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      <title>&quot;In a Single Garment of Destiny&quot; by Charlayne Hunter-Gault</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807086070&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780807086070&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807086070&quot;&gt;&quot;In a Single Garment of Destiny&quot;&lt;/a&gt; A Global Vision of Justice&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=119388&quot;&gt;Martin Luther King, Jr.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Edited by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=150767&quot;&gt;Lewis V. Baldwin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Foreword by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=164046&quot;&gt;Charlayne Hunter-Gault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 256 pages | Beacon Press | History - United States; History - World; Political Science - Civil Rights | &lt;b&gt;$16.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8070-8607-0 (0-8070-8607-X)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King&amp;mdash;in his own words&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; Too many people continue to think of Martin Luther King, Jr., only as &amp;ldquo;a Southern civil rights leader&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;an American Gandhi,&amp;rdquo; thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world. &lt;i&gt;&quot;In a Single Garment of Destiny&quot;&lt;/i&gt; is the first book to treat King's positions on global liberation struggles through the prism of his own words and activities. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; From the pages of this extraordinary collection, Dr. King emerges not only as an advocate for global human rights but also as a towering figure who collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert J. Luthuli, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other national and international figures in addressing a multitude of issues we still struggle with today: from racism, poverty, and war to religious bigotry and intolerance. Introduced and edited by distinguished King scholar Lewis Baldwin, this volume breaks new ground in our understanding of King.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>550 AP World History Practice Questions by Princeton Review</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804124416&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780804124416&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780804124416&quot;&gt;550 AP World History Practice Questions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=172292&quot;&gt;Princeton Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 352 pages | Princeton Review | Study Aids - Advanced Placement; Study Aids - College Entrance; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$16.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8041-2441-6 (0-8041-2441-8)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-12-03T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781594746444&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781594746444&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781594746444&quot;&gt;Princesses Behaving Badly&lt;/a&gt; Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=176547&quot;&gt;Linda Rodriguez McRobbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 288 pages | Quirk Books | History - World; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Royalty; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Women | &lt;b&gt;$19.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-59474-644-4 (1-59474-644-3)&lt;p&gt;You think you know her story. You&amp;rsquo;ve read the Brothers Grimm, you&amp;rsquo;ve watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn&amp;rsquo;t be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders&amp;mdash;but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe was a Nazi spy. Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire slept wearing a mask of raw veal. Princess Olga of Kiev murdered thousands of men, and Princess Rani Lakshmibai waged war on the battlefield, charging into combat with her toddler son strapped to her back. Princesses Behaving Badly offers minibiographies of all these princesses and dozens more. It&amp;rsquo;s a fascinating read for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-19T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781594746659&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781594746659&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781594746659&quot;&gt;Princesses Behaving Badly&lt;/a&gt; Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=176547&quot;&gt;Linda Rodriguez McRobbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt; | Quirk Books | History - World; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Royalty; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Women | &lt;b&gt;$19.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-59474-665-9 (1-59474-665-6)&lt;p&gt;You think you know her story. You&amp;rsquo;ve read the Brothers Grimm, you&amp;rsquo;ve watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn&amp;rsquo;t be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders&amp;mdash;but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe was a Nazi spy. Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire slept wearing a mask of raw veal. Princess Olga of Kiev murdered thousands of men, and Princess Rani Lakshmibai waged war on the battlefield, charging into combat with her toddler son strapped to her back. Princesses Behaving Badly offers minibiographies of all these princesses and dozens more. It&amp;rsquo;s a fascinating read for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Yoga by Sir James Mallinson</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781588344595&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781588344595&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781588344595&quot;&gt;Yoga&lt;/a&gt; The Art of Transformation&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Edited by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178790&quot;&gt;Debra Diamond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Contribution by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178791&quot;&gt;David Gordon White&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178792&quot;&gt;Tamara Sears&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178793&quot;&gt;Carl Ernst&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178794&quot;&gt;Sir James Mallinson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 360 pages | Smithsonian Books | History - World; Art - History; Health &amp; Fitness - Yoga | &lt;b&gt;$55.