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This new study examines the relationship of atheism to religious tolerance from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment in a broad array of literary texts and political and religious controversies writ……続きを見る

Taking a deep dive into contemporary Western culture, this book suggests we are all fundamentally ambivalent beings. A great deal has been written about how to love – to be kinder, more empathic, a ……続きを見る

L'histoire officielle de la guerre d'Algérie s'est peu intéressée aux civils, français ou autochtones, leur préférant le récit des combats et les témoignages d'appelés. Ils furent pourtant les premi……続きを見る

Aan de hand van verhalen van betrokkenen en archiefonderzoek vertelt Stephan Steinmetz in Schiphol de kleurrijke geschiedenis van onze nationale luchthaven. Schiphol kent vele gezichten, van motor v……続きを見る

In a night of unforgettable tragedy, the world's most famous liner struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank. Over 1500 people died. Whose fault it was, and how the passengers and crew reacted, ha……続きを見る

It was a coming of age, and yet not a coming of age. The hero in honour of whom all these festivities were, was a bearded man, who had been absent in all sorts of dangerous places since the moment w……続きを見る

The day was warm, and there was no shade; out of the olive woods which they had left behind, and where all was soft coolness and freshness, they had emerged into a piece of road widened and perfecte……続きを見る

Un ciel pâle, sur le monde qui finit de décrépitude, va peut-être partir avec les nuages: les lambeaux de la pourpre usée des couchants déteignent dans une rivière dormant à l'horizon submergé de ra……続きを見る

Still one of the largest pieces of architecture ever constructed, the Great Pyramid has long been the subject of wonder as to when it was built, by whom, and most importantly, why. The conventional ……続きを見る

The house of Penton is one of the greatest in the county of which it is an ornament. It is an old house, but not of the kind which is now so generally appreciated and admired. It is not Elizabethan ……続きを見る

From the Introduction: "An article in The North American Review, for April, 1869, is mostly devoted to a notice of the work published by me, in 1867, entitled Salem Witchcraft, with an account of Sa……続きを見る

Chapters include: The Fire Upon the Altar; The Sacred City of Shamballa; The Mystery of the Alchemist; The Egyptian Initiate; The Ark of the Covenant; The Knights of the Holy Grail; and, The Mystery……続きを見る

Following their occupation by the Third Reich, Warsaw and Minsk became home to tens of thousands of Germans. In this exhaustive study, Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced, eye-opening portrait of ……続きを見る

A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo. One of the world’s most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and tal……続きを見る

“IS it to-night he is coming, Winnie?” “Yes, father. I have sent the dog-cart to the station.” “It was unnecessary, quite unnecessary. What has he to do with dog-carts or any luxury? He should have ……続きを見る

I WAS on a visit to some people in Scotland when the events I am about to relate took place. They were not friends in the sense of long or habitual intercourse; in short, I had met them only in Swit……続きを見る

L’avenir du passé présente les résultats d’une vaste enquête sur la mémoire et la conscience historique du Canada français au sein de la jeunesse francophone du Québec et de l’Ontario. L’enquête sou……続きを見る

The theme of TIMEFLASH is how fast the momentous events transpire in one man’s lifetime. From an amazing recall of his own life the author has captured much that has happened around him, what he has……続きを見る

“MOTHER, I wish you would not make such a fuss. It is only Harry quarrelling with father; I am sure you ought to be used to that by this time. It is just as sure to happen when they get together as ……続きを見る

The authors take you back in time to Northern Germany where the Aßmann/Ahsmann/Aszman/Arsmann/Arszman ancestors originated; share HOW the name has changed; WHY the name changed; HOW and WHY dates ap……続きを見る

‘I have not been always what I ought to have been,’ he said, ‘you must understand that, Grace. I can’t let you take me without telling you, though it’s against myself. I have not been the man that y……続きを見る

Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century, a period of improving transportation technology, expansion of inter……続きを見る

Voyage en terre rouge est tout à la fois, un récit de voyage et une réflexion sur Madagascar. Stéphanie Chaulot et Simon Brändli retracent les mois passés là-bas fin 2010, peu après le coup d'état d……続きを見る

The authors take you back in time to Northern Germany where the Aßmann/Ahsmann/Aszman/Arsmann/Arszman ancestors originated; share HOW the name has changed; WHY the name changed; HOW and WHY dates ap……続きを見る

Focused on Africa's inscrutable development paradox and its checkered history begun with the seventh century Muslim invasion, the author has listed in one or two of the above publications and has tr……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible yet critical analysis of the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn (‪2015-2020) in the context of the contemporary British political economy. It analyse……続きを見る

So we all like to believe. But after all, it is highly doubtful whether there is more content, as the moralists of the eighteenth century imagined, in a cottage than in a palace; and the palace has ……続きを見る

Faith and Church both exist within a complex matrix of personalities and culture, spirituality and history. “A Southern Catholic Legacy” explores the intertwining of these patterns from the late nin……続きを見る

Histories of Iran, as of the wider Middle East, have been dominated by the twin narratives of top-down modernization and methodological nationalism. In this book, Stephanie Cronin problematizes both……続きを見る

A história do antigo Egito fascina a muitos por sua arte exótica que, em muitos casos, prevaleceu por séculos seguindo os mesmos princípios. Mas não apenas pelo quesito artístico, Cardoso (1987) cit……続きを見る