A Classical Education
The book is a summary of Greek and Roman classical culture. It is to be sipped, not read in one sitting. The jacket says: “What do you know about the classical world...
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
An essay on the characteristics of culture and life in 15th century France, Burgundy and Flanders. Huzinga presents the "autumn" of the Middle Ages: conception of the...
Pompeii. The life of a Roman Town
Unlike other books about the ruins at Pompeii, this one presents the remains of the city on the basis of proofs that Beard considers genuine, discarding theories that...
A Little History of The World
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the...
Cultural Atlas of Russia and Soviet Union
At the time the book was published, Milner-Gulland was working at the University of Sussex. His book coincided with fundamental changes taking place in the old Soviet...
The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
A good guide to understanding the takeoff of the Islamic state and its strange brutality, a path of analysis and reflection about its history and personalities....
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
The author, a Washington Post journalist, has written other essays on the communist world. In this one she studies the years 1944-1956; In World War II, Stalin takes...