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Kublai Khan, Maker of Modern China by John Man: The Mongol King Who Remade China and Helped Shape Much of Asia

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By: Michael Mackey

Individual Accountability or Social Influence: A Response on Human Behavior from "The Lucifer Effect"

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By: Joseph Wilner

Logotherapy: Man's Reason to Live: Putting Theory to Immediate and Ultimate Test

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By: Kathy Hahn

Josef Pieper on Leisure, The Basis of Culture: Joseph Pieper's Short Book on The Significance of Philosophical Work

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By: Steve Brady

The Masonic Myth – Jay Kinney: The Truth About the Symbols, Secret Rites and History of Freemasonry

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By: Marissa Carter

Review- The Masonic Myth by Jay Kinney: Truth Behind the Symbols, Secret Rites, and History of Freemasonry

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By: Jennifer Landsberger

Book Review – The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey

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By: Carolyn M Cash

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns by Robert Jungk: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

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By: Philip McIntosh

Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue: A Review of Bill Bryson's Book of English, "The Mother Tongue"

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By: Carl Dates

Review – Racing Toward Armageddon: The Three Great Religions and the Plot to End the World

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By: Jennifer Landsberger

Paul Revere's Ride: A Review of David Hackett Fischer’s Book

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By: Doug Jefferys

The Second World by Parag Khanna: How Emerging Powers Will Redefine Global Competition This Century

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By: Michael Mackey

Review of Rusty Monhollon's This Is America: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas

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By: Tracey Carter

Philosophy – Study Roland Barthes, Mythologies: Semiotics, Signs, Signifier and Signified, Political Propaganda

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By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

The French, Connoisseurs of Life: A Look at Edith Wharton's 1919 Classic, French Ways & Their Meaning

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By: Katelyn Aronson

Book Review of Racing Toward Armageddon: The Three Great Religions and the Plot to End the World

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By: Feature Writer Suzanne Pitner

Book Review: A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

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By: Carolyn M Cash

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene: Book Review of Winning Strategies in Power Games

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By: Lynn Brogan

Sartre, Kierkegaard and Heidegger: The Three Main Existentialist Philosophers

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By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

The Earth Moves by Dan Hofstadter: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition

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By: Philip McIntosh

The Chemical Muse by D.C.A. Hillman: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization

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By: Philip McIntosh

Reading and Understanding Ayn Rand: A Look at the Influential Author and Some of Her Best Books

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By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Impeached by David O. Stewart: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson

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By: William L. Wunder

Salt a World History Book Review: Mark Kurlansky’s Gripping Book on the Global Significance of Salt

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By: Feature Writer Joanne E. Brannan

Desperately Seeking Paradise by Ziauddin Sardar: A Faithful Muslim Makes a Personal Journey of Discovery a Good Read

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By: Michael Mackey

Wonderous Times on the Frontier Book Review: Dee Brown Writes From the Perspective Those Who Lived in the West

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By: Christine Musser

The American West by Dee Brown: A Look at One of the Most Misunderstood Areas in American History

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By: Christine Musser

Westward Movement in the United States: Book Review of Westward Movement by Historian R. Allen Billington

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By: Christine Musser

Nothing To Fear by Adam Cohen: Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Inner Circle and the Hundred Days

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By: William L. Wunder

There is a God by Antony Flew - Book Review: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind

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By: Ronald G Falconberry

An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan: Excellent First Hand Account of Being a Hostage In Lebanon

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By: Michael Mackey

Unknown Waters by Alfred S. McLaren: A First Hand Account of an Historic Under-Ice Arctic Survey

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By: Philip McIntosh

The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson: Review of an Historical Look at the World of Joseph Priestley

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By: Feature Writer Margaret M. Williams

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Celebrates Capitalism: Masterpiece of Objectivism, Intellectualism, and Free Enterprise

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By: Feature Writer Suzanne Pitner

Ice by Karal Ann Marling: Great Moments in the History of Cold, Hard Water

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By: Philip McIntosh

Hiroshima The Book, by John Hersey: Republished Account of What Happened in Hiroshima in August 1945

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By: Michael Mackey

Understanding Friar Diego de Landa: Yucatan Before and After the Conquest

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By: Edurne Scott

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Jay Feldman's Book on the New Madrid Earthquakes

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By: William L. Wunder

Lancaster and York – The Wars of the Roses: Review of Alison Weir's Latest Book

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By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Review of Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton: True Story of U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Who Fought on Horseback

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By: Feature Writer Suzanne Pitner

The Blazing Southwest is Superb History of S.W. Paul Wellman's History Books of the American West are Outstanding

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By: R.L. Coffield

Review of Who Killed Aung San? By Kin Oung: Abiding Mysteries Surround the Murder of Burmese Hero

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By: Susan Cunningham

In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End

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By: Robert Marcell

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Journey

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By: William L. Wunder

Stalking the Red Bear – Book Review: A Chronicle of a Submarine Spy Mission to the Barents Sea

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By: Philip McIntosh

Review of Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women and Conflict Through History

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By: Robert Marcell

Supreme Court Justice Pursues Active Liberty: Stephen Breyer Advocates Freedom of Citizen Participation

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By: Mike Perricone

Review of Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference

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By: Robert Marcell

Shadow Divers Dirk Pitt & John Chatterton: Clive Cussler Created a Hero, Robert Kurson Found the Real Ones

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By: Feature Writer David J. Shestokas

