Civilization & Culture

"To combine enormous knowledge with a delightful style and a highly idiosyncratic point of view is Roy Porter's special gift, and it makes [this] book . . ...

Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text that has helped thousands of students...

Placing value in perspective―a rich primary source collection at a truly exceptional value.Perspectives from the Past: Primary Sources in Western Civiliz...

The most pedagogically innovative text and media for the western civilizations course―now more current, more global, and more interactive. The balanced n...

The Story of Philosophy chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal trait...

From The Author Of New York Times Bestseller Utopia For Realists, A Revolutionary Argument That The Innate Goodness And Cooperation Of Human Beings Has Been...

Ronald Wright. Previously Published Under Title: A Short History Of Progress. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History WorldCiviliz...

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

thomas Berry Is One Of The Most Eminent Cultural Historians Of Our Time. Here He Presents The Culmination Of His Ideas And Urges Us To Move From Being A Di...

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...

who Formed The First Modern Nation?who Created The First Literate Society?who Invented Our Modern Ideas Of Democracy And Free Market Capitalism?the Scots....

A Study of History [hardcover] Toynbee, Arnold Joseph [Oct 01, 1972]Categories: History WorldCivilization & Culture

In An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Michael Burlingame has uncovered buried Lincoln treasure from the papers of one of Lincoln’s private secretaries, J...

Peterson The best-selling field guides of all time Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescr...

In History, Myth Often Abides. It Was Long Assumed That The Centuries Immediately Prior To Ad 1000 Were Lacking In Any Major Cultural Developments Or Geopol...

Prologue : Why This Journey Into The Soul Of The Modern World? -- The Soul Of Western Civilization -- A Personal Pilgrimage -- The Seeds Of Western Civiliza...

What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins th...

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...

In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Ker...

How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the mightiest imperial powers the world has ever known? This question ...

this Brief Edition Offers The Unsurpassed Social History Of a History Of Western Society in An Accessible, Lively Format. Short Enough To Use With Supple...

Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes...

Kōchiyama Kiyohiko Cho. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. 河內山清彥著.Categories: History WorldCivilization & Culture

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 ...

this Fascinating Book Draws Together A Wealth Of Diverse Material On The Much-trusted (and Rarely Disputed) Phenomenon We Know As The Calendar. From The F...

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...

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 ...

A Guide To Understanding The Indian Act And Its Impact On Generations Of Indigenous Peoples, As Well As An Examination Of How Indigenous Peoples Can Return ...

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 -- ...

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

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