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1	The Road more books like this by Cormac McCarthy A man and his young son traverse a blasted American landscape, covered with "the ashes of the late world." The man can still remember the time before. The boy knows only this time. There is nothing for them but survival- they are "each other's world entire"- and the precious last vestiges of their own humanity. At once brutal and tender, ... see all copies from £2.66! new only from £6.14! \| first editions
2	A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D. Since its original landmark publication in 1980, "A People's History of the United States" has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools--with its emphasis on great men in high places--to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £11.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies more books like this by Jared Diamond A study of the rise of civilization that argues that human development is not based on race or ethnic differences but rather is linked to biological diversity, discussing the evolution of agriculture, technology, writing, political systems, and religious belief. see all copies from £6.18! new only from £9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It more books like this by Mark Steyn This title is the "New York Times" bestseller - now in paperback. In "America Alone", Mark Steyn uses his trademark wit, clarity of thought and flair for the apocalyptic, Mark Steyn to argue that America is the only hope against Islamic Terrorism. Steyn addresses the singular position in which America finds itself, surrounded by anti-Americanism ... see all copies from £10.05! new only from £10.05! \| first editions
5	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed more books like this by Jared Diamond In this fascinating book, Diamond seeks to understand the fates of past societies that collapsed for ecological reasons, combining the most important policy debate of this generation with the romance and mystery of lost worlds. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £10.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class more books like this by David S Kidder, Noah D Oppenheim This secular daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning is designed to inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. see all copies from £6.12! new only from £13.46! \| first editions
7	The Gypsy Morph more books like this by Terry Brooks "The Gypsy Morph" represents the shattering conclusion to the "New York Times"-bestselling Genesis of Shannara trilogy. see all copies from £8.17! new only from £13.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from more books like this by Thomas Cahill Describes how Irish monks and scribes maintained the record of Western civilization by copying the manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer, Virgil, Plato and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were lost forever. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.15! \| first editions
9	Wheelock's Latin more books like this by Frederic M Wheelock The classic, single-volume introductory Latin textbook, introduced in 1956 and still the bestselling and most highly regarded textbook of its kind. Wheelock's Latin, sixth edition, revised, has all the features that have made it the best-selling single-volume beginning Latin textbook, many of them revised and expanded: o 40 chapters with ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £11.61!
10	Armageddon's Children more books like this by Terry Brooks Fifty years from now, the world is a very different place. Thousands live in highly fortified strongholds, and demons have taken over. The Knights of the Word are on a quest to rescue a group of young people who hold the hope of the world. see all copies from £2.55! new only from £4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition more books like this by Jared Diamond With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller--over 1.5 million copies sold--is now a major PBS special. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes ... see all copies from £13.85! new only from £13.85! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark more books like this by Carl Sagan Scientist Dr Carl Sagan argues that modern tales of the paranormal, such as alien abduction stories, are in fact simply a modern version of fairy tales and only exist in the mind, and asserts that these accounts come from a potentially hazardous lack of scientific thought and knowledge, a situation which he feels should be remedied. see all copies from £6.08! new only from £9.54! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America more books like this by Jim Marrs The "New York Times"-bestselling conspiracy theorist offers startling new evidence that the Nazis have been secretly planning a return to power--in the United States. see all copies from £12.64! new only from £12.64!
14 view cover	The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order more books like this by Samuel P Huntington As people increasingly define themselves by ethnicity or religion, the West will find itself more and more at odds with non-western civilizations that reject its ideals of democracy, human rights, liberty, the rule of law, and the separation of the church and the state. Huntington feels that the fundamental source of conflict in the post-Cold War ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £8.15! \| first editions
15 view cover	Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto more books like this by Chuck Klosterman From the author of "Fargo Rock City" comes another hilarious and discerning take on popular culture, exploring everything from the crucial role of breakfast cereal to how John Cusack films destroy the modern meaning of love. see all copies from £7.54! new only from £7.82! \| first editions
16 view cover	12th Planet more books like this by Zecharia Sitchin Over the years, startling evidence has been uncovered, challenging established notions of the origins of life on Earth--evidence that suggests the existence of an advanced group of extraterrestrials who once inhabited our world. The first book of the revolutionary "Earth Chronicles" series offers indisputable documentary evidence of the ... see all copies from £5.03! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
17 view cover	How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It more books like this by Arthur Herman This study of Scotland's impact on civilization chronicles the transformation of Scotland after British rule, the achievements of great Scots such as Adam Smith, David Hume, and others, and the ideas of liberty that shaped the Enlightenment and the modern world. see all copies from £6.12! new only from £8.46! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Yacoubian Building more books like this by Alaa Al Aswany, Humphrey Davies (Translator) The Yacoubian Building holds all that Egypt was and has become over the 75 years since its namesake was built on one of downtown Cairo's main boulevards. From the pious son of the building's doorkeeper and the raucous, impoverished squatters on its roof, via the tattered aristocrat and the gay intellectual in its apartments, to the ruthless ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Civilization and Its Discontents more books like this by Sigmund Freud During the summer of 1929, Freud worked on what became this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought. It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he had been developing since the turn of the century. It is both witness and tribute to the late theory of mind - the so-called structural theory, ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £4.07! \| first editions
20 view cover	Western Civilization more books like this by Jackson J Spielvogel, PhD Comprehensive coverage of Western Civilization since 1550 includes Chapters 15-30 of the larger text. Begins with a 10-page preface summarizing the events leading up to this point in history. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £22.54! \| first editions
21 view cover	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America more books like this by David Hackett Fischer Eighty percent of Americans have no British ancestors. According to David Hackett Fischer, however, their day-to-day lives are profoundly influenced by folkways transplanted from Britain to the New World with the first settlers. Residual, yet persistent, aspects of these 17th Century folkways are indentifiable, Fischer argues, in areas as divers ... see all copies from £12.64! new only from £18.54! \| first editions
22 view cover	Steppenwolf more books like this by Hermann Hesse With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £3.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Dies the Fire more books like this by S M Stirling An electrical storm over the island of Nantucket causes all electrical devices in the United States to cease function. But even as some people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest. see all copies from £5.89! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill In "The Gifts of the Jews", Thomas Cahill reveals the critical change that made Western civilisation possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning irrevocably until ancient Jews began to see time differently, as a narrative whose triumphant ... see all copies from £4.50! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Nutrition and Physical Degeneration more books like this by Weston A Price First published in 1939, this seminal book startled the worlds of science and nutrition with its documented evidence of primitive populations encountering civilisation, adopting modern diets, and finding that their health worsened. It remains the basic book in this area and is essential reading for those concerned with food and health. see all copies from £21.51! new only from £23.19!

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