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Read Series: The Hinges Of History

by Author Thomas Cahill

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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (2015)

". . . the Bible is full of literature's two great themes, love and death (as well as its exciting caricatures, sex and violence) . . . " (7).I thought this insight that sex and violence are caricatures of the great themes of love and death was really interesting!"The sky shows itself as it reall...

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (2015) by Thomas Cahill
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (2001)

Review: Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews, Sailing the Wine Dark Sea, Desire of the Everlasting Hills, Heretics and HeroestThe Hinges of History is a series including the above books plus Mysteries of the Middle Ages and a volume yet to be published. I am t...

Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (2001) by Thomas Cahill
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Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (2013)

I enjoyed learning about such figures as Erasmus, Luther, the Medici's, and Thomas More. Thomas Cahill's irreverent take on these various figures made for an entertaining read. However, his political rantings knocked a few stars off of the book. I will read his other works (now forewarned of his ...

Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (2013) by Thomas Cahill