Manual for Civilization

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Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 28,823 ratings
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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art
The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art 4.13 avg rating — 829 ratings
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The Secret of Divine Civilization
The Secret of Divine Civilization 4.81 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Crowds and Power
Crowds and Power 4.07 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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Civilization & Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: [1] The Wheels of Commerce
Civilization & Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: [1] The Wheels of Commerce 4.35 avg rating — 1,711 ratings
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Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol 2: The Wheels of Commerce
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol 2: The Wheels of Commerce 4.46 avg rating — 578 ratings
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Keeping Together in Time
Keeping Together in Time 3.63 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy 3.86 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
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Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made 4.03 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.42 avg rating — 5,326 ratings
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme 4.13 avg rating — 8,521 ratings
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects 4.19 avg rating — 9,174 ratings
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Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity 4.14 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Complete
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Complete really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,939 ratings
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The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present
The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present 3.83 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species 4.44 avg rating — 877 ratings
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War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,980 ratings
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The Cambridge World History of Food 2 Part Boxed Set
The Cambridge World History of Food 2 Part Boxed Set 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe
The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Printing and the mind of man
Printing and the mind of man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,818 ratings
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations 4.05 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
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Meditations: By Marcus Aurelius- Illustrated
Meditations: By Marcus Aurelius- Illustrated 4.28 avg rating — 320,718 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,633 ratings
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The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,650 ratings
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Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
Memory of the World: The treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
by: UNESCO
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,681 ratings
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History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
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The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,403 ratings
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The Way Things Are
The Way Things Are
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,246 ratings
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The Art Of The Long View: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World
The Art Of The Long View: Planning For The Future In An Uncertain World 3.80 avg rating — 898 ratings
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The Way Life Works
The Way Life Works 4.30 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Venice: A Maritime Republic
Venice: A Maritime Republic 4.02 avg rating — 134 ratings
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages 3.87 avg rating — 3,559 ratings
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The Map Book
The Map Book 4.07 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Conceptual Physics
Conceptual Physics 3.98 avg rating — 811 ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide
The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide 4.44 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating — 107,100 ratings
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Star Maker
Star Maker 3.91 avg rating — 9,116 ratings
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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property 3.91 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
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Powers of Ten (Scientific American Library Series #1)
Powers of Ten (Scientific American Library Series #1) 4.33 avg rating — 251 ratings
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe 4.43 avg rating — 5,371 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,256 ratings
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The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, 3rd Edition
The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, 3rd Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,560 ratings
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,269 ratings
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier 3.92 avg rating — 6,284 ratings
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The Causes of War
The Causes of War 3.83 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War
Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War 3.75 avg rating — 265 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,832 ratings
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The Past From Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites
The Past From Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites 4.56 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe 3.60 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
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Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future 4.11 avg rating — 5,828 ratings
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The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community 4.11 avg rating — 568 ratings
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A History of Civilizations
A History of Civilizations 3.86 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
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The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work 4.06 avg rating — 809 ratings
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Imagined Worlds
Imagined Worlds 3.76 avg rating — 165 ratings
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The Story of Writing
The Story of Writing 3.86 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,664 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,274 ratings
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Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland, 4-11/85
Infinite in All Directions: Gifford Lectures Given at Aberdeen, Scotland, 4-11/85 3.95 avg rating — 387 ratings
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What Technology Wants
What Technology Wants 3.73 avg rating — 7,175 ratings
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,338 ratings
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,990 ratings
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The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
The State of the Art (Culture, #4) 3.83 avg rating — 19,245 ratings
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Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 51,311 ratings
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Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
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Across Realtime
Across Realtime 4.15 avg rating — 2,421 ratings
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself 4.11 avg rating — 11,776 ratings
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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) 4.21 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 3.78 avg rating — 13,748 ratings
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The Idea of Decline in Western History
The Idea of Decline in Western History 4.17 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers
Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers 3.77 avg rating — 655 ratings
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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility 3.74 avg rating — 7,343 ratings
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One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism 3.61 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Future of Life
The Future of Life 4.15 avg rating — 3,233 ratings
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The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future
The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future 3.85 avg rating — 286 ratings
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Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth 3.81 avg rating — 2,283 ratings
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization 3.88 avg rating — 749 ratings
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Medieval Civilization 400-1500
Medieval Civilization 400-1500 4.17 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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The Civilization of the Middle Ages
The Civilization of the Middle Ages 3.96 avg rating — 2,705 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings
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The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples 4.09 avg rating — 922 ratings
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,177 ratings
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Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,029 ratings
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built 4.35 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
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Grand Design, the earth from above
Grand Design, the earth from above 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Complete Works
The Complete Works 4.48 avg rating — 57,543 ratings
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The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition
The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook: Third Home Edition 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,923 ratings
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The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil 4.24 avg rating — 483 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,181 ratings
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Newtons Principia For The Common Reader (Pb 2012)
Newtons Principia For The Common Reader (Pb 2012) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,350 ratings
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The American Practical Navigator
The American Practical Navigator 4.34 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire
Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 4.13 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
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The Siege at Peking
The Siege at Peking 3.81 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Book One
Marlborough: His Life and Times, Book One 4.34 avg rating — 299 ratings
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