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1	Twentieth-Century World more books like this by Carter Vaughn Findley add to wishlist The best-selling "Twentieth-Century World" text covers recent world history by focusing on themes of global interrelatedness, identity and difference, the rise of mass society, and technology versus nature. The text presents balanced coverage of political, economic, social, scientific, artistic, and military history, allowing for a fully rounded ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.00! \| SVS
2	National Geographic Eyewitness to the 20th Century more books like this by National Geographic Society add to wishlist This illustrated family reference explores a 100 years of monumental change through the unique perspective of an organization that contributes to, witnessed and documented it all.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties more books like this by Paul Johnson add to wishlist Originally published in 1983 and named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, this bestselling history is now revised and updated and includes a new final chapter. A far-reaching and masterful work, it explores the events, ideas, and personalities of the seven decades since the First World War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $77.99! \| first editions
4	The Century for Young People more books like this by Peter Jennings, Jennifer Armstrong (Adapted by), Todd Brewster add to wishlist Through the vivid first-person accounts, the most thrilling--and terrifying--events of the past 100 years come to life in his age-appropriate volume adapted from the bestseller "The Century." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.67! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe more books like this by Jane Wagner add to wishlist Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and a Tony for Best Actress, Lily Tomlin (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe) played to nonstop, standing-room-only crowds for two years on Broadway. Now this spectacular dramatic comedy will be a major motion picture starring Tomlin. 78 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century more books like this by Tony Judt add to wishlist From one of the greatest historians and public intellectuals comes these reflections on a 20th century that is turning into ancient history with unprecedented speed, and at great cost to understanding and truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	National Geographic Eyewitness to the 20th Century: An Illustrated History more books like this by National Geographic (Prepared for publication by) add to wishlist More than six hundred remarkable photographic images, accompanied by incisive commentary from leading historians, explorers, and scientists, offer a visual chronicle of the events, trends, people, fashions, and discoveries that shaped the course of the twentieth century. Original. see all copies from $2.90! new only from $7.55! \| SVS
8	Life: Our Century in Pictures for Young People more books like this by Richard B Stolley (Editor) add to wishlist In this visual age, young people gravitate toward images. Drawing from "Life" magazine and the greatest photo archives of our time, Our Century in Pictures for Young People chronicles the past one hundred years by way of an unparalleled collection of photographs. Young readers will be captivated by more than 350 spellbinding images within these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Studio more books like this by John Gregory Dunne add to wishlist A depiction of daily life inside a major Hollywood film studio, written by a veteran screenwriter and journalist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	This Incredible Century more books like this by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Century: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope more books like this by Bruce Bernard (Editor) add to wishlist This selection of over 1,000 photographs was assembled under the direction of the photo editor of London's Sunday Times Magazine, Bruce Bernard, who provided the text. These photographs provide a wide scope of 20th-century life. Most are documentary in style, representing major historical events, but the worlds of fashion, entertainment and ... see all copies from $3.25! first editions
12 view cover	When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture more books like this by Paul Boyer add to wishlist Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in finding their place in God's prophetic plan for mankind. "When time shall be no more" offers a look at the subtle, pervasive ways in which prophecy belief shapes contemporary American thought and culture ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Millennium Book of Prophecy: 777 Visions and Predictions from Nostradamus, Madam Blavatsky... more books like this by John Hogue add to wishlist From the author of "Nostradamus and the Millennium, this illustrated compendium of prophecy from 102 seers is full of compared and collated predictions past, present and future, both dire and utopian. It includes a running time line of predictions. This book meshes centuries of vision: what's come true, what's unfolding even now, and most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.75! \| first editions
14 view cover	Your Money or Your Life more books like this by Neil Cavuto (Read by) add to wishlist The bestselling author and Fox News Channel host returns with a collection of incisive and provocative essays on politics, business, and civic life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	1984, Spring: A Choice of Futures more books like this by Robert A Heinlein, Arthur C Clarke add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Pound Era more books like this by Hugh Kenner add to wishlist Combining literary analysis, biography and history, this is a cultural portrait of the first half of the 20th century. As well as discussing Pound's poetry and his sources, it includes a biography of Pound and a series of essays on the parallel developments of Eliot, Joyce, Lewis and Williams. see all copies from $6.34! new only from $26.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Life: Our Century in Pictures more books like this by Richard B Stolley (Editor), Tony Chiu (Editor) add to wishlist A history of the 20th century, told through photographs drawn from the "LIFE" magazine picture library. Edited by Richard Stolley, whose career began at "LIFE" magazine in 1953, the book spans the century in ten epochs. Classic images are presented alongside re-discovered photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.69! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The People's Almanac Presents the Twentieth Century: History with the Boring Parts Left Out more books like this by David Wallechinsky add to wishlist As the century closes, Wallechinsky has completely revised and updated his popular work, making it an offbeat reference answering some of the most intriguing questions of the last 100 years. 240 photos. see all copies from $6.77! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Final Prophecies of Nostradamus more books like this by Erika Cheetham (Editor) add to wishlist In this new volume, Cheetham presents fresh translations and scholarly interpretations of Nostradamus's last prophecies, focusing on new and startling predictions through the end of this millennium. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Notes from the Cosmos: A Futurist's Insights Into the World of Dream Prophecy and Intuition more books like this by Gordon Michael Scallion, Cynthia Keyes (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Notes From the Cosmos" is the story and prophecies of Gordon-Michael Scallion, considered by some to be the modern day Nostradamus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.75! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Lesson of This Century: With Two Talks on Freedom and the Democratic State more books like this by Karl Popper, Popper Karl add to wishlist Karl Popper has been known for more than half a century as a defender of freedom and an impartial critic of all forms of totalitarianism. He was an indefatigable opponent of the fashionable and the obscurantist in all intellectual fields - religion, nationalism, ideology - and the author of the most complete and radical critique of marxism (The ... see all copies from $8.89! new only from $40.29! \| first editions \| SVS
22	The Coming World Crisis: How You Can Prepare more books like this by Jim Durkin, David Sczepanski, Joseph Anfuse add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
23 view cover	Consciousness and society more books like this by H. Stuart Hughes add to wishlist Hughes' ideas, and the way they are expressed in Consciousness and Society, have become paradigms of twentieth-century scholarship. In dealing with the changing social thought after 1890 in Europe, Hughes was able to cover a wide array of thinkers and issues in a scholarly, yet graceful manner. It is a study of the "cluster of genius" of Europe at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.75! \| SVS
24 view cover	Magnum Degrees more books like this by Michael Ignatieff (Introduction by) add to wishlist Here the photographers of Magnum, 50 years after the legendary group began its documentary mission, address the world following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; a period which has seen the triumph of US capitalism at one extreme and the resurgence of ancient blood feuds at the other. The book is built around photo-essays selected and ... see all copies from $16.30! new only from $35.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	The Films of 20th Century-Fox: A Pictorial History more books like this by Tony Thomas add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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