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  • Hypermodern Times by Lipovetsky, Gilles
    Gilles Lipovetsky

    Hypermodern Times

    The term 'postmodernity' has been used to describe that historical transformation of the late 20th century when the institutional breaks holding back individual emancipation disintegrated, thereby giving rise to the full expression of individual desires and the quest for self-fulfilment. But there are now...
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  • From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents by Gress, David
    David Gress

    From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents

    An in-depth intellectual history of the Western idea and a passionate defense of its importance to America's future, From Plato to NATO is the first book to make sense of the legacy of the West at a time when it is facing its greatest...
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  • Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650: Doctrine, Politics, and Community, Second Edition by Tracy, James D.
    James D. Tracy

    Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650: Doctrine, Politics, and Community

    In this widely praised history, noted scholar James D. Tracy offers a comprehensive, lucid, and masterful exploration of early modern Europe's key turning point. Establishing a new standard for histories of the Reformation, Tracy explores the complex religious, political, and social processes that made...
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  • Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply by Hodge, A. Trevor
    A. Trevor Hodge

    Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply

    How did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and drainage involved?In a comprehensive, generously...
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  • The History of the Kurdish People: The Survival of the Caucasian (Kew Gazî) Kurds by Mirwaisi, Hamma
    Hamma Mirwaisi

    The History of the Kurdish People: The Survival of the Caucasian (Kew Gazî) Kurds

    Who Are the Kurds? The logical answer to this question from the Aryan language is the word 'Huart, ' which evolved through the Greek's 'Kurt' to 'Kurd.' General Baryaxes of the Medes or ancient Kurds was the first leader of the Kurdish peoples' defense...
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  • In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World by Marek, Christian
    Christian Marek

    In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World

    A monumental history of Asia Minor from the Stone Age to the Roman Empire In this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. Blending rich narrative with in-depth analyses, In...
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  • The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks by Stoneman, Richard
    Richard Stoneman

    The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks

    An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends...
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  • The Story of England by Wood, Michael
    Michael Wood

    The Story of England

    In The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries, from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defences to the village...
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  • La Merica: The first true history of the colonization of the Americas. by Faram, Arthur
    Arthur Faram

    La Merica: The first true history of the colonization of the Americas.

    La Merica (la mer'.e.ca) Ancient Portuguese name for America. Meaning: "The Western Star" This book is made possible by the re-discovery of an ancient science handed down to the Portuguese, by successive secret societies, within the important ancient cultures that preceded them. You will...
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  • From Rivets and Rails: Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook by Wenger, Shaunda Kennedy
    Shaunda Kennedy Wenger

    From Rivets and Rails: Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook

    Did you know that the history of powdered gelatin is tied to the invention of the steam locomotive? That bell peppers were called "mangos" in early America? That until the early 1900s, tomatoes were avoided unless a handful was needed to kill a werewolf?...
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  • Anaxagoras and the Origin of Panspermia Theory by O'Leary, Margaret R.
    Margaret R. O'Leary

    Anaxagoras and the Origin of Panspermia Theory

    Origin of Panspermia Theory is an overview of an ancient natural philosopher's revolutionary ideas on the origin of life in the conservative religious culture of fifth-century BC Athens. The obsession of Ionian philosopher Anaxagoras with natural science and his utter rejection of supernatural explanations...
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  • Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations by Fagan, Brian
    Brian Fagan

    Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations

    In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Ninos ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered through a record freeze as the American West was hit with massive floods and snowstorms; in the western Pacific, meanwhile, some...
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  • Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age by Bryce, Trevor
    Trevor Bryce

    Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age

    Offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms, Trevor Bryce uses the letters of the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti, Mitanni and Assyria as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region...
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  • The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories and Approaches by Matthews, Roger
    Roger Matthews

    The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories and Approaches

    The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day. Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the original...
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  • An Interpretation of Universal History by Gasset, Jose Ortegay Y.
    Jose Ortegay Y. Gasset

    An Interpretation of Universal History

    The prospectus that announced the creation of The Institute of the Humanities promised an inaugural course of twelve lectures, to be given by its founder and entitled, "Concerning a New Interpretation of International History. (Exposition and Examination of A. J. Toynbee's work, A Study...
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  • Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic by Orlin
    Orlin

    Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic

    The success and smooth functioning of the Roman Republic depended on a careful balancing of the interests of the individual and the interests of the commonwealth. In this study, Eric Orlin examines the process through which new temples were vowed, built, and dedicated as...
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  • Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World by D'Epiro, Peter
    Peter D'Epiro

    Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World

    A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?"Sprezzatura," or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in The Book...
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  • The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World by Boorstin, Daniel J.
    Daniel J. Boorstin

    The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World

    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year From the author of The Discoverers and The Creators, an incomparable history of man's essential questions: "Who are we?" and "Why are we here?" Daniel J. Boorstin, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The...
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  • Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century by Bary, Wm Theodore de
    Wm Theodore de Bary

    Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century

    For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves. Now in its second edition, revised and extended through Deng Xiaoping and Jiang...
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  • Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization by Oppenheim, A. Leo
    A. Leo Oppenheim

    Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization

    "This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."-Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia-the...
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  • Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives by Goldhill, Simon
    Simon Goldhill

    Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives

    In Love, Sex & Tragedy Simon Goldhill lifts the veil on our inheritance of classical traditions and offers a witty, engrossing survey of the Greek and Roman roots of everything from our overwhelming mania for "hard bodies" to our political systems. Encompassing Karl Marx,...
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  • Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods by Bottéro, Jean
    Jean Bott駻o

    Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods

    Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history. To give the...
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  • The Empire of Apostles: Religion, Accommodatio and the Imagination of Empire in Modern Brazil and India by Chakravarti, Ananya
    Ananya Chakravarti

    The Empire of Apostles: Religion, Accommodatio and the Imagination of Empire in Modern Brazil and India

    This book recovers the religious roots of Europe's first global order, by tracing the evolution of a religious vision of empire through the lives of Jesuits working in the missions of early modern Brazil and India. These missionaries struggled to unite three commitments: to...
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  • The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume I: Peoples and Place by Scott, Hamish
    Hamish Scott

    The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750: Volume I: Peoples and Place

    This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity...
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  • Xenophon's Anabasis, or the Expedition of Cyrus by Flower, Michael A.
    Michael A. Flower

    Xenophon's Anabasis, or the Expedition of Cyrus

    Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important autobiographical work--to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a young and charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted...
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  • The Elsewhere Community by Kenner, Hugh
    Hugh Kenner

    The Elsewhere Community

    "'All humans, by their nature, ' said Aristotle, 'desire to know.' A special and unparalleled way to know is to simply go where you've never been before. And the key to this quest for knowledge is 'elsewhere.'" So begins The Elsewhere Community by acclaimed...
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  • A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G.
    H. G. Wells

    A Short History of the World

    Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era,...
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  • The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations by Haywood, John
    John Haywood

    The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

    This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America. Informatively written,...
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  • The Penguin Atlas of African History: Revised Edition by McEvedy, Colin
    Colin McEvedy

    The Penguin Atlas of African History: Revised Edition

    This invaluable reference work provides an account of the development of African society from 175 million years ago, through the first appearance of humans to the complex polity of the twentieth century. Colin McEvedy tracks the development of modern man, the differentiation and spread...
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  • The Greeks by Kitto, H. D. F.
    H. D. F. Kitto

    The Greeks

    The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.Author: H. D. F. KittoISBN-10: 0140135219ISBN-13: 9780140135213Publisher: Penguin BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/1950Pages:...
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  • Homo Deus Low Price CD: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Harari, Yuval Noah
    Yuval Noah Harari

    Homo Deus Low Price CD: A Brief History of Tomorrow

    Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed...
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  • Phoenician Civilization: A History from Beginning to End by History, Hourly
    Hourly History

    Phoenician Civilization: A History from Beginning to End

    Discover the remarkable history of the Phoenician Civilization...As the tee-shirt slogans say, "If you can read this, thank the Phoenicians." The Phoenician achievements include creating the world's first alphabet, which consisted of 22 consonant letters. If you're sipping wine as you read, that's another...
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  • The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
    Siddhartha Mukherjee

    The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

    Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public...
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  • The New Jerusalem by Chesterton, G. K.
    G. K. Chesterton

    The New Jerusalem

    The New Jerusalem is a 1920 book by the English author and journalist G. K. Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist calls it a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine. This fine travelogue contains these quotes: "On the road to Cairo one may see...
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  • Rise and Fall: A Discourse Upon the Phenomena of Civilisation and Decline by Gauthier, Silas
    Silas Gauthier

