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The Glorious Cause The As a Canadian, I was not that exposed to the American Revolution in school. I recall us covering Washington on the Potomac, Bunker Hill, and Benedict Arnold but only basic, propaganda-like content …

The Unfinished Nation A Known for its clear narrative voice and impeccable scholarship, Alan Brinkley’s best-selling survey text invites students to think critically about the many forces that continually create the …

A Concise History of Great introduction to Church history. Highlights all the important areas and helps to to appreciate each time period and its importance. Expanded and updated for the new millennium.Covering the …

Worlds of History Volume I use this book in teaching Ancient World history, and I find it has two good qualities that make it very useful.

First, Reilly has selected an appropriate array of primary texts from the classical …

From Colony to Superpower From Colony to Superpower provides an overview of United States Foreign Relations from 1776 to the Post 9/11 period looking at not only the events that happened but their paradigm shifts in …

A Natural History of In A Natural History of The Senses, Diane Ackerman examines the history of the evolutionary and cultural development of the senses and their role in the creation of consciousness. In order to …

A Short History of Karen Armstrong has written an amazing book on the history of myth in religion. She also lays out the pitfalls of dismissing myth in spirituality, as well as the total misunderstanding of the place …

Sophie s World A Sophie’s world lives up to the expectations set by previous reviews and critiques. For someone who didn’t know the difference between Socrates and Plato, this book not only set me straight but …

The Brief History of The premise of the story involves a virus that ends up killing everyone except one woman at an Antarctic research station. As she struggles to survive, we find that everyone who has died is now a …

The Lessons of History There are two problems with this book, as I see it. First, this is not a profound book. There simply aren’t the revelations in this book that one might expect from an historian that wrote a …

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