Until you’ve consumed all of the best General History books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- A General History of the Pyrates (Dover Maritime) (1999)
- History: Fiction or Science?: Astronomical methods as applied to chronology. Ptolemy’s Almagest. Tycho Brahe. Copernicus. The Egyptian zodiacs. (Volume 3) (2016)
- A History of World Societies, Volume 1: To 1600 (2011)
- A History of American Law, Revised Edition (A Touchstone Book) (1986)
- History: Why It Matters (2018)
- The Histories (Penguin Classics) (2009)
- History of Modern Art (2003)
- The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) (2008)
- The Histories (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) (2013)
- The Histories (2003)
- The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) (2008)
- 2000 Years of World History: The history of human civilization told in one breath, unrestricted by national boundaries. Written for the general … A must read for even professional historians. (2017)
- The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (2013)
- History: A Very Short Introduction (2000)
A General History of the Pyrates (Dover Maritime) (1999)
Famed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affairs. As a commission merchant, importer, shipowner, and an active journalist who reported “ship news” and interviewed surviving pirates, Defoe achieved a high degree of authority on the subject of buccaneers.
History: Fiction or Science?: Astronomical methods as applied to chronology. Ptolemy’s Almagest. Tycho Brahe. Copernicus. The Egyptian zodiacs. (Volume 3) (2016)
Dr Prof Anatoly Fomenko et dissect in the Part I of ‘History:Fiction or Science?’ the Almagest of Ptolemy compiled allegedly in 150 a.d. and considered to be the corner stone of classical history. Their report states: Almagest was compiled in XVI-XVII cy from astronomical data of IX-XVI cy.This presumably antediluvian tractate of Almagest catalogues 1028 observable stars with a fairly high precision of 10′-15′ (arc minutes) of longitude.
A History of World Societies, Volume 1: To 1600 (2011)
A History of World Societies introduces students to the global past through social history and the stories and voices of the people who lived it. Now published by Bedford/St.
A History of American Law, Revised Edition (A Touchstone Book) (1986)
A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing.
History: Why It Matters (2018)
We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same event. Frequently, new discoveries force us to re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the past.So how can any certainty about history be established, and why does it matter?
The Histories (Penguin Classics) (2009)
In AD 68, Nero’s suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors—Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian—emerging in succession.
History of Modern Art (2003)
Long considered the survey of modern art, this edition retains its encyclopedic nature and chronological approach, but comes thoroughly reworked by Michael Bird—an experienced art history editor and writer—with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative. It traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) (2008)
“The father of history,” as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to “prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time,” Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars.
The Histories (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) (2013)
Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition. Herodotus’s history is the earliest continuous prose narrative in Western literature. His long narrative―longer than either of the Homeric epics―continues to hold us spellbound because of the author’s storytelling powers and intelligent curiosity.
The Histories (2003)
Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.
The Histories (Oxford World’s Classics) (2008)
In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous `year of the Four Emperors’–AD 69–when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. W.H. Fyfe’s classic translation has been substantially revised and supplied with extensive historical and literary notes.
2000 Years of World History: The history of human civilization told in one breath, unrestricted by national boundaries. Written for the general … A must read for even professional historians. (2017)
2000 Years of World History is a new presentation of the history of the world. The history of the world’s civilizations is told in one continuous run with minimum emphasis on the separation of nations.National histories serve the needs of individual nationals. American history deals with those events considered significant to America, and likewise French history focuses on those that have meanings to the French.
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (2013)
While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that is. In chronicling the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the U.S.
History: A Very Short Introduction (2000)
There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold’s addition to Oxford’s popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history.
Best General History Books You Should Enjoy
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The Kafir language: comprising a sketch of its history; which includes a general classification of South African dialects, ethnographical and geographical: remarks upon its nature: and a grammar
Author(s): John Whittle Appleyard
ID: 1027906, Publisher: Printed for the Wesleyan Missionary Society, Year: l850, Size: 14 Mb, Format: pdf
Leibniz: General Inquiries on the Analysis of Notions and Truths
Author(s): Massimo Mugnai
ID: 3195802, Publisher: Oxford University Press, Year: 2021, Size: 1 Mb, Format: pdf
General History of Civilisation in Europe, From the Fall of the Roman Empire Till the French Revolution. A Treatise on Death Punishments.
Author(s): François Guizot
ID: 3540303, Publisher: Alpha Edition, Year: 2021, Size: 441 Kb, Format: epub
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