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-58834-459-5 (1-58834-459-2)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-12T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The Age Of Globalization by Benedict Anderson</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781781681985&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781781681985&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781781681985&quot;&gt;The Age Of Globalization&lt;/a&gt; Anarchists And The Anticolonial Imagination&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178633&quot;&gt;Benedict Anderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 256 pages | Verso | Political Science - History &amp; Theory; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$19.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-78168-198-5 (1-78168-198-8)&lt;p&gt;History is forged through the travel of ideas across continents&amp;mdash;as well as by bombs. &lt;i&gt;The Age of Globalization&lt;/i&gt; is an account of the unlikely connections that made up late nineteenth-century politics and culture, and in particular between militant anarchists in Europe and the Americas, and anti-imperialist uprisings in Cuba, China and Japan. Told through the complex intellectual interactions of two great Filipino writers&amp;mdash;the political novelist Jos&amp;eacute; Rizal and the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Age of Globalization&lt;/i&gt; is a brilliantly original work on how global exchanges shaped the nationalist movements of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The Age Of Globalization by Benedict Anderson</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781781681442&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781781681442&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781781681442&quot;&gt;The Age Of Globalization&lt;/a&gt; Anarchists And The Anticolonial Imagination&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178633&quot;&gt;Benedict Anderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 256 pages | Verso | Political Science - History &amp; Theory; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$19.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-78168-144-2 (1-78168-144-9)&lt;p&gt;History is forged through the travel of ideas across continents&amp;mdash;as well as by bombs. &lt;i&gt;The Age of Globalization&lt;/i&gt; is an account of the unlikely connections that made up late nineteenth-century politics and culture, and in particular between militant anarchists in Europe and the Americas, and anti-imperialist uprisings in Cuba, China and Japan. Told through the complex intellectual interactions of two great Filipino writers&amp;mdash;the political novelist Jos&amp;eacute; Rizal and the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;The Age of Globalization&lt;/i&gt; is a brilliantly original work on how global exchanges shaped the nationalist movements of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>All the Time in the World by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385535410&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385535410&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385535410&quot;&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/a&gt; A Book of Hours&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=120073&quot;&gt;Jessica Kerwin Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 336 pages | Nan A. Talese | Design - Fashion; Art - History - European; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$28.95&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-53541-0 (0-385-53541-4)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A follow-up to her popular &lt;i&gt;Encyclopedia of the Exquisite&lt;/i&gt;,  Jenkins's new book offers a string of historical anecdotes structured  around the hours of the day, celebrating the unusual, fantastic, and  beautiful ways people have spent time throughout the ages.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/i&gt; proffers a miscellany of customs, traditions, and pleasures people have  pursued throughout the ages. An antidote to the contemporary cult of  Getting Things Done, the book takes its cue from the medieval books of  hours, which prescribed certain readings and contemplations for various  parts of the day and year. Full of witty bons mots, interesting  etymologies, and arresting anecdotes, the book encompasses an array of  cultures and eras including ancient Greece, Renaissance Florence, 1930s  Shanghai, and the Hollywood Hills of the late 1960s, and drifts through  the worlds of fashion, beauty, art, food, or travel. Focusing on the  glamorous, eccentric, unusual, and sublime, subjects covered include:  the daylong ceremony of laying a royal Elizabethan tablecloth; the  radicalization of sartorial chic in 1890s Paris; Nostradamus's belief in  the aphrodisiac power of jam (and the book of recipes he published the  same year as his predictions); the sensuous practice of sniffing incense  in fifteenth century Japan; the American fascination with flaming  desserts; the short-lived artistic discipline of &quot;lumia,&quot; or visual  music; the Ottoman Empire's seventeenth century ban on coffee; the  magnetic atmosphere that fueled Parisian highlife in the 1920s;  Henriette d'Angeville's fearless ascent of Mont Blanc, armed with 13  guides, 24 roast chickens, and 18 bottles of wine; the elaborate  treasure hunts concocted by London's Bright Young Things; and the  musical revolution known as bebop. Entertaining, unexpected, and  charming, &lt;i&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/i&gt; digs up the forgotten treasures of the past and inspires a passion for good living in the present.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>All the Time in the World by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins</title>
