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The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper... more

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  Five Dialogues

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  • Outstanding work and great translation!
  • This contains the dialogs of Plato (as told through the mouth of Socrates). This includes the Apology at Socrates' trial and sentencing to death, Crito, Meno - the basis of the dialectic/evolution...
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  • Comprehensible Philosophy
  • I had to buy this book for a freshmen philosophy course, five years later I decided to read it cover to cover and see what all the real fuss was about.
    
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The Paris Tasting of 1976 will forever be remembered as the landmark event that transformed the wine industry. At... more

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  Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized...

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  • By George!
  • "The best fertilizer for a vineyard is the footsteps of the owner." Tabor captures the sentiment of this statement as he gives his readers a sense of the passions of the California winemakers...
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  • sour grapes
  • This book traces the history of the first great California winemakers in childish detail, like a four year old telling about their day. It's the most poorly written book I've ever read, and the...
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  • book
  • Not bad for a used book. Some wear and tear but was nice enough to give as a Christmas gift!
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Who formed the first modern nation?Who created the first literate society?Who invented our modern ideas of democracy... more

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  How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation...

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  • Makes Me Proud to Be Scots
  • Professor Arthur Herman's 2002 472-page paperback "How the Scots Invented the Modern World" presents a good history for the contributions made by the Scottish people since the 16th century. It...
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  • Great Discussion Book for Book Clubs
  • More about the Scots than most would ever want to know...Jewels of wisdom and insight, many in number, are contained herein, but finding them, at times, can be a difficult read...at other times, a...
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  • Posted:Jul-21-2005

  • Not worth the effort
  • As someone with Scottish heritage, and a professional historian (of the U.S., not Scotland), I was initially enthusiastic about reading this book. I was soon disappointed. For a popular work,...
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Ross King has a knack for explaining complicated processes in a manner that is not only lucid but downright... more

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  Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

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  • Fantastic Art History
  • What a fascinating book!
    This tale of how the dome of Florence's cathedral was built gives a fascinating account of the time, the engineering, the artists and the rivalry that drove them. I...
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  • Not as good as Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling
  • Perhaps King had a little less material to work with here, but I felt that the narrative fell a little flat compared to King's other book "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling".
    
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  • too bad there isnt a "0 star" rating
  • This book was absolutely terrible. A real snoozer. My 10th grade history teacher made us read this over summer vacation. Maybe if you are into books that are so confusing that you have to read...
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"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." CommentaryThe 14th century gives us... more

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  A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

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  • Needed a Good Editor
  • While the subject matter is interesting, the author buries it in unimportant details. I read a few other reviews and the terms, bore, slog and fight through are appropriate in reference to reading...
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  • scholarly treatise
  • A distant mirror is a scholarly treatise on the politics, government, health conditions and social system of the 14th century. Too detailed for the casual reader, it's a useful study of the...
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  • A good, but not great, book
  • Tuchman builds a wonderful mental picture of the 14th century, and what it must have been like to live back then. She follows the 14th century through the life of a French nobleman (but not a...
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Designed to help Advanced Placement students succeed in their studies and achieve a ?5? on the AP Exam, AP Achiever... more

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  AP Achiever (Advanced Placement* Exam Preparation Guide) for European History (College Test Prep)

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  • Must have!
  • Are you in a class full of people who refuse to work? Does your teacher not enforce homework completion? Have you ridiculously had a curve that granted you a 100% when you missed a fourth of the...
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  • Excellent Response for the Refund
  • Excellent response from the seller for the refund.
    Book reached after 2 weeks and by then my daughter chose different course but seller gave credit even before they received the book.
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In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose... more

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  Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

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  • Posted:Nov-29-2008

  • A MUST Book of WW2
  • I bought this book to understand my father better.
    
    Having an 87-year old father (Ray Koenig) who experienced D-Day (he was in the glider Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne), the fighting...
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  • Biased love letter
  • Band of Brothers was very appropriate for Ambrose...a true story about the shared experience of a company of soldiers..great book, great mini series and very powerful.
    
    Ambrose falls on...
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  • Normandy Invasion
  • This is a good book, light on the history. The book was easy to read and it adequately reflects the period of history under discussion. I found it valuable and entertaining.
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The rich selection of superbly translated and edited Pre-Socratic fragments and testimonies, dialogues of Plato, and... more

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  Readings In Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales To Aristotle

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  • Posted:Oct-12-2006

  • A Must Have For Philosophy Students, and Anybody else interested in the "Celebrities" of Ancient Greek thought.
  • If your buying this book, its probably because you are enrolled in a philosophy or history class. And though it is used frequently in classrooms, the book doesn't fall into the same traps as other...
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  • Posted:Jun-02-2006

  • A book used in "History of Western Thought I"
  • I've never taken any philsophy class before. I bought this book for "History of Western Thought I" course. I found philosophy is very interesting, but I had the worst teacher ever in my college...
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In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fascists. This... more

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  Homage to Catalonia

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  • Posted:Aug-16-2009

  • A great, first hand, experience of the Spanish Civil War. Great for begginners.
  • This should be the essential English read when it comes to first-hand experiences on the Spanish Civil War, Republican side.
    
