Civilization & Culture

national Bestseller“a Triumph Of Popularization: Extraordinarily Knowledgeable, Informal In Tone, Amusing, Wide-ranging, Smartly Paced.” —the New York Time...

Appian ; Translated With An Introduction By John Carter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxxiv-xxxvi) And Index.Categories: Travel Europe Netherland...

This exciting new cookbook introduces a modern concept in Indian cuisine-it can be simple, quick and delicious. With most of the healthy recipes in Everyday...

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and po...

This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live ...

History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history that was ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, ...

A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains, Stephen Cave’s Immortality investigates whether it just might be...

A detailed guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive History is the most dangerous...

Mangled Moments of Western Civilization from term papers & blue book exams. From college students' own authentic and inimitable voices comes a collect...

Right Next To The Colosseum In Rome Stands The Arch Of Constantine. Completed Ad 312-315, It Was Built To Celebrate Ten Years Of The Emperor Constantine's R...

Science Is Fantastic. It Tells Us About The Infinite Reaches Of Space, The Tiniest Living Organism, The Human Body, The History Of Earth. People Have Always...

Dr. Wayne Dyer Is An Extraordinary Sensor Of What People Want -- And He Moves With The Ever-changing Times. He Lasered In On The Heart Of The Spiritual With...

The entry for kvetchn (the verbal form) in Uriel Weinreich's Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary reads simply: press, squeeze, pinch; strain...

An American Journalist Living In Beijing Offers An Odyssey Through Twenty-first-century China As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Handful Of Ordinary People. I: A...

Riane Eisler Shows Us How History Has Consistently Promoted The Link Between Sex And Violence—and How We Can Sever This Link And Move To A Politics Of Par...

The Death Of Madonna -- A Magical Place -- The Arrogance And The Nerve! -- Jam Hot -- Sick And Peverted -- How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Madonn...

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle ...

The story of the global search for moral truthsIn this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has deve...

The Perfect St. Patrick's Day Gift, And A Book In The Best Tradition Of Popular History -- The Untold Story Of Ireland's Role In Maintaining Western Culture...

winner Of The 2011 Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfictionthe Emperor Of All Maladies Is A Magnificent, Profoundly Humane “biography” Of Cancer—from It...

An Exhilarating History Of Humankind, Chronicling Thousands Of Years Of Trial And Error--but Mostly Error--in The Rise Of Civilization Modern Humans Have Co...

An enthralling world history of food from prehistoric times to the present. A favorite of gastronomes and history buffs alike, Food in History is packed wi...

Carmichael's Dog -- The Christimas Tree. David Adams Richards.Categories: Literature & Fiction World LiteratureCanadian

A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decadesFor almost two decades, Yale student...

Change your life using Wayne W. Dyer's astonishing Nine Spiritual Principles: Are the decisions and actions in your life controlled by your ego? Do you ha...

This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing framew...

From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.How did an obscure...

Is Civilization Teetering On The Edge Of A Cliff? Or Are We Just Climbing Higher Than Ever? Most People Who Read The News Would Tell You That 2017 Is One Of...

Why Did Eurasians Conquer, Displace, Or Decimate Native Americans, Australians, And Africans, Instead Of The Reverse? In This Groundbreaking Book, Evolution...

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citi...

These two volumes of Neibuhr's wartime theology illuminate the horrific depths of the twentieth century by faith. Grounded in an unshakable biblical confide...

Product Description New York Times BestsellerHow far are Americans willing to go to force each other to fall in line?According to the establishment med...

'A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.'-Barry Strauss...

All About Being Canadian, Language, Culture, Art And Much More. Introduction: How To Find Canada On A Map -- Canada: A Rich Tapestry (who To Hate And Why): ...

the American Plague Delves Into America's Not-so-distant Past To Recount One Of The Greatest Epidemics Of Our Time. It Tells The Story Of The Yellow Fever ...

“Switek seamlessly intertwines two types of evolution: one of life on earth and the other of paleontology itself.”—Discover Magazine ““In deligh...

In this provocative bestseller, Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach northern Canada. Mowat of...

Overview: Most Of Us Take For Granted The Features Of Our Modern Society, From Air Travel And Telecommunications To Literacy And Obesity. Yet For Nearly All...

Walk with the indigenous people who settled North America —and with their descendants, whose more than 500 tribes range from the Arctic Circle across the ...

The Cradle Of Civilization Rocked First In India -- Aum And Uma: The Foundational Deities Of Pagan And Non-pagan Religions -- Aryan Orthodoxies And Sind -- ...

the Perfect St. Patrick's Day Gift, And A Book In The Best Tradition Of Popular History — The Untold Story Of Ireland's Role In Maintaining Western Cultur...

International Bestseller From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind comes an extraordinary new book that explore...

All the makings of your favorite adventure story - drama, intrigue, promise, love, hope, and heartache spanning two thousand years...and YOU are a part of ...

The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchant...

Looks At The History Of The Rise Of Christianity As Experienced By The Adherents Of The Traditional Religions Of The Ancient World Who Directly Experienced ...