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William MacOubrey's 'Drake; or, the Transfer of the Trident' is a powerful exploration of themes of power, ambition, and betrayal set against the backdrop of a mythical kingdom. The book is written ……続きを見る

These collected biographies on the wacky secrets and scandals of the first ladies of the United States casts American history in a whole new light Whether she’s a leading lady, loyal spouse, or ligh……続きを見る

While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Peru’s southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a passable road was built linking the valleyーand its……続きを見る

In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history happen……続きを見る

These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to. Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that hav……続きを見る

Legendary Heroes of U.S. HistoryーAs You’ve Never Seen Them Before! Secret Lives of the Civil War features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union and the Confederacyーcom……続きを見る

See American presidents in a whole new light with this compendium of hilariously quirky presidential triviaーnow with a chapter on Donald J. Trump! Murder, gambling, adultery, UFOs . . . and The Whi……続きを見る

Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough reas……続きを見る

The Sunday Times Bestseller 'A tribute and a rallying cal****l' - Guardian Three and half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway and silent lanes, candlelit cathedrals and angry ……続きを見る

Only 13 years old when the American Civil War began, Emma Riely was to experience the destruction of the south by Union troops and meet her future husband, Confederate soldier Rueben Macon. Living n……続きを見る

The origin of Sexual Violence in the Argentinean Crimes against Humanity Trials: Rethinking Victimhood can be found in the resistance that, using a traditional feminist perspective, alleges that tes……続きを見る

La casa delle sorelle Portoghesi in via della Chiesa Nuova a Roma è stato uno dei cenacoli più straordinari dell'Italia del dopoguerra: la cosiddetta Comunità del porcellino. Tra gli anni quaranta e……続きを見る

Since the 1850s, the soothing countryside hamlets of Sonoma County have beckoned settlers of every stripe-farmers, homesteaders, businesspeople, and commuters. Sebastopol has always been among the c……続きを見る

Tehama County--its name is a mystery but its sense of place is not. The county portrays a friendly Norman Rockwell-like America, with everything from May Day picnics and parades to fall harvests, ru……続きを見る

Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and……続きを見る

Cento anni fa, nel 1915, ha avuto luogo il primo genocidio del XX secolo, la strage degli armeni che abitavano nei confini dell’impero ottomano. Che ne è stato degli armeni in questi cento anni? Son……続きを見る

Através de sessenta biografias Elas, as Pioneiras do Brasil de Hebe C. Boa-Viagem A. Costa, busca mostrar o papel da mulher nos quinhentos anos de nossa história, as mudanças neles ocorridas e a lut……続きを見る

How can faith speak directly to people's real lives? How can conversation around Scripture make "all the difference" in the arenas of one's daily world? People who have heard the Bible many times--o……続きを見る

I APPROACH Thy Altar.... Stay! Let me break away! Level stones of marble, brazen lights, Linen spread, flowers on the shelves and heightsー I bow down, I kneel ... And far away, where the sun sets, ……続きを見る

They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans is the previously untold story of perhaps the oldest outsider settlement in America, an invisible community on the annually floo……続きを見る

Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies--devastates famili……続きを見る

Two hundred years after his death, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) continues to resonate as a fascinating, ambivalent, and polarizing figure. Differences of opinion as to whether Bonaparte should be ……続きを見る

"In the Beginning was Napoleon"--"Napoleon and no end": Inspiration Bonaparte explores German responses to Bonaparte in literature, philosophy, painting, science, education, music, and film from his……続きを見る

**2023 Wall Award Finalist, Theatre Library Association How a Hollywood gem transformed the national discourse on post-traumatic stress disorder.** Released in 1946, The Best Years of Our Lives beca……続きを見る

هل تعتقد أنك تعرف كل شيء عن القنب؟ اقبل هذه الدعوة لتغوص عبر الزمن، حيث ستتعرف على تاريخ القنب من أصله. تقدم لنا هذه القصة رحلة غامضة وألفية في حياة الإنسان منذ نشأتها، والذي استفاد في معركته ضد الم……続きを見る

'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' Observer It was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes……続きを見る

"S a n k t B a r t h o l o m ä u s – K i n d e r h e i m... !" Norwin erschrak, als er das Wort gelesen hatte. Er schaute seine Mutter entsetzt an. Eleonore wäre auf der Stelle am liebsten im Erdbod……続きを見る

Contatando "brancos" e demarcando terras apresenta um repertório de narrativas obtidas em entrevistas com velhos indígenas das terras Parabubure e São Marcos sobre os primeiros contatos estabelecido……続きを見る

“A truly extraordinary reevaluation of historical events in light of new theoretical approaches . . . groundbreaking.” ーJournal of Orthodox Christian Studies Colonizing Christianity employs postcol……続きを見る

During the 1990s, Austin achieved "overnight" success and celebrity as a vital place for independent filmmaking. Directors Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez proved that locally made films with ……続きを見る