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Computers are everywhere and have impacted our lives in so many ways. But who created them, and why? How have they transformed the way that we interact with our surroundings and each other?Sku: 9781984857422
The History of the Computer
By: Rachel Ignotofsky$25.99 -
Completed in 1136, this classic chronicle traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later.Sku: 9780140441703
The History of the Kings of Britain
By: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Translated by Lewis Thorpe$25.00 -
A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world. Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume—the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World—chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition.Sku: 9780393059762
The History of the Renaissance World
By: Susan Wise Bauer$47.00 -
In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history.Sku: 9781400078677
The Island at the Center of the World
By: Russell Shorto$27.99 -
History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimedKingfisher History Encyclopedia.Sku: 9780753477694
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
By: Editors of Kingfisher$45.50 -
The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of God as first revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago.Sku: 9780141393834
The Koran
By: $23.00 -
Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature.Sku: 9781400031146
The Landmark Herodotus
By: Herodotus, Edited by Robert B. Strassler$42.00 -
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possession for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.Sku: 9780684827902
The Landmark Thucydides
By: Thucydides, Translated by Richard Crawley, Edited by Robert B. Strassler$43.00By: Thucydides, Translated by Richard Crawley, Edited by Robert B. Strassler$43.00 Add to cart Quick View -
The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BCE) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and death of Jesus.Sku: 9780140449280
The Last Days of Socrates
By: Plato, Translated by: Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant$19.00 -
From CiRCE Institute:Long considered an essential title in classical literature, Plutarch’s Lives have, unfortunately, fallen out of favor among many contemporary readers and educators. Most translations have rendered Plutarch’s original language, which is so energetic in the Greek, quite dryly in English, thus relegating these classic tales to the dusty bookshelves of specialists.Sku: 9780999146682
The Lawgivers – The Parallel Lives of Numa Pompilius and Lycurgus of Sparta
By: David Hicks, C. Scot Hicks,$29.50 -
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.Sku: 9781375771924
The Little Book of the War
By: Eva March Tappan$16.50 -
With vivid storytelling and meticulous research, The Men Who Found America takes you on a captivating voyage of discovery, revealing the relentless spirit of those who mapped the uncharted continent.
The Men Who Found America
By: Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson$11.95 – $26.50 -
No source, other than the Bible itself, provides more relevant information on the first century than the work of Flavius Josephus.Sku: 9780825429248
The New Complete Works of Josephus
By: Josephus, Flavius (Author), Whiston, William (Translator), Maier, Paul L (Commentator)$47.50By: Josephus, Flavius (Author), Whiston, William (Translator), Maier, Paul L (Commentator)$47.50 Add to cart Quick View -
The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution Compared with the Origin and Principles of the French Revolution is perhaps one of the most important books written on the American Revolution by a European author.Sku: 9780865978201
The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution
By: Friedrich Gentz, Translated by John Quincy Adams$17.50 -
Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man is a profound treatise advocating democracy, universal suffrage, and social justice, leaving a lasting imprint on the course of modern democratic thought.
The Rights of Man
By: Thomas Paine$19.50 – $33.95 -
"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains" These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762.Sku: 9780140442014
The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Translated by Maurice Cranston$15.00