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1,000 Places to See Before You Dieby Patricia SchultzISBN 0761104844 (0-7611-0484-4)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: '1,000 Places to See Before You Die'Book summary:Around the World, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers. Sacred ruins, grand hotels, wildlife preserves, hilltop villages, snack shacks, castles, festivals, reefs, restaurants, cathedrals, hidden islands, opera houses, museums, and more. Each entry tells exactly why it's essential to visit. Then come the nuts and bolts: addresses, websites, phone and fax numbers, best times to visit. Stop dreaming and get going. [via]
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1000 Places To See Before You Die Traveler's Journalby Patricia SchultzISBN 0761138323 (0-7611-3832-3)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: '1000 Places To See Before You Die Traveler's Journal'Book summary:Inspired by the roaring #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die Traveler's Journal is perfect for giving--it's specially designed for people who love to travel and want an elegant place to record their experiences. Scattered throughout the journal are traveler's lists ("Unforgettable Destinations for the 'Been There, Done That' Crowd"and "10 Experiences Guaranteed to Give You the Shivers") and quotes that will spark insight and provide writerly inspiration. At the back of the diary is helpful nuts-and-bolts info: time zones, conversion charts, telephone codes, mini-translation guides, and more. [via]
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The Age of Empire 1875-1914by Eric HobsbawmISBN 0844669253 (0-8446-6925-3)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Empire 1875-1914'Book summary:The Nineteenth Century is the topic of this book, with the French Revolution and the earlier American Revolution forming the axis which produced the new class of the liberal bourgeoisie. The author shows how this new class rose, succeeded and eventually fell. [via]
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The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991by Eric HobsbawmISBN 0679730052 (0-679-73005-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991'Book summary:Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950, the Golden Age, 1950-1973, and the Landslide, 1973-1991, Hobsbawm marshals a vast array of data into a volume of unparalleled inclusiveness, vibrancy, and insight, a work that ranks with his classics The Age of Empire and The Age of Revolution. Includes 32 pages of photos. [via]
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The Age of Extremes : 1914-1991by Eric J. HobsbawnISBN 0394585755 (0-394-58575-5)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991by E. J. HobsbawmISBN 0718133072 (0-7181-3307-2)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991'Book summary:1st large trade edition paperback about fine condition [via]
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Ambassador World Atlasby HammondISBN 0843712511 (0-8437-1251-1)
Hardcover, Hammond World Atlas Corp
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The Anchor Atlas of World Historyby Herman Kinder, Werner HilgemannISBN 0385133553 (0-385-13355-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anchor Atlas of World History'Book summary:This second volume covers key events from the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial. It chronicles the discoveries, battles, inventions, political movements, treaties, elections, births, assassinations, coups, and coronations that have shaped our modern world. [via]
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The Anchor Atlas of World History: From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolutionby Herman Kinder, Werner Hilgemann, Ernest A. MenzeISBN 0385061781 (0-385-06178-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anchor Atlas of World History: From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolution'Book summary:The first of two volumes offers a unique combination of over 270 color maps and illustrations with a detailed chronological summary. The accompanying text gives full details of the main cultural, scientific, religious, and political events of the centuries from the Old Stone Age to the eve of the French Revolution. [via]
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Ancient Times Vol. 1 : From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0971412960 (0-9714129-6-0)
Hardcover, Peace Hill Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Times Vol. 1 : From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor'Book summary:What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? How did a six year-old become the last emperor of Rome? The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. [via]
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Atlas of World Historyby John HaywoodISBN 1586630997 (1-58663-099-7)
Hardcover, Friedman Publishing Group, Incorporated, Michael
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Cartoon History of the Universe: The Evolution of Everythingby Larry GonickISBN 0896200051 (0-89620-005-1)
Softcover, Rip Off Pr
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A Child's History of the Worldby V.M. Hillyer, Carle Michel BoogISBN 1417924551 (1-4179-2455-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's History of the World'Book summary:1924. With many illustrations by Carle Michel Book and M.S. Wright. A Child's History of the World is a classic. Written shortly after World War I by Calvert School's first Head Master, Virgil Hillyer, this history storybook combines charm with facts to stimulate young minds and leave them yearning for more information. This volume of A Child's History of the World contains 79 stories that start at the beginning of time and reach to the present. [via]
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Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeedby Jared DiamondISBN 0143036556 (0-14-303655-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed'Book summary:Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the geographic and environmental reasons why some human populations have flourished, Collapse uses the same factors to examine why ancient societies, including the Anasazi of the American Southwest and the Viking colonies of Greenland, as well as modern ones such as Rwanda, have fallen apart. Not every collapse has an environmental origin, but an eco-meltdown is often the main catalyst, he argues, particularly when combined with society's response to (or disregard for) the coming disaster. Still, right from the outset of Collapse, the author makes clear that this is not a mere environmentalist's diatribe. He begins by setting the book's main question in the small communities of present-day Montana as they face a decline in living standards and a depletion of natural resources. Once-vital mines now leak toxins into the soil, while prion diseases infect some deer and elk and older hydroelectric dams have become decrepit. On all these issues, and particularly with the hot-button topic of logging and wildfires, Diamond writes with equanimity.
