History Books
Europe
Six Tudor Queens: Writing a New Story
Six Tudor Queens: Writing a New Story is an introduction to the Six Tudor Queens series by eminent historian Alison Weir. The lives of Henry VIII's queens make for dramatic stories that will offer insights into the real lives of the six wives based on extensive research and new theories that will captivate fans of Philippa Gregory and readers who lost their hearts (but not their heads) to the majestic world of Wolf Hall.
In all the romancing, has anyone regarded the evidence that Anne Boleyn did not love Henry VIII? Or that Prince Arthur, Katherine of Aragon's first husband, who is said to have loved her in fact cared so little for her that he willed his personal effects to his sister? Or that Henry VIII, an over-protected child and teenager, was prudish when it came to sex? That Jane Seymour, usually portrayed as Henry's one true love, had the makings of a matriarch? There is much to reveal ...
In all the romancing, has anyone regarded the evidence that Anne Boleyn did not love Henry VIII? Or that Prince Arthur, Katherine of Aragon's first husband, who is said to have loved her in fact cared so little for her that he willed his personal effects to his sister? Or that Henry VIII, an over-protected child and teenager, was prudish when it came to sex? That Jane Seymour, usually portrayed as Henry's one true love, had the makings of a matriarch? There is much to reveal ...
Military History
The Art of War: The Ancient Classic
Title: Art of War Binding: Hardcover Author: Tom Butler-Bowdon Publisher: CAPSTONE
Military History
The Holocaust
This 12-hour free course examined the Holocaust, historical arguments surrounding it, whether it is unique and why it happened as and when it did.
Military History
Ersatz Krieg: A True Story of Men Captured, But Not Conquered
'Ersatz Krieg'. The true story of Alban Snape, aged just 18 he was taken prisoner whilst on a scouting mission soon after the Normandy Landings in June 1944. This 'Churchill gangster' was transported to Poland to work for the Germans in a sugar factory. The story tells of Alban's attempted escape, the sabotage of the sugar factory and the long march west that followed. For five months they were marched and starved with the harsh central European winter as the backdrop to this epic tale. This book gives a dramatic insight to the tyranny and horror that was Nazi Germany, where a single Red Cross parcel was worth killing for and where men fought a continual struggle to stave of death from a plethora of causes.
Military History
A Visitors Guide to Krakow: Old Krakow Kazimierz and Krakow During the Holocaust (Guidebooks to Jewish Poland Book 3)
Description
The Visitor's Guide to Krakow explores and exposes the exceptional history of the Jews of Krakow, through all of its varied accomplishments and challenges, to its tragic end. The Guide includes suggested walking tours, recommended historical and tourist attractions in Krakow and its surrounding vicinity.
The suggested walking tours highlight both Polish and Jewish sites of interest. These 1000 year old historical elements come together to reflect the urban perfection reflected in this uniquely beautiful city.
The Guide is divided into three major sections:
A) The Old City-- Polish sites, The Sukienice Market, and Jagelonian University.
B) Kazimierz-- The Jewish city with its historic synagogues, along with the Jewish cultural remnants found today.
C) The Ghetto and Plushov Concentration Camp (also highlights Oscar Schindler's factory).
The Visitor's Guide to Krakow explores and exposes the exceptional history of the Jews of Krakow, through all of its varied accomplishments and challenges, to its tragic end. The Guide includes suggested walking tours, recommended historical and tourist attractions in Krakow and its surrounding vicinity.
The suggested walking tours highlight both Polish and Jewish sites of interest. These 1000 year old historical elements come together to reflect the urban perfection reflected in this uniquely beautiful city.
The Guide is divided into three major sections:
A) The Old City-- Polish sites, The Sukienice Market, and Jagelonian University.
B) Kazimierz-- The Jewish city with its historic synagogues, along with the Jewish cultural remnants found today.
C) The Ghetto and Plushov Concentration Camp (also highlights Oscar Schindler's factory).
