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"From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most...
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Hinges of history volume 4
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization takes us on a journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
“A triumph of popularization: extraordinarily knowledgeable, informal in tone, amusing, wide ranging, smartly paced.” —The New York Times Book Review
In the city-states of Athens and...
“A triumph of popularization: extraordinarily knowledgeable, informal in tone, amusing, wide ranging, smartly paced.” —The New York Times Book Review
In the city-states of Athens and...
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"In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No...
5) Candide
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In this philosophical fantasy, naive Candide sees and suffers such misfortune that he ultimately rejects the philosophy of his tutor Doctor Pangloss, who claims that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Candide and his companions--Pangloss, his beloved Cunegonde, and his servant Cacambo--display an instinct for survival that provides them hope in an otherwise somber setting. When they all retire together to a simple life on a...
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Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think...
7) Canada
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Canadian comic actor Mike Myers writes from the heart about his native land, Canada, and what it means to be a Canadian.
Actor, director and writer, Myers has often winked and nodded to Canada in his body of work, but now he turns the spotlight full-beam on his homeland. Here he provides a funny and thoughtful analysis of what makes Canada Canada, Canadians Canadians and what being Canadian has always meant to him.
9) Kenya
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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[2015]
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history, geography, and people of Kenya as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
10) South Korea
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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[2015]
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history, geography, and people of South Korea as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2017]
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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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English
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The Earth our home is covered mostly with water: the wide, deep, salty, and very blue ocean. It regulates our climate in a way that makes life as we know it possible. This huge ocean is full of an amazing amount of life, most of which is too small to see. But life in the ocean is in trouble. The ocean is becoming hotter, more polluted, and, in places, empty of life. The right amount of warming is good for us, but too much warming is causing shifts...
12) Jamaica
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history, geography, and people of Jamaica as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
13) Indonesia
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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[2014]
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history, geography, and people of Indonesia as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
14) Ukraine
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Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc
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[2015]
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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One of the largest nations in Europe, Ukraine has experienced many tumultuous periods throughout its history. Readers will explore the nation's incredible story, from its earliest settlement more than 40,000 years ago to its recent political upheaval in 2014. They will be immersed in the country's rich culture and traditions, finding out how Ukrainian people live, eat, work, and communicate. They will also tour Ukraine's beautiful natural areas and...
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Great Courses
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c2012
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8 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 371 p. : ill. ; 19 cm).
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English
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People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of the 48 lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and elderly, as well as the refugees, slaves, women, children,...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xvii, 504 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"A brilliant, sweeping, and unparalleled look at the extraordinarily rich culture and turbulent politics of New York City between the years 1945 and 1950, The Brazen Age opens with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign tour through the city's boroughs in 1944. He would see little of what made New York the capital of modernity--though the aristocratic FDR was its paradoxical avatar--a city boasting an unprecedented and unique synthesis of genius, ambition,...
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