Because he's addressing such significant issues within a vast span of time, Diamond can occasionally speak too briefly and assume too much, and at times his shorthand remarks may cause careful readers to raise an eyebrow. But in general, Diamond provides fine and well-reasoned historical examples, making the case that many times, economic and environmental concerns are one and the same. With Collapse, Diamond hopes to jog our collective memory to keep us from falling for false analogies or forgetting prior experiences, and thereby save us from potential devastations to come. While it might seem a stretch to use medieval Greenland and the Maya to convince a skeptic about the seriousness of global warming, it's exactly this type of cross-referencing that makes Collapse so compelling. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Columbia History of the Worldby John A. Garraty, Pete GayISBN 0880290048 (0-88029-004-8)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Columbia History of the World'Book summary:1972 16th printing hardcover with dust jacket as shown. Tight spine, clear crisp lightly tanned pages, no writing, no tears, smokefree. Jacket in Mint condition. [via]
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel BoorstinISBN 1842122274 (1-84212-227-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arrangedby William L. LangerISBN 0245596224 (0-245-59622-4)
Hardcover, Harrap
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An Encyclopedia of World History; Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged.by William Leonard LangerISBN 0395135923 (0-395-13592-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Fielding's the World's Most Dangerous Placesby Robert Y. Pelton, Kathy KnolesISBN 1569521409 (1-56952-140-9)
Softcover, Fielding Worldwide, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fielding's the World's Most Dangerous Places'Book summary:Fielding's The World's Most Dangerous Places is not a comforting book; its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, "as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles." In other words, the most dangerous place in the world is more of a state of mind: ignorance.
Neither is The World's Most Dangerous Places meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that that's the place they want to be. The people most likely to benefit from this book, however, are those who either have to visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or those who have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or you just want to learn more about one, The World's Most Dangerous Places is the right book at the right time. [via]
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Fielding's the World's Most Dangerous Placesby Robert Young Pelton, Wink Dulles, Coskun Aral, Coskun AraISBN 1569521042 (1-56952-104-2)
Softcover, Fielding Worldwide
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fielding's the World's Most Dangerous Places'Book summary:The first thing you should know about Fielding's The World's Most Dangerous Places is that it is not a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, "as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles." In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.
The second thing you should know about The World's Most Dangerous Places is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that that's the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either have to visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, The World's Most Dangerous Places is the right book at the right time. [via]
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Guinness World Records 2001by Tim Footman, Guinness MediaISBN 189205101X (1-892051-01-X)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesby Jared DiamondISBN 0393317552 (0-393-31755-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies'Book summary:With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller; over 1.5 million copies sold; is now a major PBS special.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide.The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. 32 illustrations [via]
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Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: ISBN 061318114X (0-613-18114-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies: ISBN 0393038912 (0-393-03891-2)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. - Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: ISBN 0393973867 (0-393-97386-7)
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
- How has the rest of the scientific community received Diamond's theory?