    Rise and Fall: A Discourse Upon the Phenomena of Civilisation and Decline

    The West has long enjoyed an unrivalled era of peace and prosperity in recent history. Its culture has come to dominate and influence every other; its military, a shining example of strength and unparalleled might; its metropolises, a beacon of freedom and modernity. However,...
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  • Hebrew Tribes: The Israelite Tribal Identification of Western Peoples by Davidiy, Yair
    Yair Davidiy

    Hebrew Tribes: The Israelite Tribal Identification of Western Peoples

    "Hebrew Tribes" by Yair Davidiy describes how 10 out of the 12 Original Tribes of Israel lost consciousness of their ancestry. Nevertheless, they retained their cohesiveness and are identifiable as historical entities. The Ten Tribes all moved in stages and at different times to...
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  • Iranians and Greeks in South Russia by Rostovtzeff, Michael
    Michael Rostovtzeff

    Iranians and Greeks in South Russia

    A comprehensive study of the history of South Russia. Writer Michael Rostovtzeff draws reference from a variety of subjects, including art, archeology, mythology, politics, and economics. He begins with the prehistoric civilizations and ends at the origin of the Russian state.Michael Rostovtzeff was a...
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  • The Persian Expedition by Xenophon
    Xenophon

    The Persian Expedition

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the World by Fernández-Armesto, Felipe
    Felipe Fern疣dez-Armesto

    The Oxford Illustrated History of the World

    Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it--with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the...
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  • That Damned Fence: The Literature of the Japanese American Prison Camps by Hathaway, Heather
    Heather Hathaway

    That Damned Fence: The Literature of the Japanese American Prison Camps

    Until the late twentieth century, relatively few Americans knew that the United States government forcibly detained nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. At war's end, the nation, including many of those who were confined to the ten Relocation Centers--which President Roosevelt initially...
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  • China in the German Enlightenment by Brandt, Bettina
    Bettina Brandt

    China in the German Enlightenment

    Over the course of the eighteenth century, European intellectuals shifted from admiring China as a utopian place of wonder to despising it as a backwards and despotic state. That transformation had little to do with changes in China itself, and everything to do with...
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  • Cave Paintings: The History and Legacy of Prehistoric Man-made Art by Charles River
    Charles River

    Cave Paintings: The History and Legacy of Prehistoric Man-made Art

    The legendary Pablo Picasso once paid a visit to the legendary Altamira Caves, located near the town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. There, he viewed the ancient cave paintings, deemed to be among the most sophisticated examples in the world. He summarized...
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  • The Coronation of Charlemagne: What Did It Signify? by Anonymous
    Anonymous

    The Coronation of Charlemagne: What Did It Signify?

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Medieval and Renaissance Florence by Schevill, Ferdinand
    Ferdinand Schevill

    Medieval and Renaissance Florence

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Hellenism and the Modern World by Murray, Gilbert
    Gilbert Murray

    Hellenism and the Modern World

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Global Humanities Reader: Volume 3 - Engaging Modern Worlds and Perspectives by Dunn, Alvis
    Alvis Dunn

    Global Humanities Reader: Volume 3 - Engaging Modern Worlds and Perspectives

    The Global Humanities Reader is a collaboratively edited collection of primary sources with student-centered support features. It serves as the core curriculum of the University of North Carolina Asheville's almost-sixty-year-old interdisciplinary Humanities Program. Its three volumes--Engaging Ancient Worlds and Perspectives (Volume 1), Engaging Premodern...
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  • Passion and Social Constraint by Van Den Haag, Ernest
    Ernest Van Den Haag

    Passion and Social Constraint

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World by Lissner, Ivan 1909-
    Ivan 1909- Lissner

    The Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Nineteenth-century European Civilization, 1815-1914 by Bruun, Geoffrey 1898-1988
    Geoffrey 1898-1988 Bruun

    Nineteenth-century European Civilization, 1815-1914

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Reason and the Imagination: Studies in the History of Ideas, 1600-1800 by Mazzeo, Joseph Anthony 1923-
    Joseph Anthony 1923- Mazzeo

    Reason and the Imagination: Studies in the History of Ideas, 1600-1800

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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