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Sun-tzu
An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed, sound tactics, subterfuge, discipline, appropriate form of attack, and ... (Description from external book data)
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Sunzi
An accessible new translation considers the author's lifetime and the context of his work in light of the Warring States period, providing t... (Description from external book data)
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Daniel James Brown
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, s... (Description from external book data)
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Peter Frankopan
The No. 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller - a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissan... (Description from external book data)
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Antony Beevor
'A superb re-telling. Beevor combines a soldier's understanding of war's realities with the narrative techniques of a novelist . . . This is... (Description from external book data)
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Paul S. Boyer
Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this text is an economically priced version of THE ENDURING VISION, ... (Description from external book data)
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Antony Beevor
A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian. ***** The Second ... (Description from external book data)
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was the most famous of many travelers of his time who journeyed to America, curious about the revolutionary new civilization... (Description from external book data)
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David Farber
Looks at the sixties in terms of its place in American history, and discusses the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty... (Description from external book data)
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Michael Pye
Featured in New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2015 Michael Pye's The Edge of the World is an epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enli... (Description from external book data)
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Michael Eric Dyson
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the j... (Description from external book data)
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James S. Hirsch
How two Vietnam POWs, one white and one black, formed an unexpected friendship that saved them both: A moving story. ”John McCain Fred Che... (Description from external book data)
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Anna Comnena
"The Alexiad" is a spectacular narrative that illustrates the mega events during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. Here, Comnena des... (Description from external book data)
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Antony Beevor
A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem To mark the 70th ann... (Description from external book data)
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Daniel James Brown
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that f... (Description from external book data)
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Adam Tooze
A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath (Description from external book data)
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Stanley G. Payne
This book focuses on the short but crucial period that led to the collapse of the Spanish Republic and set the stage for the ensuing civil w... (Description from external book data)
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Paul S. Boyer
This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the... (Description from external book data)
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Artemis Cooper
Post liberation Paris “ an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminatio... (Description from external book data)
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Stephanie Coontz
An analysis of the institution of marriage detailing how marriages have evolved from loveless unions to their current state, in an expose th... (Description from external book data)
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Drew Gilpin Faust
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. ... (Description from external book data)
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Yaroslav Trofimov
20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand M... (Description from external book data)
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Robert O. Paxton
EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY is a comprehensive text with a teachable chronological approach that is a bestseller because of its depth an... (Description from external book data)
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Robert O'Neill
This instant New York Times bestseller ” a jaw-dropping, fast-paced account (New York Post) recounts SEAL Team Operator Robert O Neill s... (Description from external book data)
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Annalee Newitz
In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep h... (Description from external book data)
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Tyler Anbinder
Details the notorious neighborhood that was once filled with gaming dens, bordellos, dirty streets, and tenements, that welcomed such visito... (Description from external book data)
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Max Boot
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography) A New York Times bestseller, this epic and elegant biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly ... (Description from external book data)
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Peter Frankopan
According to tradition, the First Crusade began at Pope Urban II s instigation and culminated in July 1099, when western European knights l... (Description from external book data)
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Stephan Talty
The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that s accessible ... (Description from external book data)
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Eric Conan
A plea for a more moderate, balanced, and accurate view of the Vichy regime. (Description from external book data)
