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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2007 Near-fine condition. Stated First American Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $30.00. Nicely Illustrated. NO tears inside book. 534 pages. 8 pages in book front have underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. IF not for this, I would have rated this book as Fine. Dustcover is clean and bright (NO tears). Synopsis The bestselling authors of "Nelsons Trafalgar" return to the Napoleonic War in this epic narrative of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleons seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812. Booklist In the nineteenth century, the British created the greatest maritime-based empire in world history. That empire was made possible by the domination of the Royal Navy, which was forged in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the fires of the Napoleonic Wars. The Adkins, who are both historians and archaeologists, have written a narrative history of British naval conflicts from 1798 to 1815. In that span, the Royal Navy engaged almost every major naval power, including France, Spain, Holland, and even the U.S. Naturally, the Adkins describe the exploits of naval icons, including Nelson and Hood, but their account is most engrossing when they utilize eyewitness accounts of ordinary seamen to capture the intensity of battle as well as the grind of day-to-day life aboard a warship. The Adkins display such superb technological knowledge of their subject that they can be excused for their occasional delving into "Britannica Rules the Waves" enthusiasm. A superior work of maritime history that both scholars and general readers should enjoy. Biography Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins are both historians and archaeologists and fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London. They are the authors of several works of history. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981 Illustrated - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - 358 Pages - No writing - No tears - Tight spine - LOC 62-16478 - Indeed, J. Cecil Alter tells us, "he was among the first white men to use the Indian trail over South Pass; he was to taste the waters of the Great Salt Lake, first to report a two-ocean stream, foremost in decribing the Yellowstone Park phenomena, and the only man to run the Big Horn River rapids on a raft: and he originally selected the Crow Creek-Sherman-Dale creek route through the Laramie Mountains and Bridger's Pass over the Continental Divide, which were adopted by the Union Pacific Railroad." "Alter's book is a depository of facts, not only about Bridger but also about many other western pioneers who swapped clews, worked the overland trails and helped settle the West." - American Book Collector. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Montreal, Canada: Aluminium Limited , 1954 Near-fine condition. NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated throughout with photos - 126 pages. Over-sized hardback. Decorative gray boards with silver lettering (clean and bright). NO remainder marks or price clippings. Stated Second Printing. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 2002 New / Unread copy. Price inside dustcover: $24.00. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 265 pages. - Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians. Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers (while living a contradiction as slaveholders), and celebrates Lincoln and Roosevelt. He recounts Andrew Jackson's stunning defeat of a superior British force in the battle of New Orleans with a ragtag army in the War of 1812. He brings to life Lewis and Clark's grueling journey across the wilderness and the building of the railroad that joined the nation coast to coast. Taking swings at political correctness, as well as his own early biases, Ambrose grapples with the country's historic sins of racism; its ill treatment of Native Americans; and its tragic errors such as the war in Vietnam, which he ardently opposed. He contrasts the modern presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Johnson. He considers women's and civil rights, immigration, philanthropy, and nation building. Most powerfully, in this final volume, Ambrose offers an accolade to the historian's mighty calling. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Decatur, Illinois: Archer Daniels Midland Company , 2002 A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. Over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 298 pages. Previous owner's signature in book front, on blank page.NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1988 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Profusely illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 650 pages. The final volume in the award-winning series charts the remarkable inner history of our times from the tumult of World War I to the present day, when personal identity was released from its moorings in gender, family, social class, religion, politics, and nationality. "A fascinating glimpse into the distant and exotic past."--Los Angeles Times. 