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Hammond Ambassador World Atlasby Hammond IncorporatedISBN 0843712449 (0-8437-1244-9)
Hardcover, Hammond World Atlas Corp
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Hammond Ambassador World Atlasby Hammond World Atlas CorporationISBN 0843713828 (0-8437-1382-8)
Hardcover, Hammond World Atlas Corp
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Historical Atlas of the Worldby Rand McNally and CompanyISBN 1417676361 (1-4176-7636-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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A History of Civilizationsby Fernand BraudelISBN 0140124896 (0-14-012489-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Civilizations'Book summary:Fernand Braudel rejected a narrow focus on Western warfare, diplomacy and power politics, and opened up economic and social history to influences from anthropology, sociology, geography, psychology and linguistics. In this book, Braudel examines the nature of "cultures" and "civilizations", their continuities and transformations. He then goes on to survey the broad historical developments in almost every corner of the globe: the Muslim world - from the rise of Islam to post-colonial revival; Black Africa - from the slave trade to the dilemmas of development; the Far East - from the collapse of the Roman Empire to political union; the European civilizations of the New World - Latin America and the USA; the English-speaking universe - Canada, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand; and the other Europe - Russia, the USSR and the CIS. [via]
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History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 0195210433 (0-19-521043-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the World'Book summary:From the evolution of Homo sapiens to the exploration of space, the vast landscape of human history appears in J.M. Roberts's History of the World. Deftly written and evocatively illustrated, this book offers an outstanding one-volume survey of the major events, developments, and personalities of the known past.
In a truly remarkable work of compression and synthesis, Roberts sweeps through thousands of years of history, weaving the stories of empires, arts, religion, economics, and science into his lucid narrative. Beginning with the early hominids, he swiftly and authoritatively brings the story up through the emergence of Mesopotamian civilizations and ancient Egypt. Here, too, is comprehensive coverage of the Indian and Chinese civilizations ("For two and a half thousand years," he points out, "there has been a Chinese nation using a Chinese language"), as well as developments in Africa and South America. Aided by photographs of key archaelogical finds (such as monumental Egyptian statues, Peruvian medallions, and Celtic jewelry), Roberts clearly explains the early arts, engineering, and religion. He also carefully ties in changing economics--such as trade routes and developments in agriculture and manufacturing--making clear their importance for the history of politics and changing societies. The story leaps ahead, through the Roman Empire, the explosive arrival of Islam, the rise and fall of samurai rule in Japan, the medieval kingdoms of sub-Saharan Africa, the Mongol conquests, and the early modern expansion of Europe across the globe. American independence, the French Revolution, the colonial empires, Japan's startling modernization, and the World Wars follow in turn, accompanied by discussions of scientific and technical breakthroughs.
With informative maps, photographs, and reproductions of important artwork (some in full color), Roberts clearly explains the impact of the key individuals and the major influences on history the world over, down to the era of an integrated global economy and the fall of the U.S.S.R. Vividly written and beautifull illustrated, History of the World offers the finest, most readable one-volume survey available today. [via]More editions of History of the World:
History's Timeline: A 40,000-Year Chronology of World Civilizationby Theodore Rowland-Entwistle, Ann Kramer, Jean Isobel Esther CookeISBN 0517340003 (0-517-34000-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Hutchinson History of the Worldby J.M. RobertsISBN 0091269709 (0-09-126970-9)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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The Illustrated History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 019521529X (0-19-521529-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Illustrated World Historyby J.M. RobertsISBN 0140640029 (0-14-064002-9)
Hardcover, Penguin
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The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the Worldby Charlotte Evans, Jack ZevinISBN 1856978621 (1-85697-862-1)
Hardcover, Kingfisher Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World'Book summary:The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World: 40,000 B.C. to Present Day [via]
