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  • A History of the Muslim World to 1750

    The Making of a Civilization

    par Vernon O. Egger ...
    A History of the Muslim World to 1750 traces the development of Islamic civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the mid-eighteenth century. Encompassing a wide range of significant events within the period, its coverage includes the creation of the Dar al-Islam (the territory ruled by Muslims), the fragmentation of society into various religious and political groups including the ... En savoir plus

    $141.99 CAD

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  • The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

    par James Knowles ...
    Collections series Starbooks Classics Collection
    King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defense of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early sixth century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various ... En savoir plus

    $0.99 CAD

  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

    Fascinating Snippets of Irish History from the Ice Age to the Peace Process

    par Jonathan Bardon ...
    THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Under the Black Flag

    The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

    par David Cordingly ...
    “This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read.”—Patrick O'Brian“[A] wonderfully entertaining history of pirates and piracy . . . a rip-roaring read . . . fascinating and unexpected.”—Men's JournalThis rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Pepyss London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703

    Everyday Life in London 1650-1703

    par Stephen Porter ...
    Samuel Pepyss London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on the stage for the first time, and the period saw the development of English opera and the first public concerts. Pepys lived through a time of ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away With It

    The Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500–1800

    par Benerson Little ...
    Who were the world's most successful pirates, and why? "Interesting and very readable . . . Little clearly knows his subject well." — International Journal of Naval HistoryMore than just simple retellings of tried-and-true stories of buccaneers on the high seas, this book focuses on pirating tactics of the 1500s through the 1800s to give an in-depth view of how pirates functioned through history. ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Passions and the Interests

    Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

    par Albert O. Hirschman, Jeremy Adelman ...
    Collections series Princeton Classics
    In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice--was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD

  • The Taste of Conquest

    The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice

    par Michael Krondl ...
    The smell of sweet cinnamon on your morning oatmeal, the gentle heat of gingerbread, the sharp piquant bite from your everyday peppermill. The tales these spices could tell: of lavish Renaissance banquets perfumed with cloves, and flimsy sailing ships sent around the world to secure a scented prize; of cinnamon-dusted custard tarts and nutmeg-induced genocide; of pungent elixirs and the quest for ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $6.99 CAD Maintenant $3.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • The Crisis of the European Mind

    1680-1715

    par Paul Hazard ...
    Traduit par J. Lewis May ...
    Paul Hazard’s magisterial, widely influential, and beloved intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and uncertain glory. Beginning his story in the latter half of the seventeenth century, while also looking back to the Renaissance and forward to the future, Hazard traces the process by which new developmentsin the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • To The Hebrides

    Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour

    par Samuel Johnson, James Boswell ...
    Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey. These works contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also magnificent ... En savoir plus

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  • The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries

    par Angus Konstam ...
    Collections Livre 213 - Elite
    For the best part of three centuries the 'corsairs' or pirates from the 'Barbary' coasts of North Africa dominated the Western and Central Mediterranean.They made forays far into the Atlantic, preying on the shipping and coastal settlements across Christian Europe, ranging from Greece to West Africa and the British Isles. In the absence of organized European navies they seldom faced serious ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Black Ranching Frontiers

    African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900

    par Andrew Sluyter, Ph.D ...
    Collections series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    In this groundbreaking book Andrew Sluyter demonstrates for the first time that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. In so doing, he provides a new way of looking at and studying the history of land, labor, property, and commerce in the Atlantic world.Sluyter shows that Africans’ ideas and creativity helped to establish a production ... En savoir plus

    $65.99 CAD