      <author>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385535427&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385535427&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385535427&quot;&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/a&gt; A Book of Hours&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=120073&quot;&gt;Jessica Kerwin Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 336 pages | Nan A. Talese | Design - Fashion; Art - History - European; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$14.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-385-53542-7 (0-385-53542-2)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A follow-up to her popular &lt;i&gt;Encyclopedia of the Exquisite&lt;/i&gt;,  Jenkins's new book offers a string of historical anecdotes structured  around the hours of the day, celebrating the unusual, fantastic, and  beautiful ways people have spent time throughout the ages.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/i&gt; proffers a miscellany of customs, traditions, and pleasures people have  pursued throughout the ages. An antidote to the contemporary cult of  Getting Things Done, the book takes its cue from the medieval books of  hours, which prescribed certain readings and contemplations for various  parts of the day and year. Full of witty bons mots, interesting  etymologies, and arresting anecdotes, the book encompasses an array of  cultures and eras including ancient Greece, Renaissance Florence, 1930s  Shanghai, and the Hollywood Hills of the late 1960s, and drifts through  the worlds of fashion, beauty, art, food, or travel. Focusing on the  glamorous, eccentric, unusual, and sublime, subjects covered include:  the daylong ceremony of laying a royal Elizabethan tablecloth; the  radicalization of sartorial chic in 1890s Paris; Nostradamus's belief in  the aphrodisiac power of jam (and the book of recipes he published the  same year as his predictions); the sensuous practice of sniffing incense  in fifteenth century Japan; the American fascination with flaming  desserts; the short-lived artistic discipline of &quot;lumia,&quot; or visual  music; the Ottoman Empire's seventeenth century ban on coffee; the  magnetic atmosphere that fueled Parisian highlife in the 1920s;  Henriette d'Angeville's fearless ascent of Mont Blanc, armed with 13  guides, 24 roast chickens, and 18 bottles of wine; the elaborate  treasure hunts concocted by London's Bright Young Things; and the  musical revolution known as bebop. Entertaining, unexpected, and  charming, &lt;i&gt;All the Time in the World&lt;/i&gt; digs up the forgotten treasures of the past and inspires a passion for good living in the present.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>National Geographic Concise History of the World by Neil Kagan</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781426211782&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781426211782&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781426211782&quot;&gt;National Geographic Concise History of the World&lt;/a&gt; An Illustrated Time Line&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Edited by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=70025&quot;&gt;Neil Kagan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 416 pages | National Geographic | History - World; History - Reference; History | &lt;b&gt;$40.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-4262-1178-2 (1-4262-1178-3)&lt;p&gt;From the dawn of humankind to today's global complexities, this monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread. Few references are as invaluable, all-inclusive, and satisfying to browse. For readers of all ages, world history is easily accessible, depicted as never before&amp;#151;so that events occurring simultaneously around the world can be viewed at-a-glance together. For example, Texas Instruments launched the pocket calculator the same year the Soviet Union launched the first manned space station, in 1971. Columbus sailed from Spain the year Martin Behaim constructed a terrestrial globe in Nuremberg. The California Gold Rush followed the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, and the Greek dictatorship of Papadopoulos is overthrown the same year Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed and U.S. president Nixon resigns, in 1974. The book's innovative time line truly sets it apart, allowing readers to scan across a spread and explore a single area or compare contemporary societies across the globe.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This remarkable resource also contains dozens of maps; scores of sidebars; hundreds of illustrations; and thousands of events, milestones, personalities, ideas, and inventions. Throughout, vivid illustrations depict artworks, artifacts, portraits and dramatic scenes, while sidebar topics range from local customs and lifestyles to the effect of climate change on human migration. Drawing on National Geographic's vast resources, this concise yet comprehensive, one-of-a-kind work is as rewarding as it is compulsively readable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-09-03T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The Many-Headed Hydra by Marcus Rediker</title>