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Les Decouvreursby Daniel J. Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 222105587X (2-221-05587-X)
Hardcover, Robert Laffont
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Decouvreurs'Book summary:760pages. in8. Poche. Copernic, Einstein, Galilée, Christophe Colomb, Newton, Kepler, Marx, Freud. Autant d'individus exceptionnels qui ont, avant les autres, soulevé un coin du voile de l'inconnu. À travers de passionnantes biographies écrites sur un ton très personnel, l'auteur propose rien de moins qu'une histoire de la découverte du monde de l'Antiquité à nos jours. En quatre livres - le temps, la terre et les mers, la nature et la société -, il passe de l'astrologie chinoise à la découverte de l'Amérique par les Vikings, et de l'exploration de l'Univers à celle du corps humain. Cette histoire - jamais achevée -de la curiosité humaine est aussi celle du courage et de l'inextinguible désir de nouveauté qui caractérise l'homo sapiens sapiens. Un grand classique, doté d'une bibliographie et d'un index très complets qui en font une excellente introduction à l'histoire des sciences et des grandes découvertes. -Arthur Hennessy [via]
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Material World: A Global Family Portraitby Charles C. Mann, Paul Kennedy, Peter MenzelISBN 0871564300 (0-87156-430-0)
Softcover, Sierra Club Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Material World: A Global Family Portrait'Book summary:In honor of the United Nations-sponsored International Year of the Family in 1994, award-winning photojournalist Peter Menzel brought together 16 of the world's leading photographers to create a visual portrait of life in 30 nations. Material World tackles its wide subject by zooming in, allowing one household to represent an entire nation. Photographers spent one week living with a "statistically average" family in each country, learning about their work, their attitudes toward their possessions, and their hopes for the future. Then a "big picture" shot of the family was taken outside the dwelling, surrounded by all their (many or few) material goods.
The book provides sidebars offering statistics and a brief history for each country, as well as personal notes from the photographers about their experiences. But it is the "big pictures" that tell most of the story. In one, a British family pauses before a meal of tea and crumpets under a cloudy sky. In another, wary Bosnians sit beside mattresses used as sniper barricades. A Malian family composed of a husband, his two wives, and their children rests before a few cooking and washing implements in golden afternoon light. Material World is a lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads. An engrossing, enlightening book. --Maria Dolan [via]
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Milleniumby Felipe Ferrandez-ArmestoISBN 0385255454 (0-385-25545-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Canada, Limited
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Milleniumby Fernandez-ArmestoISBN 0385256124 (0-385-25612-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Yearsby Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoISBN 0684803615 (0-684-80361-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years'Book summary:An engaging work by a prize-winning historian traces the progress and regress of the world's civilizations over the past thousand years and shows how the capacity of one people to influence another has shifted geographically. 35,000 first printing. [via]
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Millenniumby Fernandez Armesto, Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoISBN 0684825368 (0-684-82536-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Millennium'Book summary:There is simply no other book like it--an Oxford scholar presents a genuine global history, spanning ten centuries and examining and weaving together events and movements in every part of the world. 400 photos and illustrations. [via]
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National Geographic Atlas of the Worldby NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCISBN 079227542X (0-7922-7542-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'National Geographic Atlas Of The World'Book summary:When National Geographic published its first Atlas of the World more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today's world--including its oceans, stars, climate, natural resources, and more--National Geographic has published its seventh edition of the Atlas of the World. With each new edition, National Geographic strives to make its atlas more than just maps. You'll learn that the coldest place in the world is the Plateau Station in Antarctica, where the average daily temperature is minus 56.7 degrees Celsius; the most populated continent is Asia, with more than 3.6 billion people, or 60.8 percent of the world's population; the driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile; a flight from New Delhi to Rio de Janeiro covers 14,080 kilometers; life expectancy in the Republic of Zambia is 37 years; and the literacy rate in Turkmenistan is 98 percent.
