Civilization
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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
$16.99 Read moreNow updated to reflect current events, this daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp.
Millions of American- Series: Intellectual Devotional
- Author: Kidder, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0593231740
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History
$40.00 Read moreA dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world.
From the rise of Sa- Author: Lieven, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0735222193
- Language: English
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How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity
$18.00 Read moreFinally the Truth about the Rise of the West Modernity developed only in the West–in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only We… [more below]
- Author: Stark, Rodney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 15 2015
- ISBN10: 161017139X
- Language: English
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How Capitalism Ends: History, Ideology and Progress
$21.95 Add to cartWhile the past 300 years have witnessed immense growth in productive capacity, the ‘logic’ of capitalist production is now pushing progress in all the wrong directions. We’ve passed the point where ou
- Author: Paxton, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1803410000
- Language: English
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Great City Maps: A Historical Journey Through Maps, Plans, and Paintings
$38.00 Add to cartJourney back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world’s greatest cities.
Great City Maps is the companion title to DK’s Great Maps and takes a focused look at over 70 gorgeous- Series: DK Great
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 146545358X
- Language: English
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The New Knighthood (Canto Classics)
$27.00 Add to cartThe Order of the Temple, founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims around Jerusalem, developed into one of the most influential corporations in the medieval world. It has retained its hold on the modern ima… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Barber, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1107604737
- Language: English
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The Story of Civilization Teacher’s Manual: Volume I – The Ancient World
$19.95 Read moreThe Activity Book and companion Teacher’s Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World, along with creative activities to accompany each chapter,… [more below]
- Author: Tan Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1505105706
- Language: English
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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
$35.00 Read moreFrom language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age
Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cu… [more below]- Author: Ansary, Tamim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1610397967
- Language: English
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A Short History of Progress: Fifteenth Anniversary Edition
$16.99 Read moreNow more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright’s #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating patterns of
- Series: CBC Massey Lectures
- Author: Wright, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1487006985
- Language: English
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Brave Knights
$9.95 Read moreKnights were mounted soldiers, expert swordsmen, and jousting competitors. But what were their lives really like, and what was the code of chivalry they lived by? Enter the medieval world and explore … [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warriors
- Author: Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1039809995
- Language: English
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Homo Deus: Breve Historia del Mañana / Homo Deus. a History of Tomorrow: Breve Historia del Mañana = Homo Deus
$21.95 Read moreTras el ?xito de Sapiens. De animales a dioses, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia d?nde nos dirigimos.
La guerra es algo obsoleto. Es m?s probable quitarse la vida que morir- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 194554094X
- Language: Spanish
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The Fantasy of the Middle Ages: An Epic Journey Through Imaginary Medieval Worlds
$29.95 Read moreThis abundantly illustrated book is an illuminating exploration of the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture.
From the soaring castles of Sleeping Beauty to the bloody ba- Author: Grollemond, Larisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1606067583
- Language: English
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Tragicomedia Mexicana 1: La Vida En México de 1940 a 1970 / Tragicomedy 1
$13.95 Read moreLa radiografÃa de un paÃs hecha por uno de sus más conocidos autores.
En este primer volumen de la Tragicomedia mexicana, que comprende de 1940 a 1970, tenemos los grandes acontecimientos polÃticos… [more below]- Author: AgustÃn, José
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 6073820682
- Language: Spanish
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Culture
$18.00 Read moreOne of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture a- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270615
- Language: English
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The Viking Hondbók: Eat, Dress, and Fight Like a Warrior
$18.00 Read moreLearn what it was like to live as a Norseman in this fun and fascinating look at Vikings and the Viking Age.
Vikings, those ancient Norse seafarers, have inspired plenty of pop culture phenomena, from… [more below]- Author: Egerdahl, Kjersti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0762495898
- Language: English
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The Journey of Humanity: A New History of Wealth and Inequality with Implications for Our Future
$19.00 Read moreA landmark, radically uplifting account of our species‘ progress, from one of the world’s preeminent thinkers.
“Unparalleled in its scope and ambition…All readers will learn something, and many wil- Author: Galor, Oded
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593186001
- Language: English
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Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad
$65.00 Read moreProfessor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift was the ability to evoke, in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way, the experiences, beliefs, and thoughts of people living more than two thousand years ago. H
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Bonfante, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0472131974
- Language: English
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Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
$35.00 Read moreAmongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed u… [more below]
- Author: Darlington, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 030025928X
- Language: English
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An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics
$30.00 Read more“For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the … [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593321529
- Language: English
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
$20.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus–an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who bec… [more below]
- Series: Hinges of History #03
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0385483724
- Language: English