Military History
War Letters 1914–1918, Vol. 1: From a Young British Officer at the Western Front during the First World War
Wilbert Spencer was 17 years old when the First World War began. With one year still to complete at school, he decided to join the British army instead. Within four months he was leading 200 men to the front; within eight months he was dead.
Published for the first time in their entirety, Wilbert's letters paint a deeply moving portrait of a remarkable young man. Bright, optimistic and exuberant, his gentle character shines through ever word.
Along with an introduction to Wilbert's life, the letters are accompanied by extensive, meticulously researched notes which are just a simple click away. They are there to add detail, context and colour for the reader who wants to understand more about particular aspects of the war. They include not just comments on military matters, but on a wide range other issues that together help paint a richer portrait of Wilbert and the times in which he was were living.
In almost all cases, the notes provide direct links to resources that are freely available online.
The links don't include Wikipedia (which can be easily accessed using the search facility in the Kindle), but they do include battalion diaries, recordings of old songs, war memoirs, military training manuals, official histories, trench maps, recordings of old war songs and much, much more.
They enable every reader to embark on their own journey of historical discovery and exploration.
Published for the first time in their entirety, Wilbert's letters paint a deeply moving portrait of a remarkable young man. Bright, optimistic and exuberant, his gentle character shines through ever word.
Along with an introduction to Wilbert's life, the letters are accompanied by extensive, meticulously researched notes which are just a simple click away. They are there to add detail, context and colour for the reader who wants to understand more about particular aspects of the war. They include not just comments on military matters, but on a wide range other issues that together help paint a richer portrait of Wilbert and the times in which he was were living.
In almost all cases, the notes provide direct links to resources that are freely available online.
The links don't include Wikipedia (which can be easily accessed using the search facility in the Kindle), but they do include battalion diaries, recordings of old songs, war memoirs, military training manuals, official histories, trench maps, recordings of old war songs and much, much more.
They enable every reader to embark on their own journey of historical discovery and exploration.
Russia
A Short History of Russia
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Americas
Expositions of Holy Scripture
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Military History
Prepared: The 8 Secret Skills of an Ex-IDF Special Forces Operator That Will Keep You Safe - Basic Guide
Learn the 8 secret skills of an Ex-IDF Special Forces operator that will keep you safe and prepare you for any situation - from a street mugging all the way to a full blown global catastrophe!
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
Joseph Heller, Catch-22
This is a great start to becoming more prepared for any situation. Our world is truly strange that so many good and helpful people find themselves preyed upon by the criminal elements. In case of an emergency or a catastrophe those odds may become even worst.
My name is Roy Shepard and I'm a former IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) Special Forces Operator. During my military service, I took part in countless missions behind enemy lines and later trained young cadets as a Master Sergeant. I specialize in weapons training, stealth and camouflage, and Krav-Maga. I've been in active reserve duty for the past 20 years and spent much of that time formulating and implementing defense strategies and drills in military bases all over Israel. Highly trained in martial arts, I specialize in Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, and Russian Systema--with both hand-to-hand combat and melee weapon handling. I am also an expert marksman with both close-quarters and long-range weapons.
The IDF is one of the most effective militaries in the world with proven strategies and tactics that have kept Israel safe for the last 70 years. The harsh reality is that Israel is a small country surrounded by hostile nations that have been intent on destroying it since it was formed in 1948. The IDF has defended Israel in eight full-out wars and fended off many incursions and terrorist attacks.
The skills that I'm about to share with you are the same ones used by the IDF Special Forces Operators to stay safe in hostile situations and will allow you to do so as well. Be it fending off a mugger in a dark parking lot or surviving a post-catastrophe scenario.
The reality is that we are always only moments away from danger and knowing the exact step-by-step response can be the difference between life, injury, or even death. Using the knowledge in this book you will learn how to avoid, escape, or survive numerous dangerous situations using minimal effort.
The number one thing you must remember is that being efficient can save your life. If you don't take steps to conserve your energy, you will get tired very quickly and may lose the battle. Professional fighters can hold a full combat event for a few seconds and after that they rely solely on technique to survive and accomplish the mission.
