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The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas
Hugh Thomas relates the history of the Atlantic slave trade--a huge multinational industry--and provides a great deal of detail on the economic and social aspects of the business of selling slaves. He also charts the rise of the abolitionist movement and how it succeeded in turning public opinion against slavery.

AUTHOR: Hugh Thomas
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History

Thermopylae by Ernle Bradford
The three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae--the Hot Gates--was a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. Bradford's narrative embraces the entire era of the invasion and brings to life the personalities and fantastic battles of the period.

AUTHOR: Ernle Bradford
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History

In Defense of History
Description not available.Presents the different ways in which history is explored, researched, documented, and proven through various tests and intense investigations.
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History

The Fragile Peace, 1919-1939
Description not available.A lively chronicle of world history between the two world wars examines the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that transformed the world; assesses the influence of such pivotal events as the Great Depression; analyzes innovations in the world of art and music; and explores the growth of new forms of popular entertainment.
CATEGORY: History

Napoleon's Glance by William R. Duggan
When do we realize a battle is won or lost? Does the genius see immediately what the rest of us need hours to consider? NAPOLEON`S GLANCE examines that rare ability, which is present, the book argues, in all fields of greatness, from Picasso to Martin Luther King, Jr. Duggan, a professor at the Columbia Business School, provides a host of case studies to illustrate the value in the coup d`oeil, in warfare, art, and business.

AUTHOR: William R. Duggan
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History

The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire by David Womersley, Edward Gibbon, John B. Bury
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, covering thirteen centuries, is the unqualified masterpiece of Edward Gibbon, the greatest of all English historians. Volume I launches the history by describing the Empire during the age of Trajan and the Antonines.

AUTHOR: David Womersley, Edward Gibbon, John B. Bury
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History