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The Republic Of Plato Best Price: $12.00 Bloom's essay is possibly the best commentary on Plato I've read. An overly simple summary is... | Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $13.62 This book recounts a journey made by the author and her husband as they traveled through... | The Pursuit of History (4th Edition) Best Price: $32.46 Early in his book, Tosh explains that "[h]ow the past is known and how it is applied to... | From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present Best Price: $7.50 I just finished this book for the first time. I'm very impressed you've read it seven times!... | Viking Tales (Yesterday's Classics) Best Price: $8.90 This book has been an interesting read for us because it has given rise to many discussions... |
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Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia Best Price: $8.48 Having lived in Russia six years and still in business there since 1991, I quickly learned that... | The Romans: From Village to Empire Best Price: $37.66 It's all there, from the beginning to the end, but at a level more fit for elementary school... | Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris Best Price: $12.38 Walks Through Lost Paris: A Journey Into the Heart of Historic Paris
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The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain Best Price: $5.95 I enjoyed this book. From my limited understanding of the time period and my inability to read... | Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography (Anchor Books) Best Price: $6.47 It took me years to get around to reading this, but, "better late than never." For... | Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography (Anchor Books) Best Price: $6.47 It took me years to get around to reading this, but, "better late than never." For... | For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement Best Price: $13.75 The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the... | Gorgias (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $4.83 I did not receive the item because they were out of stock, so I really can not rate the service.... |
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Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 Best Price: $11.01 I read this about 6 years ago when it was assigned in one of my undergrad classes. There are... | History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past Best Price: $7.97 History Wars: The Enola gay and other Battles for the American Past is an extremely thought... | Life and Death in the Third Reich Best Price: $17.53 On January 30, 1933, hearing about the celebrations for Hitler’s assumption of power,... | The Princes in the Tower Best Price: $5.49 It sure won't answer the centuries old question of the demise of Edward IV's boys, but surely... | The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague Best Price: $6.00 An often eye-witness account of the democratic revolutions of 1989 in Poland, Hungary, East... |
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Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission Best Price: $26.40 I bought this book at an English language bookstore in Brussels and it became my constant... | Security, Territory, Population (Lectures at the College De France) Best Price: $18.13 This text is as close as you will get to hearing Foucault's voice (unless of course you listen... | Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 Best Price: $4.12 I found this to be an excellent book. It was both informative and engaging; something we've... | The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages) Best Price: $19.00 i orignially purchased this book as a resource for a paper i was doing on tuscany, but when i... | Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling Best Price: $2.90 We saw the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and I wanted to know more about the person and the era... |
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Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.45 I highly recommend this translation of Joinville and Villehardouin.
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