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Alexander I (Phoenix Giants)
Alan Palmer
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1997
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
Larry McMurtry
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1994
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The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 (History of Civilization) 15 reviews
E.J. Hobsbawm
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
A MASTERPIECE
It is quite dificult to find a History book who is well written and also makes you think about the subject. This is the main diference about Hobswamn. He makes you think, and I believe this is the main aim for a Historian. It is curious for me that one of the reviewers complaints about the lack of interest that the author shows for the American revolution. Maybe if we think in the world of ...
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The Age of Capital, 1848-75 (History of Civilization)4 reviews
E.J. Hobsbawm
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
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name a single European event that happened between 1848 and 1875...quick! My guess is that a lot of non-Europeans would have a hard time with that one. Yet it was an astonishingly influential period, the time when both capitalism and imperialism became truly, irreversibly entrentched. Hobsbawm tells the tale masterfully. Reading the book, it's hard to believe he didn't actually live ...
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Africa in History 3 reviews
Basil Davidson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2001
Excellent overview of African history
Basil Davidson has written an excellent overview of African history, ranging from the Egyptian and Nubian kingdoms to the trading empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay. An especially adept treatment is given to the Colonial Period; Refraining from the accepted subjective views, Davidson tries to analyze the true effect Europeans had on the continent, without pathos or exaggeration. This does not ...
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The Age of Napoleon12 reviews
J. Christopher Herold
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2002
Excellent.....
Herold approaches Napoleon in a very different manner, if compared to other authors. While it is true he does not concentrate on military strategy or on the battles per se, he gives us a very clear view of what was going on around in Napoleonic times.
This history book concentrates more on ideas than on anything else. You're given a picture of what was happening all around the world, at ...
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Alchemist of War Life of Basil L Hart 1 review
Alex Danchev
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1999
This stork had STYLE!
Here I go reviewing another book that is not even for sale by Amazon (although there are a few used copies about). And yet I had to because this is one entertaining read about an equally entertaining subject.
First here is a word about the book. If you enjoy the use of arcane expressions (tergiversation is an examples), liberal use of French and Latin, and unexplained abbreviations (CIGS ...
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The African Experience (History of Civilization) 1 review
Roland Oliver
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
Africa 101
Roland Oliver's second edition of this useful book offers good chapters on Africa in the 1990s and an essay about its future as well as and excellent overview of African history. Oliver is expert and thurough. The book is well organized and on the whole interesting. However, because it is an overview the book picks up subjects and drops them in a page or two often after offering just enough to ...
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The Age of Reconnaissance (History of Civilization)1 review
J.H. Parry
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
Meat for the serious history reader
I found this book because of the favorable review it got in the American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. It is definitely a serious academic work (published by University of California Press) but accessible to the general reader. It makes no attempt to offer interesting anecdotes or historical tidbits but gives an insightful look at early European voyages of "discovery, ...
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The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 (History of Civilization)6 reviews
E.J. Hobsbawm
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
A must for those who enjoy reading modern history
This book, along with the two previous in the trilogy (Age of Revolution, Age of Capital) ranks as probably the best history books (among many) I have read. Hobsbawm assumes a basic knowledge of what happened during the period in question, so avoid this book if you are looking for a simple narrative. The prospective reader should also know that Hobsbawm is a Marxist and will analyze and argue ...
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The American Revolution (Universal History) 24 reviews
Gordon Wood
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2003
American Revolution by Gordon Wood
The American Revolution is generally acknowledged to be the most crucial event in the birth of the United States of America. Copious interpretations have resulted from this status. Yet, few historians have been able to provide a pioneering viewpoint by so coherently integrating the complex factors surrounding the revolution until Gordon S. Wood in his The American Revolution.
Through this ...
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Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States and the Modern Historical Experience
Gabriel Kolko
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2001
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The Ancient Gods (Phoenix Giants)2 reviews
Edwin Oliver James
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1999
A bit tough at points
The book is a bit tough in some parts, but overall (from a non-expert standpoint) its a great source of information. E.O. James devotes a little bit more time to Egyptian and Semitic mythology than the Greek/Roman mythology, but that was actually a little refreshing.
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The Americans9 reviews
Daniel J. Boorstin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
Acerbic Critic
Many have described Boorstin's "The Americans" series as being right-wing. I do not concur. He writes about a period, in reality our age, as if it is still happening because it is. The third and final book in the series shows that he is unsure if the changes from the Civil War to the present day have not all been for the betterment of mankind. Although written three decades ago, I would say that ...
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The Americans13 reviews
Daniel J. Boorstin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
This is why Boorstin is one of my favorites
I love to read American history and Daniel Boorstin is one of the best. After reading this book, I had a much better understanding of the American colonial experience. I also understood to a greater degree the affects that Christianity has had on our culture. In this book, Boorstin compares three colonies. It is interesting to read the cultural differences. I strongly recommend this book to ...
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The Assassins23 reviews
Bernard Lewis
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2003
Interesting overview of a misunderstood sect of Islam
The Assassins are part of the legend of the Crusades. The legend of their intoxicants, and the pleasures that initiates were allowed to sample before being sent on missions, are almost part of our historical lore, and of course the sect has lent its name to a word in the English language. This scholarly account by historian Bernard Lewis is detailed, and relentless at least in terms of ...
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At the Bay (Phoenix 60p Paperbacks)
Katherine Mansfield
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1996
Well, she was married to him. And what was more she loved him. Not the Stanley whom everyone saw, not the everyday one; but a timid, sensitive, innocent Stanley who knelt down every night to say his prayers, and who longed to be good. Stanley was simple. If he believed in peopleas he believed in her, for instanceit was with his whole heart. He could not be disloyal; he could not tell a lie. And how terribly he suffered if he thought ...
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Astonishing the Gods12 reviews
Ben Okri
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 1996
An Amazing Tale of the Human Condition & Experience
Ben Okri's tells the story in an elegant manner with a love of words filled with abstract and concrete notions. There is peace, love, suffering, longing, and darkness within this beautiful tale. As you read you find yourself filled with the curiosity of a child, the humility of an enlightened being, and a love beyond compare among other things. As you begin to read you may initially feel ...
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The Americans6 reviews
Daniel J. Boorstin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2000
What a great Book!
This really is a great book. From the American Industrial revolution to the western expansion, this book opened my eyes to many factors in the building of our nation. In lectures, I often quote Boorstin and his observations. I also found it amusing when he exploded some common myths concerning our history. You really should read this book.
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The Arrogance of Power
Anthony Summers
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History, 2001
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