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The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philoso...

When humans understood that the earth was flat and it was the center of the universe, all life revolved around that truth. Then, Galileo intr...

Here is a rare chance to hear the Roman Emperor speak. In plain, soldierly language, Julius Caesar chronicles his struggle to win the Roman C...

The Annals, the last and greatest achievement of Tacitus, records the history of the Julio-Claudian emperors from the death of Augustus (14 A...

These two medieval Icelandic sagas tell one of the most astonishing stories in the history of exploration-the discovery of America by two Nor...

There is an increasing realization that our knowledge of world history—and how it all fits together—is far from perfect. Here, Ch...

Stories of heroism, exploration and sacrifice that will inspire boys to be courageous, honorable and open to adventureTales of brave and sel...

Statesman and soldier Geoffroy de Villehardouin played a leading role in the Fourth Crusade of the 13th century. Medieval knights were led to...

Jean Froissart (1337-1410) was the world's first great war correspondent, covering the great age of the Hundred Years War. His Chronicles del...

In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles the events of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until the Battle of Zam...