230 halftones, 2 tables. From the Publisher All the mystery, earthiness and romance of the Middle Ages are captured in this panorama of everyday life. The evolving concepts of intimacy are explored--from the semi-obscure eleventh century through the first stirrings of the Renaissance world in the fifteenth century. Color and black-and-white illustrations. From The Critics Publishers Weekly People of the Middle Ages were suspicious of solitude. Feudal dwellings were promiscuously crowded, monastery layouts reflected a fear of isolation. Yet, the idea of privacy, linked to an inner life, stubbornly took root. Intimacy found expression in peasant hearths, in orchards where lovers embraced, in noble households with their areas for retreat, in towers and fortresses that gave ordinary people a refuge from the havoc of war. The private sphere spilled out into the neighborhood. Moving from the anonymous 11th century to the stirrings of Renaissance individualism, this second volume of essays in a projected five-volume opus is a marvelous re-creation of history as it was actually lived, an archeological excavation of daily life few historians have attempted. Hundreds of apt illustrations complement discussions of bedroom design, table manners, discovery of the body, customs. The growing importance of the individual is traced through fables, romances, poems and a new realism in painting. The contributors are French scholars; Duby is a professor at the College de France. History Book Club alternate. (March) Library Journal These volumes, edited by Philippe Aries and Georges Duby, are aimed at both the scholar and layperson who wonder how people lived and behaved from ancient times to the present: "their thoughts, their feelings, their bodies, their attitudes, their habits and habitations, their codes, their marks, and their signs." The focus is on western European life, primarily French. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. Spanning the period from the 11th century to the Renaissance and focusing on France and Tuscan Italy, this continues the projected five-volume history of private life from the Roman world to the present. ``Private'' is here defined as what medieval people considered intimate, familial, domestic. The five chapters, three of them written all or in part by distinguished French scholar Duby, display an astounding knowledge and use of sources and offer rich detail about everything from affection and sex to domestic arrangements and latrines. The many illustrations strongly support the text. Essential for both research and general collections.Bennett D. Hill, St. Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C. - Table of Contents Preface by Georges Duby 1. Introduction by Georges Duby Private Power, Public Power 2. Portraits by Georges Duby, Dominique Barthélemy, Charles de La Roncière The Aristocratic Households of Feudal France Communal Living Kinship Tuscan Notables on the Eve of the Renaissance 3. Imagining the Self by Danielle Régnier-Bohler Exploring Literature 4. The Use of Private Space by Dominique Barthélemy, Philippe Contamine Civilizing the Fortress: Eleventh to Thirteenth Century Peasant Hearth to Papal Palace: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 5. The Emergence of the Individual by Georges Duby, Philippe Braunstein Solitude: Eleventh to Thirteenth Century Toward Intimacy: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Bibliography Credits Index . Hard Cover. Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 1987 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Dustcover shows slight wear & 2 very-small, closed tears. Book is in Fine Condition. Profusely illustrated. 670 pages. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Annotation The final volume in the award-winning series charts the remarkable inner history of our times from the tumult of World War I to the present day, when personal identity was released from its moorings in gender, family, social class, religion, politics, and nationality. "A fascinating glimpse into the distant and exotic past."--Los Angeles Times. 230 halftones, 2 tables. From the Publisher The 19th century was the golden age of private life, a time when supreme individual and existential values emerged. The fourth book in this popular series, written for the cultivated reader, chronicles this development from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I. From The Critics Publishers Weekly People of the Middle Ages were suspicious of solitude. Feudal dwellings were promiscuously crowded, monastery layouts reflected a fear of isolation. Yet, the idea of privacy, linked to an inner life, stubbornly took root. Intimacy found expression in peasant hearths, in orchards where lovers embraced, in noble households with their areas for retreat, in towers and fortresses that gave ordinary people a refuge from the havoc of war. The private sphere spilled out into the neighborhood. Moving from the anonymous 11th century to the stirrings of Renaissance individualism, this second volume of essays in a projected five-volume opus is a marvelous re-creation of history as it was actually lived, an archeological excavation of daily life few historians have attempted. Hundreds of apt illustrations complement discussions of bedroom design, table manners, discovery of the body, customs. The growing importance of the individual is traced through fables, romances, poems and a new realism in painting. The contributors are French scholars; Duby is a professor at the College de France. History Book Club alternate. (March) Library Journal These volumes, edited by Philippe Aries and Georges Duby, are aimed at both the scholar and layperson who wonder how people lived and behaved from ancient times to the present: "their thoughts, their feelings, their bodies, their attitudes, their habits and habitations, their codes, their marks, and their signs." The focus is on western European life, primarily French. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. Spanning the period from the 11th century to the Renaissance and focusing on France and Tuscan Italy, this continues the projected five-volume history of private life from the Roman world to the present. ``Private'' is here defined as what medieval people considered intimate, familial, domestic. The five chapters, three of them written all or in part by distinguished French scholar Duby, display an astounding knowledge and use of sources and offer rich detail about everything from affection and sex to domestic arrangements and latrines. The many illustrations strongly support the text. Essential for both research and general collections.Bennett D. Hill, St. Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C. - Table of Contents Foreword by Georges Duby Introduction by Paul Veyne 1. Roman Empire by Paul Veyne Introduction From Mother's Womb to Last Will and Testament Marriage Slavery The Household and Its Freed Slaves Where Public Life Was Private "Work" and Leisure Patrimony Public Opinion and Utopia Pleasures and Excesses Tranquilizers 2. Late Antiquity by Peter Brown Introduction The "Wellborn" Few Person and Group in Judaism and Early Christianity Church and Leadership The Challenge of the Desert East and West: The New Marital Morality 3. Private Life and Domestic Architecture in Roman Africa by Yvon Thébert The Roman Home: Foreword by Paul Veyne Some Theoretical Considerations The Domestic Architecture of the Ruling Class "Private" and "Public" Spaces: The Components of the Domus How the Domus Worked Conclusion 4. The Early Middle Ages in the West by Michel Rouche Introduction by Paul Veyne Historical Introduction Private Life Conquers State and Society Body and Heart Violence and Death Sacred and Secret Conclusion 5. Byzantium in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries by Evelyne Patlagean The Byzantine Empire Private Space Self and Others The Inner Life Private Belief Conclusion Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index . Hard Cover. Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1980 A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature (blacked-out) in book front on blank pages. NO tears inside book. 169 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine, bright pages. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newsweek, 1972 Over-Sized Hardback ( 9 1/4 x 12) - Faux-leather boards - Beautifully illustrated throughout the its 172 Pages (120 illustrations - one half in color) . - Near-new copy! No price clipping - No remainder marks! - Contents: Introduction - The Kremlin In History - A Citadel of Wood - The Third Rome - Ivan the Awe-inspiring - Troubled Times - A Window to the West - Enlightened Empress - or Autocrat? - Russia under the Romanovs - Nerve Center of the Soviet State - The Kremlin in Literature - Reference - Chronology of Russian History - Genealogy: The Romanov Dynasty - Guide to the Kremlin - Selected Bibliography - Acknowledgments and Picture Credits - Index.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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The Macmillan Company, 1915 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clan copy of this 1915 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Green boards with black & gilt lettering (clean and bright- shows light wear). 363 pages plus ads in back of book. NO writing or marks inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. Nicely illustrated throughout. The title page shows 1 small, closed tear at top of page. NO other tears inside book. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Macmillan Company, 1916 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine (extra-nice) copy of this 1916 hardback. Green boards with black and gilt lettering (clean and bright, shows slight wear). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout - including color maps. 703 pages plus ads in back of book. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1937 A photo of this book is available. Very-good ex-libris hardback. Usual library markings. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. 324 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Arcade Publishing, 1989 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 306 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stated First U.S. Edition. Synopsis Dispelling myth and reevaluating European and American history, The Temple and the Lodge is the most illuminating investigation yet published into the evolution of Freemasonry. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh recount the events that led to the strange and sudden disappearance of the Knights Templar in the fourteenth century and their reappearance in the court of excommunicate Scottish king Robert the Bruce. Theorizing, and documenting, the survival of Templar traditions through the birth of the Masonic lodge, the authors chart the history of Freemasonry through its medieval roots and into the modern era. They demonstrate the order's contribution to the fostering of tolerance, progressive values, and cohesion in English society, which helped to preempt a French-style revolution in England. In addition, they show how Freemasonry contributed to the formation of the United States as an embodiment of the ideal "Masonic Republic." Annotation The origins of Freemasonry are explored in this book by the authors of the bestseller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail. The history of Freemasonry is charted from its mysterious beginnings in the fourteenth century through the currents of thought and political upheavals surrounding the organization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thirty-six black-and-white photographs are included in the book.. First American Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Waco, Texas : Word Books, Publisher , 1970 HARDBACK WITH DUSTCOVER - FINE CONDITION - DUSTCOVER SHOWS MINOR WEAR BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION - 282 PAGES - LOC# 73-127035 CONTENTS: THE BARREN LAND THE BAPTIST WITNESS PLANTING MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCHES (1836-40) ASSAULTING THE WILDERNESS (1840-48) THE FIRST ASSOCIATIONS (1840-48) OPEN DOORS . . . MANY ADVERSARIES (1848-60) WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1861-74) CLOSING RANKS (1874-86) FINDING DIRECTION (1886-1914) A NEW ERA (1914-29) DEPRESSION AND WAR (1929-45) FLOWERS AND FRUITS (1946-69) DOCUMENTATION INDEX. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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HarperCollins, 2003 Like-new condition - Appears unread. Stated First Edition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 476 pages. - A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten Heroes In this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Using rarely seen archival documents and remarkable first-person accounts, Balakian presents the chilling history of how the Turkish government implemented the first modern genocide behind the cover of World War I. And in the telling, he resurrects an extraordinary lost chapter of American history. Awarded the Raphael Lemkin Prize for the best scholarly book on genocide by the Institute for Genocide Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center. Synopsis The Armenian Genocide by the Turks was the first great genocide of the 20th century. Balakian (humanities, Colgate U.) explores the American response to the crime through the actions of diplomats and politicians, as well as Protestant missionaries, the press, and the American relief community. State Department officials, particularly Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, are portrayed as going to almost heroic lengths in efforts to avert the massacres. The passion of the relief agencies are also described favorably, while isolationist Republican Senators and post-World War I power alliances and oil considerations are suggested to have diverted attempts to address the genocide. These tensions, contends Balakian, continue to haunt American foreign policy down to the present time. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR From The Critics The New York Times … The Burning Tigris does succeed in resurrecting a little-known chapter of American as well as Armenian history. It also underscores a crucial point about humanitarian responses to violations of human rights: outrage and outpourings of sympathy and aid may save some lives, but -- as the 20th century would show time and again -- they have little real impact in the face of state interests that militate against intervention. With The Burning Tigris Peter Balakian forcefully reminds us that almost a century after the Armenian genocide, the international community has yet to find a means of implementing Charlotte Perkins Gilman's vision, as pertinent today as it was in 1903: ''National crimes demand international law, to restrain, prohibit, punish, best of all, prevent.'' — Belinda Cooper James R. Russell It is a mighty work, a slow burn of muted eloquence, dense with scholarship. Balakian's training in English literature and American studies has served him especially well, since a large part of the book is dedicated to the stupendous and nearly universal outpouring of sympathy for the Armenians and condemnation of Ottoman barbarity throughout the nightmare years among American and British writers, intellectuals, clergymen and politicians. j—The Forward Publishers Weekly Now faded from memory in the shadow of the Holocaust, the Turkish slaughter of more than a million Armenians in 1915-1916 was a virtual template for the 20th-century horrors that followed, and much of what Balakian describes so powerfully is now chillingly familiar: inhuman brutality; mass deportations of helpless civilians (often in overcrowded railroad boxcars); headlines screaming of "systematic race extermination"; activists and intellectuals calling for intervention; and, most devastatingly, the lack of political will in the West to intervene to stop the slaughter. Balakian exposes the roots of the genocide in the "total war" atmosphere of WWI, which combusted with the pan-Turkish nationalism of the Young Turk government, inflamed Muslim rage against "infidel" Armenian Christians, and a long-simmering Ottoman hatred of the Armenians dating to Sultan Abdul Hamid II and his slaughters in the 1890s. Balakian, who wrote so movingly of the impact of the genocide on his own family in Black Dog of Fate, also underscores how well known the Armenian destruction was in America through detailed reports by U.S. consuls throughout Turkey and steady newspaper reporting, and how great the response was in providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and survivors. In a horrifying account, city by city, region by region, Balakian quotes firsthand testimony about the decimation of the Armenian population and their towns and culture. Yet he retains the measured tone of a historian throughout; if anything, he lets Woodrow Wilson off too easily for not declaring war on Turkey. But readers will come away sadly convinced that Armenians' brave but doomed stand in Van should be as celebrated as the Warsaw ghetto uprising, and the corpse-strewn Lake Gaeljak as well known as Babi Yar. 16 pages of b&w photos and maps not seen by PW. (Oct. 7) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. Library Journal Author of the award-winning Black Dog of Fate, Balakian explores America's efforts to save Armenians from genocide. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. Kirkus Reviews An eloquent account of Turkey’s long campaign to rid itself of Armenians—and far longer campaign to disavow any responsibility for crimes against humanity. During the 1890s, writes memoirist (Black Dog of Fate, 1997) and poet Balakian, Sultan Abdul Hamid II launched a campaign of extermination against Armenia’s Christians, killing about 200,000 in a two-year period and setting "the template for most of the genocide that followed in the twentieth century." The Ottoman Empire’s resorting to state-sponsored murder against the Armenians was not without precedent; a few years earlier, the same sultan had ordered the massacre of thousands of Bulgarians who had been pressing for independence. Yet this crime was unprovoked, and it outraged the world; in the US, millions of dollars were raised for Armenian relief, and at the turn of the century nearly every American schoolchild could find Armenia on the map. The fall of the Ottomans and the rise of the Young Turks brought further troubles for the Armenians, for whereas the Ottomans had ruled a multiethnic empire, the Ataturk regime championed