In Harm's Way: The U.S.S Indianapolis Story: Doug Stanton's Extraordinary Tale of Courage and Endurance in World War II

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By: Bob Price

Frankenstein, Social Ostracism and Playing God: Shelley’s Attack on Prejudices and Romantic Ideas of Solitude

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By: Arash Farzaneh

The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik: Birth of the Modern World 1788-1800

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By: William L. Wunder

A Case for Poetic Justice: Literature and Morality in the Classical Period

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By: Arash Farzaneh

The Martyr of St. Stephen: A Saint Holds Firm to Faith Until the Very End

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By: Joshua Benson

America in 1750 Book Review: A Social Portrait of the Eighteenth Century

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By: Christine Musser

History of the United States Book Review: From Christopher Columbus to the Late Twentieth Century

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By: Christine Musser

The American Railroad Network Book Review: The Effectiveness of Maps Before & After the Civil War

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By: Christine Musser

An Introduction to Enlightenment Writing: The Search for Knowledge Through Experience

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By: Holly Thacker

Censorship of the Arts in Plato's The Republic: Western Philosophy and the Restriction of Poetry

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By: Holly Thacker

Book Review: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy

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By: Carolyn M Cash

Henry I by Judith A Green – Book Review: King of England and Duke of Normandy

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By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Books About Zen: Zen Philosophy Publications

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By: Stuart Cooke

Review of The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South

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By: Andrew Meeres

The Minutemen and Their World: A Book Review and Summary

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By: Andrew Meeres

Book Review – The Art of Peace in Europe: The Birth of Modern Diplomacy, 16th to 18th Century

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By: Paul Andrews

FDR v. The Constitution: Burt Soloman's Book on the Court-Packing Fight

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By: William L. Wunder

David Hume and the Existence of God: How Life Experiences Lead to a Belief in God

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By: Leigh Ivey

The Whiskey Rebellion by William Hogeland: Review of the Book on the 1790's Western Pennsylvania Uprising

In: History Books

By: William L. Wunder

Legend of Zelda and Philosophy Book Review: Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Tackles Link's Many Videogames

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By: Keri Honea

Liberty and Tyranny – a Conservative Manifesto: Mark Levin's Interpretation of Political Ideology is Absolutist

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By: Shaun Martin

Review of Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin: A Conservative Manifesto

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By: Shaun Martin

Dark Horse by Kenneth D. Ackerman: The Election and Assassination of President James A. Garfield

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By: William L. Wunder

Review of A History of the Heart by O.M. Høystad: An Exploration Into the Most Central Symbol of Human Culture

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By: Victoria Robinson

Rebellion in the Backlands by Euclides Da Cunha: A True Brazilian Story With Enduring Global Relevance

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By: Michael Mackey

Deep Economy Addresses Real Wealth of Nations: How Communites Can Save the Economy, the Environment and Humanity

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By: Heidi Toth

Objectivism in Atlas Shrugged: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

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By: Jeffrey Donaldson

The Later Years of Ayn Rand: Rand's Life, 1957-1982

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By: Jeffrey Donaldson

Voltaire and Religion: Candide and its depiction of religious persecution

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By: Edurne Scott

Understanding Plato and Aristotle: Similarities Between the Republic and Poetics

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By: Edurne Scott

Oedipus and Agamemnon: Defining the hero

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By: Edurne Scott

All Art Is Propaganda by George Orwell: Confessions of a Book Reviewer

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By: Martin G. Wood

The Age of Lincoln: Review of the Book by Orville Vernon Burton

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By: William L. Wunder

Robert Pirsig`s Quest for Quality: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

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By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Review: The Secret Life of Plants: by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird

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By: Dawn Ellis-Lopez

Statecraft: The Deeds of Antonio Carafa: Giorgio A. Pinton's Translation

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By: Robert Marcell

The Long Pursuit by Roy Morris, Jr. The Thirty-Year Struggle Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

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By: William L. Wunder

The Codex Gigas: The Devil's Bible

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By: Holly Beth Anderle

Treasures of the Black Death: Catalogue Review: Jewish Life and Precious Items from 14th-Century Erfurt and Colmar

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By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

America, Empire of Liberty, New History of USA: Role of Faith, Empire and Liberty in Defining the American Nation

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By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Review of The Dragon and the Foreign Devils: The Story of China and the World, by Harry G Gelber

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By: Paris Franz

Infamous Scribblers by Eric Burns: The Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

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By: William L. Wunder

Review -- Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg: Fascism With a Smiling Face -- A Left Wing or Socialist Ideology

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By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

The Market Revolution -- Jacksonian America: 1815 -- 1846 by Charles Sellers

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By: Kevin Hickson

Review of Jon Meacham's American Lion: America's 7th President Redefined the Role of the President

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By: Feature Writer Alex Sharp

The Book of Invention + The Book of War: Two Books Offering an Overview of Human Creativity and Conflict

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By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Five Days in Philadelphia by Charles Peters: Wendell Willkie and the 1940 Republican Convention

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By: William L. Wunder

Elizabeth the Queen by Alison Weir: A Review of Weir's Biography of Queen Elizabeth I

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By: Erin Britton

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale: An Investigation into the Murder at Road Hill House

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By: Erin Britton

On Becoming a Person by Carl R. Rogers: Review of Carl Rogers' Book on Person-Centred Philosophy

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By: Christine Fadhley

In Search of the Knights Templar: Simon Brighton's Guide to the Templar Sites of Britain

In: History Books

By: Erin Britton

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