From its earliest beginnings thousands of years ago, the course of man's progress has been measured by his empires. Large, dynamic flows of power, people, and culture that merge, thrive, then break apart - the pieces only to merge again in a new configuration, the process to be repeated. Through pictures and words, "Empires: Their Rise and Fall" brings the reader face to face with many of the world's greatest empires. Full-color photographs are combined with an absorbing narrative in a lively historical account of each empire and an examination of the period's most enduring cultural achievements. This volume in the series focuses on Byzantium, and The Turks. The two civilizations - Byzantium and Turkish - that played out their rivalry across the Aegean as the Middle Ages waned have always proved enigmatic to Western Europeans. Cosmopolitan, exotic Byzantium has exercised a perennial fascination on the imagination of the West and yet has stubbornly eluded understanding. The Turkish Empire has emerged as the West's foremost caricature of the cruel and alien state, menacing and at the same time alluring in its violence and sensuousness. All those who would hope to arrive at a more balanced understanding of the Turks and Byzantines must first disabuse themselves of a long succession of colorful stereotypes. The task is not easy - distortions centuries in the making are not readily abandoned - but the effort is surely worthwhile. For it is only after taking a conscientious look at the histories and cultural achievements of these two peoples that we can gain a legitimate sympathy for two empires which may justifiably be called "monuments of unaging intellect."

The Cross and the Crescent: Byzantium, The Turks (Imperial Visions Series: The Rise and Fall of Empires)

Joyce Milton

Rafael Steinberg

Sarah Lewis

HBJ Press

A personal memoir by the New York Republican senator depicts his long political career, his many political colleagues including Dewey, Rockefeller, and LBJ, the consequences of Watergate, and the future of his party

Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man

Politics & Social Sciences

Jacob K. Javits

Politics & Government

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Hardcover no dust jacket.1979 208p. 11.00x8.60x0.75COOKBOOK JAPANESE RECIPES WITH COLOR PICTURES How to use Japanese recipes; A guide to ingredients in Japanese cooking. The logic of Japanese cookery. Simple, satisfying foods of home. Magnificent meals in elegant settings.

The Cooking of Japan (Foods Of The World)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

Time-Life-Books

Pacific and Southeast Asian Cooking

Chapters include: "Hawaii - Where Polynesia Begins * The Bountiful Feasts of Tahiti * Coconuts, Friend to Half the World * Indonesian Tour: From Hot to Sweet * Treasures of the Spice Islands * Crossroads of Asia: Sumatra and Malaysia * and much more.

Pacific And Southeast Asian Cooking (Foods of the World)

Easy-to-follow recipes set in the cultural context of Japanese customs and heritage, accompanied by a spiral-bound recipe book

The Cooking Of Japan

Children's Books

A detailed survey of the exotic cuisine of this area

Island Fighting

History

Military

TIME/LIFE

Examines Philippine life and guerrilla activities under Japanese occupation

Return to the Philippines

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Book by Rafael Steinberg, Time Life Editors

Time Life World War II: Return to the Philippines

Time-Life Editors

Return to the Philippines (World War II Series, No. 15)

Asia

Time-Life Education

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