The Mental Floss History of the World

An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits

by Erik Sass

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Publication date: November 01, 2008

This raucous romp through the ages provides a look at human history in all its majesty—and travesty.

Don't Know Much About Literature

What You Need to Know But Never Learned About Great Books and Authors

by Kenneth Davis

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers LLC

Publication date: July 28, 2009

From Beowulf to the Beats, this collection of delightful quizzes will help you bone up on all your literary lore.

All the News Unfit to Print

A History of How Things Were... and How They Were Reported

by Eric Burns

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication date: April 27, 2009

From the 18th century to the modern day, an incisive, provocative look at a litany of journalistic misdeeds.

War Stories: A Graphic History

by Mike Conroy

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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Publication date: May 01, 2009

A fascinating look at the history of global conflict through the provocative, colorful filter of sequential art.

Billion Dollar Lessons

What You Can Learn From the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years

by Paul B. Carroll

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Publisher: Penguin Putnam, Inc.

Publication date: September 11, 2008

Learn the seven leading reasons businesses fail and get practical advice on how to avoid making the same mistakes.

Banana

The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

by Dan Koeppel

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Publisher: Penguin Group (Usa)

Publication date: January 01, 2008

From getting Eve in hot water in Eden to toppling governments, learn the amazing history of this humble fruit.

The Purpose of the Past

Reflections on the Uses of History

by Gordon S. Wood

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Publisher: Penguin Group (Usa)

Publication date: March 13, 2008

Essays first published in places such as The New Republic capture the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winner at his best.

LIFE: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Charles Johnson

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Publisher: Time Inc.

Publication date: November 01, 2008

LIFE presents a magnificent, photographic biography of the inspired leader.

An Edible History Of Humanity

by Tom Standage

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Publisher: Walker & Company

Publication date: May 01, 2009

The author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses shows us how food has transformed human culture through the ages.

The End of the Old Order

by Fred Kagan

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Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc

Publication date: August 01, 2006

Leading military scholar Frederick Kagan reconsiders the strategies and decisions that defined Napoleon’s victories and defeats—in politics and warfare....