Flip through the pages of this impressive book and you will feel as though the world is literally at your fingertips. Full-page spreads are devoted to more than 75 political and physical maps (political maps show borders; physical maps show mountains, water, valleys, and vegetation). There are many new touches to be found in this edition, including increased usage of satellite images, an especially helpful feature when researching the most remote regions of the earth; more than 50 updated political maps that record the impact of wars, revolutions, treaties, elections, and other events; and the use of the latest research on topics such as tectonics, oceanography, climate, and natural resources. The sheer size of the atlas's index--134 pages--offers insight into just how much information is packed into 260-plus pages. The book is so physically large, in fact, that when it's open, the reader is staring at three square feet of information, a surface area larger than many television screens. The potential uses of this book for a family are vast, from settling a friendly argument to completing a school report. In the end, though, the atlas is still mostly about maps. Pages and pages of maps. Maps that force us to see how wonderful and dynamic our world is. Maps that remind us of where we've been and where we'd still like to go. --John Russell [via]
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- National Geographic Atlas of the World: ISBN 0792275292 (0-7922-7529-2)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society - National Geographic Atlas of the World: ISBN 087044834X (0-87044-834-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - National Geographic Atlas of the World: ISBN 0792275284 (0-7922-7528-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - National Geographic Atlas Of The World: ISBN 079227542X (0-7922-7542-X)
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- National Geographic Atlas of the World: ISBN 0792275292 (0-7922-7529-2)
National Geographic Atlas of the Worldby National GeographicISBN 0792275438 (0-7922-7543-8)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society
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National Geographic World Atlasby National GeographicISBN 0792267559 (0-7922-6755-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Flip through the pages of this impressive book and you will feel as though the world is literally at your fingertips. Full-page spreads are devoted to more than 75 political and physical maps (political maps show borders; physical maps show mountains, water, valleys, and vegetation). There are many new touches to be found in this edition, including increased usage of satellite images, an especially helpful feature when researching the most remote regions of the earth; more than 50 updated political maps that record the impact of wars, revolutions, treaties, elections, and other events; and the use of the latest research on topics such as tectonics, oceanography, climate, and natural resources. The sheer size of the atlas's index--134 pages--offers insight into just how much information is packed into 260-plus pages. The book is so physically large, in fact, that when it's open, the reader is staring at three square feet of information, a surface area larger than many television screens. The potential uses of this book for a family are vast, from settling a friendly argument to completing a school report. In the end, though, the atlas is still mostly about maps. Pages and pages of maps. Maps that force us to see how wonderful and dynamic our world is. Maps that remind us of where we've been and where we'd still like to go. --John Russell [via]
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The New History of the Worldby J.M. RobertsISBN 0141007230 (0-14-100723-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Historyby William L. LangerISBN 081090117X (0-8109-0117-X)
Hardcover, H. N. Abrams
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of World History'Book summary:Hardcover: 1368 pages Publisher: H. N. Abrams; 1st edition (1975) Language: English ISBN-10: 081090117X ISBN-13: 978-0810901179 Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.6 x 4.2 inches Shipping Weight: 11.8 pounds [via]
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Operation World: A Day-To-Day Guide to Praying for the Worldby Patrick J. G. JohnstoneISBN 1850780072 (1-85078-007-2)
Hardcover, STL Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Operation World: A Day-To-Day Guide to Praying for the World'Book summary:The most widely used reference book for missions in the world, Operation World, guides adults in learning about and praying for countries and people across the globe. [via]
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Operation World: When We Pray God Worksby Patrick Johnstone, Jason Mandryk, Robyn JohnstoneISBN 1850783578 (1-85078-357-8)
Softcover, Authentic Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Operation World: When We Pray God Works'Book summary:Country information and statistics to consider in prayer throughout the year. Appendices include: Leaders of the World, resources for prayer, international prayer networks; agencies; World's Missionary Force; Operation World Database, Statistical Sources; Index of Places and People. Maps, cross references, addresses and indexes. [via]
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The Pelican History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 0140221018 (0-14-022101-8)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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The Penguin Atlas of World History: From the French Revolution to the Presentby Hermann Kinder, Werner Hilgemann, Ernest A. MenzeISBN 0141012625 (0-14-101262-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Atlas of World History: From the French Revolution to the Present'Book summary:[via]This second volume of The Penguin Atlas of World History covers events from the French Revolution to the present day. Numerous maps help clarify a detailed chronological summary of the main events of the period throughout the world. This volume has now been updated to include such recent events as the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. By working from a global viewpoint, the authors achieve an invaluable perspective on world developments.
