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This book is a review, by Stephanos Pesmazoglou, on Artemis Cooper's biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, who epitomised the double love affair with England and Greece for the whole period since the l……続きを見る

The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation o……続きを見る

"Chinese Painters: A Critical Study" by Raphaël Petrucci is an art text that aims to educate readers on this often-overlooked part of art history. In the book, Petrucci talks about how art in China ……続きを見る

'Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets' is a comprehensive historical account of Edinburgh, Scotland, written by Mrs. Oliphant. Divided into four parts, the book covers the lives of……続きを見る

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of……続きを見る

Includes 20 Illustrations In 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well- armed, an……続きを見る

The Frostgrave Folio is the complete collection of all previously released Frostgrave mini-ebook supplements in one printed volume. This includes Hunt for the Golem, a three-scenario campaign in whi……続きを見る

Americans on both sides of the aisle love to reference the Constitution as the ultimate source of truth. But which truth? What did the framers really have in mind? In a book that author R.B. Bernste……続きを見る

The foundation of democracy, the genesis of the Olympic Games, the cradle of Western thinking; the inspiration of the Renaissanceーthe world owes Ancient Greece a lot more than one might think. Home……続きを見る

New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedi……続きを見る

A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)ーas featured in the New York Times **"The complex political,……続きを見る

Madison & Adams Press presents the collection of Civil War memoires, diaries and journals. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil W……続きを見る

TRUE CRIME: WOMEN SERIAL KILLERS Our society can barely account for evil in males, let alone imagine it in females. The female nests, creates, and nurtures doesn’t she or is it that we just want to ……続きを見る

This open access book traces the development of sociology in Germany from the late 19th century to the present day, providing a concise overview of the main actors, institutional processes, theories……続きを見る

This book provides an easy to understand overview of British History in 50 Events. Inside you will learn about… - The Foundation of London - The Great Viking Invasion - The Battle of Hastings - The ……続きを見る

Russia is an assortment of the world's most beautiful cultures and religions. But how did Russia become home to such a diverse population and tradition that is redolent of so many parts of the world……続きを見る

This collection includes all the great novels and stories written after the turmoil, the trauma and the heroism experienced during the American Civil War: The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane) Th……続きを見る

In the late seventeenth century, nineteen residents of Salem, Massachusettsーcharged by their neighbors with practicing witchcraft ー were hanged. Their accusers, for the most part good and respecta……続きを見る

During the heyday of camel caravan traffic--from the eighth century CE arrival of Islam in North Africa to the early twentieth-century building of European colonial railroads that linked the Sudan w……続きを見る

At the end of World War II, long before an Allied victory was assured and before the scope of the atrocities orchestrated by Hitler would come into focus or even assume the name of the Holocaust, Al……続きを見る

Les Dieux antiques Stéphane Mallarmé, poète français (1842-1898) Ce livre numérique présente «Les Dieux antiques», de Stéphane Mallarmé, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique per……続きを見る

A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Special Introduction Selections From The Talmud Translator's Introduction On Blessings On The Sabbatical Year On The Sabbath O……続きを見る

Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one o……続きを見る

The dominant theme of post-Holocaust Jewish theology has been that of the temporary hiddenness of God, interpreted either as a divine mystery or, more commonly, as God's deferral to human freedom. B……続きを見る

Do you enjoy listening to music while driving? Do you find radio traffic information indispensable? Do you like to sing along with whatever you like as you drive? This book tells the fascinating sto……続きを見る

In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decis……続きを見る

Wheat Fields is the story about the social trauma of change brought on by the introduction of the mobile combine harvester. On another level, the story is about the very meaning of life. Of particul……続きを見る

Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africaーavailable for the first time in Penguin Classics Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean o……続きを見る

Les Troubadours Joseph Anglade, philologue et romaniste français (1868-1930) Ce livre numérique présente «Les Troubadours», de Joseph Anglade, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamiq……続きを見る