This book will teach you eight of the most effective techniques to stay safe:
1. Situational awareness
2. Tactical relocation
3. Planning for emergencies
4. Survival self-defense
5. Team roles
6. Communications
7. Fitness
8. Survival tools
I look forward to seeing you as part of our community at Prepper Legend and hope you enjoy this book at least as much as I enjoyed writing it.
And above all else stay safe!
Your friend always,
Roy Shepard
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
Joseph Heller, Catch-22
This is a great start to becoming more prepared for any situation. Our world is truly strange that so many good and helpful people find themselves preyed upon by the criminal elements. In case of an emergency or a catastrophe those odds may become even worst.
My name is Roy Shepard and I'm a former IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) Special Forces Operator. During my military service, I took part in countless missions behind enemy lines and later trained young cadets as a Master Sergeant. I specialize in weapons training, stealth and camouflage, and Krav-Maga. I've been in active reserve duty for the past 20 years and spent much of that time formulating and implementing defense strategies and drills in military bases all over Israel. Highly trained in martial arts, I specialize in Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, and Russian Systema--with both hand-to-hand combat and melee weapon handling. I am also an expert marksman with both close-quarters and long-range weapons.
The IDF is one of the most effective militaries in the world with proven strategies and tactics that have kept Israel safe for the last 70 years. The harsh reality is that Israel is a small country surrounded by hostile nations that have been intent on destroying it since it was formed in 1948. The IDF has defended Israel in eight full-out wars and fended off many incursions and terrorist attacks.
The skills that I'm about to share with you are the same ones used by the IDF Special Forces Operators to stay safe in hostile situations and will allow you to do so as well. Be it fending off a mugger in a dark parking lot or surviving a post-catastrophe scenario.
The reality is that we are always only moments away from danger and knowing the exact step-by-step response can be the difference between life, injury, or even death. Using the knowledge in this book you will learn how to avoid, escape, or survive numerous dangerous situations using minimal effort.
The number one thing you must remember is that being efficient can save your life. If you don't take steps to conserve your energy, you will get tired very quickly and may lose the battle. Professional fighters can hold a full combat event for a few seconds and after that they rely solely on technique to survive and accomplish the mission.
This book will teach you eight of the most effective techniques to stay safe:
1. Situational awareness
2. Tactical relocation
3. Planning for emergencies
4. Survival self-defense
5. Team roles
6. Communications
7. Fitness
8. Survival tools
I look forward to seeing you as part of our community at Prepper Legend and hope you enjoy this book at least as much as I enjoyed writing it.
And above all else stay safe!
Your friend always,
Roy Shepard
Military History
Hitler's Secret Atomic Bomb
This book asks a simple question. Did Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party he led create an Atomic bomb during World War 2? If the answer is yes, could it have been used against the allies.
Absolute proof exists that Nazi Germany was actively trying to create atomic an weapon. But only circumstantial evidence exists that the Nazis managed to create and test a weapon.
Tom Kane, whose father was a Nazi hunter at the end of World War 2, examines the truth and the hearsay and comes to a disturbing conclusion.
Absolute proof exists that Nazi Germany was actively trying to create atomic an weapon. But only circumstantial evidence exists that the Nazis managed to create and test a weapon.
Tom Kane, whose father was a Nazi hunter at the end of World War 2, examines the truth and the hearsay and comes to a disturbing conclusion.
Military History
My War at Sea 1914–1916: A Captain's Life with the Royal Navy during the First World War
This book is based on the wartime recollections of Heathcoat S. Grant, the captain of the HMS Canopus between 1914-1916. It is published in conjunction with the War Letters 1914-1918 series and is based on a series of articles Grant wrote for the Naval Review in the 1920s.
It is published primarily to be of interest to those seeking more details about particular aspects of the war at sea. Grant never intended it to be a great work of naval literature, but a work of historic record.
