books about: civilization     books:     Civilization      The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand, ... Collins, 2008 History is . . . (a) more or less bunk. (b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken. (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers: (1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce's Ulysses (2) Henry Ford (3) Arthur Schopenhauer It turns out that answer need not be bunk, nightmarish, or diseased. In ...             The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the ... David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 Wonderful! Bought this as retirement gift for a friend. Absolutely would recommend to anyone who wants a different morning meditation. Great book.             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Warms up after the first couple chapters Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana ...             Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Chuck Klosterman Scribner, 2004 brilliant, poignant and deliciously clever. A fond reflection and provocative portrait of the culture in which you were raised. Right on and an extremely entertaining read.             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 Fascinating! It took me a while to open this book, as I was absolutely convinced that, with a title like Guns, Germs and Steel, the subject could only be war. Eventually, however, I opened the book, and was absolutely fascinated by it. The premise of the book is Yali's question. ...             The Gypsy Morph (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 3) Terry Brooks Del Rey, 2008 Great ending to an excellent series! I loved this final book in the series even though I was sad for the story to end.I loved following the stories of the Knight of the Word Logan Tom and Angel Perez.I also loved following the stories of Hawk and the Ghosts and the elves Kirisin and Simralin.While reading ...             The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations J. M. G. Le Clezio University Of Chicago Press, 1993 Not one dream but many unfold in J. M. G. Le Clézio's conjuring of the consciousness of Mexico, strange and powerful evocation of the imaginings that made and unmade an ancient culture. "What motivated me," Le Clézio has said, "was a sort of dream about what has disappeared and what could have been." A widely respected French novelist with a long ...             The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) S.M. Stirling Roc Hardcover, 2008 Julie Vaux Does The Scourge of God Woo another awesome instalment of the Change Series. If you love Alternative History and Action and Great World Building visit the Changeverse!             The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse ... David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2008 In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in this indispensable series. In The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture , the authors explore the fascinating world of contemporary culture to offer 365 daily readings that provide the ...             An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems Glenn Beck Threshold Editions, 2007 A must read if you want to be informed and entertained! Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R28EQS9BE59JU2 An Inconvenient Book is a convenient read! Full of facts, humor and down right important "stuff", this book is worth every penny. Whether you are a conservative or liberal, this book will open your eyes. ...             The World Without Us Alan Weisman Thomas Dunne Books, 2007 Great Book One other person wrote that this book is fascinating but depressing and that is why he/she chose to give it less than 5 stars. I beg to differ, one of the reasons why I gave it 5 stars is because it was depressing. It caused me a lot of anguish reading how much we ...             Salt: A World History Mark Kurlansky Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Indiana Jones, this IS history Remembering 2nd semester of Western Civ with a dynamic prof who loved to use the "spectrum of history" to link events...food, religion, war, hobbies, work. That is how this book is read and you must eat the whole salty pretzel to get the flavor. You must try not to ...             The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to ... Susan Wise Bauer Peace Hill Press, 2007 Great History Book This is a great book. My kids and I are learning a lot. It's fast paced and interesting.             Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ Richard Dooling Harmony, 2008 But how do you know when machine IQ > human IQ? Intelligent machines are a reality to some, a curiosity to others, and a source of intense debate to the majority of philosophers, cognitive scientists, and computer engineers. When studying the history of artificial intelligence one finds a roller coaster ride of ...             Wheelock's Latin (Wheelock's Latin) Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. Lafleur Collins, 2005 It has served me well Having reached the point of the subjunctive mood I feel confident enough to step forward and say that this is an amazing textbook. I began apsiring to learn Latin my Junior year of High School and I finally bought this book half way through my senior year. It has ...          products you might be interested in search for books civilization, civilizations, inconvenient, intellectual, interrupted, renaissance      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents