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Will Durant's 11-volume set of The Story of Civilization. The 11 volumes are: I. Our Oriental Heritage, II. The Life of Greece, III. Caesar and Christ, IV. The Age of Faith, V. The Renaissance, VI. The Reformation, VII. The Age of Reason Begins, VIII. The Age of Louis XIV, IX. The Age of... read more
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The Life of Greece
by Will Durant (Author)The second volume in The Story of Civilization, of which Our Oriental Heritage, 1935, was the first. This, however, need not depend on the first as it is an entity, though for personal and public libraries, the series will sell itself. This...
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Caesar and Christ
A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325
by Will Durant (Author)752 pp hardcover of Will Durant's The Story of Civilization: Part 111, Caesar and Christ, A History of Roman Civization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325. Boards deep red cloth with gilt lettering and drawing on front cover....
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The Renaissance
The Story of Civilization, Vol. 5
by Will Durant (Author)The fifth volume in Will Durant's encyclopedic resume of world history maintains former standards of rich readability and clarity. A study of the stages, attributes, personalities, and flourishing towns of the Italian Renaissance, the volume...
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The Reformation
by Will Durant (Author)WILL DURANT (1885-1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent over fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series, The Story of Civilization (the later volumes written in...
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The Age of Louis XIV
by Will Durant (Author), Ariel Durant (Author)"A gigantic gallery of personages and periods in the 17th century, another cultural panorama from Will and Ariel Durant, part of that installment-opus they call The Story of Civilization. Like its predecessors, the chapters are cineramas of...
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The Age of Voltaire
by Will Durant (Author), Ariel Durant (Author)The Story of Civilization, Volume IX: A history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy. This is the ninth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
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Rousseau and Revolution
by Will Durant (Author), Ariel Durant (Author)Nearing the end of its effort to record the complete Story of Civilization, Recorded Books calculates that 400 hours of the series are now on tape. This volume, read by Alexander Adams, traverses Europe, culminating in the beginning of the...
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The Age of Napoleon
by Will Durant (Author)A sweeping portrait of an age, this book--the 11th and final volume in Will and Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization series--makes Napoleon its hero. The Durants, capable of switching from art to science to warfare with ease and skill, rank...
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