For the first two years of the war HMS Canopus had as eventful a time as any ship in the Royal Navy, being involved at Coronel, the Battle of the Falklands and the attempt to force the Dardanelles.
As captain of the ship, Grant's account, based on his service reports and diary, is a valuable source for those wanting to know more about such key naval events of the First World War.
The report of his conversations with Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock sheds a valuable light on events at Coronel, while his description of the measures taken on land to defend the Falkland Islands details an important aspect of the battle often overlooked in accounts which focus primarily on the battle at sea.
The Canopus also played a critical role at the Dardanelles, getting further up the Straits than any other Allied ship, and Grant's sceptical perspective from inside the higher echelons of the Royal Navy adds further grist, if more were needed, to critics of the campaign. Later his account of the role of the navy in the Smyrna patrol and the subsequent operations against the Turkish coast following the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula provide a fascinating view into this frequently forgotten aspect of the conflict.
With the kind permission of the Naval Review, I have brought together all of Grant's articles and reproduced them in a single volume to make them more easily accessible. I have also added the account given by Commander Philip J. Stopford of the Canopus which also appeared in the Naval Review. Stopford's account is much shorter and considerably less interesting than Grant's, but it does offer some additional insights.
It is published primarily to be of interest to those seeking more details about particular aspects of the war at sea. Grant never intended it to be a great work of naval literature, but a work of historic record.
For the first two years of the war HMS Canopus had as eventful a time as any ship in the Royal Navy, being involved at Coronel, the Battle of the Falklands and the attempt to force the Dardanelles.
As captain of the ship, Grant's account, based on his service reports and diary, is a valuable source for those wanting to know more about such key naval events of the First World War.
The report of his conversations with Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock sheds a valuable light on events at Coronel, while his description of the measures taken on land to defend the Falkland Islands details an important aspect of the battle often overlooked in accounts which focus primarily on the battle at sea.
The Canopus also played a critical role at the Dardanelles, getting further up the Straits than any other Allied ship, and Grant's sceptical perspective from inside the higher echelons of the Royal Navy adds further grist, if more were needed, to critics of the campaign. Later his account of the role of the navy in the Smyrna patrol and the subsequent operations against the Turkish coast following the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula provide a fascinating view into this frequently forgotten aspect of the conflict.
With the kind permission of the Naval Review, I have brought together all of Grant's articles and reproduced them in a single volume to make them more easily accessible. I have also added the account given by Commander Philip J. Stopford of the Canopus which also appeared in the Naval Review. Stopford's account is much shorter and considerably less interesting than Grant's, but it does offer some additional insights.
Americas
First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6
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Social & Cultural
Quran Made Easy: Complete English Translation with Inline Commentary
No.1 Bestselling English Quran Translation in the Kindle Store ****
*** Now also includes the full Arabic text of the Quran ***
Quran Made Easy is a modern, easy to understand english translation of the Holy Quran with inline commentary. This is the only english language translation that includes translation and inline commentary and the Arabic verses. The language is simple and easy to understand and unlike other translations leaves no room for ambiguity and misunderstanding. The work is a recent project and does not use "old" english or difficult to understand words.
This is the complete english version which includes all 30 sections of the Quran as well as the inline commentary and introduction to the Quran.
Translators foreword:
In preparing this translation of The Quraan, the dilemma was whether to use very ornate and elegant language which could compromise clear understanding for most people or to use a simple and clear style of language. Because the intention was to make The Quraan clear to every person, the second style was chosen, even though it may at times lack the dignity and lofty tone. It was also chosen because thousands of English-speaking people who are not very proficient in the language found the lofty language of other translations difficult to understand. This translation caters for their needs by providing where necessary synonyms between brackets. It is the language of only the Divine that can combine exceptional eloquence and ease of understanding.
