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History of western civilization
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William Hardy McNeill |
Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edi… |
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What's so great about America
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Dinesh D'Souza |
America is under attack as never before. Not only from foreign terrorists, but also from within. Islamic terrorists declare America the "Great Satan." Many Europeans complain about America spreading … |
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Sailing the wine-dark sea
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Thomas Cahill |
"In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his latest bestselling work of popular history, Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historically unassailable-journey through the landmarks of … |
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I never thought I'd see the day!
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David Jeremiah |
"David Jeremiah highlights the decline in Western culture, especially America, and calls on his readers to reverse this downward spiral"--Provided by the publisher. |
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The Classical Tradition
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Glenn W. Most,Anthony Grafton,Salvatore Settis |
"In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, … |
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The Eurocentric conception of world politics
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John M. Hobson |
"John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and universalist theories of inter-s… |
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Anti-Judaism
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David Nirenberg |
From Amazon: This incisive history upends the complacency that confines anti-Judaism to the ideological extremes in the Western tradition. With deep learning and elegance, David Nirenberg shows how f… |
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Threshold
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Thom Hartmann |
An urgent look at our world's looming crises and what we must do to avert them In Threshold, writer and Air America host Thom Hartmann looks at the deteriorating state of our planet, where the dynami… |
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Sailing the wine-dark sea
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Thomas Cahill |
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. The Greeks invented everything from West… |
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The retreat of western liberalism
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Edward Luce |
In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times chief US columnist and commentator Edward Luce charted the course of America's relative decline, proving to be a prescient voice o… |
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The master and his emissary
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Iain McGilchrist |
"Now available in a larger format, a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture."--Publisher descript… |
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Western Civilization in the 21st Century
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Andrew Targowski |
xii, 271 pages : 26 cm |
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Towards the light
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A. C. Grayling |
"In Towards the Light, A.C. Grayling tells the story of the long and difficult battle for freedom in the West, from the Reformation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from the battle for t… |
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The Death of the West
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Patrick J. Buchanan |
"The West is Dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the United States, coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, … |
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The Rise of the West
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William Hardy McNeill |
One of the best world histories ever written. Read the footnotes, he raises some really good points their. |
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Atheist delusions
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David Bentley Hart |
Currently it is fashionable to be devoutly undevout. Religion's most passionate antagonists -- Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and others -- have publishers competi… |
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Civilization past and present
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Thomas Walter Wallbank,T. Walter Wallbank |
A textbook surveying the cultural history of the world from prehistory to the present day. |
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The Western world
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James Daniel Hardy |
vii, 418 p. 24 cm |
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Ancient warfare
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Harry Sidebottom |
"This book explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict. Many aspects of ancient warfare are examined from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight"--Provided by publis… |
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Ripples of Battle
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Victor Hanson |
The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle, the acclaimed historian Victor Dav… |
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