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Author
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by] Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (ca. 12 hr.): digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Turning Points in Modern History takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe-- from China to the Americas to New Zealand-- to shed light on how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400 have shaped the modern world. Taught by award-winning history professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, these 24 thought-provoking lectures tell the amazing story of how life...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
Description
"Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-read."--
Author
Series
Publisher
CF4-K / Christian Focus Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Church was following the Words of men rather than the Word of God but brave men read God's Word and were saved from their sins. They fought for truth against the most powerful organizations of the time - The Church and the Crown. Danika Cooley explores how God's people changed the Church, Europe and the World. This is the story of how the Church found the gospel and the people heard about Christ." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
408 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A critical assessment of the war on terror offers insight into such topics as the decision to invade Iraq, the high number of civilian casualties, and the United States' associations with questionable allies.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
384 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Christensen illuminates the extravagant age of the early 17th century by focusing on a single riotous year. Woven with color images and artwork from the period, "1616" tells the surprising tales of the men and women who set the world on its tumultuous course toward modernity.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 535 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...