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The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

June 29th, 2010 admin


Brand : Running Press

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780762438426
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Every short story in this wonderfully varied collection has in common some diversion in history, some alternate reality from what we know, resulting in a very different world. In addition to original stories specially commissioned from bestselling writers such as James Morrow, Stephen Baxter, and Ken MacLeod, there are genre classics from Kim Stanley Robinson, Harry Turtledove, and George Zebrowski: over 20 stories in all.

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The Beginner’s American History

June 28th, 2010 admin


Brand : General Books LLC

Product Description
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Biography

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to American History, 5th Edition

June 27th, 2010 admin


Brand : Alpha

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9781592578696
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
The compact history of a giant country.

American history is one of those subjects that students frequently labor over and can seem like a random collection of names, dates, and events. Understood as a collective biography and free of the cheerleading found in many text books, the fully updated fifth edition of The Complete Idiot’s Guide(r) to American History explains the changing tides in America’s most pivotal periods.

• From a seasoned au

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Worlds of History, Volume One: To 1550: A Comparative Reader

June 26th, 2010 admin


Brand : Bedford/St. Martin’s

Product Description
Assembled by award-winning community college teacher and distinguished world historian Kevin Reilly, the documents in the best-selling Worlds of History bring history alive for students. Students read voices from the distant and more recent past that address topics and issues — like patriarchy, love and marriage, and imperialism — of enduring interest and relevance. Ranging widely across regions and cultures, each chapter takes up a major theme and asks students t

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The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad

June 25th, 2010 admin


Brand : Harper Paperbacks

Product Description
From celebrated artist Lary Gonick, here is the extraordinary story of the modern world, from the French Revolution to today. More than thirty years ago, master cartoonist and historian Larry Gonick began the epic task of creating a smart, accurate, and entertaining illustrated history of the world. In this, the fifth and final book of this beloved and critically acclaimed series, Gonick finally brings us up to the modern day. The Cartoon History of the Moder

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A History of the Modern World, with PowerWeb

June 24th, 2010 admin


Brand : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Product Description
A History of the Modern World is a careful, well-written narrative of major events from the late Middle Ages to the political and religious conflicts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It offers a wide-ranging survey that helps readers understand both the complexities of great events (e.g., the French Revolution, the First World War, or the collapse of great imperial systems) and the importance of historical analysis. It also provides a careful summary of

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The History Boys: A Play

June 23rd, 2010 admin


Brand : Faber & Faber

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780571224647
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
“A play of depth as well as dazzle, intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny.” —The Daily Telegraph An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (or senior) boys in a British boys’ school are, as such boys will be, in pursuit of sex, sport, and a place at a good university, generally in that order. In all their efforts, they are helped and hindered, enlightened and bemused, by a maverick English teacher who seeks to b

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World History For Dummies

June 22nd, 2010 admin


Brand : For Dummies

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780470446546
  • Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
Now updated! Your personal tour guide to the history of the world Want to know more about global history? This concise guide explains in clear detail all the major players and events that have made the world what it is today. Covering the entirety of human history, this comprehensive resource highlights important developments in everything from religion and science to art and war — giving you an understanding of how the 21st-century world came to be.

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The New Penguin History of the World: Fifth Edition

June 21st, 2010 admin


Brand : Penguin (Non-Classics)

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780141030425
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
An extremely accessible narrative of the world’s history

A book of extraordinary ambition, scholarship and accessibility, The New Penguin History of the World covers the history of our planet from our origins on the African savannah to the state of the world six years after September 11, 2001. Tracing the development of different civilizations through the ages, J. M. Roberts examines the periods of turbulence and change, the international shifts in o

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Salt: A World History

June 20th, 2010 admin


Brand : Penguin (Non-Classics)

Product Features :

  • ISBN13: 9780142001615
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World, here turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed

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