From Dawn to Decadence

From Dawn to Decadence

By
Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun
2000 • 895 pages

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131 books

Western Civilization

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Alex
Rome and Jerusalem
How Rome Fell
God
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
To Rule the Waves
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
The Darkening Age

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150 books

History

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Byzantium
Venice
The Swerve
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Empire

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48 books

Paused

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Theresa Wright
The Christie Affair
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Mexican Gothic
A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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125 books

Library

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Theresa Wright
Tim Gunn's fashion bible
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Otherwise engaged
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
The Library Book
A Master of Djinn

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53 books

Hardback

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Entertaining
Tim Gunn's fashion bible
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Otherwise engaged
The Well-Trained Mind
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook

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12 books

History

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Theresa Wright
Incidents in the life of a slave girl
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
From Dawn to Decadence
The House of Mitford
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time: Complete

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315 books

Tbr Library

tlwright
Theresa Wright
The Villa
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Sang Golem dan Sang Jin
Piranesi
Light from Uncommon Stars
Appleseed

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42 books

Tr Others

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Luiz Gonzaga
Educated: A Memoir
Designing Disney
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
The Hero Within
Goddesses in Everywoman
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

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28 books

2024 Reading List

AJsperbs
Alex
Imperial China, 900-1800
The Arc of a Covenant
From Dawn to Decadence
Modern Times
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Path to Power
Washington: A Life

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22 books

2023 Reading List

AJsperbs
Alex
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
Imperial China, 900-1800
The Mughal throne
The Napoleonic Wars : A Global History
The Thirty Years War
A History of the Byzantine State and Society

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645 books

History

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From Dawn to Decadence
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
The Century
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
National Geographic Society Atlas of World History
How the Irish Saved Civilization

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46 books

Never Finished

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Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
The messiah
From Dawn to Decadence
The orphan in the tower
The Lost Temple
Royal blood
How Rome Fell

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14 books

Started Might Continue Someday

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The Alchemyst
Darwin's Children
Empires and barbarians the fall of Rome and the birth of Europe
How Rome Fell
Millennium Year By Year: A Chronicle of World History from AD 1000 to the Present Day
The meaning of night
From Dawn to Decadence

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511 books

Non Fiction

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Eugene Wilder
Where Men Win Glory
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Eating Animals
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Way We Eat
The Rest Is Noise

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56 books

Abandoned

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gretchen
The Light Ages
An American Childhood
For the Time Being
Buried Fire
The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
The Sky Below

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1,528 books

Owned

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Dylan Distasio
Eric
The Confusion
The Master Swing Trader
Caleb Williams
The Baron in the Trees
The Temptation to Exist
Persian Fire

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17 books

History

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From Dawn to Decadence
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
The moon is down
Aimée & Jaguar
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
The Blue Tattoo