books about: civilization     books:     Civilization      The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the ... David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Rodale Books, 2006 Exactly as advertised Great Book...It is exactly as it states, one page;one new topic. All so far are very interesting. This seems like it would be a great textbook for some class. Only thing I would tell prospective buyers...print/font is extremely small. I don't wear glasses or have ...             Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Chuck Klosterman Scribner, 2004 Fun in the Sun Readers who take Chuck Klosterman at his word will have a hard time with this one. Those who can appreciate some hardcore tongue-in-cheekiness, however, will be rewarded with a highly entertaining collection of essays on a myriad of subjects. Does Klosterman overreach? ...             The Road Knopf, 2007 THE ROAD: Style as Metaphor In THE ROAD Cormac McCarthy creates a nightmarish apocalyptic vision of a country wrecked by some unnamed upheaval. McCarthy is not the first writer to portray a wasted landscape, but what marks this novel as special is his ability to keep the reader involved in a ...             Salt: A World History Mark Kurlansky Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Salt Crystal Lamps from The Black Tai Salt Company Salt Crystal Lamps from The Black Tai Salt Company Black Tai Salt Crystal Lamps have a similar effect to the ionizer. However, the natural ionization of a crystal lamp cannot be compared to an ionizer. A salt crystal lamp can only have an ionization effect. However, ...             Castle: Medieval Days and Knights (A Sabuda & Reinhart Pop-up Book) Kyle Olmon Orchard Books, 2006 Great for all ages :) I adore this book and honestly who knew pop up books could be so informative? This book was so much for me to read and great for my little cousin too. She's three years old and she likes to sit on my lap as we look through the pages. Theres even a little catapult ...             Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Great book I read Guns, Germs, and Steel and was so impressed that I bought Collapse. Although it is slightly less engrossing (perhaps because it is about a less uplifting topic), it is still an amazing book.             An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems Glenn Beck Threshold Editions, 2007 An Inconvenient Book I like this book! Glenn Beck has a great sense of humor, which he uses to advantage. Within the pages lie stark contrasting data opposite to the stupid notion by some fellow named "Gore" that the sky is falling. At least Beck hasn't put on 50-75 pounds flying his ...             The World Without Us Alan Weisman Thomas Dunne Books, 2007 Life After People... The World Without Us is a journey of discovery that shows us what the Earth may be like after mankind disappears, for whatever reason, and nature is allowed to take over without barriers or man made order being forced onto it each and every day. What will happen to ...             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 Geography, not genetics A lot of reviewers have gone into detail about author Jared Diamond's arguments in Guns, Germs and Steel, so I won't repeat them. Essentially, he says that geography was a major factor, although not the only factor, in determining why some societies are more advanced ...             1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance Gavin Menzies William Morrow, 2008 Another great adventure from Gavin Menzies! I read '1434' with an open mind. I had enjoyed '1421' immensely and although I could see a few holes in Menzies' theories, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. I thought the original premise, that the world had been explored by the Chinese before ...             The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google Nicholas Carr W. W. Norton, 2008 Great food for thought... Some of the other reviewers here have some criticisms of Carr's examples and I think that they are valid, if taken purely from a mechanical perspective. I think that the best part of the book is that Carr goes to great lengths to show why the analogies and comparisons ...             The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare Houghton Mifflin, 1997 Fantastic!!! I am an [...] girl and this is the absolute best ever book I've ever read in my whole entire life. It is spectacular!! A story about a boy named Daniel, a sister that will not leave the house, a bunch of outlaws, and Roman soldiers. The book also includes Jesus. ...             The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return (The Earth Chronicles) Zecharia Sitchin Harper, 2008 Visions or Prophecies? Visions or prophecies? Probably both...and on each account, the mind runs free..a great book with lots of depth...buy it!!             Dawn's Light (Restoration Series #4) Terri Blackstock Zondervan, 2008 written I enjoyed this book. The second book and this one were my favorites in this series. They kept my interest better than the first and third books did. I had to read about half the first book before I really got interested.             Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Jack Weatherford Three Rivers Press, 2005 Culture Shock I never knew how much I didn't know until I read this book. I only read it because of my book group, and everyone in the group was enthusiastic about it. I think that you'll like this book, even if history wasn't your favorite subject, and that you'll learn something ...          products you might be interested in search for books confidently, inconvenient, intellectual, magnificent, renaissance, restoration we recommend THE ROAD: Style as Metaphor randomly chosen book: Engineering Self-Organising Systems: Methodologies and Applications ...