      <author>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807033173&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780807033173&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807033173&quot;&gt;The Many-Headed Hydra&lt;/a&gt; Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=123518&quot;&gt;Peter Linebaugh&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=123519&quot;&gt;Marcus Rediker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 456 pages | Beacon Press | Social Science - Social Classes; Political Science - Colonialism &amp; Post-Colonialism; History - World | &lt;b&gt;$26.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8070-3317-3 (0-8070-3317-0)&lt;p&gt;Winner of the International Labor History Award&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a motley crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, laborers, market women, and indentured servants had ideas about freedom and equality that would forever change history. The Many Headed-Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When an unprecedented expansion of trade and colonization in the early seventeenth century launched the first global economy, a vast, diverse, and landless workforce was born. These workers crossed national, ethnic, and racial boundaries, as they circulated around the Atlantic world on trade ships and slave ships, from England to Virginia, from Africa to Barbados, and from the Americas back to Europe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marshaling an impressive range of original research from archives in the Americas and Europe, the authors show how ordinary working people led dozens of rebellions on both sides of the North Atlantic. The rulers of the day called the multiethnic rebels a 'hydra' and brutally suppressed their risings, yet some of their ideas fueled the age of revolution. Others, hidden from history and recovered here, have much to teach us about our common humanity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Roosevelt's Centurions by Dan Woren</title>
      <author>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780449012192&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780449012192&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780449012192&quot;&gt;Roosevelt's Centurions&lt;/a&gt; FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=83286&quot;&gt;Joseph E. Persico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Read by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=77602&quot;&gt;Dan Woren&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unabridged Audiobook Download&lt;/b&gt; | Random House Audio | History - Military - World War II; History - World; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Presidents | &lt;b&gt;$32.50&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-449-01219-2 (0-449-01219-0)&lt;p&gt;All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In &lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions, &lt;/i&gt;distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself &amp;ldquo;Dr. Win-the-War,&amp;rdquo; FDR assumed the role of strategist in chief, and, though surrounded by star-studded generals and admirals, he made clear who was running the war. FDR was a hands-on war leader, involving himself in everything from choosing bomber targets to planning naval convoys to the design of landing craft. Persico explores whether his strategic decisions, including his insistence on the Axis powers&amp;rsquo; unconditional surrender, helped end or may have prolonged the war.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Taking us inside the Allied war councils, the author reveals how the president brokered strategy with contentious allies, particularly the iron-willed Winston Churchill; rallied morale on the home front; and handpicked a team of proud, sometimes prickly warriors who, he believed, could fight a global war. Persico&amp;rsquo;s history offers indelible portraits of the outsize figures who roused the &amp;ldquo;sleeping giant&amp;rdquo; that defeated the Axis war machine: the dutiful yet independent-minded George C. Marshall, charged with rebuilding an army whose troops trained with broomsticks for rifles, eggs for hand grenades; Dwight Eisenhower, an unassuming Kansan elevated from obscurity to command of the greatest fighting force ever assembled; the vainglorious Douglas MacArthur; and the bizarre battlefield genius George S. Patton. Here too are less widely celebrated military leaders whose contributions were just as critical: the irascible, dictatorial navy chief, Ernest King; the acerbic army advisor in China, &amp;ldquo;Vinegar&amp;rdquo; Joe Stilwell; and Henry H. &amp;ldquo;Hap&amp;rdquo; Arnold, who zealously preached the gospel of modern air power. The Roosevelt who emerges from these pages is a wartime chess master guiding America&amp;rsquo;s armed forces to a victory that was anything but foreordained.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; What are the qualities we look for in a commander in chief? In an era of renewed conflict, when Americans are again confronting the questions that FDR faced&amp;mdash;about the nature and exercise of global power&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions&lt;/i&gt; is a timely and revealing examination of what it takes to be a wartime leader in a freewheeling, complicated, and tumultuous democracy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Advance praise for &lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[A] sweeping, top-down account of 1939&amp;ndash;45 from the point of view of FDR, his cabinet and his leading generals and admirals. . . . Long wars demand long books, but these are 550 pages of lively prose by a good writer who knows his subject.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;When I was a boy growing up in the South Bronx, my heroes were Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s centurions. As a soldier for thirty-five years, I made them my mentors and models. These men were heroes. They were fallible and occasionally vain, but we were certainly blessed to have such Americans leading the Greatest Generation during the world&amp;rsquo;s greatest conflict. Of course, the greatest centurion of them all was FDR himself, who knew how to lead his commanders, stroke their egos, and get the best from them, yet never left any doubt as to who was commander in chief. Joe Persico, my valued collaborator on my memoirs, has brought his formidable talents to bear to bring the centurions to life. He is at the top of his game in this defining classic.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Colin L. Powell, General, U.S. Army (Retired)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Roosevelt's Centurions by Joseph E. Persico</title>
