Almost a thousand years ago, when most of Europe was just edging out of the Dark Ages, the South of Spain was a brilliant center of world culture, a site of splendor and a magnet for the talented and ambitious from all around the...
Civilization
- Author:Ruiz, AnaSummary:
- Author:Schama, SimonSummary:
"It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to...
- Author:Spawforth, TonySummary:
The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are...
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume covers the history of Europe outside of Italy from around 1300 to 1564, focusing on the Protestant Reformation.
- Author:DURANT, WillSummary:
This is the classic reference on world history, recognized as the most comprehensive general history ever written, the result of four decades of work by Will and Ariel Durant - a set that The New York Times called "a splendid,...
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume covers the period of the Age of Enlightenment, as exemplified by , focusing on the period between 1715 and 1756 in France, Britain, and Germany.
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume covers the Middle Ages in both Europe and the Near East, from the time of Constantine I to that of Dante Alighieri.
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume centers on Napoleon I of France and his times.
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume covers the period of Louis XIV of France in Europe and the Near East.
- Author:Welsh, JenniferSummary:
#1 National BestsellerPart of the CBC Massey Lectures SeriesIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History.”...
- Author:Torontonian, UnknownSummary:
Watch out, Sarah Palin -- here comes Rob Ford! Love him or hate him, Rob Ford and his public (mis)statements are endlessly entertaining, often antagonizing, and always outrageous. For the first time ever, here are more than 100 of the...
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume chronicles the history of ancient Greek civilization. Here Durant tells the whole story, from Crete's vast Aegean empire to the conquest of Greece by the Romans.
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- Author:Bailyn, BernardSummary:
Presents an account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to the North American British colonies, evaluating its diversity, the survival struggles of immigrants, and their relationships with the...
- Author:Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume presents an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the salons of Paris, the philosophes, Voltaire himself, and more.
- Author:Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume surveys the chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the French Revolution and its leaders, Napoleon's meteoric rise and...
- Author:Durant, WillSummary:
This volume surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture. It includes the dramatic stories of many fascinating historical figures.
- Author:Grant, GeorgeSummary:
George Grant -- philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist -- was one of Canada's most significant thinkers and the author of Lament for a Nation. In Technology and Empire, Grant reflects on the extent to which technology has...
- Author:Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:
This volume centers on the passionate rebel--philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau condemned civilization as a disease, glorified the noble savage, and became the patron saint of the worldwide social upheavals of two centuries....
- Author:Jacq, ChristianSummary:
The new Pharaoh, Ramses, aspires to greatness of a magnitude undreamed of by mortal men. But to thwart his dreams, a gaggle of fiends, including a sorcerer, invaders, and his own brother, awaits him.