Historical Essays & Writings on History

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	1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age. By David Andress. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #2453401 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $1.95

	365: Your Date with History. By W.B. Marsh & B. Carrick. Remainder Item #7365462 Our Price $7.95

	366: A Leap Year of Great Stories from History. By W.B. Marsh & B. Carrick. Current Item #2586940 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $11.95

	366: A Leap Year of Great Stories from History. By W.B. Marsh & B. Carrick. Remainder Item #7371713 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $3.95

	AFTER TAMERLANE: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000. By John Darwin. Remainder Item #252032X Pub at $20.00 - Our Price $5.95

	THE AGE OF EMPIRES. Edited By Robert Aldrich. Remainder Item #1669478 Pub at $50.00 - Our Price $7.95

	THE AGE OF MONARCHS, VOLUME 5: World History by Era. Edited By Clarice Swisher. Remainder Item #172522X Pub at $28.70 - Our Price $1.95

	ATLAS OF REMOTE ISLANDS. By Judith Schalansky. Current Item #2477947 Pub at $28.00 - Our Price $18.95

	BEGINNINGS: World Treasures of the Library of Congress. Remainder Item #347965X Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $4.95

	BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES: 365 Great Stories from Modern History for Every Day of the Year. By Gerard Cheshire with J. Farndon. Remainder Item #2547473 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $6.95

	THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: Why Violence Has Declined. By Steven Pinker. Current Item #3430480 Pub at $40.00 - Our Price $24.95

	THE BIG BOOK OF PAIN: Torture & Punishment Through History. By M.P. Donnelly & D. Diehl. Current Item #3335747 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $14.95

	THE BIRTH OF CLASSICAL EUROPE: A History from Troy to Augustine. By S. Price & P. Thonemann. Current Item #259093X Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $24.95

	THE BOMB: A New History. By Stephen M. Younger. Remainder Item #3490866 Pub at $26.99 - Our Price $5.95

	BOURGEOIS NIGHTMARES: Suburbia, 1870-1930. By Robert M. Fogelson. Remainder Item #3421376 Pub at $19.00 - Our Price $7.95

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF HISTORY: Great Historians and the Epic Quest to Explain the Past. By Colin Wells. Remainder Item #7468865 Pub at $27.95 - Our Price $6.95

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF MANKIND: 150,000 Years of Human History. By Cyril Aydon. Remainder Item #3475085 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $4.95

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE. By Oona Strathern. Remainder Item #3460991 Pub at $15.95 - Our Price $4.95

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century. By Jacques Attali. Remainder Item #3442152 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $4.95

	THE BUDDHA AND DR FUHRER: An Archaeological Scandal. By Charles Allen. Remainder Item #2437899 Pub at $26.95 - Our Price $3.95

	CAESARS AND APOSTLES: Hellenism, Rome and Judaism. By Emil Bock. Remainder Item #7472986 Our Price $7.95

	CHAOS POINT 2012 AND BEYOND: Our Choices Between Global Disaster and a Sustainable Planet. By Ervin Laszlo. Remainder Item #2656620 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $6.95

	THE CHRONICLE OF WORLD HISTORY. Edited By Chuck Gidley. Remainder Item #1795910 Our Price $11.95

	CIVILIZATION: The West and the Rest. By Niall Ferguson. Current Item #3448959 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $24.95

	THE COLLECTED WHAT IF? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. Edited By Robert Cowley. Remainder Item #2639572 Our Price $7.95

	CRUDE WORLD: The Violent Twilight of Oil. By Peter Maass. Remainder Item #3338177 Pub at $27.00 - Our Price $4.95

	THE DANCE OF TIME: The Origins of the Calendar. By Michael Judge. Remainder Item #345018X Pub at $12.99 - Our Price $4.95

	DANGEROUS GAMES: The Uses and Abuses of History. By Margaret MacMillan. Remainder Item #3340554 Pub at $14.00 - Our Price $4.95

	DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. By Hywel Williams. Remainder Item #3477088 Our Price $3.95

	THE DISAPPEARED: The Stories of 35 Historical Disappearances from the Mary Celeste to Jimmy Hoffa. By Ian Crofton. Remainder Item #1687646 Our Price $6.95

	EGYPT: Child of Atlantis. By John Gordon. Current Item #7512015 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $14.95

	EMPIRES APART: A History of American and Russian Imperialism. By Brian Landers. Remainder Item #3503119 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $7.95

	EMPIRES OF FOOD: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. By E.D.G. Fraser & A. Rimas. Remainder Item #2516101 Pub at $27.00 - Our Price $7.95

	ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRANSPORTATION. Edited By Enoch J. Durbin et al. Remainder Item #2596512 Pub at $425.00 - Our Price $19.95

	ESSENTIALS OF WORLD HISTORY, REVISED EDITION. By Jean R. & Lacey B. Smith. Remainder Item #3466671 Pub at $16.99 - Our Price $4.95

	EXPLORING HISTORY: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. By Simon Adams et al. Remainder Item #3405079 Our Price $12.95

	EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era. By Stephen G. Hyslop et al. Remainder Item #2645114 Pub at $35.00 - Our Price $9.95

	THE FORGE OF CHRISTENDOM: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West. By Tom Holland. Remainder Item #3357481 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $9.95

	FORGE OF EMPIRES, 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made. By Michael Knox Beran. Remainder Item #2447673 Pub at $30.00 - Our Price $2.95

	THE FOURTH TURNING: An American Prophecy. By W. Strauss & N. Howe. Remainder Item #2430754 Pub at $17.95 - Our Price $5.95

	GOLD IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: How It Influenced Civilization. By Jenifer Marx. Current Item #166476X Pub at $15.95 - Our Price $9.95

	THE GRAND INQUISITOR'S MANUAL: A History of Terror in the Name of God. By Jonathan Kirsch. Remainder Item #2574748 Pub at $26.95 - Our Price $7.95

	GREAT ESCAPES: Alcatraz, the Berlin Wall, Colditz, Devil's Island and 20 Other Stories of Daring, Audacity and Ingenuity. By Ian Crofton. Remainder Item #2536811 Our Price $4.95

	THE GREAT MIGRATIONS: From the Earliest Humans to the Age of Globalization. By John Haywood. Remainder Item #7143834 Our Price $14.95

	GREAT SPEECHES OF OUR TIME. By Hywel Williams. Remainder Item #3477355 Our Price $3.95

	HARD CALL: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them. By John McCain with M. Salter. Remainder Item #7419317 Our Price $2.95

	HISTORICAL ATLAS: A Comprehensive History of the World. By Zoe Anderson et al. Remainder Item #1819453 Our Price $34.95

	HISTORY IN QUOTATIONS. By M.J. Cohen & J. Major. Remainder Item #7197888 Pub at $49.95 - Our Price $19.95

	A HISTORY OF HISTORIES: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century. By John Burrow. Remainder Item #3444295 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $5.95

	A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE: Past, Present and Future. By Charles Van Doren. Remainder Item #2430924 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $4.95

	A HISTORY OF TERROR: Fear & Dread Through the Ages. By Paul Newman. Remainder Item #3420205 Our Price $4.95