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The Penguin History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 0140154957 (0-14-015495-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin History of the World'Book summary:First published in 1976 to great acclaim, this major one-volume history has been fully revised for this third edition and contains 90 maps. "A work of outstanding breadth of scholarhip and penetrating judgments. There is nothing better of its kind.--Sunday Telegraph [via]
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Phenomenological Psychologyby E. HusserlISBN 902471978X (90-247-1978-X)
Softcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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Plagues and Peoplesby William H. McNeillISBN 0385121229 (0-385-12122-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plagues and Peoples'Book summary:This study describes the dramatic impact of infectious diseases on the rise and fall of civilizations. Plague demoralized the Athenian Army during war, and ravaged the Roman Empire. In the 16th century smallpox was the decisive agent that allowed Cortez with only 600 men to conquer the Aztec Empire, whose subjects numbered millions. As recently as 1918-19, an epidemic of influenza claimed 21 million victims and seemed to threaten civilization itself. Diseases such as syphilis, cholera, smallpox and malaria have been devastating to humanity for centuries. This book, through an impressive accumulation of evidence, demonstrates the central role of pestilence in human affairs and the extent to which it has changed the course of history. [via]
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Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Placesby Robert Young Pelton, Coskun Aral, Wink Dulles, Kathy Knoles, Jack KramerISBN 1569520313 (1-56952-031-3)
Softcover, Fielding Worldwide, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Places'Book summary:The indispensable guide for the intrepid adventurer -- a book some governments don't want you to read. Pelton, a professional adventurer, and Aral, an international war correspondent, have created the only travel guide to danger and adventure. Everything you need to know about the world's hot spots -- Bosnia-Herzegovina, Liberia, Rwanda, Peru -- is right here, from the inoculations required and dangerous holidays to pencil onto your calendar to the addresses of intelligence organizations and political activist groups. If you're raring to go where angels fear to tread, this book could save your life. [via]
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The Rough Guide First-Time Around the Worldby Doug LanskyISBN 1843536617 (1-84353-661-7)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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Rough Guide Special First- Time Around the Worldby Rough GuidesISBN 1843530570 (1-84353-057-0)
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A Short History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 019511504X (0-19-511504-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Story of the World: Activity Book One Ancient Times; From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise Bauer, Terri Johnson, Sheila Graves, Joyce Crandell, Lisa LogueISBN 1933339055 (1-933339-05-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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This comprehensive, 8.5" x 11" curriculum guide and activity book contains map activities, coloring pages, games, projects, review questions, cross-references to illustrated encyclopedias, and extensive book lists. Children and parents love the activities, ranging from cooking projects to crafts, board games to science experiments, and puzzles to projects.
Each Story of the World Activity Book provides a full year of history study when combined with the Textbook, Audiobook, and Testseach available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Activity Book. Activity Book 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-5. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps [via]More editions of The Story of the World: Activity Book One Ancient Times; From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor:
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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child Ancient Times from the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperorby Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff WestISBN 1933339004 (1-933339-00-4)
Softcover, Peace Hill Pr
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The Times Atlas of the Worldby New York Times StaffISBN 0812926048 (0-8129-2604-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive EditionISBN 0812920775 (0-8129-2077-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Editionby New York Times CompanyISBN 081293265X (0-8129-3265-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition'Book summary:For more than three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has earned international renown for the beauty and legibility of its mapping and its unparalleled detail for coverage of all parts of the globe. As Lord Shackleton, former president of the Royal Geographical Society, said of an earlier edition, it is "the finest reference atlas ever published." Now, The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition, the first completely revised edition since The Times Atlas of the World debuted in 1967, establishes an even higher standard among all reference atlases, and a new benchmark in its own unparalleled tradition.
The Tenth Comprehensive Edition opens with stunning satellite images of the continents and the oceans as they appear from space. This preliminary section continues with a series of graphics, photographs, maps, tables, and charts reviewing the cosmos, the natural world, and humanity's interaction with our home planet. Next is a comparative list of Earth's physical features, from rivers to mountains to islands to deserts, and a complete statistical guide to the states and territories of the world. This opening section concludes with a fascinating chronicle on the evolution of world mapping, beginning with our first attempt to map the world more than a thousand years ago.
