Rushdie apart is his mad prose pyrotechnics, the exuberant acrobatics of rhyme and alliteration, pun, wordplay, proper and "Babu" English chasing each other across the page in a dizzying, exhilarating cataract of words. Rushdie can be laugh-out-loud funny, but make no mistake--this is an angry book, and its author's outrage lends his language wings. Midnight's Children is Salman Rushdie's irate, affectionate love song to his native land--not so different from a Bombay talkie, after all. --Alix Wilber [via]
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A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penisby David M. FriedmanISBN 0142002593 (0-14-200259-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis'Book summary:David M. Friedman's A Mind of Its Own is a cultural examination of the penis, from ancient Sumer to the present. Friedman convincingly suggests that humankind's various and contradictory attitudes toward the penis have been instrumental in mapping the course of both Western civilization and world history.
Friedman begins with pagan attitudes: ancient Greeks considered the penis a measure of a man's proximity to "divine power," while the Romans, whose generals were known to promote soldiers based on penis size, saw it as an indicator of earthly strength. Thanks to the spread of Christianity, the "sacred staff became the demon rod"--a fearful manifestation of the devil. Theology gave way, grudgingly, to science. In the Renaissance, anatomical discoveries allowed for the possibility that this "agent of death" was, in fact, only a "blameless instrument of reproduction." Subsequent chapters discuss the penis's role as a racial yardstick; its "defining role in human personality" as asserted by Freud; its politicization; and finally, through the likes of Viagra, its objectification as a "thing ... impervious to religious teachings, psychological insights, racial stereotypes and feminist criticism."
Friedman's study of what he calls the "symbolic muscle" is filled with fascinating side trips (castration cults, ancient graffiti, the anti-masturbation "semen-retention movement," aphrodisiacs through the ages, and, to modern eyes, risible medical practices with the likes of monkey glands), as well as a rich cast of characters (Leonardo da Vinci, John Kellogg of cornflake fame, Kate Millet, Clarence Thomas, and Walt Whitman). The book is informal, but well researched (and documented), entertaining but not cute, wide-ranging but not sketchy, and simultaneously irreverent and respectful. --H. O'Billovitch [via]
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My Lifeby Benvenuto Cellini, Peter Bondanella, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 0192828495 (0-19-282849-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Life'Book summary:"Men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law."
--Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist
Benvenuto Cellini was beloved in Renaissance Florence. A renowned sculptor and goldsmith whose works include the famous salt-cellar made for the King of France, and the statue of Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Cellini's life was as vivid and enthralling as his creations. A man of action as well as an artist, he took part in the Sack of Rome in 1527; he was temperamental, passionate, and conceited, capable of committing criminal acts ranging from brawling and sodomy to theft and murder. He numbered among his patrons popes and kings and members of the Medici family, and his autobiography is a fascinating account of sixteenth-century Italy and France written with all the verve of a novel.
This new translation, which captures the freshness and vivacity of the original, is based on the latest critical edition. It examines in detail the central event in Cellini's narrative, the casting of the statue of Perseus. [via]More editions of My Life:
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Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the Worldby Roy AdkinsISBN 0143037951 (0-14-303795-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World'Book summary:An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle[via]
In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.More editions of Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World:
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The New York Public Library American History Desk Referenceby Macmillan Publishing Company Staff, Marian FauxISBN 0028613228 (0-02-861322-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Public Library American History Desk Reference'Book summary:The New York Public Library's fine volume on American history is both scholarly and easy to use. The history is divided into topical chapters ("Territorial Expansion," "Immigration and Minorities," "Military History," and so on), wherein each subject is treated chronologically and comprehensively within its boundaries. "Indigenous Peoples," for example, covers their history from the last great ice age to the 1989 court case of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, and is followed by an explanation of Indian religion and a short biography of Native Americans in American history. A variety of subjects get the same full treatment. This excellent reference book provides you with detailed and chronological views of religion and science, as well as a unique perspective on American culture. [via]
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The Oxford Companion To Classical Civilizationby Simon Hornblower, Antony SpawforthISBN 0198609582 (0-19-860958-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion To Classical Civilization'Book summary:Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to architecture, ancient law to mythology, the sciences to the arts, these meticulously detailed entries breathe life into the people, places and events that shaped the development of classical civilization. Filled with both essay length articles and short quick reference entries, this extraordinarily thorough yet accessibly written book is a treasury of information on classical civilization. Arranged alphabetically, fully cross-referenced, and illustrated throughout, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization will certainly become an essential resource for anyone interested in learning more about the cradle of western civilization. [via]
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The Oxford Companion To Classical Civilizationby Antony Spawforth, Simon HornblowerISBN 0198610343 (0-19-861034-3)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Englandby Nigel SaulISBN 0192893246 (0-19-289324-6)
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Paris: The Biography of a Cityby Colin JonesISBN 0143036718 (0-14-303671-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paris: The Biography of a City'Book summary:[via]From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth-century Impressionist painters, and much more. Joness masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxeson the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instancethat complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and the Nazis to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. This is a thrilling companion for history buffs and backpack, or armchair, travelers alike.
