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1	The Liar's Club: A Memoir more books like this by Mary Karr add to wishlist Mary Karr's astonishingly candid--and controversial--account of her childhood and the abuses she sustained as the daughter of an alcoholic mother with a 'nervous' condition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World more books like this by A J Jacobs add to wishlist Alarmed and more than a little chagrined at the massive gaps in his personal knowledge base, Jacobs sets for himself a suitably daunting, and some might say insane, task: to fill in the holes in his Ivy-league education by reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class more books like this by David S Kidder, Noah D Oppenheim add to wishlist This secular daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning is designed to inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities more books like this by Lawrence Cunningham add to wishlist CULTURE AND VALUES, Fifth Edition continues to combine balanced coverage of literature, art, music, and philosophy with sociological insight into the daily life of the characters in the unfolding drama of Western civilization. Available in two volumes, or as an alternate single volume without readings, this text remains the most readable and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.55! \| first editions \| SVS
5	How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It more books like this by Arthur Herman add to wishlist This study of Scotland's impact on civilization chronicles the transformation of Scotland after British rule, the achievements of great Scots such as Adam Smith, David Hume, and others, and the ideas of liberty that shaped the Enlightenment and the modern world. see all copies from $3.01! new only from $8.96! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier more books like this by Thad Carhart add to wishlist In expatriate Thad Carhart's fascinating memoir, he gets to know a man who repairs and sells pianos and becomes a regular at his small, eccentric shop in Paris. Then Carhart, an amateur pianist in his youth, buys a piano himself, begins taking lessons, and finds his life transformed by music, friendship, and the ineffably lovable French-ness of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
7	The Enlightenment more books like this by Dorinda Outram add to wishlist Debate over the meaning of 'Enlightenment' began in the eighteenth century and has continued unabated until our own times. This period saw the opening of arguments on the nature of man, truth, on the place of God, and the international circulation of ideas, people and gold. Did the Enlightenment mean the same for men and women, for rich and poor, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati more books like this by David S Kidder, Noah D Oppenheim add to wishlist The latest entry in The Intellectual Devotional series dives into the complex and vital world of Western culture, covering the essential artists, works, icons, and consumer products that have defined the way individuals live and express themselves. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $3.04! \| SVS
9	A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future more books like this by Charles Van Doren add to wishlist A remarkable one-volume history of the human race that interweaves all knowledge and all human achievement. This is the culmination of a lifetime's work by the former editorial director of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. This self-contained work not only provides a history of the discovery of great things, but also of concepts and ideas, placed in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
10	Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $3.32! new only from $4.61! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture more books like this by Carl E Schorske add to wishlist A landmark study of Habsburg Vienna in the late 19th and 20th centuries by one of the truly original scholars of our time. Photos included. see all copies from $4.26! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 more books like this by Frederic Morton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet more books like this by Ian F McNeely, Lisa Wolverton add to wishlist Alighting at the pivotal points of cultural transformation, this is an exhilarating history of the key institutions that have organised knowledge in the West from the classical period onward. With elegance and wit the authors question how history helps us understand the vast changes we are now experiencing in the landscape of knowledge. Beginning ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.49! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933 more books like this by Professor Amos Elon add to wishlist In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud more books like this by Peter Watson add to wishlist From the acclaimed author of "The Modern Mind" comes an absorbing overview of ideas synthesizing the intellectual and cultural history of Western thought. see all copies from $7.98! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s more books like this by Otto Friedrich add to wishlist This evocation of the figures and events of one of the most extraordinary eras of this century makes "the most vivid portrait of the period yet written . . . The culture is plentiful and the gossip is spicy".--Time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.76! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness more books like this by Professor Paul Gilroy add to wishlist Gilroy argues that there is a culture that is not specifically African, American, Caribbean, or British, but all these at once, a Black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something until now unnamed. see all copies from $16.65! new only from $18.07! \| SVS
18 view cover	What Does China Think? more books like this by Mark Leonard add to wishlist We know everything and nothing about China. We know that China is changing so fast that the maps in Shanghai need to be redrawn every two weeks. We know that China has brought 300 million people from agricultural backwardness into modernity in just thirty years, and that its impact on the global economy is growing at unprecedented speed. We ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $8.45! \| SVS
19 view cover	Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962 more books like this by Doris May Lessing add to wishlist The second volume of novelist Doris Lessing's autobiography. Born in Iran of English parents, Lessing lived in England as a small child but was eventually taken to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with her family and raised there. Volume 2 describes her life after she moved back to England following the publication of her first novel in 1949. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution more books like this by Lisa Jardine add to wishlist Tracing the discoveries of 17th-century astronomers to 20th-century geneticists, this scientific history highlights the creative roots behind scientific innovations and encourages readers to understand how these discoveries grace everyday life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Main Currents of Western Thought: Readings in Western Europe Intellectual History from the Middle Ages to the Present, Fourth Edition more books like this by Franklin Le Van Baumer add to wishlist In the quarter of a century since its first appearance, this book has remained unquestionably the leading reader in its field. The illuminating short essays that introduce sections and subsections are well known, but the continuing usefulness of any reader depends upon the quality of the selections. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $30.00!
22 view cover	Paris: The Secret History more books like this by Andrew Hussey add to wishlist If Adam Gopnik's "Paris to the Moon" described daily life in contemporary Paris, this book describes daily life in the city throughout its history. Two 8-page inserts. see all copies from $5.24! new only from $10.20! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, Alternate Edition (with CD-ROM) more books like this by Lawrence S Cunningham, John J Reich add to wishlist Covers Western cultures and non-Western cultures, providing students solid, accessible introductions to art, music, philosophy, literature and more. see all copies from $12.54! new only from $154.58!
24 view cover	Intellectuals more books like this by Paul Johnson add to wishlist Do the private practices of intellectuals match the standard of their public principles? How great is their respect for truth? What is their attitude to money? How do they treat their spouses and children - legitimate and illegitimate? How loyal are they to their friends? Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom more books like this by Cornel West add to wishlist Offering openhearted wisdom for modern times, this courageous collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, and photographs by the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Democracy Matters" includes an original CD that highlights Dr. West's outstanding spoken-word artistry. see all copies from $11.47! new only from $13.54! \| SVS

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