The central section of The Tenth Comprehensive Edition, with 248 pages of breathtakingly detailed reference maps, provides the most accurate and up-to-date visual presentation of geographical knowledge in any atlas today. Each map, drawn with generous scale and projection, has been entirely redesigned since the last edition, using the latest digital technology. While creating maps of optimum accuracy, these new methods also provide enhanced clarity and greater legibility than ever before, even for an atlas that was already legendary for the readability of its maps. In addition to recording the new states and republics created by political upheaval in this last decade before the millennium, The Tenth Comprehensive Edition includes a multitude of renamed towns and cities, along with many revised national borders.
The revised and expanded index, covering more than 200,000 place names, is the largest index ever found in a single-volume atlas, virtually ensuring that any location a reader may be looking for will be included in the book. The index is also unique in scope, giving the name, description, regional and country locations, the map grid reference, page number, and latitude and longitude. No other atlas comes close to providing such an index, either in sheer numbers or in reference value.
In the last three decades, The Times Atlas of the World has been in the vanguard of a revolution in the science of cartography, replacing maps formerly created on hand-etched copper plates with maps that are computer-generated. The Times Atlas of the World, Tenth Comprehensive Edition, represents the fullest flowering yet of this remarkable revolution in cartography. It is the finest atlas ever published, sure to be treasured by students, scholars, armchair travelers, global sightseers, and anyone seeking better understanding of our dynamic planet. [via]More editions of Times Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition:
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The Times Atlas of the World : Family Editionby Times Books StaffISBN 0812929497 (0-8129-2949-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Times Atlas of the World : Family Edition'Book summary:-- State-of-the-art digital mapping produced using the Bartholomew Geomaster System -- maps are sharper, boundaries are more accurate than ever possible before
-- 96 pages of up-to-date reference maps offer extended coverage of the Americas and other key areas across the globe
-- 45,000-entry index -- 50 percent larger than previous editions
-- Plans of forty-six of the world's greatest cities
-- "Guide to States and Territories" -- flags and the essential facts -- form of government, area, population, and more -- for every nation
-- Two-page spreads offer a topographical view of every continent
-- Detailed maps of population, earthquakes and volcanoes, climate, vegetation, and energy [via]More editions of The Times Atlas of the World : Family Edition:
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The Times Comprehensive Atlas Of The Worldby Uk HarpercollinsISBN 0007157207 (0-00-715720-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Times Comprehensive Atlas Of The World'Book summary:Featuring 250 pages of updated detailed mapping and a specially commissioned 72 page introductory section, this atlas presents a comprehensive picture of the world in the 21st century. Since it's first edition in 1967, the atlas has sold over 1 million copies. Its detailed and mapping represents a blend of tradition, authority and style. The 10th edition, published in 1999, was the first completely new edition of the atlas since its introduction. Now this fully revised 11th edition brings all the reference maps and detailed thematic information completely up to date. The preliminary section is introduced by state-of-the-art satellite images of the continents and continues with a series of maps, images, photographs and graphics which present a detailed picture of today's physical world and man's interaction with it. The section also includes an account of the evolution of world maps and of significant developments in cartography, and concludes with detailed geographical information on the world's physical features and the world's states and territories. The reference maps, produced in the distinctive and authoritative Times style, present the most accurate and up-to-date representation of our knowledge of the earth today. The areas shown, and the scale and map projection of each plate, have been specifically chosen to give the best representation of each geographical area. The maps now include a brand new map of the world's physical features. The gazetteer-index to over 200,000 place names and geographical features illustrates the unique scope of the atlas. It includes full cross-referencing with alternative and former names, geographical coordinates of every settlement shown on the maps, and a comprehensive glossary of geographical terms. The atlas includes: a 72-page introductory section; 250 pages of reference maps of continents, countries and oceans; and a 224 page gazetteer index to over 200,000 place names and geographical features. [via]
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The Timetables of History: A Chronology of World Eventsby Bernard Grun, Werner SteinISBN 0500250480 (0-500-25048-0)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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The Timetables Of History: A Historical Linkage Of People And Eventsby Bernard GrunISBN 0743270037 (0-7432-7003-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Timetables Of History: A Historical Linkage Of People And Events'Book summary:THE NEW FOURTH REVISED EDITION
A vast and absorbing resource, the fourth edition of The Timetables of "History spans millennia of human history.
Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day.
With nearly 100 pages of new material, including:
Recent breakthroughs in science and technology
New achievements in the visual arts and music
Milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning
The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historical figures
Landmarks in the drama of daily life around the world [via]
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The Timetables of History : A Horizontal Linkage of People and Eventsby Bernard Grun, Daniel J. BoorstinISBN 067174271X (0-671-74271-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Timetables of History : A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events'Book summary:Vast and absorbing, spanning millennia of human history, "The Timetables of History," achieves a goal in the study of the past that is unmatched by any other reference volume -- it gives us a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world. This remarkable book maps out at a glance what was happening "simultaneously," from the dawn of history to the present day. Never before has progress been presented with such clarity or with a view that fully captures the essence and the excitement of civilization.
Completely updated, featuring:
* Recent breakthroughs in science and technology
* New achievements in the visual arts and music
* Milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning
* The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historic figures
* Landmarks in the drama of daily life
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The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplanby Bernard Grun, Werner SteinISBN 0671216821 (0-671-21682-1)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
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The United States Of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacyby T. R. ReidISBN 1594200335 (1-59420-033-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The United States Of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy'Book summary:In May 2004, the European Union will add ten new member states-including Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, among others-to become a union of twenty-five nations. While this might seem a fairly innocuous and minute shift of political semantics for most Americans, the enlargement will increase the population of the EU to 450 million citizens, making it larger (in population) and richer (in GDP) than the United States-not to mention that the EU has more trade than the United States and more votes on the UN Security Council and all other international organizations. This New Europe is determined to flex its political and economic muscle on the world stage. The Continent has moved much further than most Americans realize toward the dream of a "United States of Europe," to borrow Winston Churchill's term.
T. R. Reid's The United States of Europe lays bare the ways in which the EU is positioning itself to be a global counterweight and second superpower, on equal footing with the U.S.A. Reid traces the rise of the EU from the days when Churchill and other visionaries set out in the post-World War II rubble to find a means to end war in Europe. He shows how this remarkably successful effort to "create peace" also created a global economic and political power that is often at odds with the United States. This drive toward unity has been accelerated by the powerful mood of anti-Americanism (or, at least, anti-Bushism) that has swept the Continent since the war in Iraq.
In addition to the political ramifications of the EU, The United States of Europe shows the great impact this alliance is having on the global economic market. The euro, which now has more daily users than the dollar, is fast becoming a reserve currency and a new standard for global finance, a globally recognized replacement for the once-almighty dollar. Unification has spawned a generation of European corporate managers who have led firms like Nokia, Airbus, BP, Vodafone, and Red Bull to catch and surpass their U.S. competitors in global markets.
The European Union, from its beginnings as an experiment in statecraft, has rapidly emerged as a resounding success; yet Americans have so far managed to ignore the geopolitical revolution under way across the Atlantic. Reid's book shows how quietly-and not so quietly-Europe is developing itself into an economic, political, and cultural powerhouse. [via]More editions of The United States Of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy:
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Womens History of the Worldby Rosalind MilesISBN 0881623482 (0-88162-348-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 0312425074 (0-312-42507-4)
Softcover, Picador USA
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 0374292795 (0-374-29279-5)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century'Book summary:When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this "flattening" of the globe, which requires us to run faster in order to stay in place, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner?In this brilliant new book, the award-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman demystifies the brave new world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt. The World Is Flat is the timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists. [via]
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Armas, germenes y acero/ Guns, Germs and Steelby Jared DiamondISBN 848306667X (84-8306-667-X)
Hardcover, Debate Editorial
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La Era Del Imperio, 1875-1914by Eric J. HobsbawmISBN 8484326616 (84-8432-661-6)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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La Tierra Es Plana / The World Is Flat: Breve Historia del Mundo Globalizado del Siglo XXI / A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas FriedmanISBN 8427032226 (84-270-3222-6)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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De Ontdekkers: De Zoektocht Van De Mens Naar Zichzelf En Zijn Wereldby Daniel J. Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 9010059316 (90-10-05931-6)
Hardcover, Elsevier
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