Unlike in previous translations, footnotes are not used in this translation. Rather the explanations which have been given between brackets, serve multiple purposes. Firstly, they save the reader the need to look for the corresponding footnote which often hampers one's train of thought and understanding. Secondly, the explanations enhance the meaning of a verse by adding text which is often hidden. This is especially necessary in a translation of the Quraan because the Arabic text is extremely compact and rich in meaning, and to render the same meaning in another language requires the use of many more words. By using words between brackets, the essential text of The Quraan is not confused with the additional words that are required to promote understanding.
*** Now also includes the full Arabic text of the Quran ***
Quran Made Easy is a modern, easy to understand english translation of the Holy Quran with inline commentary. This is the only english language translation that includes translation and inline commentary and the Arabic verses. The language is simple and easy to understand and unlike other translations leaves no room for ambiguity and misunderstanding. The work is a recent project and does not use "old" english or difficult to understand words.
This is the complete english version which includes all 30 sections of the Quran as well as the inline commentary and introduction to the Quran.
Translators foreword:
In preparing this translation of The Quraan, the dilemma was whether to use very ornate and elegant language which could compromise clear understanding for most people or to use a simple and clear style of language. Because the intention was to make The Quraan clear to every person, the second style was chosen, even though it may at times lack the dignity and lofty tone. It was also chosen because thousands of English-speaking people who are not very proficient in the language found the lofty language of other translations difficult to understand. This translation caters for their needs by providing where necessary synonyms between brackets. It is the language of only the Divine that can combine exceptional eloquence and ease of understanding.
Unlike in previous translations, footnotes are not used in this translation. Rather the explanations which have been given between brackets, serve multiple purposes. Firstly, they save the reader the need to look for the corresponding footnote which often hampers one's train of thought and understanding. Secondly, the explanations enhance the meaning of a verse by adding text which is often hidden. This is especially necessary in a translation of the Quraan because the Arabic text is extremely compact and rich in meaning, and to render the same meaning in another language requires the use of many more words. By using words between brackets, the essential text of The Quraan is not confused with the additional words that are required to promote understanding.
Europe
Colmar, France:the beautiful small town Journey Free Traveller Journey : Colmar
Travel France World Discoveries Europe Journey travel town
Colmar Travel Guide and Travel Notes
Contains hundreds of pictures
Meet o France "Little Venice"
Colmar is located in Alsace in the northeast of France, west of the River Ill in the tributary of the Rhine. It was a long time ago in a text we learned, the Last Lesson. The second time, he With us in Hayao Miyazaki's anime "Hal's Moving Castle", Colmar is one of the most romantic areas in France. The canals and flower boats in the territory are very famous, with the French "Little Venice" The name of the place. The ancient architectural heritage of the town is well preserved, and the glorious history still exudes a strong cultural atmosphere.
Meet?Hal's Moving Castle
Remember the small town where Sophie lived in Hayao Miyazaki's comic book "Hal's Moving Castle"? The fantastic castles and colorful spires in the animation are the real life of Colmar. At the beginning, Hayao Miyazaki made a 12-day journey in eastern France. Marko touched his heart with a canal and a flower boat. Eventually, Colmar appeared in front of us with an anime. There are flowers everywhere, the river flows slowly through the city, and the streets are prosperous and prosperous. Come here, take the flower boat, the clear river washes the heart...
Time o Best Tourism Season
Every year from April to June, it belongs to Colmar in summer. The temperature during the day is generally around 25 degrees Celsius. At this time, there is more precipitation. The temperature difference between morning and evening is not big, and the climate is humid. It is the most comfortable time for Colmar. It is also the best time to travel. Ps: When the grapes in the Alsace region are harvested in September each year, Colmar will hold large and small wine festivals, so it is good to go in September!
Mixed-race o German style in a small French town
Whether you see a photo of Colmar or a Colmar, you will be amazed at why a French town has a German architectural style? In fact, this is because Colmar is located in Alsace, the geographical location itself is at the junction of Germany and France, and Colmar has also experienced as many as 17 changes in the ruling state, eventually belonging to France, in Colmar, whether it is The wooden rib house with typical Sino-Southern characteristics is also a gorgeous gothic church with a strong German style. Not only that, but many of the place names here have German suffixes such as "heim, -burg"; the local population sounds also incorporate the German-French language!
