History - Civilization

The Spirit of JapanI am glad to have this opportunity once more of speaking to you before I leave Japan. My stay here has been so short that one may think I have not earned my right to speak to you about anything concerning...

The Story of Ancient Irish CivilizationThis little book has been written and published with the main object of spreading as widely as possible among our people, young and old, a knowledge of the civilisation and general social condition of Ireland from the fifth or...

The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the WestThroughout all the periods of European history, ancient or modern, no age has been more remarkable for events of first-rate importance than the latter half of the fifteenth century. The rise of the New Learning, the "discovery...

From the earliest hill tribes to the cultural peak of the Pax Romana, and finally to the Western Empire's chaotic decline - H. A. Guerber's history of Rome is superb for young readers.The legends that accompanied the founding of the Roman Republic were part...

In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. He was Poggio...

"Wonderful....Jared Diamond conducts his fascinating study of our behavior and origins with a naturalist's eye and a philosopher's cunning." --Diane Ackerman, author of A Natural History of the SensesIn this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist Jared...

The Twentieth Century American - Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon NationsThere are already many books about America; but the majority of these have been written by Englishmen after so brief an acquaintance with the country that it...

The Unity of Western CivilizationThe following essays are the substance of a course of lectures delivered at a Summer School at the Woodbrooke Settlement, near Birmingham, in August 1915. The general purpose of the course will be apparent from the essays themselves. No forced...

The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) - The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsWhile studying the progress made in the colonisation of different parts of the world by European nations, I have often asked myself the following...

The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) - The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsWAGGON OF THE VIKING AGE.One of two waggons found in the Deibjerg bog, Ringkjobing, West Jutland, ornamented all over with bronze; and on each...

The War in the East: Japan, China, and CoreaThe unexpected news of war between the Mikados Empire and the Celestial Kingdom has startled the whole world. Thereby considerable light was thrown upon the Oriental world. Japan, up to a very short time ago, through...

Anyone tempted to read this book ought to be warned. It opens the door to reality -- and to the very essence of religion. But it takes everything away from the reader and leaves nothing behind.The Watching Words is seemingly about many different things:...

Anyone tempted to read this book ought to be warned. It opens the door to reality -- and to the very essence of religion. But it takes everything away from the reader and leaves nothing behind.The Watching Words is seemingly about many different things:...

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Westerners" begin to refer to themselves in this way? Was the idea handed down from...

"Skeie's account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones--without the dragons. Medieval history buffs will be riveted." --Publishers Weekly Thrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly...

The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) - With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American LiteratureThis illuminated manuscript represents the work done by French monks in the early part of the fourteenth century. The border, containing as...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families - From the author of The Romanovs A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families - From the author of The Romanovs A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker,...

*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice* From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a "vivid" and "astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade missions first connected...

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