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Ride the Great Western Trail from Texas to Montana with the Lovell Herd of 3100 prime Mexican cattle. Forced to leave Georgia following the Civil War, a Rebel soldier packs up his family and heads w……続きを見る

The Story of pirate radio in Ireland, all the way from the world's first broadcast in 1916, up until legislation to ban the radio pirates in 1988. The is an e-book edition of the paperback 'Radio, R……続きを見る

This is Volume I of ten of the selected works of Frances A. Yates, it looks at eight famous Valois Tapestries with new photographs and those from the Florentine Galleries Uffizi. 続きを見る

The gripping account of the riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawkーand the first mutiny in U.S. Naval history In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk……続きを見る

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the contribution made by Dame Frances Yates to the serious study of esotericism and the occult sciences. To her work can be attributed the contemporary u……続きを見る

Kaya Şahin's book offers a revisionist reading of Ottoman history during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520–66). By examining the life and works of a bureaucrat, Celalzade Mustafa, Şahin ar……続きを見る

For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Ori……続きを見る

Navaho Indians probably adopted the art of weaving from captive Pueblo women in the early eighteenth century. They soon outstripped their teachers in the skill and quality of their work and today Na……続きを見る

Pierre-Claver Ndacyayisenga was teaching history in Kigali, Rwanda, when he was forced to flee to the neighboring Congo with his wife and three children. Thus began a harrowing five-year voyage of s……続きを見る

This book explores the development of Lenin’s thinking on violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and pr……続きを見る

7 Works of John Quincy Adams Sixth president of the United States (1825-1829) This ebook presents a collection of 7 Works of John Quincy Adams. A dynamic table of contents allows to jump directly to……続きを見る

Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distre……続きを見る

The discovery of the pulmonary transit of blood was a ground-breaking discovery in the history of the life sciences, and a prerequisite for William Harvey’s fully developed theory of blood circulati……続きを見る

In Israel/Palestine, Reinhart traces the development of the Security Barrier and Israel’s new doctrine of "disengagement," launched in response to a looming Palestinian-majority population. Examinin……続きを見る

What was military life like in the early twentieth century? That question is answered from a number of unique angles in the collection The Army Mule and Other War Sketches. While most military ficti……続きを見る

Featuring 140 mouthwatering new recipes, a gastronomic journey of the Italian regions that have inspired and informed Lidia Bastianich's legendary cooking. For the home cook and the armchair travele……続きを見る

Fishing in Quebec in the late 1880's was a very different experience than today. Richly illustrated look at the country and sport of the era.続きを見る

Challenging societal beliefs, this volume rethinks African and world history from an Afrocentric perspective. 続きを見る

In 701 BC, the powerful Assyrian army laid siege to Jerusalem, threatening the Hebrew kingdom with destruction. What saved the City of David? The Bible credits divine intervention. Modern scholars h……続きを見る

Un regreso en el tiempo, con entrevistas a viejos zapatistas que narran la verdadera lucha de Emiliano Zapata. ¿Sabemos realmente quién fue Emiliano Zapata? ¿La historia, el cine y la literatura han……続きを見る

One of the Midwest's best-loved authors tells the story of his land, from the last great glacier that dug out its valleys and formed its hills, to his own family's 40 year relationship with the belo……続きを見る

Mr. Midshipman Easy is an 1836 novel by Frederick Marryat, a retired Captain in the 19th century Royal Navy. The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Marryat himself served with distin……続きを見る

Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they……続きを見る

Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their "fallen bodies" vulnerable to corrupting impulsesーparticularly those of a sexual nature. They feared that their corporeal frailty left……続きを見る

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on t……続きを見る

After decades of turmoil and trauma, the Brezhnev era brought stability and an unprecedented rise in living standards to the Soviet Union, enabling ordinary people to enjoy modern consumer goods on ……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents A Book Of Five Rings The Book of Five Rings (五輪書 Go Rin No Sho?) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by……続きを見る

The Resource Guide for Food Writers represents the first comprehensive listing of resources for food writers and culinary enthusiasts. A feast for all who love food, it is both a research tool for f……続きを見る

In this first in-depth study of the ruling family of Tunisia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Kallander investigates the palace as a site of familial and political significance. Through e……続きを見る

Representing Calcutta is a spatial history of the colonial city, and addresses the question of modernity that haunts our perception of Calcutta. The book responds to two inter-related concerns about……続きを見る