The Crusades: A Reader
By: S.J. Allen
3.78
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
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1. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
2. Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396
By: Jill N. Claster
3.79
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
In Sacred Violence , renowned medieval historian Jill N. Claster examines warfare between Christian… read more
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- history
- christianity
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3. The Kreutzer Sonata
By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more
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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
4. The Alexiad
By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting… read more
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5. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
By: Jonathan Riley-Smith
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, the story of the Crusades is told as never befor… read more
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6. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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- nonfiction
- school
"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
7. Lavinia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.66
Format: 384 pages,
In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice. In … read more
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8. 300
By: Frank Miller , Lynn Varley
4.00
Format: 98 pages,
The army of Persia - a force so vast it shakes the earth with its march - is poised to crush Greece… read more
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9. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
By: Jenni Nuttall
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more
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- historical
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- history
10. Thinking About History
By: Sarah C. Maza
4.09
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating questio… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- read for school
11. The Age of Phillis
By: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
4.45
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that cha… read more
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12. The Crusades: A Reader
By: S.J. Allen
3.78
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
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13. The Crusades: A History (Yale Nota Bene)
By: Jonathan Riley-Smith
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Pulls off the enviable feat of summing up seven centuries of religious warfare in a crisp 309 page… read more
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14. Women and the Crusades
By: Helen J. Nicholson
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The crusade movement needed their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and the… read more
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15. Accounts of Medieval Constantinople: The Patria (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)
By: Albrecht Berger
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends ab… read more
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16. The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade (Crusade Texts in Translation)
By: Peter W. Edbury
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This is a complete collection in modern English of the key texts describing Saladin’s conquest of J… read more
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