The Secular Enlightenment
By: Margaret Jacob
3.44
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of how the Enlightenment transformed people’s everyday lives The Secular Enlig…
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1. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
2. A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy
By: Jonathan I. Israel
3.79
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A leading historian reveals the radical origins of humanity's most cherished secular values Demo… read more
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3. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
By: Brian M. Fagan
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Paperback
The Little Ice Agetells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of mod… read more
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4. The Anatomy of Fascism
By: Robert O. Paxton
2.69
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract.… read more
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5. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason
By: John V. Fleming
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlig… read more
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6. Why Marx Was Right
By: Terry Eagleton
3.71
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism i… read more
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7. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
8. The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815
By: Timothy C.W. Blanning , David Cannadine
3.95
Format: 473 pages,
The Pursuit of Glory brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history from … read more
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9. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
By: Stephen Greenblatt
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more
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10. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
By: Bernard Bailyn
3.69
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, Fulfillment, as a Postscrip… read more
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11. The Consolations of Philosophy
By: Alain de Botton
3.64
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophytakes the discipline of logic and the mind back to … read more
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12. The Enlightenment: And Why It Still Matters
By: Anthony Pagden
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellect… read more
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13. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
By: Virginia Postrel
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles… read more
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14. Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
By: Aubrey Clayton
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is … read more
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15. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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16. The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
By: Ian Davidson
3.60
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment… read more
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"I accuse you of marching towards supreme power. - said by Jean-Baptiste Louvet to Robespierre (1792)"-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
"Sir, did you not hear the orders of the King?" Bailly replied: "...It seems o me that the nation assembled cannot take orders."-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
"If I were to put a date on it, I would say that the French Revolution finally came to rest after almost exactly 180 years, on April 28, 1969, when President de Gaulle resigned in a huff and the Fifth…"-Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
17. The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
By: Ritchie Robertson
4.27
Format: 985 pages, Hardcover
This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenmen… read more
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"When different religion managed to coexist peacefully for a long period, the visibility of other religion tended to weaken one's conviction of the unique excellence of one's own."-Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
18. The Secular Enlightenment
By: Margaret Jacob
3.44
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of how the Enlightenment transformed people’s everyday lives The Secular Enlig… read more
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19. The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789
By: Robert Darnton
4.14
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking account of the coming of the French Revolution from a historian of worldwide accla… read more
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20. Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
By: Andrew S. Curran
4.15
Format: 520 pages, Hardcover
A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations … read more
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21. The Theory of Economic Development
By: Joseph A. Schumpeter
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Schumpeter proclaims in this classical analysis of capitalist society first published in 1911 that … read more
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