Cultural Region/Western Europe
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
$28.00 Add to cart“Use human means as though divine ones did not exist, and use divine means as though there were no human ones”. So wrote the Jesuit scholar Baltazar Gracian some 300 years ago, in a book that will be … [more below]
- Author: Gracian, Balthasar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0385421311
- Language: English
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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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Lonely Planet Experience Barcelona
$24.99 Read moreLonely Planet’s Experience Barcelona travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic destination with one-of-a-kind adventures at every turn. Bar-hop along Carrer de Blai, find architect
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Abella, Soledad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1838694803
- Language: English
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Vox Diccionario de Sinonimos Y
$45.00 Add to cartFollowing the headword to each of 25,000 separate entries, more than 10,000 Spanish synonyms and antonyms are listed in separate typefaces that highlight similar and opposite words. Technical expressi
- Series: Vox Dictionary
- Author: Vox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0844204692
- Language: English
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
$21.00 Add to cartPulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.
On August 10,- Author: Alexander, Amir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0374534993
- Language: English
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Rome: An Empire’s Story
$22.99 Add to cartRome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within Italy, then around the Mediterranean world and finall… [more below]
- Author: Woolf, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 10 2021
- ISBN10: 0190687452
- Language: English
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Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism
$37.00 Add to cartAuthoritarian populist parties have advanced in many countries, and entered government in states as diverse as Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. Even small parties can still sh… [more below]
- Author: Norris, Pippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 564
- Publish Date: February 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1108444423
- Language: English
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The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
$24.99 Add to cart“Gripping. . . . splendid history. A brilliantly clear and accessible account of the war in all its theaters. Roberts’s prose is unerringly precise and strikingly vivid. It is hard to imagine a better
- Author: Roberts, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0061228605
- Language: English
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España: A Brief History of Spain
$35.00 Read more“A book of rich detail.”–The Wall Street Journal
Bestselling author of Ghosts of Spain Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, acce- Author: Tremlett, Giles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1639730575
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Iceland’s Ring Road
$12.99 Read moreDiscover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s Iceland’s Ring Road. This trusted travel companion features 5 amazing road trips, from 1-day escapes to 5-day adventures. Marvel at majestic
- Series: Road Trips Guide
- Author: Averbuck, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1788680804
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Friuli Venezia Giulia
$21.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Friuli Venezia Giulia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Indulge i
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Farrauto, Luigi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1838696180
- Language: English
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A Moveable Feast
$26.00 Add to cartErnest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches.
Published po- Series: Scribner Classics
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0684833638
- Language: English
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
$45.00 Add to cartA “breathtakingly magisterial” account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian (Wall Street Journal)
World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a w… [more below]- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0465066984
- Language: English
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Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
$25.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization reveals how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. – “Cahill is our king of popula… [more below]
- Series: Hinges of History #06
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0385495587
- Language: English
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The Conquistadors
$12.99 Add to cartWith startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the wor… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Restall, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0195392299
- Language: English
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The Secret Dossier of a Knight Templar of the Sangreal: Revised Edition
$34.99 Add to cartThe Revised Edition includes New Photos, Star Charts & Information in the last chapter:
The Stars of the Magdalene
The wild breadth of information reaches from King Arthur in Cumbria, the marriage of M
- Author: Cornwall, Gretchen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1912971003
- Language: English
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The Innocents Abroad
$7.95 Add to cartOne of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain’s irreverent and incisive commentary on nineteenth century Americans encountering the Old World.
Co- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0451530497
- Language: English
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Selected Poems
$13.95 Add to cartVerlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most influential poets of late nineteenth-century France. Remarkable not only for his exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is a… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Verlaine, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554013
- Language: English
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The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages
$35.00 Add to cartIn The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe’s encounters w… [more below]
- Author: Heng, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: November 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1108435092
- Language: English
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Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses
$16.95 Add to cartUsing historical documents and translated by R?ine Pernoud, Joan of Arc seeks to answer the questions asked by Joan’s contemporaries as well as us: Who was she? Whence came she? What had been her life… [more below]
- Author: Pernoud, Regine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: November 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0812812603
- Language: English
