Michael - History 95

The beginningーMy early life and characterーI thirst for adventure in foreign lands and go to sea. Roving has always been, and still is, my ruling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of ……続きを見る

Some of the "dramatis personæ" introducedーRetrospective glancesーCauses of future effectsーOur hero's early life at seaーA pirateーA terrible fight and its consequencesーBuzzby's helm lashed amidsh……続きを見る

Are you minded for a jaunt through the island of Erin where tears and smiles are near related and sobs and laughter go hand in hand? We will walk, and will take it in donkey-cart and jaunting-carーb……続きを見る

What the Ocean has to SayーIts WhispersーIts ThundersーIts Secrets. There is a voice in the waters of the great sea. It calls to man continually. Sometimes it thunders in the tempest, when the waves……続きを見る

Repugnante, brutal y mezquina. Así es como el filósofo inglés Thomas Hobbes describió el estado natural de la humanidad y la condición en la que los humanos inexorablemente caen sin una autoridad ce……続きを見る

Once they were portrayed as the salt of the earth. Nowadays, they take to the streets when paedophiles and asylum seekers are in their midst; they expose their lives in TV documentaries; they love G……続きを見る

Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fieldsーnot only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. In Romanti……続きを見る

Schon 1950 klagte Konrad Adenauer darüber, dass eine "Fünfte Kolonne" des ostdeutschen Kommunismus in Westdeutschland aktiv sei. In den darauf folgenden vier Jahrzehnten des Kalten Krieges waren SED……続きを見る

The Civil War was the defining event in American history. The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of America's most impo……続きを見る

In der DDR war Egon Schultz eine Märthyrer-Legende: "Von Westberliner Agenten meuchlings ermordet." Erst nach dem Mauerfall stellte sich heraus, dass er, der keinen einzigen Schuss auf einen Mensche……続きを見る

The focus of this work is a reconstruction of the life and career of an Ulster-Scot fur trader, George Galphin (pronounced Golfin), who immigrated to South Carolina in the colonial period. The thesi……続きを見る

Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individ……続きを見る

An order of warrior monks founded to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars were among the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, they were arrested……続きを見る

'A revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to lead a British political party' Observer The story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall ……続きを見る

The signing in Peking on May 27, 1951, of the 17-point Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet marked the end of Tibet's latest forty-year interlude of de facto independence and f……続きを見る

This is a new biography of a Catholic martyr exploring the complicated and controversial story of her demise. The story of Margaret Clitherow represents one of the most important yet troubling event……続きを見る

The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a ……続きを見る

The United States in the Long Twentieth Century explores the nature of American politics and society in the period from 1900 to the present day, illuminating both the changes and the continuities. T……続きを見る

Brazil was one of the emerging world powers to be invited to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Having jettisoned her empire just thirty years before, the Portuguese-speaking nation was showed sign……続きを見る

This book is the final outcome of two projects. My first project was to publish a set of texts written by Schrodinger at the beginning of the 1950's for his seminars and lectures at the Dublin Insti……続きを見る

Thoroughly revised and updated, this widely used text offers a concise introduction to the American legal system for students without a legal background. The book's coverage is cross-disciplinary, i……続きを見る

They were in the United States' backyard, and in some cases under her direct protection. So in many ways it was little surprise when Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama and Honduras joined the……続きを見る

Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy engineering for the world. Its docks would see huge numbers of e……続きを見る

Ledbury, a small and vibrant medieval market town in Herefordshire, sits in a beautiful part of England amidst tranquil countryside, with gorgeous sunsets and half-timbered buildings. It is much lov……続きを見る

With the People’s Consent explores Howard Baker’s ability to lead the United States Senate at a time when it was divided by partisanship and ideology. This book features a quantitative analysis of S……続きを見る

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. In the 1620s, Thomas Morton……続きを見る

Do autor do best-seller #1 History's Greatest Generals, chega um novo e empolgante livro sobre os maiores espiões que existiram e como os seus atos de espionagem e operações secretas mudaram o curso……続きを見る

With National Socialism's arrival in Germany in 1933, Jews dominated music more than virtually any other sector, making it the most important cultural front in the Nazi fight for German identity. Th……続きを見る

Brief Article I wrote on my time spent on guard duty at spandau prison and my thoughts on Rudolf Hess and his death. I go over weapons for self defense as well. 続きを見る

This book chronicles the final conflict over the now almost forgotten "Schleswig-Holstein Question", once a pivotal issue for the great powers of Europe. The campaign of Schleswig and Jutland was al……続きを見る