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The Complete World of Greek Mythology

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

A full, authoritative, and wholly engaging account of these endlessly fascinating tales and of the ancient society in... more

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    • Excellent in every way.
    • This book is by far the best I have ever read in the field of Greek Mythology, even when the author takes the time to mention that no book can be truly complete this ones is as close as you can get...
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    • Posted:May-31-2008
    • disappointing
    • Somewhere amid the oodles of glossy photos of athlete-festooned kraters and oinochoes, I was hoping to discover some well narrated myths. My quest was frustrated. Not only does the book provide, at...
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Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know

Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every...

What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic... more

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    • Basic, but good
    • This is a well written book, but a bit basic for the more informed movie maker. There were some great ideas I had never considered, but most of it was on the basic concepts side. If you are new to...
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    • a good book if you've never read a book
    • This reads as if it was written by a freshman college student using one source. You know what I mean, when words are used simply to add to the page count, and the information is so repetitive and...
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    • Flawed format. Wait for DVD!
    • I certainly agree with the existing reviews regarding content, and have nothing to add in this regard.
      HOWEVER, there are two problems:
      1. The book measures 7 1/2" tall and 11" wide. This...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book,... more

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    • First rate narrative history
    • This is an extremely readable political and military narrative history of the fall of the Roman Empire. I don't have enough expertise to have an opinion as to his larger thesis, though I must say...
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    • Posted:Dec-23-2008
    • Inconvenient ommissions
    • Overall this book was very informative, educational, and presented very complex difficult material in a new light. I found the book enjoyable to read, even though I disagreed with much of it. My...
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed... more

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    • The perfect replacement for your old Modern Library edition of Thucydides
    • I wish I'd had this fat volume back in the 1960s, when I was first making my way through Thucydides in my Introduction to Greek and Roman class. We used the Jowett translation -- admittedly a...
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    • Review of The Landmark Thucydides
    • To be forthcoming, I must note that I genuinely no longer enjoy Greek historiography. Where Herodotus carried on to tangents of varied interest and extravagence, this is a dry, straightforward...
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    • Paperback edition fell apart as I read it
    • This edition of Thucydides is really excellent. There are maps and/or images of artifacts on almost every page, along with marginal summaries, and a lot of helpful appendices.

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The Search for Modern China

The Search for Modern China

In this Second Edition of his widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of... more

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    • pleasant book
    • This was a very good book to get an general view on Chinese history.
      The writer follows the mainstream view on history. I also read Mao, the untold story. That gives a more revisionist view...
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    • But who is doing the "searching", and what is "Modern"?
    • Jonathan Spence concludes that following the Tian An Men Square crack down in 1989, China's quest for modernization remained unfulfilled. As much as I like and respect Spence's work, this strikes...
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    • The Search for Spence's Worth
    • There are a lot of things that can be said about Spence after reading this book, but a China expert is not one of them. The effeminate little brit needs to start his search all over again from day...
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations... more

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    • The theory of collapse -- or the collapse of theory?
    • Jared Diamond doesn't know how to write a dull book. With respect to messy books, however, he's coming up fast on the inside track.

      "Collapse" is the relatively thin sequel to "Guns,...
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    • Collapse: Worth getting through
    • As the book jacket says, this is like taking a college course in the cycle of collapse and rebirth of civilizations around the world. Ranging from the challenges facing Montana to the mysteries of...
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    • Academic Drudgery
    • Don't be misled by the title. And don't buy this book if you have absolutely no interest in reading HUNDREDS OF PAGES about the social minutiae of why Vikings couldn't raise potatoes.
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

Was the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars... more

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    • A Must Read
    • This facinating book takes a reality based approach toward outlining the fall of Rome as a function of an economy that had grown too specialized and sophisticated to operate in an environnment of...
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    • Posted:Aug-19-2008
    • Narrow viewed and Biased
    • Any book I read is bound to increase my knowledge of any given subject. This book was no exception. However, I had to glean that knowledge from amidst much other useless information.
      To begin...
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    • Probably not the Best Book on This Topic to Start With
    • First let me disclose that I know very little about this topic; that's why I picked up the book. If, like me, you are looking for a good introduction to the topic, this is not the best book to...
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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

A new expanded version of the classic account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, as told by Aztec voices?with a new... more

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    • The Other Perspective of the Conquest
    • Miguel Leon-Portillo's collection of Nahua accounts of the Spanish conquest affords the reader a unique opportunity to experience the conquest through the mind of the Amerindian. The book records...
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    • The Other Guys Story of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
    • I enjoyed reading the Aztec account of the colonization of Colonial Mexico. The book is a translation of Nahuatl writings. See- the Spanish provided an alphabet which the Aztecs did not have prior...
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall...

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This... more

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    • A few thousand years of history in one great book
    • This is a great history book for those who never learned or who have forgotten the world history they learned in school. It is quite exhaustive in its scope, covering most histories for the time...
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    • An Uncomfortable Read
    • It's really quite hard to evaluate this book. On the one hand, it is pretty accessible and entertaining. However, it really does seem as if those credits result entirely from some fairly...
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    • A Personal Review

    • What would otherwise be an enjoyable and informative history for the layman is spoiled by the unfortunate portrayal of Jewish/Christian myth as historical fact.
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Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to St. Augustine

Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to...

This primary source reader covers the entire span of ancient history, providing helpful editorial material and... more

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    • Very engaging.
    • I very much like the way that different civilizations are represented as they developed simultaneously. This is a much more engaging approach to the study of history than the bland, textureless...
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    • Dry
    • An extremely dry textbook filled with insults to the female gender. Not a good book, not even for basic research purposes. You're better off going out and buying the actual translations of the...
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A History of the Ancient near East, Ca. 3000-323 B.C (Blackwell History of the Ancient World)

A History of the Ancient near East, Ca. 3000-323 B.C (Blackwell History...

This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinary multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near... more

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    • Comprehensive Look at the Entire Region
    • Unlike many other books, this volume covers the history of the entire Near East, from Iran to Anatolia, and not just Mesopotamia or the Hittites. This gives it an unusual breadth, as parts of the...
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the...

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques... more

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    • excellent--for certain purposes
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    • Snoozer
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The West: Encounters & Transformations, Concise Edition, Volume I (MyHistoryLab Series)

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    • Great on its own or as a starting point for further reading.
    • If ancient Chinese philosophy is new territory for you, definitely start by reading this book. Arthur Waley's style is very readable, combining short translations with insightful commentary and...
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    • Like reading King James Version of the Bible
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    • Less important than you think, and dubiously edited
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    • Good reading, Great Goddess!
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Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts

Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts

Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time... more

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The Ancient Greek World (The World in Ancient Times)

The Ancient Greek World (The World in Ancient Times)

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    • Disappointed
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    • Greece on the Reader's Digest Scale
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A History of Western Philosophy: The Classical Mind, Volume I (History of Western Philosophy)

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A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY examines the nature of philosophical enterprise and philosophy's role in Western... more

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    • Excellent point to start off at
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Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (Classics of Ancient China)

Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (Classics of Ancient China)

The most widely read military classic in human history, newly translated and revised in accordance with newly... more

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    • A great book
    • This is an inspirative book. Written by ancient chinesse philosopher during spring and autumn period but his theme is still relevant for our daily life.
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    • Misleading and Demeaning
    • According to Professor Ames, "From the perspective of the more rationalistic Western world view, the penalty the Chinese must pay for the absence of that underlying metaphysical infrastructure...
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