Colmar Travel Guide and Travel Notes
Contains hundreds of pictures
Meet o France "Little Venice"
Colmar is located in Alsace in the northeast of France, west of the River Ill in the tributary of the Rhine. It was a long time ago in a text we learned, the Last Lesson. The second time, he With us in Hayao Miyazaki's anime "Hal's Moving Castle", Colmar is one of the most romantic areas in France. The canals and flower boats in the territory are very famous, with the French "Little Venice" The name of the place. The ancient architectural heritage of the town is well preserved, and the glorious history still exudes a strong cultural atmosphere.
Meet?Hal's Moving Castle
Remember the small town where Sophie lived in Hayao Miyazaki's comic book "Hal's Moving Castle"? The fantastic castles and colorful spires in the animation are the real life of Colmar. At the beginning, Hayao Miyazaki made a 12-day journey in eastern France. Marko touched his heart with a canal and a flower boat. Eventually, Colmar appeared in front of us with an anime. There are flowers everywhere, the river flows slowly through the city, and the streets are prosperous and prosperous. Come here, take the flower boat, the clear river washes the heart...
Time o Best Tourism Season
Every year from April to June, it belongs to Colmar in summer. The temperature during the day is generally around 25 degrees Celsius. At this time, there is more precipitation. The temperature difference between morning and evening is not big, and the climate is humid. It is the most comfortable time for Colmar. It is also the best time to travel. Ps: When the grapes in the Alsace region are harvested in September each year, Colmar will hold large and small wine festivals, so it is good to go in September!
Mixed-race o German style in a small French town
Whether you see a photo of Colmar or a Colmar, you will be amazed at why a French town has a German architectural style? In fact, this is because Colmar is located in Alsace, the geographical location itself is at the junction of Germany and France, and Colmar has also experienced as many as 17 changes in the ruling state, eventually belonging to France, in Colmar, whether it is The wooden rib house with typical Sino-Southern characteristics is also a gorgeous gothic church with a strong German style. Not only that, but many of the place names here have German suffixes such as "heim, -burg"; the local population sounds also incorporate the German-French language!
Americas
The 9/11 Commission Report: Full and Complete Account of the Circumstances Surrounding the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United
States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were
efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border
security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers
demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the
United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security
policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made one.
Contents:
A Factual Overview of the September 11 Border Story
The September 11 Travel Operation - a Chronology
Terrorist Entry and Embedding Tactics, 1993-2001
The Redbook
Terrorist Travel Tactics by Plot
Al Qaeda's Organizational Structure for Travel and Travel Tactics
Immigration and Border Security Evolve, 1993 to 2001
The Intelligence Community
The State Department
The Immigration and Naturalization Service
Planning and Executing Entry for the 9/11 Plot
The State Department
The Immigration and Naturalization Service
Finding a Fair Verdict
Crisis Management and Response Post-September 11
The Intelligence Community
The Department of State
The Department of Justice
Response at the Borders, 9/11-9/20, 2001
The Department of Homeland Security
States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were
efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border
security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers
demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the
United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security
policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made one.
Contents:
A Factual Overview of the September 11 Border Story
The September 11 Travel Operation - a Chronology
Terrorist Entry and Embedding Tactics, 1993-2001
The Redbook
Terrorist Travel Tactics by Plot
Al Qaeda's Organizational Structure for Travel and Travel Tactics
Immigration and Border Security Evolve, 1993 to 2001
The Intelligence Community
The State Department
The Immigration and Naturalization Service
Planning and Executing Entry for the 9/11 Plot
The State Department
The Immigration and Naturalization Service
Finding a Fair Verdict
Crisis Management and Response Post-September 11
The Intelligence Community
The Department of State
The Department of Justice
Response at the Borders, 9/11-9/20, 2001
The Department of Homeland Security
Ancient History & Civilisation
Giants on Ancient Earth: An In-Depth Study on the Nephilim
The records of the Old World excavated from the Near East to the western shores of ancient South America are filled with obscure references to a race of giants. Even most biblical scholars are unaware of the over 80 references to giants found in the books of the Old Testament just as historians have overlooked the hundreds of references to gigantic people mentioned by ancient chronographers. The greatest common denominator in the pages of the world's oldest epic texts concern giants. Enormous humanoid skeletons have been unearthed in the past and today, huge weapons and megalithic architecture explainable only by the presence of historic giants. This race in Genesis is called the Nephilim and this stunning research delves deeper into the mysteries of the giants than any other known work on the subject.
