History from Books of the World

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. Fine. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original cases along with a Fine 145-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. To step inside a Gothic cathedral is to step inside the visual essence of the Christian faith—a world… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. Audio CD. 2002. Fine. Forty-eight 30-minute lectures on 24 Fine Audio CDs in four Fine original clam-shell cases along with four Fine paperback Course Guidebooks. No shrink-wrap, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Western civilization is much more than human and political geography, encompassing myriad forms of political and… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2001. Fine. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in Fine original case along with a Fine 102-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. One of the most profound and satisfying of all poems, The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri is… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2009. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in three Fine original cases along with a Fine 147-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Featuring more than 1,000 visuals Experiencing Rome draws on computer animations of Roman villas, actual artifacts,… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2007. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in three Fine original cases along with a Fine 195-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrinkwrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature opens up to us the epics of Homer; the dramatic genius of… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2002. Fine. Forty-eight 30-minute lectures on eight Fine DVDs in four Fine original cases along with a Fine 304-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Western civilization is much more than human and political geography, encompassing myriad forms of political and institutional… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2005. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in three Fine original cases along with a Fine 147-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Professor Kenneth Bartlett helps you appreciate the Italian Renaissance as the moment in history when culture… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 2009. Fine. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six Fine DVDs in a Fine original cases along with a Fine 136-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company. DVD. 1998. Fine. Twelve 30-minute lectures on two Fine DVDs in original case. Part 2 only. No Part 1. No Course Guidebook. Not from a library. Contents: Lecture 13. The Persian wars ; Lecture 14. The Athenian empire ; Lecture 15. The art of democracy ; Lecture 16. Sacrifice and Greek religion ; Lecture 17. Theater and the… Read more

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, September 1981. Trade Paperback. Good+. Ex-library, otherwise nice. Text block unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. xxviii + 282 pages. Completed shortly before Walter Rodney's assassination in June 1980, A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905 provides an original, well-informed, and perceptive contribution to the historiography of nineteenth-century Guyanese society. This comprehensive examination… Read more

Chantilly, Virginia: The Teaching Company, 2001. Audio CDs. 2nd Edition. Twelve 30-minute lectures on six Fine Audio CDs in Fine original case along with an As New paperback Course Guidebook (58 pages). No shrinkwrap, otherwise As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Suitable for gifting. These twelve lectures are designed to answer two questions that have nagged generations… Read more

New Delhi: Lustre Press / Roli Books, 2002. Paperback. As New. Not damaged. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 64 pages. This souvenir book is presented in a postcard-size format of 64 pages, with 16 pages of text and 24 black & white plates on art card, with descriptive captions.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, n.d. [c. 1954]. Hardcover. One-Volume Edition. Fair. A nice reading copy that is handsome on the bookshelf. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt facsimile Lincoln signature to front cover. Pictorial black endpapers: Lincoln hand cast and life mask. Fair book with no jacket. Front pastedown has bookplate from prior… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine curved but uncreased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 916 pages. Winner of the Lincoln Prize. This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Offering fresh insights… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, October 2004. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight; ends and bottom corners lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. No tears, creases or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 320 pages. A magisterial account of… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, July 2003. Trade Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. As New. Pristine inside and out. 566 pages.

London: Arrow Books / Random House, September 2000. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior lightly tanned, otherwise pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 323 pages. A unique modern memoir of growing up in rural China, Colours of the Mountain is a powerful… Read more

New York: HarperCollins, September 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / second printing per number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Remainder mark. RFID to rear paste-down. Seems unread. xxii + 658 pages. This book redefines the founding era of the United States. As the 1790s began, America was struggling to survive at home and abroad, and the… Read more

New York: Walker Books, October 1999. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not a remainder. Not damaged. Not from a library. 384 pages. Of Galileo's three illegitimate children, the eldest best mirrored his own brilliance, industry, and sensibility, and by virtue of these qualities became his confidante. Born Virginia in… Read more

New York: Walker & Company, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition, later printing. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright. 184 pages.