wired - History 83

Great Trials and the Law in the Historical Imagination: A Law and Humanities Approach introduces readers to the history of law and issues in historical, legal, and artistic interpretation by examini……続きを見る

Die Untersuchung analysiert die Entstehung von Wissenschaftsorganisator*innen sowie den Wandel dieser Figur in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel der Sozialwissenschaften in Frankrei……続きを見る

“A deep dive into the world of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists . . . that brilliantly reveals how people fall into illogical beliefs, reject reason, destroy relationships, and connect with a broad r……続きを見る

'Richard Wilson is like the naughty kid poking the ant's nest with a stick.' Times Online Kids these days are all fat, lazy and thick and their parents don’t know how to bring them up properly any m……続きを見る

Anfang 1942, nachdem die Rote Armee den Vormarsch der Wehrmacht auf Moskau gestoppt hatte, begann die nationalsozialistische Staatsführung Vorsorge zu treffen für den Fall ihrer Niederlage. Unter de……続きを見る

'Aktion 1005' nannten die Deutschen das Vorhaben, ab dem Frühjahr 1943 die Spuren ihrer Massenmorde in Osteuropa zu beseitigen. Nur sehr wenige der mehrheitlich jüdischen Häftlinge, die im Zusammenh……続きを見る

“With Allah’ Blessing, the people of Al Ula Built the Wall “; with this historical phrase (which was written on the wall that built by the people of Al Ula), I start the intro of this book that is a……続きを見る

Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors' live……続きを見る

The miracle play of Mary of Nimmegen is one of the gems of Dutch mediaeval literature. Its heroine is a reincarnation of Beatrice, the runaway nun from a Brabant convent who, after wandering seven y……続きを見る

Kinder sind anders Eine christliche Familie jüdischer Herkunft zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in Berlin. Der Gymnasialprofessor Karl Pappenheim und seine Frau Erna bewohnen die Beletage in der Söhts……続きを見る

Vienna, ottobre 1939. Gustav Kleinmann, un tappezziere ebreo, e il quindicenne Fritz, suo figlio, vengono arrestati dalla Gestapo, caricati su un vagone merci e deportati a Buchenwald, in Germania. ……続きを見る

The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the 19th Century tells the improbable story of how a small, backward, mountainous agricultural country with almost no raw materials became an industrial po……続きを見る

A visitor's companion to New York's Letchworth State Park, richly illustrated with ninety maps and thirty-five photographs. Finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Region……続きを見る

The charts illustrating this book have been drawn by the writer especially to meet the needs of beginnersーof those who, feeling what a void in their intellectual life ignorance of the stars has cre……続きを見る

From the Earth to Mars brings to life the visionaries who first realized the timeless dream of rocket travel in the early 1900s. Narrated by Jeffrey Manber, himself a commercial space veteran, Episo……続きを見る

A professional businessman shows you how to avoid taxes the honest way in this self-help guide to building and keeping wealth. Wilfred Don observes that tax collectors from long ago were regarded as……続きを見る

This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as "The House of Wisdom" ("Bayt al-Hikma"), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars’. This book plac……続きを見る

A incrível correspondência trocada entre os prisioneiros de um dos piores campos de concentração nazista e suas famílias. Eu te escrevo de Auschwitz traz as poucas palavras, quase sempre as mesmas, ……続きを見る

In Sport Realism: A Law-Inspired Theory of Sport, Aaron Harper defends a new theory of sportーsport realismーto show how rules, traditions, and officiating decisions define the way sport is played. ……続きを見る

“Well, here we are, up the River Schelde at last, and landing at old Antwerp, boys.” “Yes, that’s right, Thad, and glad to set foot again on solid ground, after that long trip over the North Sea fro……続きを見る

‘Time spent with Val is not just time spent in wonderful company but with an intelligent, proper cook – I could sit at a table with this man for days. He cooks like he eats; just delicious, deliciou……続きを見る

What I Witnessed in the Historic Year 1968 and What I Witnessed in the Historic Year 2020 in the United States of America: A Year to Remember By: Jerome Watkins I saw violence and social unrest as a……続きを見る

**Modern Electricity Systems Awarded “The Best Book for Energy Engineers” by The American Energy Society 2023** A welcome textbook instructing on many current aspects of energy generation, transmiss……続きを見る

In 1894 Wisconsin game wardens Horace Martin and Josiah Hicks were dispatched to arrest Joe White, an Ojibwe ogimaa (chief), for hunting deer out of season and off-reservation. Martin and Hicks foun……続きを見る

Across a range of disciplines, urban morphology has offered lenses through which we can read the city. Reading the urban form, when conflated with ethnographic studies, enables us to return to past ……続きを見る

Australian Lieutenant, A.E. Tranter, from Heathcote, Victoria, (Australia) spends time in Malaya training young soldiers during the waiting period prior to WW2 in Asia. He survives the battle agains……続きを見る

When it became public that Osama bin Laden’s death was announced with the phrase “Geronimo, EKIA!” many Native people, including Geronimo’s descendants, were insulted to discover that the name of a ……続きを見る

This book examines the American Sixties, and how that period’s socio-political essence was reflected and refracted in certain forms of the period’s music. Its five main chapters bear the names of fa……続きを見る

The Presidency of John F. Kennedy was a unique and promising turning point in history. A young, compassionate, and independent thinker arrived on the scene with great intent to serve his country, hi……続きを見る

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