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On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell....

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination....

From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici....

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....

Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....

Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated....

Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain....

"L'art de la guerre" est le premier traité de stratégie militaire écrit au monde. Son auteur, Sun Tzu développe des thèses originales qui s'inspirent de la philosophie chinoise ancienne.

The author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization....