World Books


The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and InventionThe Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention
Best Price: $18.39
This book is very good to have, especially for Chinese parents with children. Children with...
Backgrounds of Early ChristianityBackgrounds of Early Christianity
Best Price: $22.80
This is a fact filled book that will be a good study tool to learn about the new testament...
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient AmericaThey Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Best Price: $8.95
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RNAC6IWWMBGSK The ancient Olmec came from Africa...
Plagues and PeoplesPlagues and Peoples
Best Price: $7.92
In this 1976 work, acclaimed historian William McNeill investigated the role of parasitism (both...
The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics)The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.02
Why he came, what he saw, whom he conquered. Rendered unto the reader what is Caeser's story.


China: Fragile SuperpowerChina: Fragile Superpower
Best Price: $11.03
As many others have intricately described the particular subjects that are adroitly dealt with...
When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433
Best Price: $10.00
The brutality of castration and the adventure of seafaring are vividly described in this history...
The West in the WorldThe West in the World
Best Price: $88.95
The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed – and been...
The Great TransformationThe Great Transformation
Best Price: $12.90
While this is now a classic text, having been written in 1944, as time passes it provides a more...
Spice: The History of a TemptationSpice: The History of a Temptation
Best Price: $8.44
This is an extremely well-researched book and is brimming with all sorts of interesting...


World History for DummiesWorld History for Dummies
Best Price: $4.28
Amazon has listed "World History for Dummies" as a computer/tech book. This is...
The Complete World of Greek MythologyThe Complete World of Greek Mythology
Best Price: $26.36
Somewhere amid the oodles of glossy photos of athlete-festooned kraters and oinochoes, I was...
Big Book of BreastsBig Book of Breasts
Best Price: $38.55
I was hoping for all pictures, there are a lot of words. I would have liked it to be just...
Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American RevolutionPatriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution
Best Price: $12.49
I got this for my son and read it myself first. I learned things different from anything I have...
A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the PresentA Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present
Best Price: $24.95
I mistakenly didn't realise that this is a college textbook. It also reads like a college...

A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
Best Price: $12.13
I have looked for a good and intriguing and accurate portrayal of World War One to read and...
Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (Global Century Series)Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (Global Century Series)
Best Price: $10.30
This is a must read for people interested in either history, the environment, or people. It is...
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of MidwayShattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Best Price: $17.49
Shattered Sword by Parshall and Tully is simply breathtaking, the most thoroughly researched and...
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New YorkHow the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Best Price: $8.81
Few books in American history have had the social impact that Jacob A. Riis's How the Other Half...
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Best Price: $4.86
Although the primary focus of this book is on the Constitutional Convention, and the brilliant...

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New YorkHow the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Best Price: $8.81
Few books in American history have had the social impact that Jacob A. Riis's How the Other Half...
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Best Price: $4.86
Although the primary focus of this book is on the Constitutional Convention, and the brilliant...
World HistoryWorld History
Best Price: $126.62
World History covers a vast amount of information in a moderate amount of space and explains...
The DiscoverersThe Discoverers
Best Price: $4.94
This is a great trip through the great discoveries from prehistory (the concept of time being...
Blue MauritiusBlue Mauritius
Best Price: $19.77
Blue Mauritius is an adventure that begins at a ball on a tropical island in the Indian Ocean,...

A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium, New EditionA People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium, New Edition
Best Price: $11.67
there are many books which attempt to give us man's history. Harman, one of the leading Marxist...
The Birth of Plenty : How the Prosperity of the Modern World was CreatedThe Birth of Plenty : How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created
Best Price: $14.50
This is a must read book. The gist of his message was very positive and gave me great hope....
A History Of Latin America: CompleteA History Of Latin America: Complete
Best Price: $77.72
This book is completely terrible because it is VERY VERY poorly written. Keen cannot fluidly...
Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First AmendmentFreedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
Best Price: $11.05
Read this book(!) if you care about the freedoms we enjoy in America or wonder about the limits...
A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle EastA Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East
Best Price: $14.97
This book is a history of how the U.S. formulated and executed Middle Eastern Policy over a...

