Civilization
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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life
$26.99 Add to cart“A stunning five-century study of civilization’s cultural retreat.” — William Safire, New York Times
Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master his
- Author: Barzun, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: May 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0060928832
- Language: English
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Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
$28.95 Read moreMoving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections betw
- Author: Sattin, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035455
- Language: English
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The Penguin History of the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad’s widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1280
- Publish Date: September 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1846144434
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology for Teens: Enthralling Tales and Myths from Ancient Greece
$26.99 Add to cartDid you know that Zeus was considered to be both the youngest and the oldest brother?
Thanks to their enthralling narratives and relatable characters, Greek myths have captured our imagination for mill
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: June 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887651859
- Language: English
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSavage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their re… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #94
- Author: Cunliffe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0192804189
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition
$22.00 Read moreEdited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi- Series: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1312
- Publish Date: August 12 2003
- ISBN10: 0375758119
- Language: English
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In the Beginning
$33.99 Add to cartThis book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky’s main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed reconstruction of two global natural catastrophes bas
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1906833508
- Language: English
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Person of Interest Investigator’s Guide: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World That Rejects the Bible
$14.99 Add to cartImagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim’s body. How would you identify a person of interest in such a case?
Designed to be used alongside P
- Author: Wallace, J. Warner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 031011134X
- Language: English
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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
$28.00 Add to cartThis daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp
Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and medit- Series: Intellectual Devotional
- Author: Kidder, David S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 03 2006
- ISBN10: 1594865132
- Language: English
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Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria and the Pacific
$16.95 Add to cartWas there once a continent in the Pacific called Lemuria or Pacifica by ecologists, and Mu or Pan by the mystics? There is now ample mythological, geological and archaeological evidence to ‘prove’ tha… [more below]
- Series: Lost Cities Series
- Author: Childress, David Hatcher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0932813046
- Language: English
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Exploration: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWe live in an age of globalization on every conceivable level, but globalization has a deeper history than politicians and pundits often allow, and nothing is more significant to its history than expl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Weaver, Stewart A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0199946957
- Language: English
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After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
$24.00 Add to cartTamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this m
- Author: Darwin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596916028
- Language: English
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
$29.99 Add to cartBooks about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us abou… [more below]
- Author: Geroulanos, Stefanos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1324091452
- Language: English
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Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization
$35.99 Add to cartFrom one of the world’s leading experts on Native American law and indigenous peoples’ human rights comes an original and striking intellectual history of the tribe and Western civilization that sheds… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Robert A., Jr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0230338763
- Language: English
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Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
$18.95 Add to cartDrawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire–and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #9
- Author: Barrett, Anthony a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0691233942
- Language: English
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Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop
$18.99 Add to cartWhat good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the “know-how” of life, but the “know-why”–the
- Author: Puchner, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074507
- Language: English
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Making of the World: Sapiens’ Journey From Wilderness to Civilization
$33.99 Add to cartThis book is “a strong summary of world history and social evolution” (Timothy Earle, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University, USA).
Humanity was once divided into thousands of smal… [more below]
- Author: Khan, Mahbub H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: November 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1039185819
- Language: English
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Introduction to African Civilizations
$17.95 Add to cartTimely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches … [more below]
- Author: Jackson, John G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0806521899
- Language: English
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About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
$28.95 Read moreFor thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the
- Author: Rooney, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0393867935
- Language: English
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Critical Path
$28.00 Add to cartCritical Path marks the masterwork of one of the finest minds and most significant thinkers of the modern age
R. Buckminster Fuller is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century- Author: Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 15 1982
- ISBN10: 0312174918
- Language: English
