 | The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.82 Explains patterns of poverty and wealth that dictate our global economy; Economics, World History
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 | Anthem by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Where does an individual begin and society end?; Sociology, Psychology
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 | The Source by James A. Michener
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 What is a homeland? Who does it belong to? Great for discussing Mid-East; World History, [Ancient and Modern]
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 | The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
Buy new: $28.94 / Used from: $23.65 Can be used to examine different characters in relation to war; American History, Sociology
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 | Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.17 Elementary teachers have borrowed this from me to introduce units on Egypt; Grades 4-6, Ancient World History, World Cultures
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 | Castle : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections by Stephen Biesty
Buy used from: $1.64 Great supplemental to Medieval life unit; Ancient/Medieval History, World History
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 | Spirit of Place: The Art of the Traveling Photographer by Bob Krist
Buy used from: $57.99 I like this as a geographical resource; World History, World Cultures
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 | How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Compare to reality--good book report fodder, American History, other discussions of cause and effect.
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 | Departures by Harry Turtledove
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 More "what-ifs"--short stories; General usage
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 | Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Localities play abig part in individual lives; Sociology, American history, Literature
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 | Night by Elie Wiesel
Buy used from: $0.01 Almost required reading on the Holocaust; Sociology, World History, American History
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 | Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.33 The Black Death, epidiemiology, and time travel; World History, Sociology
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 | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $0.01 Good for a different view on immigrants and the American Dream; American history
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 | Lonely Planet Western Europe (Lonley Planet on a Shoestring) by Steve Fallon
Buy used from: $0.18 This and any other LP guide is going to be an EXCELLENT geographic resource; World Cultures, general use
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 | The Story of English: Revised Edition by Robert McCrum
Buy used from: $0.30 Excellent! American Literature, American and World History
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