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman RepublicRubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Best Price: $7.45
Rubicon, by Tom Holland, gives you the real story, the real history, about how the Republic of...
From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's (Cultureamerica)From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's (Cultureamerica)
Best Price: $24.58
They all came to Taos: Georgia O'Keefe, D. H. Lawrence, Carl Van Vechten, and other expatriates...
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States)Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States)
Best Price: $13.94
Whenever you pick up an Oxford history of the United States you expect an attention to detail...
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches (Angels in America)Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches (Angels in America)
Best Price: $2.67
This play is very accessible to the reader accustomed to reading prose. Contemporary situations...
Darfur: A New History of a Long War (African Arguments)Darfur: A New History of a Long War (African Arguments)
Best Price: $11.34
People professionally concerned with genocide prevention and Darfur recommended this short but...

A History of the JewsA History of the Jews
Best Price: $8.20
This is a superbly written resource. No doubt about that. But that is really all it is. I'm not...
Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods (P.S.)Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods (P.S.)
Best Price: $3.00
This is a great book; I was expecting just a fairly usual compendium of Yiddishisms, but Wex has...
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au of...Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au of...
Best Price: $8.95
its about how Asians are still not welcomed here after a few centuries. People of all races...
Traditions & Encounters: Traditions And EncountersTraditions & Encounters: Traditions And Encounters
Best Price: $94.99
This book has many false and biased representations of history. It's depiction of Indian history...
Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. PalaimaAnthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima
Best Price: $11.95
Here is an outstanding compilation of samples from ancient Greek and Roman myths. Samples a...

Traditions & Encounters: Traditions And EncountersTraditions & Encounters: Traditions And Encounters
Best Price: $94.99
This book has many false and biased representations of history. It's depiction of Indian history...
The New Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in History)The New Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in History)
Best Price: $21.55
The Crusades are one of the historical events most mischaracterized by the historians and,...
Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. PalaimaAnthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima
Best Price: $11.95
Here is an outstanding compilation of samples from ancient Greek and Roman myths. Samples a...
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They DoWorking: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Best Price: $8.50
I read Working in 1986, when I was 23, and chose my profession based on one of the interviews...
Austerity Britain, 1945-1951Austerity Britain, 1945-1951
Best Price: $23.65
An excellent description of that time in England. Brought back a lot of memories. Probably less...

Civilization in the West, Combined Volume (7th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)Civilization in the West, Combined Volume (7th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $87.23
A history book that is not at all too boring to read. I think it might be one of the better...
The Massacre at El MozoteThe Massacre at El Mozote
Best Price: $8.44
I picked up this book primarily from the intriguing cover. The words inside the cover were...
Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's SoulForgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul
Best Price: $17.00
An intense and concsie study of latin America's political, economic and caste systems defined...
Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300
Best Price: $103.78
Nothing to do with "Eye Problems". Please remove from "Eye Problems"...
Colonial Latin AmericaColonial Latin America
Best Price: $39.90
The seller sold the book in the condition which described. It arrived in a timely manner and...

Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation SouthAr'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South
Best Price: $8.00
Deborah Gray White writes tellingly about the double evils faced by the Black woman of the old...
Western Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, from the Renaissance to the PresentWestern Civilization: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, from the Renaissance to the Present
Best Price: $62.48
This book is unique in its balance of primary sources and their interpretations. All the figures...
The Houses of History: A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and TheoryThe Houses of History: A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory
Best Price: $19.80
The Houses of History was an interesting read. Many of the excerpts that the writers put...
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record (Dover Architectural Series)The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record (Dover Architectural Series)
Best Price: $7.90
I became interested in the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 through a friend and I bought this book...
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their JourneyBury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
Best Price: $2.46
I am gypsy. I have been severed from my heritage. This book gave me the reason behind my rhymes....

Sources of the Western Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Renaissance to the PresentSources of the Western Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Renaissance to the Present
Best Price: $29.98
With a collection of 300 sources--each accompanied by an introductory essay and review...
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet EmpireLenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Best Price: $4.64
This book is a fascinating exploration of the last days of the Soviet Union, providing a...
A History of Western Society: Since 1300; Advanced Placement EditionA History of Western Society: Since 1300; Advanced Placement Edition
This is my favorite history textbook I've ever used. It teaches on a higher plane of thinking,...
World Religions: A Voyage of DiscoveryWorld Religions: A Voyage of Discovery
The book was sent within two days. It's in very good condition. I was very impressed with how...
Age of Empire: 1875-1914Age of Empire: 1875-1914
Best Price: $8.97
I just finished reading this book. Knowing little more than what the average person knows about...
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