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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This brief, best-selling Western civilization text has helped thousands of students learn about the world they live in by exploring the story of its past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative and extensive inclusion of primary source documents, weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. While the single-author narrative makes it easy for students to follow the story of Western civilization, Spielvogel's use of maps and primary sources--including official documents, poems, and songs--truly enlivens the past while introducing students to the challenges involved in interpreting history. And now, an optional robust interactive eBook is available to bundle with the text or use stand-alone. Students will have access to online practice tests, interactive maps, primary sources, MP3 chapter summaries, and more. WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A BRIEF HISTORY, Seventh Edition (Chapters 1-30), ISBN: 0495802255; Volume I: To 1715, Seventh Edition (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 0495802263; Volume II: Since 1500, Seventh Edition (Chapters 13-30), ISBN: 0495802271. Features Summary A work from Cengage Learning on Western Civilization. Author Jackson J Spielvogel Publisher Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc Release date 20100101 Pages 432 ISBN 0-495-80226-3 ISBN 13 978-0-495-80226-6

All 9 in very good condition - The two missing volumes are The age of faith (# 4) and the age of Napoleon (# 11) - This lot must be picked up in Pretoria as they are going to cost too much to post - Contains the following:- Vol 1 Our Oriental Heritage             Vol 2 The Life of Greece              Vol 3 Caesar and Christ             V ol 5 The Renaissance                   Vol 6 The Reformation                 Vol 7 The Age of Reason Begins     Vol 8 The Age of Louis XIV              Vol 9 The Age of Voltaire             Vol 10 Rousseau and Revolution     >>>       William James Durant (1885/11/05-1981/11/07) a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher, is best known for the eleven-volume  The Story of Civilization, written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant (1898/05/10-1981/10/25) and published between 1935 and 1975.   T he superb organization of their books, combined with an eminently readable style, won the Durants millions of fans.   Ariel and Will Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of  The Story of Civilization. In 1977 they were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Gerald Ford and Ariel was nominated as "Woman of the Year" by the city of Los Angeles. The Durants' autobiography  A Dual Autobiography  was published in 1978.  (Masonic references appear in five of the eleven volumes.)   

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours This ambitious volume, worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. In twelve chapters organized chronologically from the Bible to Freud, from exorcism to mesmerism, from Bedlam to Victorian asylums, from the theory of humours to modern pharmacology, Andrew Scull writes compellingly about madness, its meanings, its consequences and our attempts to understand and treat it. Features Summary Worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, this book examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. Author Andrew Scull Publisher Thames and Hudson Release date 20160825 Pages 448 ISBN 0-500-29254-X ISBN 13 978-0-500-29254-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This volume in the Problems in European Civilization series presents the diversity of viewpoints held by the field' s most eminent historians. The editor accompanies the essays and documents with his own essay, providing historical context and insights on each problem discussed. Features Summary This volume in the Problems in European Civilization series presents the diversity of viewpoints held by the field' s most eminent historians. The editor accompanies the essays and documents with his own essay... Author Holger H. Herwig Publisher Houghton Mifflin Release date 19961115 Pages 192 ISBN 0-669-41692-4 ISBN 13 978-0-669-41692-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In "Annihilation," the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one anotioner, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding--but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything. Features Summary Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine... Author Jeff Vandermeer Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux Release date 20140204 Pages 195 ISBN 0-374-10409-3 ISBN 13 978-0-374-10409-2

Paperback. English. ISBN: 0852550979. English. James Currey & UNESCO. 1990. In fair/good condition."Volume VII" of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, "The UNESCO General History of Africa" reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Tireless speech-makers and lovers of verse, the ancient Aztecs used a pictographic system to keep records of their history, geography, and rituals. Many of these accounts were destroyed after the Spanish conquest; but fortunately, a few survived, including records kept by the invaders. This book by an international authority on Mexican archeology and sociology presents a vivid account of that profoundly religious Aztec warrior society--from its days as a primitive people, to the early sixteenth century when a powerful government ruled with great organizational ability and restless energy. A highly readable text, accompanied by rare illustrations, describes public buildings and market places, the problems of life in a great city-state, the ruling classes and living standards, religious beliefs, the everyday lives of people--from birth to death, and much more. Amazing in scope and detail, this volume will be invaluable to students of Mexican history and of interest to anyone fascinated by this ancient civilization. Unabridged republication of the edition published by the MacMillan Company, New York, 1962. 39 black-and-white illustrations. Features Summary Vivid account of a profoundly religious warrior society - from its most primitive days to the eve of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. Detailed accounts of life in a city-state... Author Jacques Soustelle Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Release date 20021101 Pages 319 ISBN 0-486-42485-5 ISBN 13 978-0-486-42485-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days This volume in the Problems in European Civilization series features a collection of secondary-source essays focusing on aspects of the Holocaust. The essays in this book debate the origins of the Holocaust, the motivations of the killers, the experience of the victims, and the various possibilities for intervention or rescue. Features Summary Features a collection of secondary-source essays focusing on aspects of the Holocaust. Author Donald L. Niewyk Publisher Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc Release date 20100101 Pages 308 ISBN 0-495-90904-1 ISBN 13 978-0-495-90904-0