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US Military in WW2: The Submarines presents three classic first-hand accounts of life aboard a US Navy submarine during World War 2. Rendezvous by Submarine - The Story of Charles Parsons and the Gu……続きを見る

Con este Atlas de literatura universal se muestra una cartografía de las obras señeras de la historia. Los títulos seleccionados son considerados hitos incontestables, procedentes de diversos espaci……続きを見る

En vísperas del 45° aniversario de la caída de Allende, del golpe del 11 de septiembre de 1973, este libro inédito de Liborio Justo propone una apasionante lectura de la historia de Chile y de sus l……続きを見る

From the 1920s Afghanistan maintained a small air arm that depended heavily upon outside assistance. Starting in 2005, the United States led an air advisory campaign to rebuild the Afghan Air Force ……続きを見る

During the second half of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth, the political and religious energies of Europe were very largely devoted to the settlement of questions that ha……続きを見る

Award-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspir……続きを見る

“L’ultima vittoria del Sud” è l’analisi giornata per giornata della stagione calcistica 1989/90 che si concluse con la conquista del secondo ed ultimo scudetto vinto dal Napoli di Diego Armando Mara……続きを見る

Durante l’occupazione del 1918 venne costruita una teleferica a doppio filo portante che dal Castello di Serravalle arrivava ai Con (frazione di Serravalle) e da qui al Masieron, poi al borgo Bridòt……続きを見る

Bestselling author: John Carlin in an award-winning British journalist and author whose books have been translated into 18 languages. His New York Times best-seller Playing the Enemy, was the basis ……続きを見る

The stories about pirates as we have come to know them have created a picture of adventure and grandeur, but this was never further from the reality of how pirates really existed. Their lives were g……続きを見る

There was a king, who was already old, and had but one son. Once upon a time he called this son to him, and said to him, ‘My dear son! you know that old fruit falls to make room for other fruit. My ……続きを見る

This is a companion volume to the Prayers of the Early Church. That little volume has been started on its way and the editor has been encouraged to do this one on the Prayers of the Middle Ages. The……続きを見る

Lo sapevate che mentre i cappellani militari italiani – a cui venne proibito di utilizzare la parola “pace” – benedivano le armi che servivano ad uccidere o intonavano Te Deum di ringraziamento per ……続きを見る

Este libro reconstruye una de las historias nacionales más debatidas, la de un Estado que apela al más remoto de los tiempos, el del Antiguo Testamento, como una de sus fuentes de legitimación. Para……続きを見る

The publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) is heralded as the inaugural moment of modern African fiction, and the book remains the most widely read African novel of all time. Transl……続きを見る

IN presenting this volume to the American public, the introductory remarks in which we shall indulge will be few and general, as the book is one of that kind that speaks with singular plainness for ……続きを見る

In olden days the east coast of Scotland was studded with fortresses, which, like a crescent chain of sentinels, watched carefully for the protection of their owners and their dependents. The ruins ……続きを見る

Il cinquantenario del ’68 ha suscitato un ampio dibattito che ha impegnato protagonisti e studiosi con contributi di taglio diverso. Per lo più si è parlato del movimento degli studenti con riferime……続きを見る

En Colombia vale más un pedazo de tierra que la vida de quienes lo habitan. Desde la ciudad el conflicto se ve ajeno. El humo no nos deja ver los cadáveres y la distancia nos aleja del dolor de las ……続きを見る

Os estudos culturais buscam a compreensão da complexa rede das relações sociais e do importante papel da comunicação na produção da cultura. Por meio dos processos culturais, a articulação das vária……続きを見る

Este livro abrange a figura de João Ribeiro, historiador brasileiro que atuou durante a Primeira República, a partir de: a vida de João Ribeiro; suas ideias sobre a história, a língua brasileira, a ……続きを見る

Em maio de 2018, o Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc São Paulo e as Edições Sesc propuseram a professores, pesquisadores e jornalistas – alguns deles testemunhas oculares do período – uma reflex……続きを見る

Rogério desenvolve seu trabalho com grande competência e informação, tanto documental quanto teórica, mais brilho expositivo e analítico, convidando o leitor a pensar sobre sutis nuances de um intel……続きを見る

O Brasil revelado nas letras-manifesto de Cazuza e Renato Russo Três décadas após a queda do regime militar brasileiro, Cazuza e Renato Russo se encontram neste livro, que revela como os dois poetas……続きを見る

Caught between the Lines examines how the figure of the captive and the notion of borders have been used in Argentine literature and painting to reflect competing notions of national identity from t……続きを見る

In Setting the Captives Free Marion Carson sets out to answer the question, what does the Bible say about human trafficking? Aimed at Christian anti-trafficking activists and church groups, the book……続きを見る

Human trafficking causes untold suffering to millions throughout the world. From a Christian perspective it should go without saying that we ought to work towards the eradication of this evil. The B……続きを見る

Rome, the Eternal City - birthplace of western civilisation and soul of the ancient world - has a history that stretches back two thousand five hundred years. It is also one of the most-visited plac……続きを見る

The History of Orkney and Zetland is still to be written. There is no part of the United Kingdom which possesses historical materials more ample, or more early, and none so little known as these, th……続きを見る

Miss Starkey, author of the famed Death in Massachusetts, with her customary magic touch here deals with the tragic interplay of arrogance in high places and ignorance in low. TIME: the wake of the ……続きを見る