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A brief history of the end of the f*cking world / by Phillips, Tom(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Do you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another? Here's a small comfort: you're not the first to feel that way. If there's one thing that people throughout history have agreed on, it's that history wasn't going to be around for much longer.
Subjects: End of the world; World history;

From then to now : a short history of the world / by Moore, Christopher,1950-; Krystoforski, Andrej,1943-;
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Subjects: World history; Civilization;
© c2011., Tundra Books,

Big history / by Christian, David,1946-; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.; MacQuarie University.; Big History Institute.;
Subjects: Civilization.; Human evolution.; Human ecology.; World history.;

Sapiens : a brief history of humankind / by Harari, Yuval N.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Civilization; Human beings; World history.; Chronology, Historical.; Technology and civilization;

The River Battles : Canada's Final Campaign in World War II Italy. by Zuehlke, Mark.;
Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / Canada; HISTORY / Military / General; HISTORY / Military / World War II;

Age of revolutions : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present / by Zakaria, Fareed,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index."Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk -- the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world? In this major work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates the eras and movements that have shaken norms while shaping the modern world. Three such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a fascinating series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world -- and created politics as we know it today. Next, the French Revolution, an explosive era that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us today. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Great Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Alongside these paradigm-shifting historical events, Zakaria probes four present-day revolutions: globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. For all their benefits, the globalization and technology revolutions have produced profound disruptions and pervasive anxiety and our identity. And increasingly, identity is the battlefield on which the twenty-first century's polarized politics are fought. All this is set against a geopolitical revolution as great as the one that catapulted the United States to world power in the late nineteenth century. Now we are entering a world in which the US is no longer the dominant power. As we find ourselves at the nexus of four seismic revolutions, we can easily imagine a dark future. But Zakaria proves that pessimism is premature. If we act wisely, the liberal international order can be revived and populism relegated to the ash heap of history." --
Subjects: Revolutions.; Revolutions; Social change.; World history.;

World War I : the definitive visual history / by Grant, R. G.; Smithsonian Institution.;
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Subjects: World War, 1914-1918.; World War, 1914-1918;
© 2014., DK,

A history of the world in 500 walks / by Baxter, Sarah.;
"From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine traveling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadores, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered. From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots!"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Walking; Hiking; Trails; Historic sites; World history.;

London Falling : A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth. by Keefe, Patrick Radden.;
'London Falling' is a tells the story of a family devastated by the sudden death of their 19-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath Londons glittering surface. From the author of 'Rogue' and 'Say Nothing', which was named one of the Twenty Best Books of the Century by The New York Times Book Review.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / World; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General;

National Geographic essential visual history of world mythology / by Bullen, Matthew,non-fiction author.; National Geographic Society (U.S.);
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Subjects: Mythology.; Mythology;
© c2008., National Geographic,

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