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In 'The Life of Christopher Columbus,' readers encounter a rich tapestry of narrative and analysis that dives deep into the expansive history of one of history's most controversial explorers. This c……続きを見る

"... groundbreaking... clear, straightforward, and economical.... seminal... " ーAmerican Anthropologist "This is a challenging book... a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." ー……続きを見る

The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by John Crombie Brown is Brown's review of the moral meaning of George Eliot's novels Middlemarch and Deronda. Excerpt: "There is in man a higher than the love of ……続きを見る

The Bible reveals two Edens – the spiritual Eden and the physical Eden. God, Adam, Eve and Satan all dwell in the spiritual Eden, as mythical symbols. There is also the physical Eden in which flowed……続きを見る

In 'A Masque of Days' by Charles Lamb, readers are taken on a whimsical journey through a collection of short essays and poems that capture the spirit of the holidays. Written in Lamb's unique blend……続きを見る

Embark on a journey through the life and achievements of Johannes Kepler, one of the most influential astronomers in history, with "Kepler" by Walter William Bryant. Edited by Sydney Chapman, this b……続きを見る

It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. ……続きを見る

History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics is book by Maturin M. Ballou. It presents a political, historical and statistical account of Cuba. Excerpt: "The remarkable degree of interes……続きを見る

L'histoire méconnue de trois écrivains rebelles et irrévérencieux qui ont fait école. Si la plupart des groupes d'écrivains revendiquent leur appartenance à un mouvement – que l'on songe au naturali……続きを見る

Mary Croom Brown´s "Mary Tudor, Queen of France" narrates the fascinating story of Mary Tudor, the third daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York and the younger sister of King Henry V……続きを見る

"Quitter l'Afrique à tout prix", plus qu'une expression, une idéologie. L'Africain n'a qu'un seul rêve, aller en occident, car la pauvreté a atteint son paroxysme. Celle-ci, engendrée par une certai……続きを見る

Scholars commonly take the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789, written during the French Revolution, as the starting point for the modern conception of human rights. According to t……続きを見る

Il est un contraste que le passage du temps ne suffit pas à expliquer entre le souvenir très estompé que nous conservons de Proudhon, réduit à quelques formules tapageuses, et son importance histori……続きを見る

This is a biography of Galileo starting from his birth in Pisa in 1564 (the same years as Shakespeare) discussing his education and work, discussing the mounting opposition to him, the Inquisition, ……続きを見る

The Admirals: Canada’s Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century fills an important void in the history of Canada’s navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in n……続きを見る

In the period following the collapse of the Carolingian Empire up to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the episcopate everywhere in Europe experienced substantial and important change, brought abou……続きを見る

Feuding had an effect on the history of most of Europe. Scotland provides a fascinating focus for the study of the bloodfeud because feuding survived until remarkably late there, and thus is much be……続きを見る

In 'London Club Life,' John Timbs explores the exclusive world of gentlemen's clubs in Victorian London, delving into the social hierarchy, rules of membership, and unique customs that defined this ……続きを見る

Aggression in Pornography focusses on the issue of violence in mainstream pornography and examines what we know, what we think we know, and what are some surprising research findings and insights ab……続きを見る

"Billy Bell, Part 2 The rest of the Redesdale Roadmans’s Poems" is an ebook companion volume to "Billy Bell: Redesdale Roadman, Border Bard". That book contained a selection of the poetry he wrote w……続きを見る

Whittaker Chambers had just participated in America's trial of the century in which Chambers claimed that Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, was a spy for the Soviet ……続きを見る

Why is our sense of smell so under-appreciated? We tend to think of smell as a vestigial remnant of our pre-human past, doomed to gradual extinction, and we go to great lengths to eliminate smells f……続きを見る

Under the title of this book it is proposed to describe and illustrate only those fictitious and symbolic creatures which appear in British Heraldry. The list will include all those beings of whose ……続きを見る

Dark was falling from a dull and humid sky, and the lamps were beginning to struggle for brightness in Piccadilly, when the opal of Carmalovitch was first put into my hand. The day had been a sorry ……続きを見る

The only book available that covers this subject, Warfare in the Ancient Near East is a groundbreaking and fascinating study of ancient near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the mi……続きを見る

Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain. Drawing on a variety of sources and dealing ……続きを見る

Breaking new ground by considering productions of popular culture from above, rather than from below, this book draws on theorists of cultural studies, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier and Jo……続きを見る

This revised second edition now extends to the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, covering the financial crisis and the related crisis in European integration, the impact of the “W……続きを見る

Almost five decades of exhaustive research by Gladys Hansen, Official Archivist Emeritus of San Francisco, makes Earthquake, Fire & Epidemic the definitive discourse on one of the most devastating n……続きを見る

Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing……続きを見る