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The Greeks
In The Greeks, Ian Morris and Barry B. Powell try to see ancient Greece as a whole: not just a narrative of events or an overview of culture, but history and culture taken …
The Dynamics of Ancient Empires
Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases …
Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The …
Israel's Secret Wars
This title surveys Israeli intelligence operations from the 1930s to the Ostrovsky affair and describes relations with the American intelligence community.
What is Ancient History?
The Library Book
Our protagonist Zach develops a love of reading thanks to the stubborn efforts of his friend Ro, who reveals the imaginative power of books. Zach isn’t convinced that books are …
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History
In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the ten-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world. When Britain …
Effective School Management
`This edition is more focussed on the leadership demands of managers both within the school and its community. This book can be used as a source of reference for anyone on a school …
Gambling on God
Gambling on God brings together a superb collection of new and classic essays that provide the first sustained analysis of Pascal's Wager and the idea of an infinite utility as …
Phillies Nation Presents The 100 Greatest Phillies of All Time: An examination of the 100 greatest players ever to wear red pinstripes and more!
With a 130+ year history, the Philadelphia Phillies are an institution in professional baseball. From Recreation Park to their current home at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies have …
Moduli of Curves
The aim of this book is to provide a guide to a rich and fascinating subject: algebraic curves, and how they vary in families. The revolution that the field of algebraic geometry …
Archaeology As Cultural History
This book shows the reader how much archaeologists can learn from recent developments in cultural history.