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  • Romans Were Known For Their Aquaducks: And Other Gems of Wit and Wisdom in Western Civilization

    by Brian E. Strayer ...
    Western Civ 101 was never quite like this!"The Pharisees showed off their goodness by praying in synonyms" . . . "The fourteenth century was an unpleasant era to be alive in, much less dead in" . . . "The Vaccuum is a large empty space where the popes live in Rome" . . .This is the history you never learned in school (or maybe you did).Art Linkletter once noted that small children often mix ... Read more

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  • Spies, Sadists and Sorcerers

    The history you weren't taught in school

    by Dominic Selwood ...
    Spies, Sadists and Sorcerers unveils the history you were never taught at school. With a breath-taking sweep spanning Rome to the modern day, popular historian and author Dominic Selwood challenges the traditional version of some of the best-known events of the past. From ancient Christianity to the voyages of Columbus, and from the medieval Crusades to ISIS and the modern Middle East, this book ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Lessons of History

    by Will Durant, Ariel Durant ...
    A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Shortest History of Europe

    by John Hirst ...
    Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of classical learning, Christianity and German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced highly distinctive ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Short History of Europe

    From Charlemagne to the Treaty of Lisbon

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    Series series Short History
    From the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, an accessible history of the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped Europe during the last 1,200 yearsThis fascinating history for beginners provides a coherent map of the jumbled history of Europe and the European idea that has led up to this point. A continent of countless disparate ... Read more

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  • Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789

    by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ...
    Series series Cambridge History of Europe
    The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • In the Wake of the Plague

    The Black Death and the World It Made

    by Norman F. Cantor ...
    Series series A Must-Read for History Buffs
    Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was, and how it made history, remain shrouded in a haze of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Habsburg Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Martyn Rady ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now ... Read more

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  • The Story of Mankind

    by Hendrik Willem van Loon, Robert Sullivan, John Merriman, Ph.D. ...
    Series series Liveright Classics
    Winner of the American Library Association’s Newbery Medal“Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience.... What a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us!” —Wall Street JournalWinner of the first John Newberry Medal, Hendrik Willem van Loon’s The Story of Mankind, originally written for the author’s grandchildren, has charmed generations ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Battle for Christendom

    The Council of Constance, the East-West Conflict, and the Dawn of Modern Europe

    by Frank Welsh ...
    The fifteenth century Council of Constance ends the Catholic Church's papal schism and sets Europe on its path to the Renaissance in this in-depth history.At the dawn of the fifteenth century, the Ottoman Empire posed an existential threat to Christian Europe. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church was in chaos, with three Popes claiming the Chair of Saint Peter and dangerous stirrings of reform. In an ... Read more

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  • The Book of Firsts

    150 World-Changing People and Events, from Caesar Augustus to the Internet

    by Peter D'Epiro ...
    The Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world.Peter D’Epiro makes this handy overview of human history both fun and thought-provoking with his survey of the major “firsts”—inventions, discoveries, political and military upheavals, artistic and scientific breakthroughs, religious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Greatest Lies in History

    by Alexander Canduci ...
    The Greatest Lies in History examines specific episodes in history to identify the reasons why politicians, religious leaders and others have supported some of the most outrageous lies. Analytical in approach, it examines the lie, the official truth, the historical evidence and the legacy of the lie.Case studies include the true story of the fate of the prisoners of the Bastille in the French ... Read more

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