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The world-renowned economist offers "dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds."—The Atlantic. With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history...

At the beginning of the 16th century, a religious revolution shattered the outward appearance of conformity among Europe's Roman Catholics....

This Greek tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who, in defiance of the gods, gives fire to mankind, an act for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment....

Julius Caesar peaked as one of the most powerful generals in Roman history. In “The Life of Caesar", Plutarch attempts to capture the greatness of this man on paper. With stirring prose, he documents Caesar’s military might and rousing spirit....

A transporting anthology of ancient Greek and Roman travel writings that capture the thrill of exploration and discovery—from Europe to the Holy Land and Egypt to India.

American serial killer Edmund Kemper III stalked co-eds in California at the height of the era of peace and free love, dismembering his victims and tossing their body parts in remote areas....

A straightforward yet inspiring story of what it took to be the first man of color to break into the white world of professional sports....

Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler....

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a ground breaking novel relating to the precarious state of women in the new industrial world at the end of the 19th century....

The world is a mysterious place, and there are whole epochs of history that our modern sensibilities have yet to come to grips with. This book explores what might be behind the mysteries of these lost civilizations....

Step into the remarkable life of Joan of Arc, a young peasant girl who rose from complete obscurity to become one of history’s most unforgettable figures. In a France broken by war, political betrayal, and spiritual despair, Joan appeared with a clarity of purpose that defied every expectation.