JSH - History 1

In 1825, a giraffe boarded a boat at Sennar, near the junction of the Blue and White Niles in the Sudan, and sailed for Paris. In the next year, also at Sennar, a Kurdish cavalry officer named Mahu ……続きを見る

Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century. Rare contemporary photos and engravings, accompanied by extensive, detailed captions, recall construction, ……続きを見る

Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of biographical and autobiographical writing. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and stru……続きを見る

本套書組合：《生與死之埃及神話》、《情與慾之希臘羅馬神話》共二冊 作為地中海旁的重要古文明， 古埃及與希臘、羅馬擁有影響深遠的文化底蘊， 在生死與情慾之間，探索它們的神話精神。 傳頌千年的經典神話， 關……続きを見る

深入淺出帶你進入超人氣電影作品 《荷魯斯之眼》《魔蠍大帝》《神鬼傳奇》奇幻冒險劇情的靈感來源， 以及電玩《刺客教條：起源》背景設定地的世界觀。 穿越時空到數千年前的古文明，揭開諸神與死後世界的祕密。 傳……続きを見る

"New Brooms" by Robert J. Shores is a compelling narrative that explores the themes of change and renewal through the lens of everyday life. The story follows a diverse cast of characters as they na……続きを見る

The Celestine monks of France represent one of the least studied monastic reform movements of the late Middle Ages, and yet also one of the most culturally impactful. Their order - an austere Italia……続きを見る

This study, first published in 1979, analyses the attitude of various income and occupational groups to elementary schools both before and after the introduction of compulsory school attendance. It ……続きを見る

Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims. Today, this diversity is mostly absent. In this book, Heather J. Sharkey examines th……続きを見る

This book surveys the channels through which political ideas and knowledge were conveyed to the English people from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the Revolution of 1688. Shapiro argue……続きを見る

“Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein’s Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and grace that resonant past we should never forget.”ーBrenda Wineapple, auth……続きを見る

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the……続きを見る

Sheehan’s thoughtful book makes a convincing case that the modern political order arises out of people’s shared expectations and hopes, without which the nation state could not exist. Every politica……続きを見る

Based largely on archival sources in the United States and Rome, this book documents the evolution of Fordham from a small diocesan college into a major American Jesuit and Catholic university. It p……続きを見る

This remarkable history of a beloved Upper West Side church is in many respects a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in New York City. Here is a captivating study of a distinctive Catho……続きを見る

The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Is……続きを見る

The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how natureーdisease, climate, flora and fauna, and……続きを見る

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly te……続きを見る

Fondée en 1950 par Eugénie Droz, la collection des Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance a réuni, en soixante-cinq ans, plus de 550 titres. Elle s'est imposée comme la collection la plus importante au ……続きを見る

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”ーChristopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIME……続きを見る

I am Blooded, and this is my creed. I am warrior, and this is my sword. I am shadow, and this is my cloak. I am darkness, bringer of light. The whisper in the wind. The order in the chaos. I am the ……続きを見る

From the South End's early years as an upper- and middle-class residential district to its time as an immigrant and rooming house neighborhood and then to its recent urban renewal, residents have sh……続きを見る

Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Narrative chapters describe Mayan political life, economy, social structure, rel……続きを見る

Garry J. Shaw leitet den Leser in diesem großartigen, illustrierten Überblick durch das Labyrinth der ägyptischen Mythologie. Im Wirken der Götter erschließt sich für die alten Ägypter die Welt. Wen……続きを見る

From the 1780s, when Louisville and Lexington were tiny clusters of houses in the wilderness, to the 1980s, when more than half of all Kentuckians live in urban areas, the growth of cities has affec……続きを見る

This is a remarkable work for a man who has always been engaged with the busy duties of a missionary priest in the United States and Ireland and yet has found time to build up in a truly historical ……続きを見る

This is a remarkable work for a man who has always been engaged with the busy duties of a missionary priest in the United States and Ireland and yet has found time to build up in a truly historical ……続きを見る

De Pulitzer Prize-winnende biografie van J. Robert Oppenheimer, directeur van het Manhattan Project en ‘vader van de atoombom’, die de inspiratie was voor de succesvolle film Oppenheimer –een geweld……続きを見る

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY The wisdom of Archbishop Sheen is still winning the day. The things he wrote and said on the radio in 1941 are coming true. The reflections contained in this work are a collectio……続きを見る

Philosophies at War On Whose Side Are We? In this book are contained a collection of Sheen's Catholic Hour radio addresses that were heard by millions of listeners each week. These reflections are a……続きを見る