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This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS PREFACE I. ANCESTRY II. PARENTAGE AND EARLY YEARS III. EDUCATION IV. FARMING V. LAND AGENT IN CORK VI. FAMINE AN……続きを見る

Richard III is one of the most controversial figures in the history of England. Portrayed by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked cripple and described by many as a ruthless ruler, some historians believe t……続きを見る

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga?If, as many claim, the importan……続きを見る

This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books” were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a……続きを見る

John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera outbreak to one pu……続きを見る

215 rare vintage views ー from first daguerreotype made in America (1839) to eve of World War I ー capture the charm of yesteryear: panoramas, street scenes, landmarks, President-elect Lincoln's vis……続きを見る

The third volume of The U.S. Navy Warship Series covers the fifty-year period from 1883-1922. In 1883, Congress authorized the first ships of the "New Navy" and ordered removal of all obsolete ships……続きを見る

For fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser, acclaimed author Nancy Goldstone’s thrilling history of the royal daughters who succeeded in rulingーand shapingーthirteenth-century Europe Set against th……続きを見る

Our world is mysterious and conspiratorial. Networking is key - people who exercise power accept that success depends upon who you know. Some of these networks are obvious and visible, while others ……続きを見る

The air of Capri has had an extraordinary effect on many remarkable people down the centuries - as if the island had come to the collective decision that it was made for pleasure, a commodity that f……続きを見る

As a child growing up on a farm in Eastern Ontario Henrietta listened intently to dinner table stories about her parents' lives before and after WWII. She never tired of the accounts of the family l……続きを見る

Not only is everyday conversation increasingly dependent on television, but more and more people are appearing on television to discuss social and personal issues. Is any public good served by these……続きを見る

This ebook is an updated and fully revised version of the author's popular printed book - Footsteps through the City of Malaga. In Part 1 the ebook guides readers along three circular walks within t……続きを見る

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was one of the most significant literary theorists of the last forty years and a key figure in contemporary queer theory. In this engaging and inspiring guide, Jason Edwards: ……続きを見る

It is commonly believed that during the interwar period, Kemalist secularism successfully eliminated religion from the public sphere in Turkey, leaving Turkish national identity devoid of religious ……続きを見る

The unconventional nature and unusual length of the Vietnam War presented special challenges not only for captured American prisoners but also for U.S. government officials and agencies having resp……続きを見る

A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions In the first volume in the Penguin History of the Uni……続きを見る

This 30 page book includes all aspects of the Iditarod race. The book covers important facts about Alaska, the history of the iditarod, facts and information about the race, trail maps, and awards, ……続きを見る

This third edition of Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. Throug……続きを見る

The stories of ten women healers form the core of this provocative journey into cultural healing methods utilized by women. In a truly grass-roots project, the authors take the reader along to liste……続きを見る

Never before in the history of archaeological inquiry has any event excited such immediate and world-wide interest as Mr Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in November 1922. Very littl……続きを見る

In this masterful portrait of life in Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War, prize-winning historian Jacqueline Jones transports readers to the balmy, raucous streets of that fabled South……続きを見る

From small beginnings in 1946, the CIA of America grew out of all proportions to become one of the most powerful civilian agencies in the world untouchable by all they had a free hand to commit assa……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS VOLUME I Advertisement. Introduction. The Man of Ashes. Pomatare, The Flying Beaver. The Alarm Of The Great ……続きを見る

No more politicsーjust the truth about what we can and must do to protect ourselves. Fox News military analyst Colonel David Hunt has dedicated his career to fighting terrorism. A twenty-nine-year U……続きを見る

THIS small portrait gallery of British generals represents, in fair epitome, the drama of British history. Each of the officers who figure here has behind him a varied story of fighting in strange p……続きを見る

In contrast to the enduring stereotype of a ‘nation of samurai’, this book uses provincial newspapers and local records to hear the voices of ordinary people living in imperial Japan through several……続きを見る

The immortal words “Not tonight Josephine!” are probably apocryphal, but in 1796 Napoleon had more pressing concerns than his amorous wife: he had been handed command of the Republican forces in Ita……続きを見る

A fascinating collection of studies about religion and politics during the later years of the Middle Ages. Includes essays on many topics, including the influence of Henry VIII, the Tower of London,……続きを見る

The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forc……続きを見る