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Martin Booth - Opium: A History

This full-length history of opium uncovers the multi-faceted nature of this remarkable narcotic and the bittersweet effects of a simple poppy with a ...

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Latest review by shopaholic_man Jun 20, 2009

"Papaver Somniferum. It's the latin name for a genus of poppies. The beautiful poppy flower has..." Read full review

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Angela Cavender Wilson and Eli Taylor - Remember This!: Dakota Decolonization And The Eli Taylor Narratives

Situating Dakota language and oral tradition within the framework of decolonization, Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor ...

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Latest review by wychic May 9, 2007

"About the Book As a whole, the white population of North America has only recently begun to recogniz..." Read full review

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Yaffa Elaich - There Once Was a World: A Nine-Hundred-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok

This monumental work--in which the creator of the Tower of Life at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the 900-year history of an ...

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Latest review by seraphim Jan 11, 2000

"A Life-center, a culture onto itself, nine hundred years of history, of people, of love, and of lear..." Read full review

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James Turner - Without God, Without Creed

Until the 19th century, atheism and agnosticism were viewed as bizarre aberrations. But atheism emerged as a viable alternative to other ideologies. ...

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Latest review by jaseroque Oct 18, 2000

"I picked up Without God, Without Creed by James Turner (1985) in the library a couple weeks a..." Read full review

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Christopher Dyer - Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520

Free Worldwide Delivery : Making a Living in the Middle Ages : Paperback : Yale University Press : 9780300101911 : 0300101910 : 13 Feb 2009 : ...

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Latest review by steerpyke Aug 17, 2005

"A look at the way people earned their income through out the later dark ages through the medieval pe..." Read full review

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Neil L. Jamieson - Understanding Vietnam

Free Worldwide Delivery : Understanding Vietnam : Paperback : University of California Press : 9780520201576 : 0520201574 : 10 Mar 1995 : This text ...

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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Mar 1, 2008

"Bush's war stimulated me to read or reread a number of books about the previous Texan president's wa..." Read full review

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Atlas of World History

Uniquely international in approach, this detailed atlas follows the course of human progress worldwide, from prehistory to present day. Hundreds of ...

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Latest review by George_Chabot Sep 22, 2007

"Atlas of World History, by Patrick K. O'Brien (1999) What a great reference book this is! You may al..." Read full review

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Bernard Augustine De Voto - The Year of Decision 1846

Year of Decision 1846 tells many fascinating stories of the U.S. explorers who began the western march from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from ...

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Latest review by mshawpyle May 4, 2002

"And so we come to the culmination of Benny DeVoto's trilogy detailing the westward expansion of Angl..." Read full review

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Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor - The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf

An account of the war in the Persian Gulf takes readers behind the scenes at the Pentagon and the White House to provide portraits of the top ...

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Latest review by cnglenn Dec 5, 1999

"At 550 pages, "The General's War" is at first an intimidating work of non-fiction. Howeve..." Read full review

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Iris Origo - War in Val D'Orcia 1943-1944: A Diary

This is the true story of Iris Origo and her husband, and their efforts to protect and rescue refugees and hide prisoners of war in the Italian ...

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Latest review by tomtermite Jan 20, 2004

"As I have been searching for anything and everything written about the U. S. Fifth Army's 88th Divis..." Read full review

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John Curtis Perry and Constantine V. Pleshakov - The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga

Now in paperback, this comprehensive history of the last years of Russia s imperial family tells their story, from the youth of Alexander III in the ...

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Latest review by telynor Aug 12, 2001

"Curiosity about the Romanovs has been spurred in recent years by the discovery of the remains of the..." Read full review

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David Fromkin - A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

This history charts the post-World War I efforts by the Allies to deal with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how decisions made then influenced ...

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Latest review by Bruguru Oct 3, 2006

"Being that the world is in the shape it is in (especially in the strife torn Middle East), I decided..." Read full review

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Douglas Coupland - Souvenir Of Canada 2

ISBN13: 9781553650430. ISBN10: 1553650433. by Douglas Coupland. Published by Douglas and McIntyre Publishing Group.

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Latest review by elvisdo Dec 1, 2006

"When does a nation start feeling like it is a nation? For me, growing up in Canada (Vancouver, Briti..." Read full review

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David Webster - Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich

David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters ...

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Latest review by imm476 Feb 17, 2006

"David Kenyon Webster gives a unique perspective of World War II though the eyes of an ordinary soldi..." Read full review

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Rodney Stark - For The Glory Of God: How Monotheism Led To Reformations, Science, Witch-hunts, And The End Of Slavery

ISBN13: 9780691119502. ISBN10: 0691119503. by Rodney Stark. Published by California-Princeton Fulfillment Services.

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Latest review by gfritzler Aug 20, 2009

"If you are really into the middle ages and dark ages you will really love this book. It talks all ab..." Read full review

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