Turkish nationalism. Faced with revolutionary movements in the Balkans, the Young Turks justified oppression of the Armenians as a measure to stave off a two-front attack; "in the Turkish mind," writes Balakian, "the struggle to keep the Balkans was never far from the Armenian Question." This time the death toll was far higher; Balakian estimates that between 1.2 and 1.3 million Armenians were killed in the years between 1915 and 1922, though some historians put the figure at 1.5 million. Again, writes Balakian, American sentiment was with the Armenians, many survivors among whom emigrated to the US. Butin the years since, despite the Turkish government’s crimes against its people, the Armenian genocide has been gone unacknowledged, the product of a "sinister . . . Turkish campaign of denial . . . that is perhaps singular in the annals of history"a campaign that, Balakian says, successfully persuaded Bill Clinton to kill a House measure to commemorate the genocide "for the sake of ‘national security.’ " Thoroughly convincing and one more reason for the governments of the West, including the Clinton administration, to be ashamed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Fourth Estate, 2003 Near-new copy. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. 246 pages. Synopsis In the early 18th century, the South Sea Company was incorporated with the purpose of exploiting the wealth of Louisiana and the Caribbean. Investors flocked to the company with the encouragement of English politicians. Unfortunately for the investors, the company never owned a single trip or financed a single journey and the whole scheme eventually imploded. Journalist Balen narrates the story of the company, paying particular attention to the motivations of the various company officers and implicated government officials, which are often remarkably similar to those driving the Enron, Worldcom, and other current financial scandals. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scribner, 1990 Near-new condition - Dustcover shows only slight wear - Book is in Fine Condition - Price inside dustcover: $22.95 - Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - 246 pages - A former member of the Knesset, Bar-Zohar says that Israel is deeply divided by differences between religious and secular forces, hawks and doves, Arabs and Jews, and that it is struggling to maintain its moral and democratic ideals. He believes that the constant need to form coalition governments has stymied peace initiatives, and that electoral reform is needed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1988 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show tanning. 275 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's initials in book front. NO tears inside book.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Longmans, Green And Co., 1928 Very-good+, very-clean copy of this 1928 hardback. Stated First Edition. Dark-blue boards with gilt lettering (clean - shows light wear). 408 pages. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. Previous owner's bookplate (attractive) in book front, on blank page. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Doubleday, 1966 Very-good, clean copy of this 1966 hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 404 pages. Pictorial endpapers. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company , 1986 Only writing is previous owner's signature in book front - also, bookstore stamp (on blank page. 317 pages. No tears. Tight spine. The major purpose of this collection is to provide an elementary introduction to historical methods for the average undergraduate or beginning graduate student. Historical methods for the average undergraduate or beginning graduate student. Historical method here refers to the ways in which historical problems may be approached and the various techniques that are used to organize and interpret mounds of raw data. Nineteen methodological concepts are presented, with discussion and examples. This is both a text on methodology and an anthology of methodologically significant work.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Simon and Schuster, 1951 Only mark / writing in this interesting book is previous owner's signature in book front - on blank page. Also, on same page, is embossed "library of" - No tears - Tight spine. Illustrated with photos AND fold-out reproductions of historically significant front-pages of The New YorkTimes newspaper. 589 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Putnam Pub Group, 1984 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $16.95. Illustrated with photos and drawings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Map endpapers. 223 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis For thousands of years before the beginning of recorded history the legends tell us a powerful civilization flourished in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This breathtakingly advanced island continent boasted splendid cities, golden temples, crowded seaports from which the far-reaching influence of Atlantis spread to the rest of the world, until its destruction in an overwhelming cataclysm. Now, based on careful study of scientific undersea research, Charles Berlitz proves that Atlantis is not legend but fact and unravels a mystery even more startling than the Bermuda Triangle! * What message lies buried with the mighty stone structures deep beneath the Atlantic? * What profound revelations about Atlantis have come to us from beyond the Earth? * Was Atlantis destroyed in an ancient nuclear war? * What great centers of Atlantean culture yet await discovery? With dozens of never-before-seen photographs and over 50 drawings. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Funk & Wagnalls, 1967 Very-nice, clean copy of this over-sized 1967 hardback. NO remainder marks. Inside-front-top dustcover flap has been price-clipped. Tan boards are bright and clean. Nicely illustrated throughout. 