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10 best books like A Short History of the World (J.M. Roberts): The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded, Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England: An Irreverent Expose of the Monarchs from Henry VIII to the Present Day, Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction, The Yale Shakespeare Complete Works, Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism, Shamans Through Time, The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism, The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant, The Life of God (as Told by Himself), The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity (Oxford Illustrated Histories)

The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded
AuthorClifton Fadiman
ISBN0062720732
Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From Homer to Hawthorne, Plato to Pascal, and Shakespeare to Solzhenitsyn, the great writers of...
Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England: An Irreverent Expose of the Monarchs from Henry VIII to the Present Day
AuthorNigel Cawthorne
ISBN1853755362
Prion’s internationally bestselling Sex Lives series presents lighthearted accounts of the sexual escapades of major figures in history, politics, religion, the arts, and film. Irreverent and gossipy, the books are packed with carnal tidbits and eye-opening revelations. The headlines of...
Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction
AuthorJohn Sutherland
ISBN0192838849
In this sequel to his popular works Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?, John Sutherland unravels thirty-four new literary puzzles, once again combining erudition with bold investigative speculation. In addition to these new conundrums, Professor Sutherland revisits some previous...
The Yale Shakespeare Complete Works
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0760759391
Here is every word ever written by the immortal Bard--the histories, tragedies, comedies, and sonnets--in a facsimile of the definitive Shakespeare Head edition published originally in Oxford, England. Enjoy the playwright's great comedies, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, and...
Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism
AuthorMark Morford
The Daring Spectacle is award-winning San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate columnist and culture critic Mark Morford’s hilarious modern record of sex and media, politics and pop culture, love and lust, as told in ninety-two delectable parts—not including all the delicious photos and terrifying...
Shamans Through Time
AuthorJeremy Narby
ISBN1585423629
A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.

This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of...
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism
AuthorKevin Kerrane
ISBN0684846306
This fascinating compilation of the journalist's art unites the reporter's magnificent eye for detail with the novelist's gift for storytelling. Featuring eyewitness accounts of war and social revolution, profiles of sports heroes and politicians, and eye-opening investigations into both...
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant
AuthorStanley Rosen
ISBN0375720111
An ideal introduction for the casual reader and a beneficial reference for the student, The Philosopher's Handbook features the writings of some of the world's most influential philosophers. Based on the premise that all human beings are curious about their existence, Rosen's collection brings...
The Life of God (as Told by Himself)
AuthorFranco Ferrucci
ISBN0226244962
At the center of Franco Ferrucci's inspired novel is a tender, troubled God. In the beginning is God's solitude, and because God is lonely he creates the world. He falls in love with earth, plunges into the oceans, lives as plant and reptile and bird. His every thought and mood serve to populate the planet,...
The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
AuthorJohn McManners
ISBN0192854399
0192854399|9780192854391. The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity published in the year 2001 was published by Oxford University Press. The author of this book is John McManners. We have a dedicated page displaying collection of John McManners books here. This is the Paperback version of...
Is Anyone There?
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0441374174
Una obra de divulgación en la que su autor, célebre por sus obras en el campo de la ciencia-ficción, da un repaso divulgador de la historia de la vida, al tiempo que atisba un posible futuro, vinculado al estado de las cosas en el momento de la elaboración de este libro. Algunos capítulos son ensayos...
The End of the European Era: 1890 to the Present
AuthorFelix Gilbert
ISBN0393976424



I read this book years ago and have now reread the first part, the one related to WW1. The “Present” alluded to in the title is the 1970s.

Felix Gilbert (1905-1991) was a half German half British historian who became American in the 1930s. His mother was the granddaughter of...
The Foundations of Early Modern Europe: 1460-1559
AuthorEugene F. Rice Jr.
ISBN0393963047
In this compact study of the Renaissance and Reformation, Eugene F. Rice, Jr. draws together the main lines of change that account for a period of rapid transition from medieval civilization to early modern. From a chapter on science, technology, and the voyages of exploration, Professor Rice goes...
Ten Great Works of Philosophy
AuthorRobert Paul Wolff
ISBN0451528301
In its vast scope, this book presents the continuum of Western philosophy. Ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century America, it traces the history of our civilization through the seminal works of its most influential thinkers. Each philosopher in this volume made intellectual history;...
Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
AuthorMarina Warner
ISBN0394711556
You are my light; my life’s illumination: you are my refuge, O mother!
Please don’t forsake me, Virgin Mary, you abode of kindness...

So runs one of the popular film songs from my youth – and it pretty much symbolises what the Virgin means to me.

Kerala, unlike other states...
The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha
AuthorEdwin Arthur Burtt
ISBN0451627113
With its origins in ancient India, Buddhism is a system of thought that has enriched the religious lives of billions -- and in more recent times, swept through the Western world as well. Now anyone who wants to learn more about Buddhism can go directly to the source, with this collection of original documents...
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion
AuthorHenri Bergson
ISBN0268018359
How companies form? Why do they compete? These conflicts can be avoided? Morality and religion are they only make life possible in society, or do they permit humans to exceed its natural condition and to find a solution to the violence? These are some of the questions at the heart of the Two Sources of Morality...
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
AuthorAndrew Roberts
ISBN0060875984
In 1900, where Churchill ended the fourth volume of his History of the English-Speaking Peoples, the United States had not yet emerged onto the world scene as a great power. Meanwhile, the British Empire was in decline but did not yet know it. Any number of other powers might have won primacy in the twentieth...
The Fable of the Bees and Other Writings
AuthorBernard Mandeville
ISBN0872203743
This edition includes, in addition to the most pertinent sections of The Fable's two volumes, a selection from Mandeville's An Enquiry into the Origin of Honor and selections from two of Mandeville’s most important sources: Pierre Bayle and the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. Hundert's Introduction...
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 7-10
AuthorArnold Joseph Toynbee
ISBN0195050819
Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations. Contained in two volumes, D.C. Somervell's abridgement preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances,...
The Times Complete History of the World
AuthorRichard Overy
ISBN0007181299
The Times Complete History of the World has sold over 2,000,000 copies since its first publication in 1978. It is the most exciting, authoritative and accessible work on world history available today. Its exciting visual narrative of the history of the world — from the origins of mankind to the 21st...
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
AuthorJohn Cornwell
Backed by a wealth of new research, John Cornwell tells for the first time the story of the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII, arguably the most dangerous churchman in modern history. In the first decade of the century, as a brilliant young Vatican lawyer, Pacelli helped...
National Geographic Visual History of the World
AuthorKlaus Berndl
ISBN0792236955
The world history book to define all others, National Geographic Visual History of the World is a classic in the making. No other volume offers such a comprehensive and richly illustrated chronicle of world events, from the construction of the Pyramids to the overthrow of the Taliban. Readers see how...
The Complete War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle
AuthorCharles de Gaulle
ISBN0786705469
Originally three separate volumes covering three distinct periods, this single edition encompasses all of de Gaulle's personal writings from the fall of France in 1940 to the aftermath of the war in 1946. The first section, "The Call to Honor", recounts the confusion and despair triggered by Hitler's...
The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ
AuthorLynn Picknett
ISBN0684848910
THE MOST CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET OF THE WESTERN WORLD IS ABOUT TO BE REVEALED -- AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE CHRISTIANITY IN THE SAME LIGHT AGAIN.
In a remarkable achievement of historical detective work that is destined to become a classic, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince delve into the mysterious...
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