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|  | The History of the Franks by Lewis Thorpe, Gregory of Tours
A dramatic narrative of French history in the sixth century. Gregory of Tours (c.A.D. 539-594) intended his HISTORY to be a chronicle of events and included the 21 years he spent as Bishop of Tours. This volume contains all ten books of the HISTORY. As Gregory unravels the bewildering events of those decades, what emerges is no dry historical document but a colorful, detailed and moving pageant. AUTHOR: Lewis Thorpe, Gregory of Tours
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Rock & Roll Generation - Teen Life in the 50's
Time Life Books series Our American Century
Rock & Roll Generation - Teen Life In The 50s
Hardbound
ISBN 0783555016
Time Life Books
1998
Forward by: Dick Clark
After the rock and roll generation burst onto the scene, America was never the same again. The Fabulous '50s - the wonderful period that this book brings to life - is one of those times that belongs to all ages - Dick Clark
Books are non-returnable.
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CATEGORY: History
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 | The Art of War by Ellis Farneworth, Neal Wood, Niccolo Machiavelli, Peter Whitehorne
This is Machiavelli`s commentary--drawn from Roman ideas--on the way in which politics and war work in unison. Written in 1521, it influenced such leaders as Frederick the Great and Napoleon. AUTHOR: Ellis Farneworth, Neal Wood, Niccolo Machiavelli, Peter Whitehorne
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Story of the Holocaust by Clive Lawton
Description not available.Examines the events of the Holocaust within the context of World War II and Germany's economic and political history, while highlighting the main figures of the time. AUTHOR: Clive Lawton
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Across the Deadening Silence by James L. Crenshaw
In this groundbreaking new book, distinguished biblical scholar James L. Crenshaw investigates both the pragmatic hows and the philosophical whys of education in ancient Israel and its surroundings. Asking questions as basic as Who were the teachers and students and from what segment of Israelite society did they come? and How did instructors interest young people in the things they had to say? Crenshaw explores the institutions and practices of education in ancient Israel. The results are often surprising and more complicated than one would expect.Education, for the people who lived in the biblical world, was more than a simple matter of memorizing information and taking tests. It was a search for the hidden plan and presence of God. Knowledge was gained, according to biblical texts such as Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, not only by means of patient observation and listening, but through communication with Wisdom, the feminine incarnation of the Divine. Drawing upon a broad range of ancient sources, Crenshaw examines this religious dimension of education in ancient Israel, demonstrating how the practice of teaching and learning was transformed into the supreme act of worship. AUTHOR: James L. Crenshaw
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Civil Wars by Appian
Appian's Civil Wars offers a masterly account of the turbulent epoch from the time of Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC) to the tremendous conflicts which followed the murder of Julius Caesar. For the events between 133 and 70 BC he is the only surviving continuous narrative source. The subsequent books vividly describe Catiline's conspiracy, the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate, and Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, defeat of Pompey and untimely death. The climax comes with the birth of the Second Triumvirate out of anarchy, the terrible purges of Proscriptions which followed, and the titanic struggle for world mastery which was only to end with Augustus's defeat of Antony and Cleopatra. If Appian's Roman History as a whole reveals how an empire was born of the struggle against a series of external enemies, these five books concentrate on an even greater ordeal. Despite the rhetorical flourishes, John Carter suggests in his Introduction, the impressive 'overall conception of the decline of the Roman state into violence, with its sombre highlights and the leitmotif of fate, is neither trivial nor inaccurate'. AUTHOR: Appian
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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