170 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is a nice gift inscription in book front, on blank page. Tight spine, clean pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Large Print, 2001 Very-good+, clean condition. This is a LARGE PRINT Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.50. Orange-red boards with black lettering (clean and bright). NO writing or tears inside book. 981 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis IBM and the Holocaust is the stunning story of IBM's strategic alliance with Nazi Germany. Newsweek Backed by exhaustive research, Black's case is simple and stunning! Biography The son of Polish survivors, Washington-based writer Edwin Black is the author of the award-winning Holocaust finance investigation, The Transfer Agreement, and is an expert on commercial relations with the Third Reich. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large Print Edition. more information

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 2002 Like-new condition. Appears unread - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated. 320 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - An engrossing and witty history of the fear and the facts of being buried alive. Readers of Edgar Allan Poe's tales—just think of The Premature Burial—may comfort themselves with the notion that Poe must have exaggerated: surely people of the 1800s could not have been at risk of being buried alive? But such stories filled medical journals as well as fiction, and fear in the populace was high. It was speculated, from the number of skeletons found in horrific, contorted positions inside their coffins, that ten out of every one hundred people were buried before they were dead. In the extensively illustrated Buried Alive, Jan Bondeson explores the medicine, folklore, history, and literature of Europe and the United States to uncover why such fears arose, and whether they were warranted. He looks at the bizarre nineteenth-century security coffins with bellropes or escape hatches, and the macabre waiting mortuaries for decaying corpses. Finally, he questions whether our criteria for determining if someone is dead today are truly reliable. 30 illustrations.. Trade Paperback. Fine. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1989 Very-nice, clean condition. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 334 pages. In this provocative new collection, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel J. Boorstin explores the essential "hidden history" of the American experience that is overlooked by most historians. In twenty-four essays — divided into five sections, "The Quest for History," "A By-Product Nation," "The Rhetoric of Democracy," "Unsung Experiments," and "The Momentum of Technology" — Daniel J. Boorstin examines significant rhythms, patterns, and institutions of everyday American life: from his intimate portraits of such legendary figures as Paul Revere, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to more expansive discussions of historical phenomena, such as the Therapy of Distance and the Law of Survival of the Unread. . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1922 LIMITED EDITION COPY - This book is number 481 out of 750 copies printed. FIRST EDITION. No writing - No tears - Tight Spine - Illustrated by Ivins (woodcuts) 66 Pages.. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ivins, Florence Wyman (woodcuts). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dorset Press, 1968 Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front & back - on blank pages - NO other writing or marks throughout book - NO tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - 208 pages - Illustrated . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Wilson, Eva (Drawings) . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974 Dustcover shows some wear & slight tear along edges. Orange boards with black lettering. Color map plates in back of book. 536 pages. Writing/highlighting throughout book. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears inside book.Tight spine - Bright pages. Stated Third Printing, 1974.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harper Colophon Books, 1965 Only writing is previous owner's signature (in pencil) - in book front - No other marks - No tears - Tight spine. Very-nice copy. - 328 Pages - The author has come very near providing that much-needed book, a social history of nineteenth and twentieth century France. His emphasis is mainly political but the study is deepened by his profound acquaintance with French culture in general.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Praeger Pub Text, 1990 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated throughout. Tight spine, clean pages. 319 pages. Dustcover is clean, shows only slight wear (NO tears). Dark-green boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). Synopsis The story of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., is exciting--full of struggle, determination, crisis, and heroic endeavor. Air Products grew out of the vision and drive of one individual, Leonard Pool. In the course of fifty years, Pool's precarious project has become a major, multinational corporation. Words like entrepreneurship, sales, finance, engineering, and technology are central to the history of Air Products. So too are concepts like being a late entrant to an established business, struggling to find market niches, moving into fields of endeavor, developing human resources, and breaking through to the level where economies of scale and scope would allow a secure future as a major player on a global scale. The story is one of success; plain luck at some points. But it also contains its hare of hard knocks, disappointments, and mistaken strategies. The enduring style of Air Products--its customer-focus and its emphasis on sales and growth--emerged from the interactions of Leonard Pool's