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Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present Best Price: $17.14 This is a wonderful book. It really fleshes out the remains of Rome's ancient monuments | Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 Best Price: $44.68 Late Antiquity is still quite controversial. Its application, time boundaries, and geographic... | Famous Men of the Middle Ages (Greenleaf Press) Best Price: $7.50 My children loved studying the Middle Ages, and this book was an effective (and non-threatening)... | The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940 Best Price: $11.40 Finest biography on Churchill ever written. A pity Manchester died before completing the third... | The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $7.80 It contains fascinating side-lights upon the sub-Roman period in British history. There are... |
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Metro Stop Paris: An Underground History of the City of Light Best Price: $13.98 A history of Paris in twelve m?tro stops. M?tro Stop Paris recounts the extraordinary and... | Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin (Expanded Edition) Best Price: $20.97 This book has proven to be an astonishingly valuable source in my research of the period, and I... | Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games Best Price: $22.38 It could have been better, but maybe the author has no knowledge of the massive KGB infiltration... | Michelangelo (XL Series) Best Price: $119.45 Excellent pictures of the frescoes, inadequate coverage of sculptures. This book is unrivaled... | Midnight in Sicily Best Price: $8.93 I bought this book after an Amazon's suggestion, and was looking forward for an overview of my... |
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A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces Best Price: $69.86 This is a very interesting and (overall) well written textbook which I used in Russian history. ... | Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle (Readings in the History of Philosophy) Best Price: $10.08 For a teacher willing to present his or her own analysis of the period, but looking for an... | A History of England, Volume I: Prehistory to 1714 (Chapters 1-16) Best Price: $64.57 I had to use this book for my History of England class, and while I did not expect it to be an... | The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto) Best Price: $15.48 Over five hundred years have passed since Constantinople became Istanbul. It is difficult to... | A Year with the Queen Best Price: $18.35 This marvellous book chronicles a year in the life of the British Royal family and accompanies... |
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Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean Best Price: $20.00 I've owned this book for over a year now and still find it indispensable (I have highlighted and... | The Road from the Past: Traveling through History in France Best Price: $4.99 Being an avid reader of travel essays and an admitted francophile, I thoroughly enjoyed Ms.... | Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son Best Price: $7.94 Simply put, this has it all, from facts we all thing we know, to the lives of this family both... | Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation Best Price: $6.98 This book is full of great information on men of this time period. It tells you who they were,... | Cafe Europa: Life After Communism Best Price: $2.50 Slavenka Drakulic is both a skilled writer and a capable interpreter of the human condition. ... |
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The Tour Is Won on the Alpe: Alpe d'Huez and the Classic Battles of the Tour de France (Photography) Best Price: $11.59 L'Alpe d'Huez represents the pinnacle of cycling achievement, and has served as the penultimate... | Herzog on Herzog Best Price: $11.17 Author Paul Cronin was only too hasty to warn us well in advance that we were going to find... | The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories Best Price: $21.86 A very sad commentary involving the killing and mutilation of many thousands of innocent people.... | A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II Best Price: $7.59 One of the best-written WWII accounts of war, focusing on a disastrous Allied military operation... | The Old Regime and the French Revolution Best Price: $7.50 This book does an excellent job at comparing the Old Regime with post revolutionary France, in... |
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Art Forms From The Ocean: The Radiolarian Atlas Of 1862 Best Price: $13.48 Radiolarians are a total blank to the majority of people, yet these remarkable builders of glass... | IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation Best Price: $10.75 I must have read by now several hundreds of books on the holocaust, and I think this book, IBM... | Famous Men of Greece Best Price: $13.56 In the section on the Greek gods, the author gives them their Roman names. He calls Zeus... | European History for Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics)) Best Price: $6.93 It is understandable that this book is brief about everything. However, with that simple... | The Lantern Bearers Best Price: $3.41 Another of Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman series is book, this again steps
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The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad Best Price: $14.44 Straight up, the Siege of Leningrad lasted either 872 or 880 days, depending on whether you... | The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium Best Price: $3.99 Very thought provoking. Sets a good yardstick to compare with our current culture and lifestyle. | Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises (Reading Greek) Best Price: $25.19 This review is from the point of view of an adult self learner.
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Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography Best Price: $6.99 Alexander, usually known as the Great, was truly great if we are speaking of military prowess.... | Spend the Day in Ancient Rome: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life, Ages 8-12 (Spend the Day Series) Best Price: $7.90 Parades, gladiator games, tunic weaving, and coin making! Anything can happen when you... | A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today Best Price: $14.41 This is a well-written, well-researched book, with good insight and valuable information.... | The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America (John MacRae Books) Best Price: $14.86 This is an interesting history of the settling of Jamestown that gives equal time to the ships... | Making of the English Working Class Best Price: $14.90 An Indispensable Classic that will be of interest to anyone interested in how... |
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Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus Best Price: $8.86 I thought this book was written beautifully and I can see why Kaplan has such a large following.... | The Great Escape Best Price: $7.89 The Real Deal! No "Steve Mcqueen" character, but everyone a true hero.The Great Escape | Introduction to Attic Greek Best Price: $25.00 If you have completed a reasonably paced course in classical Greek, this text could be used to... | A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, New Edition Best Price: $18.00 To start I will say that this book is not a fast or easy read and it is not for the casual WWII... | Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford Best Price: $13.12 There are countless historical personages about whom very little documentary evidence remains... |
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A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History) Best Price: $27.69 This is an excellent overview of Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War. Judicious and fair,... | The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon Best Price: $5.44 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A must read for any WWII buff and anyone who wishes to read a... | These Were the Greeks Best Price: $18.45 This book is one of the books that, through vivid detail and scattered pictures, allows the... | Charles Faudree's French Country Signature Best Price: $16.15 Certainly, this is about individual style. It is that character which pervades Mr. Faudree's... | The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters Best Price: $19.96 I tend to agree with the reviewer who found this collection a bit too long. As an avid reader... |
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Best Price: $4.89 I never fully understood my grandfather till I read this book as part of a collage class on... | Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture Best Price: $19.00 In erudite and responsible fashion, Greene establishes his thesis by first laying out the nature... | | | |