Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
By: Thomas Cahill
2.77
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Cahill brings his characteristic wi…
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1. In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
By: David McCullough
3.79
Format: 33 pages, Hardcover
Days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. P… read more
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"Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to th…"-David McCullough, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
2. Helen of Troy
By: Margaret George
3.95
Format: 611 pages, Hardcover
A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face launched a thousand ships Daughter of… read more
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"Some things can be recovered. Some things can be restored. But some lost things, we seek forever."-Margaret George, Helen of Troy
"When he comes into a room, you give a little gasp, deep inside, far inside,' someone once said when trying to describe what it meant to love."-Margaret George, Helen of Troy
3. The Great Democracies (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #4)
By: Winston S. Churchill
4.67
Format: 112 pages,
The fourth of Churchill's grandly ambitious four-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoplesbe… read more
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4. Captains Courageous
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.73
Format: 256 pages,
Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the or… read more
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5. Medieval Civilization 400-1500
By: Jacques Le Goff , Julia Barrow
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in… read more
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6. A House in Corfu
By: Emma Tennant
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
A House in Corfu is the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth, still astonishingly uns… read more
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7. Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from G… read more
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8. The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences & cultural life from the he… read more
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9. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
By: Thomas Cahill
2.77
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Cahill brings his characteristic wi… read more
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10. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
11. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
By: Elizabeth Letts
3.95
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New… read more
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12. The Parthenon Enigma
By: None
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Built in the fifth century b.c., the Parthenon has been venerated for more than two millennia as th… read more
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13. The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1)
By: Winston S. Churchill
3.28
Format: 404 pages,
"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own… read more
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14. Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
By: Tom Holland
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for … read more
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15. The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)
By: Mary Renault
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In this sequel to The King Must Die Theseus defies the Gods' and claims the throne of Athens a move… read more
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16. Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion
By: Os Guinness
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular while private life infi… read more
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17. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
By: Bridget Collins
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more
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18. Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
By: Vivek Ramaswamy
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. makes the case that the essence of true American… read more
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19. The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
By: Mary Renault
3.98
Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition
“Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not prete… read more
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"Men would be as gods, if they had foreknowledge."-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
"It is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting."-Mary Renault, The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
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20. The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of… read more
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