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„Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself.“–Howard Zinn

The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest of Greece. This is the second volume of the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning

Featuring the previously unpublished diary of José María Sobral, Under-Lieutenant of the Argentine Navy, this book provides insight on his life and his participation in Otto Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903.This biography hi ..

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field

The history of Egypt as taught to us is not complete. There are clearly stone structures which the dynastic people could not have constructed and this volume 2 of a series I show obvious examples of why a much older and technologically advanced civilizatio

In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this violation of national sovereignty was in fact only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and c ..

The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a railroad bridge in what would become Kenya. It is titled after a pair of lions which killed his workers, and w

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy–with recipes throughout.

A FifteenthCentury Manual of Swordfighting and CloseQuarter Combat.

In his new history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes – both culinary and cultural – from raw materials to market and captures their reflections in today's food trends. Tying the ingredients of ou ..

For Japan, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 has something of the significance that the French Revolution has for France: it is the point from which modern history begins. In this now classic work of Japanese history, the late W. G. Beasley offers a compreh

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Tower of Babel is arguably among the most well-known allegories of the Old Testament. As told by the Book of Genesis, th