{"title":"Thomas E. Woods","description":"Thomas E. Woods Jr. is the New York Times bestselling author of Meltdown and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, among other books. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A recipient of the Templeton Enterprise Award and the O. P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship, he is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.","products":[{"product_id":"how-the-catholic-church-built-western-civilization-paperback","title":"How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsk someone today where Western Civilization originated, and he or she might say Greece or Rome. But what is the ultimate source of Western Civilization? Bestselling author and professor Thomas E. Woods, Jr. provides the long neglected answer: the Catholic Church. In the new paperback edition of his critically-acclaimed book, \u003ci\u003eHow the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, Woods goes far beyond the familiar tale of monks copying manuscripts and preserving the wisdom of classical antiquity. Gifts such as modern science, free-market economics, art, music, and the idea of human rights come from the Catholic Church, explains Woods. In \u003ci\u003eHow the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll learn: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy modern science was born in the Catholic Church\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Catholic priests developed the idea of free-market economics five hundred years before Adam Smith\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Catholic Church invented the university\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy what you know about the Galileo affair is wrong\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Western law grew out of Church canon law\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Church humanized the West by insisting on the sacredness of all human life\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church--and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. \u003ci\u003eHow the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for recovering this lost truth.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367563559135,"sku":"9781596983281","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xsZoKwan_d9781596983281.webp?v=1789109826"},{"product_id":"33-questions-about-american-history-youre-not-supposed-to-ask-paperback","title":"33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNews flash: \u003c\/b\u003e The Indians didn't save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. The \"Wild West\" was more peaceful and a lot safer than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years didn't involve an intern in a blue dress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Surprised? Don't be. In America, where history is riddled with misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and flat-out lies about the people and events that have shaped the nation, there's the history you know and then there's the truth. In \u003ci\u003e33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Thomas E. Woods Jr. reveals the tough questions about our nation's history that have long been buried because they're too politically incorrect to discuss, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Are liberals really so antiwar? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Was the Civil War all about slavery? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did the Framers really look to the American Indians as the model for the U.S. political system? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did Bill Clinton actually stop a genocide in Kosovo, as we're told? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The answer to all those questions is no. Woods's eye-opening exploration reveals just how much of the historical record has been whitewashed, overlooked, and skewed beyond recognition. \u003ci\u003e33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask\u003c\/i\u003e will have you wondering just how much of your nation's past you haven't been told.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368439349471,"sku":"9780307346698","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1_rruAyK7r9780307346698.webp?v=1789128422"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/thomas-e-woods.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}