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1	1776 more books like this by David McCullough David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $7.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power more books like this by Daniel Yergin Written by the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Energy Future", this book brings to life the tycoons, wildcatters, monopolists, regulators, presidents, generals and sheiks whose struggle for oil has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, transformed the destiny of Britain and the world and profoundly changed all our lives. ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Heal Your Body: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Metaphysical Way to Overcome Them more books like this by Louise L Hay (Foreword by) Louise L. Hay was diagnosed with cancer more than 20 years ago and used the methods she describes in this book to cure herself. She explains how our attitude to life and the language we use cause our ailments. Using her practical techniques, you will be surprised to discover patterns in your own ailments that reveal a lot about yourself. Just ... see all copies from $2.09! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust more books like this by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is: How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of German society and its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order more books like this by F William Engdahl This book is a gripping account of the murky world of the international oil industry and its role in world politics. Scandals about oil are familiar to most of us. From George W. Bush's election victory to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US politics and oil enjoy a controversially close relationship. The US economy relies upon the cheap and ... see all copies from $19.90! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Unnatural causes more books like this by P D James A famous mystery writer is found dead at the bottom of a dinghy, with both hands chopped off at the wrists. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, with help from his remarkable Aunt Jane, must discover who typed the writer's death sentence before the plot takes another murderous turn. "Unnatural Causes" inspired "Cosmopolitan" to fervently hope, "if we're ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations more books like this by Adam Smith This is the first opportunity for modern scholars to have easy access to the first edited edition of The Wealth of Nations. Edited by William Playfair (the Scottish economist and inventor of the bar and pie-charts) and published in 1805, it is the first and most important early critical edition of Smith. Smith corrected his original 1776 text for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.16! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Mortal causes more books like this by Ian Rankin The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex-army, spots a paramilitary link. It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Happiness Is a Choice: The Symptoms, Causes, and Cures of Depression more books like this by Dr. Frank B Minirth, PH.D., Dr. Paul Meier, M.D. Happiness Is a Choice has helped hundreds of thousands of people understand and overcome depression. Drawing from their professional training, counseling experience, and biblical knowledge, the authors provide expert answers to questions such as: What causes depression? Is there a cure for depression? Why do Christians suffer from depression? and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Natural causes more books like this by Michael Palmer Dr Sarah Baldwin learns that the pre-natal herbal vitamins she has prescribed appear to be the only things that link the deaths of three young mothers-to-be. But as she searches for the truth it becomes clear that someone will do anything - even murder - in order to keep a devastating secret. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures more books like this by Richard Duncan An updated look at the imminent dollar crisis Will the series of financial and currency crises in recent years culminate in the collapse of the U.S. dollar and a worldwide economic slump? This updated and revised edition of The Dollar Crisis describes the evolution of the crisis in the international monetary system over the two years since the ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.60! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Zimmermann Telegram more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman In January 1917 when World War I was deadlocked and the United States was clinging grimly to neutrality, the British intercepted a telegram from Berlin which they knew would bring America to the aid of the Allies. This is the story of how the message was decoded and how it was put to use by the British - a tale of espionage, secret diplomacy, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.68! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor more books like this by Harry Mazer The bestselling author of "Snow Bound" presents a poignant depiction of the events of December 7, 1941. Fourteen-year-old Adam Pelko watches as Japanese fighter planes attack and sink most of America's Pacific fleet, including the "Arizona"--his father's ship. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Why Nations Go to War more books like this by John George Stoessinger Transmitting an understanding of warfare from World War I to the present, "Why Nations Go To War", a unique book and a product of reflection by author, John G. Stoessinger, is built around ten case studies, culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West more books like this by Niall Ferguson Ferguson reinterprets the modern era and the central paradox of why unprecedented progress coincided with unprecedented violence, and why the seeming triumph of the West bore the seeds of its undoing. see all copies from $5.20! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Spiritual depression; its causes and cure more books like this by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Believing that Christian joy was one of the most potent factors in the spread of Christianity in the early centuries, Lloyd-Jones not only lays bare the causes that have robbed many Christians of spiritual vitality, but also points the way to the cure. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $12.60! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism more books like this by Douglas Feith Feith details how the Administration launched a global effort to attack and disrupt terrorist networks; how it decided to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime by force; how it came to impose an occupation on Iraq even though it had avoided one in Afghanistan; how some officials postponed or impeded important early steps that could have averted ... see all copies from $15.14! new only from $15.14! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 more books like this by Ian Kershaw, Bar An acclaimed historian re-creaties a dramatic sequence of ten decisions made by the leaders of the world's six major powers--Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini, and Tojo--that reshaped human destiny. see all copies from $2.61! new only from $2.78! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Coming Fury more books like this by Bruce Catton In this first book in Bruce Catton's trilogy on the American Civil War he describes the forces which combined to drive the United States apart. Opening with the Democratic Party's Charleston Convention in 1860 and the split which ended with two Democratic candidates for the Presidency, the Republic Convention and the campaign which ended in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Origins of the First World War more books like this by James Joll James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the very different ways in which historians have subsequently attempted to understand them. The importance of the theme, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust more books like this by Doris L Bergen In examining one of the defining events of the 20th century, Doris Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Coming of the French Revolution more books like this by Georges Lefebvre, Robert R Palmer (Translator) This classic work details what happened in France during the year 1789, the first year of the French Revolution. First published in 1939 for the sesquicentennial of the Revolution, the book was suppressed by the Vichy government after the outbreak of the Second World War and the subsequent collapse of the Third Republic. Since, most copies of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.53! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War more books like this by Professor Eric Foner Since its publication twenty five years ago, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men has been recognized as a classic, an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the causes of the American Civil War. A key work in establishing political ideology as a major concern of modern American historians, it remains the only full-scale evaluation of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.06! \| SVS
24 view cover	The origins of the Second World War more books like this by A. J. P. Taylor One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.38! \| first editions
25 view cover	Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? more books like this by David Fromkin In a gripping narrative that has eerie parallels to current events, "Europe'sLast Summer" is a striking re-creation of the start of World War I--a crucialmoment in 20th-century history. see all copies from $3.44! new only from $9.87! \| first editions

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