The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth
In these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the Ame……続きを見る
The discovery of iron ore near Chateaugay Lake in 1831 started the settlement later known as the town of Dannemora. In 1832, several local businessmen entered into partnership to mine the ore. St. J……続きを見る
A tragic thing happened. Lillian sat in her chair alone, one day, when a terrible object looked in the window. It was a workman, who had put on a false face, to frighten her. He succeeded. The terri……続きを見る
Mineral wealth from the Americas underwrote and undergirded European colonization of the New World; American gold and silver enriched Spain, funded the slave trade, and spurred Spain’s northern Euro……続きを見る
Would you choose to leave the comforts of home and three meals a day to go to a faraway unknown destination, sleeping in tents or on the ground, eating food that was crawling with bugs, being lifted……続きを見る
The Spanish Empire, historically known as the Hispanic Monarchy and as the Catholic Monarchy, was one of the largest empires in history. From the late 15th century to the early 19th, Spain controlle……続きを見る
A mesmerizing, deeply moving portrait of the life and works of one of America's most important twentieth-century painters.
A half century after his death, David Park (1911–1960) is recognized as one……続きを見る
Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the inter……続きを見る
Sin dalla sua costruzione nel 1958, la storia del sottomarino sovietico di classe Hotel K-19, il primo a essere equipaggiato con missili nucleari, è stata costellata di luci e ombre. Varato l’8 apri……続きを見る
Major John Bigelow, formerly of Captain of the 9th Mass. Battery, gives an extensive and detailed account of the brutal struggle around the Peach Orchard at the pivotal battle of Gettysburg.
Many vo……続きを見る
Captain Bill McDonald is a name that in Texas and the districts lying adjacent thereto makes the pulse of a good citizen, and the feet of an outlaw, move quicker. Its owner is a man of fifty-six, dr……続きを見る
Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to t……続きを見る
THE view of the Immortality of Man which I have the privilege of stating is, broadly speaking, that of the Buddhist religion. But Buddhism, like many other great religions, is divided into main chur……続きを見る
Many of the lectures printed in this volume have formed the basis of a series given at Teachers College, Columbia University, during the summer sessions of 1914 and 1915, and during the academic yea……続きを見る
