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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
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Spell-binding read.
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
Ross E. Dunn
Important Medieval Islamic thinker. Breaks us out of "great white man European" syndrome.
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga
Classic work for understanding humanity. Barbara Tuchman takes one the analysis from one chapter from the book and expands it to her own full-length book, A Distant Mirror.
The Metaphysical Club
Louis Menand
Of course you know about the profound cultural influences of the American Civil War and of Darwin’s theory of natural selection; a few of you may also be aware of the epistemological consequences of the mathematical law of errors. And most readers will recognize the names of the jurist Oliver Wendel...show more
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
George Packer
Matt Pavia thinks Packer's book, The Unwinding, belongs on the list of Books to Read Before You Die, and he told the audience why during the December 5, 2019 Battle at Barrett Bookstore in Darien, CT.