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Worlds of History Volume I use this book in teaching Ancient World history, and I find it has two good qualities that make it very useful.
First, Reilly has selected an appropriate array of primary texts from the classical …
Where Good Ideas Come One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the …
A Short History of When many people think of reading a book about the entire history of mankind, many would think the book would be heavy, hard-to-read, and boring. This book is none of those things. The writing is …
A Short History of An abridged version of Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, the definitive study of the aftermath of the Civil War, winner of the Bancroft Prize, Avery O. Craven Prize, Los Angeles Times …
The History of Money This is a fantastic introduction to financial history. With equal weight given to the financial, political, historical, and anthropological aspects of money throughout multiple cultures and time …
A People s History The product was great, in excellent condition. It just took long to receive back in New York. Aside from that it was great. The only comprehensive “bottom up” history of the world from the …
A Short History of I bought this book despite my concern that it would sacrifice breadth for brevity. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that it’s actually quite comprehensive, if not super deep in its exploration …
The Fate of Africa I lived in Angola for over a year and was able to travel the continent. Would have been better to have read this book prior to being there. Incredibly useful book. Should be required reading for …
A Farewell to Alms In ‘A Farewell to Alms’ the author holds that material standards of living for the average person were no better by and large in 1800 AD than in 10,000 BC. An excellent case can be made that in …
The History Boys A The award-winning play by Alan Bennett is a great read. More devoted to the influence of words (the “dictionary” boy role of Posner) and music than the later screenplay, the play emphasizes the …