    Orwell writes about every single thing he experienced about...
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  • George Orwell's interesting memoir of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War
  • "Homage to Catalonia" is a memoir of George Orwell's experiences during the Spanish Civil War. A committed socialist, Orwell was right in the thick of the action fighting on the side of the doomed...
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  • Franco was not Fascist
  • I try to be neutral in the matters regarding the Spanish Civil War, but I cannot understand why Franco is called "fascist" as long as he had nothing to do with the fascist or nazi ideology....
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Elegant designs embody the rich coloration and sinuous intertwining of geometric figures and organic forms... more

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  Twelve Celtic Bookmarks (Small-Format Bookmarks)

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  • Qualify for Super Saver Shipping Now and Receive This Bonus: Twelve Celtic Bookmarks
  • I thought I was just adding $1.50 to my shopping cart so I could qualify for Super Saver Shipping, but lo and behold, I received twelve celtic bookmarks with my order! What?! Crazy. It was...
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In this important study, Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution, arguing... more

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  Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350

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  • Valuable information and insights
  • Aimed at non-specialists, "Before European Hegemony" paints a picture of the Old-World-spanning commerce system of the 13th and 14th centuries.
    It's informative, readable, controversial and...
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  • The First World System
  • This book deals with the formation of the world system which evolved from the mid 13th to the mid 14th century. Prof. Abu-Lughod's approach in analyzing this topic is interesting insofar as she...
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By "the conjuror extraordinary of modern portage" (John le Carre)--a personal, brilliantly detailed exploration of... more

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  Imperium

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  • Sharp sense of observation of the workings of the Soviet Empire
  • This is a volume of essays dating from 1939 to the fall of Gorbachev by the Polish journalist. In them, Kapuscinski writes clearly and shows a sharp sense of observation of the workings of the...
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  • Kapuscinski rulez!
  • This is a great book, all of Kapuscinski`s books are great. It takes you for a journey you don`t expect. Great style and I always regret it`s over, after I finish to read his book.
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A Living Testimony Fifty-five years after the end of World War II, the Holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow.... more

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  WITNESS: Voices from the Holocaust

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  • great book
  • If you like history, this is a good book to read. It is from actual witnesses, people who actually lived it. It does skip a bit like its not just one person's story then another... its everyones...
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Traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the... more

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  The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage

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  • Posted:Jun-17-2009

  • Phenomenal Book which Shakes Long-held Traditions (Myths)!!!
  • This is a phenomenal work. Sadly the book was dropped by Random House, the original publisher, due to Establishment pressure. Thankfully, it was picked up by an independent one and Lady Truth...
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  • Posted:Jun-15-2009

  • Can't escape childhood problems
  • Scientific enough but zionist-oriented and thus partial to Jews,after all Koestler is a Jew himself.The layman will probably be attracted by Koestler's little tale but the knowledgeable will...
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  • outdated book
  • The book is interesting, and at the time of its publishing was probably very controversial but his theory that most Ashkenazi Jews are descendents from the Khazar empire and not from the middle...
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Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Tough Test Questions? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's... more

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  Modern European History

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  • Posted:Jun-23-2009

  • Wonderful review and reference source
  • I absolutely loved this little book (and yes, it is small, considering the amount of history it covers). I used it to cram for the AP European History Exam and have actually picked it up a few...
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  • A great class guide, but a poor AP Test Review book...
  • This book is great for studying for tests. It is solid in all subjects except the Enlightment, Scientific Revolution, and Cold War. This is because it does not give you the big picture very well....
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  • Good For Reference, But Not Good For The AP Euro Test...
  • My AP European History teacher actually made us buy this book from him at the beginning of the year. To tell you the truth, I probably only got a third of the way through this book. It was just...
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Special Student Edition has a special margin on each page to allow students to make notations. Complete translated... more

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  The Prince (Special Student Edition)

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  • great book
  • I have not yet finished reading this wonderful book, but I about doing it...It has been a wonderful reading experience...I really recommend it to all readers in search of a good book.
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"Weir does a masterful job of leading the layman through the entwined family trees of England's powerful families and... more

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  The Wars of the Roses

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  • Posted:Sep-26-2009

  • Finished in a few days..
  • because I could not put this book down. It was extremely engrossing and engaging in every detail. I was skeptical at first of how much it would engage me, but after the first few pages I was...
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  • Too many people
  • I started reading Alison Weir books because I enjoyed her review of history of the english perple. This book gives every detail of who married who, who slept with who and who fathered who. I love...
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  • The Official History
  • Weir's book is pretty much the the conventional accepted history. The kind of thing you would have learned in the UK 30 yrs ago for "O" and "A" Levels in School. The characters are conventional...
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Chronicles the historical transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and focuses on riveting figures such... more

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  A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age

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  • A world lit only by fire
  • My wife and I are in the process of reading this book for the third time. In our opinion it is the most comprehensive and the moist informative book written on the subject of early religions and...
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  • Posted:Aug-05-2009

  • Not a history book, but a 300ish page chip on someone's shoulders
  • Someone doesn't like the Catholic church and wants you to know it. Contains a bounty of factual errors. I'm glad that I had gotten this from my public library and didn't waste any money on it....
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  • Posted:Apr-11-2008

  • Not as wonderful as it sounded
  • This book was not everything that I thought or hoped it would be. It was more about the religious upheavals (for the lack of a better description) than about the people. It focused on the bad...
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  A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

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  • Great one volume history of WW I
  • If you had to choose one book to read about WWI to obtain an informative introduction this is it. It is informative, well written and at the same time accessible to those without a large...
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  The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

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  • Posted:Jan-20-2009

  • less complete than Preston
  • Compared with "the spanish civil war" (revised edition) by Paul Preston : Antony Beevor offers a less complete analysis of the Spanish Civil War. Beevor attaches more importance to the military...
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  • Beevors least...
  • How Franco seized power. As always, Beevor tells a compelling story, but this is his least attractively written book. It will open for many readers a story they are not familiair with.
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  • The Battle for Continuity
  • Lest I repeat what others have already written so well (and so many times), I will just affirm that this book is mainly up to Beevor's usual standard. Beevor has done us a great service in writing...
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