November 10th, 2009 by zen
Herodotus, the “Father of History”...
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September 8th, 2009 by zen
Professor Richard Pipes, the Harvard University...
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August 26th, 2009 by zen
Emergence: The Connected Lives of...
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August 10th, 2009 by zen
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian...
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April 2nd, 2008 by zen
Recently, I finished reading Thermopylae: The...
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