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Our Oriental Heritage
The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage © 1935 Will Durant 1048 pages “Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation.” (Opening sentence.) Our Oriental Heritage is the introductory volume of a greater work, an eleven-book set covering prehistory to the last days of Napoleon. Judging … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient world, Asia, China, history, India, Japan, Middle East, Persia, Persia-Iran, Story of Civilization, survey, Will Durant
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Persian Fire
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West© 2005 Tom Holland418 pages After reading Holland’s Rubicon, blogger ResoluteReader recommended that I read Persian Fire as well. I have an interest in the various Persian and Babylonian … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged classical world, Greece, history, military, Persia, Persia-Iran, recommended to me, Tom Holland
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This Week at the Library (17/9)
Books this Update: The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’, Bill Zehme Banquets of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov Sinatra: the Artist and the Man, John Lahr Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani I … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged biography, Black Widowers, historical fiction, Isaac Asimov, mystery, Persia, Persia-Iran, science fiction, week in review
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