      <author>
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      <title>Roosevelt's Centurions by Joseph E. Persico</title>
      <author>
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In &lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions, &lt;/i&gt;distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Declaring himself &amp;ldquo;Dr. Win-the-War,&amp;rdquo; FDR assumed the role of strategist in chief, and, though surrounded by star-studded generals and admirals, he made clear who was running the war. FDR was a hands-on war leader, involving himself in everything from choosing bomber targets to planning naval convoys to the design of landing craft. Persico explores whether his strategic decisions, including his insistence on the Axis powers&amp;rsquo; unconditional surrender, helped end or may have prolonged the war.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Taking us inside the Allied war councils, the author reveals how the president brokered strategy with contentious allies, particularly the iron-willed Winston Churchill; rallied morale on the home front; and handpicked a team of proud, sometimes prickly warriors who, he believed, could fight a global war. Persico&amp;rsquo;s history offers indelible portraits of the outsize figures who roused the &amp;ldquo;sleeping giant&amp;rdquo; that defeated the Axis war machine: the dutiful yet independent-minded George C. Marshall, charged with rebuilding an army whose troops trained with broomsticks for rifles, eggs for hand grenades; Dwight Eisenhower, an unassuming Kansan elevated from obscurity to command of the greatest fighting force ever assembled; the vainglorious Douglas MacArthur; and the bizarre battlefield genius George S. Patton. Here too are less widely celebrated military leaders whose contributions were just as critical: the irascible, dictatorial navy chief, Ernest King; the acerbic army advisor in China, &amp;ldquo;Vinegar&amp;rdquo; Joe Stilwell; and Henry H. &amp;ldquo;Hap&amp;rdquo; Arnold, who zealously preached the gospel of modern air power. The Roosevelt who emerges from these pages is a wartime chess master guiding America&amp;rsquo;s armed forces to a victory that was anything but foreordained.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; What are the qualities we look for in a commander in chief? In an era of renewed conflict, when Americans are again confronting the questions that FDR faced&amp;mdash;about the nature and exercise of global power&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions&lt;/i&gt; is a timely and revealing examination of what it takes to be a wartime leader in a freewheeling, complicated, and tumultuous democracy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Advance praise for &lt;i&gt;Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s Centurions&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;[A] sweeping, top-down account of 1939&amp;ndash;45 from the point of view of FDR, his cabinet and his leading generals and admirals. . . . Long wars demand long books, but these are 550 pages of lively prose by a good writer who knows his subject.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;i&gt;Kirkus Reviews&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;ldquo;When I was a boy growing up in the South Bronx, my heroes were Roosevelt&amp;rsquo;s centurions. As a soldier for thirty-five years, I made them my mentors and models. These men were heroes. They were fallible and occasionally vain, but we were certainly blessed to have such Americans leading the Greatest Generation during the world&amp;rsquo;s greatest conflict. Of course, the greatest centurion of them all was FDR himself, who knew how to lead his commanders, stroke their egos, and get the best from them, yet never left any doubt as to who was commander in chief. Joe Persico, my valued collaborator on my memoirs, has brought his formidable talents to bear to bring the centurions to life. He is at the top of his game in this defining classic.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Colin L. Powell, General, U.S. Army (Retired)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>Moment of Battle by Williamson Murray</title>
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In gripping narrative accounts they bring these conflicts and eras to vivid life, detailing the cultural imperatives that led inexorably to the battlefield, the experiences of the common soldiers who fought and died, and the legendary commanders and statesmen who matched wits, will, and nerve for the highest possible stakes.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; From the great clashes of antiquity to the high-tech wars of the twenty-first century, here are the stories of the twenty most consequential battles ever fought, including&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Marathon, where Greece&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;greatest generation&amp;rdquo; repelled Persian forces three times their numbers&amp;mdash;and saved Western civilization in its infancy&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Adrianople, the death blow to a disintegrating Roman Empire&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Trafalgar, the epic naval victory that cemented a century of British supremacy over the globe&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Saratoga, the first truly &lt;i&gt;American&lt;/i&gt; victory, won by united colonial militias, which ensured the ultimate triumph of the Revolution&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Midway, the ferocious World War II sea battle that broke the back of the Japanese navy&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Dien Bien Phu, the climactic confrontation between French imperial troops and Viet Minh rebels that led to American intervention in Vietnam and marked the rise of a new era of insurgent warfare&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Operation Peach, the perilous 2003 mission to secure a vital bridge over the Euphrates River that would open the way to Baghdad&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Historians and armchair generals will argue forever about which battles have had the most direct impact on history. But there can be no doubt that these twenty are among those that set mankind on new trajectories. Each of these epochal campaigns is examined in its full historical, strategic, and tactical context&amp;mdash;complete with edge-of-your-seat you-are-there battle re-creations. With an eye for the small detail as well as the bigger picture, Lacey and Murray identify the elements that bind these battles together: the key decisions, critical mistakes, and moments of crisis on which the fates of entire civilizations depended.