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1	The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 more books like this by David McCullough add to wishlist Popular historian David McCullough tells the story of the building of the Panama Canal, which connected the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. He relates the engineering, the politics, and the human drama. THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS won a National Book Award in history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History more books like this by John M Barry add to wishlist Victims of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 suffered horrifying effects, including bleeding from the ears and nose, and they usually died. It killed more people in a year than the plagues of the Middle Ages did in a century. In the United States, where there weren't enough coffins to house the increasing numbers of bodies, nearly seven times ... see all copies from $2.45! new only from $6.92! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power more books like this by Daniel Yergin add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East more books like this by Baird T Spalding add to wishlist Abridged version of volume's 1-3 from Baird Spalding's Far East travels in 1894 that played a ground-breaking role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are "Masters" assisting and guiding humanity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The History of Sexuality: An Introduction more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $5.96! \| SVS
6	The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order more books like this by Samuel P Huntington add to wishlist An examination of the political and military conflicts that have erupted around the globe since the collapse of Communism in 1989, written by the well-known scholar and director of the Institute for Strategic Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Huntington envisions a future in which world politics is driven not by ideologies or economics, but by ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $6.46! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
9	The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion more books like this by Robert Spencer add to wishlist New York Times" bestselling author and Islam expert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam--a portrait that is unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammads life that continue to affect the world today. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.55! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American Histor more books like this by Kenneth C Davis add to wishlist Presented in a user-friendly format, this comprehensive history of America fills in the gaps that we all have, and breaks some new ground, too. Starting off each topic with a string of questions--there are no bad questions, of course, and many of them are interesting--Davis provides insightful reports on key events and personalities from Columbus ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World more books like this by Kati Marton add to wishlist Author Kati Marton follows these nine over the decades as they flee fascism and anti-Semitism, seek sanctuary in England and America, and set out to make their mark. The scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Eugene Wigner enlist Albert Einstein to get Franklin Roosevelt to initiate the development of the atomic bomb. Along with John von ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time more books like this by Carroll Quigley add to wishlist see all copies from $38.50! new only from $44.94! \| first editions
13 view cover	Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics more books like this by Herschel B Chipp add to wishlist "Shady Practices" is a revealing analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Between 1975 and 1985, while much of Africa suffered devastating drought conditions, Gambian women farmers succeeded in establishing hundreds of lucrative ... see all copies from $2.15! new only from $17.10! \| SVS
14 view cover	Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist This new edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| SVS
15 view cover	Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World more books like this by Timothy Brook add to wishlist In the hands of award-winning historian Brook, Vermeer's dazzling paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought--from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the 17th century, when the world first became global. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $11.45! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali & the Artists of Optical Illusion more books like this by Al Seckel, Douglas R Hofstadter (Foreword by) add to wishlist The definitive book of optical illusions featuring works by Escher and Dali. With delightful trickery and visual puns, this book features: colour illustrations throughout; astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo; amazing visual trickery; and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $11.05! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A History of the Modern Middle East more books like this by William L Cleveland add to wishlist This comprehensive survey analyzes political, social, cultural, and economic developments in the Middle East from the Ottoman and Safavid Empires to the present day. Cleveland lays the groundwork for this modern history by describing the roots of Islamic civilization in ancient times and tracing the relationship between distinctly Middle Eastern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.98! \| SVS
18 view cover	Beyond good and evil: prelude to a philosophy of the future more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist 'What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.' Always provocative, the Friedrich Nietzsche of Beyond Good and Evil (1886) is at once sceptical psychologist and philosopher-seer, passionately unmasking European society with his piercing insights and uncanny prescience. This masterpiece of his maturity considers quintessential ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning more books like this by Chris Hedges (Read by) add to wishlist A veteran New York Times war correspondent's complex, moving, and thought-provoking reflection on how life is lived most intensely in times of war.. General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Simulacra and Simulation more books like this by Professor Jean Baudrillard, Sheila Glaser (Translator) add to wishlist Baudrillard's 1981 work on postmodern theory is concerned with the economic matrix and empty reproducibility of contemporary electronic culture. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $9.39! \| SVS
21 view cover	The portable Nietzsche more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, 'Few writers in any age were so full of ideas', and few writers have been so consistently ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Cold War: A New History more books like this by John Lewis Gaddis add to wishlist Beginning with World War II and ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the author provides a thrilling account of the strategic dynamics that drove the age. The work is rich with illuminating portraits of its major personalities and fresh insight into its most crucial events. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Western Civilization: Volume II: Since 1500 more books like this by Jackson J Spielvogel, PhD add to wishlist Best-selling text, WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Thus Spoke Zarathustra more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
25 view cover	Classics of Western philosophy more books like this by Steven M Cahn add to wishlist The seventh edition of Steven Cahn's "Classics of Western Philosophy" features several major additions, including selections from Plotinus' "Enneads", Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation", Husserl's "Paris Lectures", Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", and a new selection from Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit". ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| first editions

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