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1	Power of Myth more books like this by Joseph Campbell add to wishlist A series of interviews that Bill Moyers conducted with Joseph Campbell near the end of the scholar's life. They range across his writings and serve as a summing up. Each chapter has a focus on one aspect of myth as reflected in Campbell's writings and each conversation brings out the idea that myths go across time and are present in modern, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Secret History of the Pink Carnation more books like this by Lauren Willig add to wishlist Eloise Kelly, a smart but slightly fumbling Jimmy Choo-clad American, uncovers the secret history of the Pink Carnation--a tale of espionage, adventure, and romance. And she just might find a hero of her own along the way. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Confessor more books like this by Daniel Silva add to wishlist Gabriel Allon is not only an art restorer (working in Venice at the moment on a Bellini fresco) but a Mossad hit man. When he's wrenched from his day job and dispatched to find out who killed one of the Mossad agents, he's reluctant at first, but as he gets drawn into the case he begins to uncover some disturbing revelations about possible ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Timeline more books like this by Michael Crichton add to wishlist Tucked away in the arid New Mexico desert, Robert Doniger and his team of scientists develop a time machine based on the development of quantum technology. While Doniger envisions a lucrative monopoly on the tourism and travel industries, beloved Yale history professor Edward Johnston sees it as a chance to finally experience the subject of his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose add to wishlist In this memoir written shortly before his death, celebrated historian Stephen Ambrose (1936-2002) writes about not only his own life but the life of America as he has witnessed it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction more books like this by Mark T Gilderhus add to wishlist For undergraduate and graduate courses in Historiography and Historical Method. Also an ideal supplemental text for Western Civilization and Intellectual History courses. This text is a concise, brief, and accessible introductory text presenting a thorough, balanced, and comprehensive overview of Western historical thinking from ancient times ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Laughter of Dead Kings more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist The author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody novels returns with the long-awaited final installment in her beloved contemporary series featuring art historian Vicky Bliss--back for the first time in more than a decade. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Moon Tiger more books like this by Penelope Lively add to wishlist Claudia Hampton is dying. As memories crowd in, she re-creates the mosiac of her life, her own story enmeshed with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the centre of her life, Tom, her one great love both found and lost in the "mad fairyland" of war-torn Egypt. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Education of Henry Adams more books like this by Henry Adams add to wishlist Published posthumously in 1918, this book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1919. In this autobiography, Adams confronts the way he was raised, asserting that he and other men of his generation were singularly unprepared for the chaos unleashed upon civilization by the economic and technical innovations as the end of the 19th century drew near. More than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Flauberts Parrot more books like this by Julian Barnes add to wishlist Geoffrey Braithwaite is the learned and querulous narrator of this inquiry into the mysteries of Flaubert and his art, and into the facts of his own marriage to the adulteress he adored. He travels to France to find the stuffed parrot Flaubert kept on his desk for inspiration. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography more books like this by Henry Adams add to wishlist Published posthumously in 1918, this book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1919. In this autobiography, Adams confronts the way he was raised, asserting that he and other men of his generation were singularly unprepared for the chaos unleashed upon civilization by the economic and technical innovations as the end of the 19th century drew near. More than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin more books like this by John Hope Franklin add to wishlist John Hope Franklin lived through America's defining twentieth century transformation, the dismantling of legally protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that formation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5 million bestseller, "From Slavery to Freedom". And he experienced it first hand. Born in 1915, he was evicted ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Forward the Foundation more books like this by I Asimov add to wishlist Seldon, the inventor of a science known as pyschohistory, predicts the collapse of the Empire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.62! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Street of the Five Moons more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist Found lying dead in an alley is a man with an interesting piece of jewelry in his pocket--a reproduction of the Charlemagne talisman. It is so authentic that Vicky Bliss thinks she's being shown the real jewel. But in the streets and courtyards of Rome, she's going to solve its mystery. By the author of Lion in the Valley. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.12! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Austerlitz more books like this by W. G. Sebald add to wishlist The narrator of Sebald's fourth novel meets Jacques Austerlitz in a railroad station, and from there their friendship continues, revolving around a series of conversations, ostensibly about architecture but soon expanding to include the details of Austerlitz's life. The narrator learns that he was separated from his true parents at the age of 5, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Houses of History: A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory more books like this by Anna Green (Editor), Kathleen Troup (Editor) add to wishlist Every piece of historical writing has a theoretical basis on which evidence is selected, filtered, and understood. This is as true of scientific empiricism as it is of poststructualism. The Houses of History provides a comprehensive introduction to the twelve schools of thought which have had the greatest influence on the study of history in the ... see all copies from $18.49! new only from $27.60! \| SVS
17 view cover	Public History: Essays from the Field more books like this by James B. Gardner add to wishlist The essays in this volume provide an introduction to both the varieties of work in which public historians are engaged and the common purposes they share. It includes essays on the development of the field historically and the education of public historians. see all copies from $13.99! new only from $32.80!
18 view cover	Journals 1952-2000 more books like this by Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., Andrew Schlesinger (Editor), Stephen Schlesinger (Editor) add to wishlist From his years in the Kennedy administration up until his last days, Schlesinger was always at the center of American politics. Filled with his trademark acerbic wit and tremendous insight, "Journals" contains the author's candid thoughts about the signal events of the last 50 years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	A Dual Autobiography more books like this by Will Durant add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Currant Events more books like this by Piers Anthony add to wishlist This is the 28th pun-studded entry in the Xanth series. In the magical Land of Xanth, Good Magician Humfrey has the power to provide the answer to any question, but always demands a service in return. So when Clio, the Muse of History, asks Humfrey to decipher one of her books, he sends her on a perilous quest to save the dragons of Xanth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Tunnel more books like this by William H Gass (Read by) add to wishlist In William H. Gass's second novel, a history professor named William Kohler writes a scholarly book called 'Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany,' and intersperses a personal memoir in the pages of the manuscript. In the meantime, he is digging a secret tunnel from his basement. The primary thrust of the novel appears to be one which Gass has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Immaculate Deception more books like this by Iain M Pears, M.D add to wishlist Husband-and-wife art sleuths Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano investigate theft and intrigue in the Italian art world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation more books like this by Nancy Rubin Stuart add to wishlist Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first female historian of the American Revolution and the first American woman playwright. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century. see all copies from $6.92! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work more books like this by Jackson J Benson add to wishlist A biography of Wallace Stegner: novelist, historian, essayist, conservationist, teacher, and one of America's most beloved literary figures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life more books like this by Professor Hugh Brogan add to wishlist Written by an eminent scholar of both European and American history, this will stand as the standard biography of Alexis de Tocqueville for years to come. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.11! \| first editions \| SVS

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