wired - History 65

In "The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California," John Charles Frémont presents a meticulously detailed account of his 1842-1844 expedition across the American West. Blend……続きを見る

Britain's financial and economic relations with Nazi Germany are assessed in this book. The structure and formulation of British policy, the interaction of government and business and the relationsh……続きを見る

The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, commonly called Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of Ki……続きを見る

The Ancient Beginnings of Science From Pre-Science to the Age of Greece, With Modern-Day Applications By: Ronald A. Brown For more than 2,500 years, it has been assumed that science and mathematics ……続きを見る

Baltimore seen through the eyes of John Waters, Anne Tyler, Charles S. Dutton, Barry Levinson, David Simonーand also ordinary citizens. The city of Baltimore features prominently in an extraordinary……続きを見る

In "Pictures of Southern Life, Social, Political, and Military," William Howard Sir Russell offers a vivid and meticulously crafted portrayal of the American South during a transformative period in ……続きを見る

Now in its third edition, American Military History examines how a country shaped by race, ethnicity, economy, regionalism, and power has been equally influenced by war and the struggle to define th……続きを見る

Few, if any, of the great masterpieces of literature, even of those which bear the most unmistakable imprint of an original mind, are ‘original’ in the vulgar sense of being invented ‘all out of the……続きを見る

For yearsーthe best years of her life, for that matter, as she often reflected in lonely momentsーMiriam Challoner had been trying to prove to her own satisfaction that her husband was no worse than……続きを見る

Ideal goodness is to do good for its own sake: but there must be acts considered good on other grounds before they can be done for the sake of their goodness 3. When, however, the ideal comes to be ……続きを見る

There has probably been nothing that has made more converts to spiritualism than the much talked of “Slate Writing Test,” and if we are to believe some of the stories told of the writings mysterious……続きを見る

** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** 'This book is a must' Peter Hennessy On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks. The threat……続きを見る

Pensar as estruturas do Estado-nação à luz da sua crise e procurar prefigurar seu futuro é o intento dessa obra. Os textos reunidos neste livro exploram a peculiaridade do processo de construção do ……続きを見る

Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World surveys the ways in which people from the time of Luther and Columbus to that of Thomas Jefferson used Christian ideas and institutions to regula……続きを見る

Glasgow is the city of Human Power. It is not a beautiful city, but the gray granite of which it is built gives it a natural nobility. There is nothing romantic about its situation, and its streets ……続きを見る

A narrow street with dreadful "wynds" and "vennels" running back from it was the High street of Glasgow at the time my story opens. And yet, though dirty, noisy and overcrowded with sin and sufferin……続きを見る

***'Pure suspense, where past and present collide with chilling results' Erin Kelly 'A hugely entertaining, fast-paced thriller' Caz Frear 'It's a pitch-perfect blend of ghostly terror and pacey thr……続きを見る

I try to collect my experince for 30 years in projects, in training courses and online courses in different countries with different nationalities in this book. I try to learn more about every count……続きを見る

Trent’anni dopo la scoperta del campo di concentramento di Vo’ in provincia di Padova, Francesco Selmin riprende lo scavo nella storia della Shoah in Veneto, per concentrarsi sulle vicende dei sette……続きを見る

Das Buch "Verblassende Spuren" ist eine Annäherung an das Schicksal einer Frau, die als Arbeitsverweigerin ins Frauenkonzentrationslager Ravensbrück verschleppt wurde und dort mit gerade 25 Jahren u……続きを見る

Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New ……続きを見る

The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded premature……続きを見る

Why the modern world forgot how to sleep Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do……続きを見る

Discover the trailblazing women who changed the world from their kitchens. If "a woman's place is in the kitchen," why is the history of food such an old boys' club? A Woman's Place sets the record ……続きを見る

A tale of Gilded Age corruption and greed from the frontier of Alaska to America's capital. In the feverish, money-making age of railroad barons, political machines, and gold rushes, corruption was ……続きを見る

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West. He received the nickname "Buffalo Bill" after the American Civil War, when he had a contract to s……続きを見る

A collection of poetry from writers such as Paul Laurence Dunbar; James Edwin Campbell; James D. Corrothers; Daniel Webster Davis; William H.A. Moore; W.E. Burghardt Du Bois; George Marion McClellan……続きを見る

In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ lives in Europe. This study analyzes the ……続きを見る

Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil incorporates autobiographical information as well as essays, spirituals, and poems. Several of its essays are personal in nature, with obvious emotional rhetor……続きを見る

In 1693, Mather wrote an account of afflictions which Margaret Rule, of Boston, then about seventeen years old, began to endure on the 10th of September of that year. This production drew forth the ……続きを見る