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A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary……続きを見る

Who was Tse Tsan Tai? Insurrectionist? Socialite? Patriot? Revolutionary? Born and raised in Australia and trained in Anglo-Hong Kong’s civil service, Tse Tsan Tai (1872–1938) was all of these and m……続きを見る

This study describes the period of great changes in European history - the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious……続きを見る

The Cambridge Modern History is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery. The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanl……続きを見る

Deze stadswandeling in Florence (Firenze) is geïnspireerd op het in 2019 verschenen boek DE GENIALE STAD van Koen De Vos (zie www.koendevos.com). Deze begeleide rondleiding is gratis en bevat een au……続きを見る

The German Revolution of 1918–1919 was a transformative moment in modern European history. It was both the end of the German Empire and the First World War, as well as the birth of the Weimar Republ……続きを見る

Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing takes a step-by-step approach to screenwriting, starting with a blank page and working through each element of the craft. Written in a……続きを見る

This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the Carrara Herbal (British Library, Egerton 2020) within the complex network of medical, artistic and intellectual……続きを見る

Taken together, the Russian census of 1897 and the Soviet censuses of 1926, 1959, 1970, and 1979 constitute the largest collection of empirical data available on that country, but until the publicat……続きを見る

A master practitioner gives us an entertaining tour of the historian's workshop and a spirited defense of the search for historical truth. E. H. Carr's What Is History?, a classic introduction to th……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Ultimate Adventure Collection: Complete Novels, History of the Pirates, Military Biographies and more (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functiona……続きを見る

"A indústria do petróleo nasceu muito tardiamente no Brasil, mesmo quando comparada a de outros países da América Latina. A emergência dessa atividade produtiva no país ocorre em consequência da per……続きを見る

Korea 65: The Forgotten War Remembered features a series of oral history profiles that cast light on a forgotten conflict one that killed millions, separated families and helped shape the Pacific No……続きを見る

Before Julius Caesar ruled Rome, his uncle Gaius Marius was the most powerful man in the eternal city. Once a provincial nobody with a ruined family, Marius only had one way to power: the sword. Yea……続きを見る

During an expedition from St. Louis, through the vast regions between that place and the pacific ocean, and thence back through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during journeyings of six years; in w……続きを見る

Language and Globalization is a combination of my two interests, linguistics and history. Linguistics contains some intriguing hints about the entirety of the human journey, hints which have been co……続きを見る

American History in 50 Events Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is? Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture? Are you interested in seeing the long-term ……続きを見る

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. Here one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intric……続きを見る

The war instinct is part of human nature, but the means to fight war depend on technology. Alex Roland traces the co-evolution of technology and warfare from the Stone Age to the age of cyberwar, de……続きを見る

"The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic" in 3 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian William Hickling Prescott. Isabella I (1451-1504) was Queen of……続きを見る

Muslims first appeared in the early seventh century as members of a persecuted religious movement in a sun-baked town in Arabia. Within a century, their descendants were ruling a vast territory that……続きを見る

Tenting on the Plains is the firsthand account of General Custer's life written by his wife Libbie who accompanied him on all his military assignments. This book brings interesting details regarding……続きを見る

It was during the course of the eighteenth century that Britain's status as a major maritime and commercial power was forged, shaping the political, economic and military policies of the nation for ……続きを見る

"The settlement of our country was the beginning of a new era in human affairs. The people of England, ever since the days of King John, when the barons compelled him to sign the Magna Charta in the……続きを見る

Like someone racing under a snowstorm, tracked by a hunter, Adolf Hitler spent a good part of his life trying to blur the footsteps of his past, but also doing his best to deceive the hunter, stampi……続きを見る

Many years ago, long before the present prosaic era, there lived in Yedo a young man named Toshika. His family belonged to the aristocratic rank of the hatamoto samurai, those knights who possessed ……続きを見る

「崛起的中國會往何處去？」是偉大轉型或躁動不安？── 台灣人一定要瞭解的中國國際關係，最需要參考的中國外交讀本！ **　　★★★★★ 　　乾隆的普世主義，今日如何演變為習近平的民族主義？ 　　250年的中國外交關係……続きを見る

The global film industry has witnessed significant transformations in the past few years. Regions outside the USA have begun to prosper while non-traditional production companies such as Netflix hav……続きを見る

"Will leave you spellbound. Mayer’s long suit is detail, giving the reader an in-depth view of the inner workings of the Army and West Point." Book News An epic series in the vein of HBO's Rome, fol……続きを見る

My search for creative redemption continues. Poetry's drama, keeps pushing me forward. 続きを見る