personality, the engineering skills of his colleagues, and the opportunities offered by the industrial gas supplier in the world. It is also a major chemical company and a pioneer in the emerging field of environmental and energy systems. Multinational, technology-based firms like Air Products are an important part of American society and of the emerging global economy. The history of Air Products will be of value to everyone interested in the industrial gas and chemical industries, business history, entrepreneurial history, and American studies. Biography ANDREW J. BUTRICA is a visiting scholar in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Downsview, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1982 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1982 hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Dustcover shows slight wear & slight tear - mainly along top edge. Book is in Fine Condition. Gold boards with silver lettering (clean and bright). Illustrated throughout with photos. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front "Irene Blakey" 319 pages. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Robertson, Hugh (Photographs). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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J.B. Lippincott, 1964 Nice copy of this ex-libris book - Minimal library marks - Inner pages are free from writing and tears - Tight spine - Illustrated throughout with photos - 264 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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J.B. Lippincott, 1964 A photo of this book is available. Very-good copy of this 1964 ex-libris hardback. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated throughout. 264 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Little, Brown & Company, 1968 Very-good copy of this 1968 hardback. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Olive-green boards. Boards show light staining on back board. Gold endpapers. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 276 pages. Pages show light tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. l. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.: Greenhaven Pr, 2004 Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears. 208 pages. On November 22, at roughly 12:30 pm, shots rang out across the Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. At that moment bullets tore into the head and body of President John F. Kennedy. For all practical purposes President Kennedy was dead the moment those shots struck him. Within a few hours Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President Kennedy. Shortly thereafter, Oswald was shot to death on national television by Jack Ruby a man connected to organized crime. For the past forty-two years controversy has continued to swirl about the facts and myths associated with this tragic event. In this title, modern readers can take a look at primary sources and period documents related to the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Included are commission reports, interviews with witnesses, the opinions of contemporary journalists and political figures, and opinion pieces written by investigators. In the end, the reader is left to determine his or her own views regarding this clouded event in American history. What also remains in the reader's possession is a treasure trove of information artfully compiled by the editor of this engaging look at a critical moment in modern American history.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 2003 Near-new condition - Appears unread - Price inside dustcover: $24.00 NO price clippings - Remainder mark on bottom. Illustrated - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 239 pages. On September 3, 1901, Miss Ellen Stone, an American missionary, set out on horseback for a trek across the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia. In a narrow gorge she was attacked by a band of masked men who carried her off the road and, more significantly, onto the path of history. Stone would become the first American captured for ransom on foreign soil. In The Miss Stone Affair, master storyteller and Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter re-creates the drama of this country's first modern hostage crisis -- an event that held the world's attention and dominated the headlines in American and European dailies for months. Using a wealth of contemporary correspondence and diplomatic cables, she constructs a narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical. On a journey that takes the reader from Boston's Beacon Hill to Constantinople and the bloody revolution-wracked nation-states of the Balkans, Carpenter introduces an unforgettable cast of characters: the strong-willed Miss Stone and her Bulgarian companion, Katerina Tsilka, who is brought along by the kidnappers -- in deference to Victorian convention -- as a chaperone; the terrorists who threaten to murder their hostages and yet are awed when Tsilka gives birth to a baby girl; the diplomat who sees the Stone case as a vehicle for his personal ambition; rival negotiators whom the terrorists pit one against the other; a media mogul obsessed with finding the hostages and securing their literary rights; and, of course, the new president, Theodore Roosevelt, who must decide if he should, as many of his countrymen are demanding, send warships to the Near East or if some quieter form of intervention might win the day. Teresa Carpenter has produced a turn-of-the-century international thriller with precision, drama, and historical perspective. This is a story for our time.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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U.S.A.: Newsweek Books, 1979 A photo of this book is available. Nice clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $10.95. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 304 pages. Yellow boards with red lettering (clean and bright). Includes maps and charts. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Overlook Pr, 2004 Near-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. 368 pages. Illustrated throughout. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. - Cambridge historian Cartledge, also the author of The Spartans (2001), reassesses the life of the military leader who conquered the Persian Empire and continues to have an impact on military tacticians and statesmen today. Cartledge sees particular significance in Alexander's passion for hunting game, human as well as animal—a test that offered a chance for enhancing his standing and fame. Cartledge combines sequential chronological narration with in-depth systematic surveys of key themes in the Macedonian king's career. The text is peppered with b&w images; an appendix explores the limits set by the available source materials on any attempted reconstruction of Alexander's everyday life. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St Martin's Press, 2000 Near-new condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated throughout - 192 pages - "Throughout history individuals have pictured themselves becoming emperor, king, queen or president. Some have proved successful, others not, while some were pure fantasists. Many produced coins, banknotes, stamps and heraldic devices as proof of the status they claimed. In exploring the issues surrounding political legitimacy, this book brings together evidence for an amazing variety of would-be sovereigns and phantom countries, rebel states and royal impostors, ranging from ancient to modern times and from the Orient to the New World." "The personalities, their individual stories and the images they employed are fascinating in themselves, but set in a wider context they also demonstrate the changing tradition of pretence and rebellion. The authors examine fundamental concepts of loyalty and group identity in a timely commentary on the nature of legitimate power and established sovereignty. Their analysis reveals the convenient fictions, collective myths and pseudo-histories inherent even today in the construction and maintenance of a dynasty or modern nation.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Brown & Benchmark, 1993 A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean copy of this over-sized book. Covers are clean (NO tears). 276 pages. 66 pages show light writing/underlining and/or highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO remainder marks or clippings. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973 A photo of this book is available. Over-sized and heavy hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $14.95. Dustcover shows tearing along top and bottom edges. Dark-blue boards with gilt lettering (clean - shows light wear). 451 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine, clean pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Oxford University Press, 1962 Very-nice copy of this 1962 book - ONLY writing is previous owner's signature in book front - on blank page and pencil notation on 1 blank page in back of book (in pencil) - 375 pages - Tight spine - Bright pages . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Steimatzky, 1981 Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated throughout (photos, maps, drawings) - Tight spine - Bright pages. 288 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Clean, pictorial covers. . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harcourt, Brace & Co. / Harvest Book , 1997 Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Nicely illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 296 pages. Synopsis "This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story in a rollicking account of the golden age of piracy that is packed with history, anecdote, and above all adventure. Here are the true stories of such bloodthirsty legends as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, and the fearsome Mary Read. And here are rousing descriptions of what ships pirates sailed, what punishments they exacted, what they really wore, and how they flourished--or perished. From the smoky havoc of shipboard battle to the loneliness of a fugitive's life at sea, this spellbinding narrative vividly brings the brutal world of pirates to life. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1977 hardback. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $12.95. Dustcover is clean, shows 2 small, closed tears. Blue boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1967 Very-nice ex-libris copy of this 1967 book - Usual library markings - Inner pages are free from writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Stated First Edition - 230 pages - Illustrated with photos . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Putnam Pub Group, 1999 A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated with maps. 395 pages. Illustrated with maps. Illustrated endpapers. Synopsis Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-its of history. In these twenty never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining.. "In addition to the essays, fifteen sidebars by such authors as Caleb Carr, Tom Wicker, David Fromkin, and Ted Morgan illuminate in brief other world-changing episodes. Entertainment Weekly Since chance, error, and the weather deserve as much credit as humans for the mess known as history, its fair to ask historians for a retake. What If? Imagine the narrowly missed possibilities of a Muslim Europe, a Mongol Europe, a permanently Confederate South, a 20th century in which names Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao mean nothing, or a triumphant Nazi Reich or Japanese Empire. You'll have the vertigo-inducing sense that everything, you and me included, could have been very, very different. Grade: A.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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