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Portable Medieval Readerby James B. Ross, Mary Martin McLaughlin, James Bruce RossISBN 0140150463 (0-14-015046-3)
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Rome and Italyby S. LivyISBN 0140443886 (0-14-044388-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rome and Italy'Book summary:Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described not simply in terms of partisan politics, but through colorful portraits that bring the strengths, weaknesses and motives of leading figures such as the noble statesman Camillus and the corrupt Manlius vividly to life. While Rome's greatest chronicler intended his history to be a memorial to former glory, he also had more didactic aims - hoping that readers of his account could learn from the past ills and virtues of the city. [via]
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Russia: A Historyby Gregory FreezeISBN 0198605110 (0-19-860511-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Russia: A History'Book summary:In this heavily illustrated volume, English, American, and German (but, strangely, no Russian) scholars gather to discuss the development of Russia from its medieval founding in the face of Mongol invasions to the election of Boris Yeltsin. The authors are not reluctant to discuss unpleasant truths, such as the officially tolerated famine of the 1930s and the rise of totalitarianism. They also offer controversial theories, such as the view that Lenin, had he lived, would not have supported the cult of personality that surrounded him after his death. The authors take a generally positive view of Russia's democratic future, noting that the present specter of decline and stagnation ignores the fact that much of Russia's economy is kept in the shadows, presumably to avoid taxation, and that with more state intervention, not less, the economy will grow as the Russian state rebuilds itself. [via]
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Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918by A.J.P. TaylorISBN 0198812701 (0-19-881270-1)
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A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes 1-VIby Arnold Joseph ToynbeeISBN 0195050800 (0-19-505080-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes 1-VI'Book summary:Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. Originally published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement.
Volume 1, which abridges the first six volumes of Toynbee's study, includes the Introduction, The Geneses of Civilizations, and The Disintegrations of Civilizations. Volume 2, an abridgement of Volumes VII-X, includes sections on Universal States, Universal churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in History, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion.
Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose." [via]More editions of A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes 1-VI:
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A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes Vii-Xby D.C. Somervell, Arnold Joseph ToynbeeISBN 0195050819 (0-19-505081-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes Vii-X'Book summary:Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations. Contained in two volumes, D.C. Somervell's abridgement of this magnificent enterprise preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. First published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement. Volume 2, which abridges Volumes VII-X of Toynbee's study, includes sections on Universal States, Universal Churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in HIstory, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion.
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A Study of History/Abridgement of Volumes I-VIby Arnold J. ToynbeeISBN 0195001982 (0-19-500198-2)
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern Historyby Sidney W. MintzISBN 0140092331 (0-14-009233-1)
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These Happy Golden Yearsby Laura Ingalls WilderISBN 0060523158 (0-06-052315-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'These Happy Golden Years'Book summary:For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover.
Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romantic conclusion of this Little House book.
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The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyageby Jan MorrisISBN 0140119949 (0-14-011994-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage'Book summary:For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean - an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote, the mercantile Venetians 'held the gorgeous east in fee'. Jan Morris reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. It is a traveller's book, geographically arranged but wandering at will from the past to the present, evoking not only contemporary landscapes and sensations but also the characters, the emotions and the tumultuous events of the past. The first such work ever written about the Venetian 'Stato da Mar', it is an invaluable historical companion for visitors to Venice itself and for travellers through the lands the Doges once ruled. [via]
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Vive La Revolutionby Mark SteelISBN 193185937X (1-931859-37-X)
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War Against the Jews, 1933-1945by Lucy C. DawidowiczISBN 003013661X (0-03-013661-X)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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The War of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Centuryby Desmond SewardISBN 0140234020 (0-14-023402-0)
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The Way of the Seeded Earth: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters The Middle and Southern Amer/Part 3by Joseph CampbellISBN 0060963522 (0-06-096352-2)
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Way of the Seeded Earth: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters/Part 2by Joseph CampbellISBN 0060551585 (0-06-055158-5)
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Way of the Seeded Earth, Part 1: The Sacrificeby Joseph CampbellISBN 0060963506 (0-06-096350-6)
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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greeceby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0195065883 (0-19-506588-3)
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Autobiografia Mahatma Ghandi/ Mahatma Ghandi Auto Biographyby M GhandiISBN 8489897492 (84-89897-49-2)
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Intelectualesby Paul Johnson, Clotilde RezzanoISBN 9501509982 (950-15-0998-2)
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Memoria Del Fuego: Los Nacimientosby Eduardo GalaenoISBN 9682312027 (968-23-1202-7)
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Das Passagen-Werkby Walter Benjamin, Rolf TiedemannISBN 3518112007 (3-518-11200-7)
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Veranderung Einer Landschaftby Rainer Gruenter, Ute Holk, Klaus U. ReinkeISBN 3872942123 (3-87294-212-3)
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