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Some battles merely leave a field littered with the bodies of the fallen. Others transform the map of the entire world. &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt; is history written with the immediacy of today&amp;rsquo;s news, a magisterial &lt;i&gt;tour d&amp;rsquo;horizon&lt;/i&gt; that refreshes our understanding of those essential turning points where the future was decided.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Advance praise for &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;A riveting human story about how a few remarkable individuals changed 2,500 years of history.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Victor Davis Hanson, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Carnage and Culture&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Savior Generals&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Two world-class historians present, eloquently and persuasively, twenty battles that fundamentally changed the course of history. &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt; is a &lt;i&gt;must &lt;/i&gt;acquisition for anyone seeking to understand the nature of human development&amp;mdash;and its turning points.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Dennis E. Showalter, professor of history, Colorado College, author of &lt;i&gt;Armor and Blood&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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In gripping narrative accounts they bring these conflicts and eras to vivid life, detailing the cultural imperatives that led inexorably to the battlefield, the experiences of the common soldiers who fought and died, and the legendary commanders and statesmen who matched wits, will, and nerve for the highest possible stakes.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; From the great clashes of antiquity to the high-tech wars of the twenty-first century, here are the stories of the twenty most consequential battles ever fought, including&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Marathon, where Greece&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;greatest generation&amp;rdquo; repelled Persian forces three times their numbers&amp;mdash;and saved Western civilization in its infancy&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Adrianople, the death blow to a disintegrating Roman Empire&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Trafalgar, the epic naval victory that cemented a century of British supremacy over the globe&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Saratoga, the first truly &lt;i&gt;American&lt;/i&gt; victory, won by united colonial militias, which ensured the ultimate triumph of the Revolution&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Midway, the ferocious World War II sea battle that broke the back of the Japanese navy&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Dien Bien Phu, the climactic confrontation between French imperial troops and Viet Minh rebels that led to American intervention in Vietnam and marked the rise of a new era of insurgent warfare&lt;br&gt; &amp;bull; Operation Peach, the perilous 2003 mission to secure a vital bridge over the Euphrates River that would open the way to Baghdad&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Historians and armchair generals will argue forever about which battles have had the most direct impact on history. But there can be no doubt that these twenty are among those that set mankind on new trajectories. Each of these epochal campaigns is examined in its full historical, strategic, and tactical context&amp;mdash;complete with edge-of-your-seat you-are-there battle re-creations. With an eye for the small detail as well as the bigger picture, Lacey and Murray identify the elements that bind these battles together: the key decisions, critical mistakes, and moments of crisis on which the fates of entire civilizations depended.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Some battles merely leave a field littered with the bodies of the fallen. Others transform the map of the entire world. &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt; is history written with the immediacy of today&amp;rsquo;s news, a magisterial &lt;i&gt;tour d&amp;rsquo;horizon&lt;/i&gt; that refreshes our understanding of those essential turning points where the future was decided.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Advance praise for &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;A riveting human story about how a few remarkable individuals changed 2,500 years of history.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Victor Davis Hanson, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Carnage and Culture&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Savior Generals&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;ldquo;Two world-class historians present, eloquently and persuasively, twenty battles that fundamentally changed the course of history. &lt;i&gt;Moment of Battle&lt;/i&gt; is a &lt;i&gt;must &lt;/i&gt;acquisition for anyone seeking to understand the nature of human development&amp;mdash;and its turning points.&amp;rdquo;&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;Dennis E. Showalter, professor of history, Colorado College, author of &lt;i&gt;Armor and Blood&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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