The effect is sobering. Biography Fantasy & Adventure Fiction History Mystery Romance Sci-Fi & Fantasy Life & Relationships See All > Featured B&N Exclusives B&N YA Book Club The Best Books of 2020 Binge a New YA Series Boxed Sets Explore SparkNotes.com Get Ready for School: Books & Supplies Trend Shop Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond – Why is economic development so uneven around the world? Is history too important to leave to historians? A Cambridge University historian wonders, How Sherlock Holmes foreshadowed today’s “scientific detecting”, An intimate take on 20th-century German history, World War I: Learning history the hard way, The American role in the Spanish Civil War, Roman generals, barbarians, and a compulsive historian to tell the tale. 1919 Versailles: The End of the War to End All Wars by Charles L. 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While many historians still engaged in the stale debate about whether “Great Men” or social forces are dominant in history, Diamond and Morris convincingly laid out the case for the greater influence of the larger context in which human history takes place, delving not just into geography but also (in Morris’ case) into biology, sociology, and archaeology. We’ve known for some time that the FBI and Ronald Reagan’s gubernatorial administration were involved in the sometimes-violent conflicts that roiled Berkeley in the 60s. Write a biography History is the story of ordinary people being resilient, courageous, and determined during extraordinary times. (There are hundreds.) By Willem Floor In History, Non-Fiction, and Recent Titles Tagged In 19th Century, 20th Century, Books by Willem Floor, Kerbela, Mohajerin, Najaf, Ottomans, and World War I. In fact, if you yourself believe that claim, it’s even more important that you read this surprising and revealing book. Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris – Is history too important to leave to historians? The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen—When did globalization begin? Buy History books from Waterstones.com today. Now, Talbot has delved more deeply into the record and taken a far more critical look at Dulles’ career. Read the review. Take a quick look back at five centuries of great writing It was Epicurus who laid the foundation for science and the scientific method by his insistence that nothing should be believed unless it could be established through direct observation and logical deduction. Agent Zigag. The historical record reveals a great deal about Dulles’ career in espionage, highlighting his central role in the overthrow of the Iranian and Guatemalan governments in 1953 and 54, in the notorious MKULTRA program that administered mind-altering drugs to unwitting subjects in at least seven countries, and in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. Love mysteries and thrillers? Why do so many people hate Western values? With his eyes focused on the harsh realities of that all-consuming conflict, Hastings debunks the myths that inspired these books and takes their exaggerations down a peg with a long-lacking sense of perspective. Get the best deals on Biography History Non-Fiction Books. Find the latest Biographies books, readers reviews and more from our Non-Fiction category at Dymocks online bookstore. Two decades ago a UCLA geography professor named Jared Diamond published Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer — How the Koch brothers are revolutionizing American politics, A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent by Robert W. Merry – The President who launched the Mexican-American War, Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism by Kathryn S. Olmsted – How today’s conservatism grew in the cotton fields of California, A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.’s Scandalous Coming-of-Age by Richard Rayner – Murder and corruption under Hollywood’s bright lights, Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II by Richard Reeves – The shameful story of Japanese-American Internment in WWII, Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State by Dana Priest and William M. 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An opportunity to position yourself as a person or company. The central event in this story was the U.S. seizure of Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines and the annexation of Hawaii, all in 1898. The National Book Award for Nonfiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens. Read the review. Nor do they include those featured in Science explained in 10 excellent popular books or the Great biographies I’ve reviewed: my 10 favorites. A prominent Israeli columnist’s sober assessment: Will Israel survive? My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit – A prominent Israeli columnist’s sober assessment: Will Israel survive? William K. Hartmann & Ron Miller. The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia by James Bradley – “Who lost China?” Nobody. 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