Asia
Devi Mahatmyam: The Glory of the Goddess
As you read this Devi Mahatmyam, you will feel the joy, the power and the wonder of the Divine Mother. At its simplest level, the Devi Mahatmyam is the battle between good and evil. But on that battlefield, the majesty of the Mother Goddess should not be underestimated. She does not wage wars with the aid of grand armies or divine allies. She alone is the source and the strength. In a new translation of this sacred text, Lyndal Vercoe offers a direct and devotional rendering. This is not just a description of Divine Power. It is a worship and a praise of God as the Mother of the Universe. Say those words to yourself and feel their meaning: the Mother of the Universe. This is not just a historical text. This is a prayer to be read aloud. It is an epic poem, a true song of praise that should echo through the days of our lives. Listen carefully and you will feel the spirit within. This is a Devi Mahatmyam for our time.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Pyrrhus Makers of History
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World History
Secrets of Ancient Tibet, 6,000 B.C.
Explore Ancient Tibet and its Profound Secret Knowledge.The civilization of ancient Tibet--the lost kingdom of Zhang Zhung and its legendary tradition of sorcery and true magic--is among the least known and most irritatingly mysterious obscurities of history. Very little of its past has been deciphered and orthodox scholarship stands before Zhang Zhung in deeper darkness today than that which shrouded the Egypt of the Pharaohs before Champollion. Archaeologists debate what the ancient civilization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau actually was, when it came, and whence it came. Doubtless many chapters of Tibet's ancient history will lie forever silent under her remote and desolate soil, yet extant traditions have perhaps been too readily set aside; academic pedants love to brand as mythical the accounts which have endured the millennia, and which mischievously persist.The study of antiquity is properly accounted worthless except as it may be made living knowledge which illuminates and enriches our contemporary life. Owing to a remarkable series of events in an isolated region of the Himalayas, I encountered an extraordinary group of people and, through those encounters, was privileged to learn that much of the secret knowledge of the ancient Zhang Zhung culture has not only been preserved, it is powerful, richly illuminating, and utilized to this day. As the reader will discover, these shrouded secrets formulate the explorations in this book. As one of their most illuminating concepts, those traditions relate that there is a group of esoteric teachings--the 'Four Portals'--which set forth the true nature of physical reality and techniques of powerful elemental magic, or "sorcery." The first traces of the teachings are thought to have appeared as part of the lore of the pre-Tibetan culture that arose in Tibet several thousand years ago, but may have originated far earlier. Being a forbidden body of knowledge, said to convey enormous powers, the teachings disappear from the historical record for countless centuries, not to reemerge until the 7th century A.D. in the arcane scriptures of the pre-Buddhist B'on religion. According to those ancient traditions, the teachings of the 'Four Portals' were formulated by the earliest known "Buddha-like" master, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche. The B'on traditions relate this historic event as occurring as early as 16,000 B.C. Although still shrouded in mystery, our most recent research indicates that the extant evidence places the earliest date of the Zhang Zhung culture at about 6,000 B.C., although the date of 16,000 B.C. may indicate the existence of a true Zhang Zhung or pre-Zhang Zhung culture existing prior to the 'Younger Dryas Boundary' cataclysmic event that effectively erased early civilizations from the historical record. Much like our most recent historical Buddha, Shenrab renounced his life as a prince of the royal family to become a monk. Over a period of "many years," the traditions relate, he gained access to secret knowledge that had been imparted, recorded, and hidden away some two-thousand years earlier by an entity known as "Gekhoe." With this knowledge Shenrab achieved enlightenment and "otherworldly powers," then later composed a comprehensive body of teachings to instruct qualified seekers on the means and techniques of attaining the most elevated wisdom and power. That secret knowledge is revealed and explored in this book.2018 Edition, Kindle e-reader page count 278 (est., actual count varies with the reading device used). A Kindle Unlimited Book. For more information, please see the 'Look Inside' feature on this page. Thank you.Library-Cataloging-Data: ancient civilizations, ancient mysteries, ancient knowledge, secret knowledge, Kingdom of Zhang Zhung, esoteric knowledge, psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, psi
Ancient History & Civilisation
Gnosticism: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of Gnosticism.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Egypt: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of mystical Ancient Egypt.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Hermetism: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of Hermeticism.
