Splendor of the Saints: How They Dazzle the World and Shape History 9781618906076

The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World 9781400884254

This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution

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The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World [Course Book ed.] 9781400865703

This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution

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Ultimate Insiders: White House Photographers and How They Shape History [1 ed.] 9781138737600, 9781315106274

Virtually unknown to the public or historians, White House photographers have developed amazing access to the presidents

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Time and the Shape of History 9780300137941

This ambitious book explores the relationship between time and history and shows how an appreciation of long-term time h

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The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World 9780307766113

"Tomorrow belongs to women," notes celebrated anthropologist Helen Fisher. In her explosive new book, The Firs

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Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World 1615199322, 9781615199327

From the author of Monarchs of the Sea, a first-of-its-kind journey into the hidden world of baby animals—hailed as “a g

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The Shape of Irish History 9780773570009

A meditation on the nature of history that challenges hitherto sacrosanct assumptions about Ireland's past.

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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future 9781982106409, 9781982106423

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers, a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look at what it's li

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Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How they shaped India and the World 9789353579456, 9789353579463

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Dazzle ships: World War I and the art of confusion 9781512451108, 151245110X, 9781512410143, 1512410144, 9781591146360, 1591146364

This nonfiction picture book explores art, desperation, and one man's incredible idea for saving ships from German

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