Diana Zeuner
Heavy horses played a pivotal role in the development of western economies, toiling in mines and quarries, factories and docks, alongside canals and railways and on farms. But, following the introduction of motorized machinery their number ... [... more]
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The Development of Western Music: A History
 A Definitive Music History: I recently bought this book and found it to be outstanding. Ihave read quite a few music books including library references(although not text books - which this is) and found this book to be quite readable yet scholarly and [... more]
CDN$94.20
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Battle Tactics of the Civil War
Take The Good With The Bad: Griffith's book certainly makes some good points, but there's plenty of bad mixed in. Since so many have discussed what they believe is good about this book, I'll list my reservations. In addition to others who did a review of [... more]
CDN$16.62
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Philosophy and Religion: From Postmodernism to Plato
Informative Overview of Five Major Philosophical Paradigms: First published in 1972, this work underwent a substantial revision in 2002 by the original author. A comparison of the two versions provides a very informative overview of the changes having [... more]
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The Beginnings of Western Science: The European ...
Clearly the best ancient/medieval science text that exists!: I read the Beginnings of Western Sceince as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I had the extreme priviledge of taking two history of science courses from the author, who is [... more]
CDN$30.10
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The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the ...
The History of Science and the Scientists: It is very difficult for me to dislike a book like this. I am a big fan of scientific histories and this is a very good one. Gribbin takes us through the development of Western science from its roots in the [... more]
CDN$53.00
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Harmonic Experience
ear and mind opener: I am so glad to see jzmckay's excellent review of this book, posted here. He said many of the things that I feel about this book. I have studied music, including theory, for thirty years, and nothing has expanded my understanding ( [... more]
CDN$80.00
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The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version
Take and read!: Augustine's 'Confessions' is among the most important books ever written. One of the first autobiographical works in the modern sense, it also represents the first time a psychological and theological enterprise were combined. It also [... more]
CDN$6.75
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Escape from Freedom
good insights into totalitarianism: I'm not the most intellectual of thinkers, or the best suited to evaluate a book like this, but because we live in a democracy and I'm allowed to express my opinion, I think I will. I found this study of totalitarian [... more]
CDN$18.50
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A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI
Challenge and Response: I first became acquainted with the name of Arnold Toynbee through reading the science fiction of Arthur C. Clarke. Later, I saw references to him in Heinlein and Poul Anderson, and decided to see what it was all about. This book [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Celtic Myths and Legends
Actually, 4 and a half stars: Excellent, accurate and detailed work of research. The author has done his homework and reviewed many original sources to give us an awesome insight on the life of the celts and their mithology. However i didn't give it 5 [... more]
CDN$12.95
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For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to ...
From Amazon.co.uk: For the Glory of God challenges numerous assumptions about how religion affected the course of history. As a professor of Sociology and Comparative Religions at the University of Washington, Rodney Stark (The Rise of Christianity) has [... more]
CDN$24.95
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