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This collection of pamphlets describes fifteen English witchcraft cases in detail, vividly recreating events to give the reader the illusion of actually being present at witchcraft accusations, tria……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori, le cortesie, l'audaci imprese io canto, che furo al tempo che passaro i Mori d'Africa il mare, e in Francia nocquer tanto, seguendo l'ire e i giovenil furor……続きを見る

A collection of 50 stories from Greek Mythology for young readers containing classics of literature from the time of Ulysses. The book contains, amongst many others , the following classics : Ulysse……続きを見る

A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama. At the beginning of a term each new President of the United States delivers their inauguration speech to the nation. Here in one vo……続きを見る

Every year the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war-ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In Colombia and the U.S. Mario Murillo explores the misdirected and devast……続きを見る

The origin and migrations of myths have of late been the subject of so much sifting and study, the elaborate results of which are already before the world, that there is no need in this place to off……続きを見る

Mucho se ha silenciado la presencia del único general revolucionario Juan Andreu Almazán, con el propósito, entre otros, de preservar la imagen de Lázaro Cárdenas. Almazán luchó al lado de Emiliano ……続きを見る

In Revolutions in Mexican Catholicism, Edward Wright-Rios investigates how Catholicism was lived and experienced in the Archdiocese of Oaxaca, a region known for its distinct indigenous cultures and……続きを見る

SOMMAIRE. Pajol et Briqueville. Portrait de Pajol.--Histoire de la Semaine.--Congrès central d'Agriculture de 1844 et Concours d'Horticulture.--Courrier de Paris. Une Sortie du Théâtre-Italien.--La ……続きを見る

By 1840, American politics was a paradoxーunprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American desc……続きを見る

In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of American democracy from the nineteenth century to t……続きを見る

Staging Marriage in Early Modern Spain examines selected dramatic works where the vicissitudes of matrimony play center stage. Various aspects of conjugal relations including courtship, divorce, and……続きを見る

Deforestation in the Amazon, one of today's top environmental concerns, began during a period of rapid colonization in the 1970s. Throughout that decade, Anna Luiza Ozorio de Almeida, a Stanford-tra……続きを見る

**Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature** From the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusi……続きを見る

Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world’s most alluring citiesーa place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet o……続きを見る

At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe - from the English Channel to central Italy and northern Spain, and from the Atlantic to the fringes of mo……続きを見る

In presenting to the people of this country and the world a chronicle of the frightful visitation of hurricane and flood upon the beautiful and enterprising City of Galveston, which unparalleled cal……続きを見る

Il faut bien toujours que les écrivains d'une époque rendent au public ce que le public leur a prêté, et l'écrivain n'est jamais si heureux et si populaire, que lorsque le public lui a beaucoup dema……続きを見る

This special bundle is your essential guide to all things concerning Canada’s polar regions, which make up the majority of Canada’s territory but are places most of us will never visit. The Arctic h……続きを見る

This nostalgic book will take you on a tour around Pershore, a typical Worcestershire market town. Local historian Marion Freeman shows us how little, in essence, the place has changed. The abbey st……続きを見る

História do Paraná: séculos XIX e XX é uma obra que analisa diversos temas da história do Estado, buscando compreender a diversidade das experiências sociais, culturais e políticas, a partir de uma ……続きを見る

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, à été relu et corrigé. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait: J’ai perdu quelques heures précieuses d……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS I. Have the Bohemians a Place in the Sun? Thomas Capek. II. The Slovaks of Hungary Thomas Capek. III. Why Bohemia Deserves Freedom Professo……続きを見る

The Russian Empire is a very extensive territory in eastern Europe and northern Asia, with an area exceeding 8,500,000 square miles, or one-sixth of the land surface of the globe (one twenty-third o……続きを見る

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways Elizabeth Barrett Browning Life’s most tender feelings are best expressed in poetry. From love’s excitements to its anguish and heartbreak, the great poets ……続きを見る

Mute sat Giray, with downcast eye, As though some spell in sorrow bound him, His slavish courtiers hronging nigh, In sad expectance stood around him. The lips of all had silence sealed, Whilst, bent……続きを見る

The river, the road, the rails, and the ribbon of canal�these four parallel transportation arteries define the historic corridor that is the Delaware River Scenic Byway. From the French and Indian W……続きを見る

The stories of tragedy and sadness shared by old-timers (viejitos) in Fe y tragedias: Faith and Tragedy in Hispanic Villages of New Mexico are as diverse as the voices behind them. Each bilingual (S……続きを見る

“Tales from the parlour and the trenches” tells the true story of Enea Milesi. More than just a biography – tragic and intense - of a character whose life in Italy straddles the 19th and 20th centur……続きを見る