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1	Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist This history of food and eating is full of fascinating facts and answers many food questions. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $2.06! new only from $5.92! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The World: A Brief History: Combined Volume more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World: A Brief History gives students the whole story. Prentice Hall is proud to offer The World: A Brief History--the new brief version of The World: A History adapted by author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto himself. The use of The World: A Brief History offers added flexibility in teaching World History, allowing instructors to supplement the ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.79! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The World: A History: Combined Volume more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist "The World" interweaves two stories-of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
4	The World: A History: Volume Two: Since 1300 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World gives students the whole story. It is a new kind of history text -- not just a collection of facts and figures. World renowned historian, world respected scholar, successful author of more than 25 books translated into 22 languages, and exceptional writer, author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers a truly holistic narrative of the world, ... see all copies from $2.71! new only from $99.00!
5	The World: A History: Volume One: To 1500 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World gives students the whole story. It is a new kind of history text -- not just a collection of facts and figures. World renowned historian, world respected scholar, successful author of more than 25 books translated into 22 languages, and exceptional writer, author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers a truly holistic narrative of the world, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.87!
6	The World, Combined Volume: A History more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World interweaves two stories--of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have ... see all copies from $30.99! new only from $59.00! \| SVS
7	Humankind: A Brief History more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist You think you're human. But what does that mean? How can humanity be defined? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto takes us on an enlightening journey through the history of humankind to reveal the challenges to our most fundamental belief - that we are, and have always been, human. Chimps and humans are objectively so alike that an anthropologist from Mars ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist Explorers forged the infrastructure of global history, first by finding the routes of migration that sundered human cultures, then - after millennia of divergence - by finding the routes that linked them up again. Pathfinders tells the epic story of how the route-finders did it: who they were, where they came from, where they went, how they coped ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, "Amerigo" is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians who spins a grand narrative full of character and story. 4 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The World: A History: Volume C: From 1700 to the Present more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World interweaves two stories--of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have ... see all copies from $7.27! new only from $51.89! \| SVS
11 view cover	Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist This comparative study of world civilizations is organized thematically according to environmental features--rivers, woodlands, islands, deserts, etc.--which the author uses as organizers by which to find commonalities. see all copies from $2.35! new only from $7.25! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist Boldly conceived and dazzlingly executed, this breathtaking work offers a unique retrospective on the last 1,000 years of world history. Epoch-making as well as epoch marking, Millennium is history on a grand scale--big but fluent, solid but exciting, scholarly and demanding but enormously entertaining. 400 illustrations & photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The World, Volume 2: Since 1300: A Brief World History more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World: A Brief History gives students the whole story. Prentice Hall is proud to offer The World: A Brief History--the new brief version of The World: A History adapted by author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto himself. The use of The World: A Brief History offers added flexibility in teaching World History, allowing instructors to supplement the ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $73.67! \| SVS
14 view cover	Ideas That Changed the World more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist Authoritative, compelling, and provocative, Ideas That Changed the World presents the big themes in philosophy and history, and reveals how certain ideas have shaped our civilization. One of the most respected historians writing today, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers an unashamedly personal analysis on a wide range of ideas--from the afterlife to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.99!
15 view cover	The World, Volume One: To 1500: A History more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World interweaves two stories--of our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have ... see all copies from $69.85! new only from $87.75! \| SVS
16 view cover	Before Columbus: Exploration and Colonisation from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist "A welcome addition to the growing literature dedicated to 'Atlantic Studies.'. . . Recommended for the professional scholar, the university student, and the educated public."-- see all copies from $5.25! new only from $18.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The World: A History: Volume B: From 1000 to 1800 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World gives students the whole story. It is a new kind of history text -- not just a collection of facts and figures. World renowned historian, world respected scholar, successful author of more than 25 books translated into 22 languages, and exceptional writer, author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers a truly holistic narrative of the world, ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $89.12!
18 view cover	Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed more books like this by Felipe Fernandez Armesto, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist Written by a renowned Oxford historian, this fascinating volume presents a global history of truth. Sharp and authoritative, "Truth" manages to touch every period of human experience; it leaps from truth-telling technologies of "primitive" societies to the private mental worlds of great philosophers; from spiritualism to science and from New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Reformations: A Radical Interpretation of Christianity and the World, 1500-2000 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Derek Wilson add to wishlist In their search to uncover the roots of Christianity's worldwide resurgence at the end of the millennium, two historians--one Catholic, the other Protestant--radically reinterpret the causes and effects of the Protestant Reformation. Authors Fernandez and Armesto emphasize changes and continuities in the development of Roman Catholic, Protestant, ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Americas: A Hemispheric History more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, "Amerigo" is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians who spins a grand narrative full of character and story. 4 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Americas: The History of a Hemisphere more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist With his trademark range and independence of thought, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto sweeps aside the tidy separation between the enlightened first world' United States and Canada, and less privileged Latin America. He shows us why it is impossible to understand the history of North, Central and South America in isolation. From the emergence of the ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $14.34! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Spanish Armada: The Experience of War in 1588 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist In this examination of the experience of the Armada and the common heritage of two maritime, imperial powers, the author draws on personal accounts of the war and describes the sufferings of those who took part on both sides. He argues that the outcome can scarcely be called a victory, given the chaotic strategic preparations and ineffective ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	World of Myths more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (Introduction by) add to wishlist Here retold in all their original dramatic power are some of the most exciting and influential of all world myths, drawn from a fascinating range of ancient cultures. Epic struggles and heroic adventures, passionate jealousies and psychological deceptions, comic mistakes and tragic destinies-- these fabulous tales are all part of our common ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $19.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The World, Volume One: A Brief History: To 1500 more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist The World: A Brief History gives students the whole story. Prentice Hall is proud to offer The World: A Brief History--the new brief version of The World: A History adapted by author Felipe Fernandez-Armesto himself. The use of The World: A Brief History offers added flexibility in teaching World History, allowing instructors to supplement the ... see all copies from $27.00! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
25 view cover	Columbus more books like this by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto add to wishlist Christopher Columbus has generated a legend which exceeds even the achievements of his own lifetime. This text aims to build up a believable portrait of Columbus, set in the context of the world in which he lived. It examines the explorer's quest for patronage and the development of his geographical ideas, as well as describing his famous voyages ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.93! \| signed copies \| first editions

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