World History
Blood on the Water
This prequel to the conspiracy thriller Isle of the Dead introduces us to the dark side of Venice - a city with secrets to rival its splendour.
Asia
Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap
Lonely Planet: #1 Travel publisher in the world* Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap is a reprint of the very first Lonely Planet guide, originally published in 1973. It gives anyone interested in travel a unique insight into how Lonely Planet began and an idea of what it was like to travel overland from Europe to Asia, 40 years ago. Inside Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap Introduction to the Lonely Planet story Latest eBooks Discover how far Lonely Planet's books have changed over the last 40 years Country by country get an understanding of what it was like to travel overland in the 70s... ideal for the armchair traveller eBook Features Seamlessly flip between pages Quickly find what you are looking for with search capabilities Use bookmarks to quickly return to a page Add notes by touching a word to personalize your guidebook Inbuilt dictionary allows you to quickly look up the meaning of any word Authors Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Tony and Maureen Wheeler. About Lonely Planet Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel content provider. Started in 1973, we enable curious travelers to experience the world and get to the heart of a place via guidebooks to every destination on the planet, an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveler community. 'TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 winner in Favourite Travel Guide category' "Lonely Planet... It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world." - Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013
Asia
Killing Korea: The Fight for Control of Korea
How two opposing sides killed Korea in an effort to save it.
You surely have heard something about the Korean War. Or the Forgotten War as some call it.
But do you really know all that happened?
Have you heard the personal stories from the people who actually saw or did the fighting?
If you haven't, you are in for a treat.
While the war was among the shortest in history, it left an invisible mark - a divided Korea. And there's a lot that led to that. It wasn't just about the UN and South Korea fighting against North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union.
You will:
* Learn what UN soldiers did with Chinese corpses when it got cold.
* Understand Japan's role in facilitating the war.
* Know the real reason China got into the war despite being very scared of America.
* Know why America got stung by underequipped and underskilled Chinese fighters
* Learn why Truman was saved from impeachment for firing MacAurthor.
* Know why America backed an undemocratic South Korean president
There is a lot more you will learn in this book.
Just click the download button to start reading.
You surely have heard something about the Korean War. Or the Forgotten War as some call it.
But do you really know all that happened?
Have you heard the personal stories from the people who actually saw or did the fighting?
If you haven't, you are in for a treat.
While the war was among the shortest in history, it left an invisible mark - a divided Korea. And there's a lot that led to that. It wasn't just about the UN and South Korea fighting against North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union.
You will:
* Learn what UN soldiers did with Chinese corpses when it got cold.
* Understand Japan's role in facilitating the war.
* Know the real reason China got into the war despite being very scared of America.
* Know why America got stung by underequipped and underskilled Chinese fighters
* Learn why Truman was saved from impeachment for firing MacAurthor.
* Know why America backed an undemocratic South Korean president
There is a lot more you will learn in this book.
Just click the download button to start reading.
Military History
Raiders (eBook Sampler)
A free sampler of Ross Kemp's Raiders: six true stories of the most daring British operations of World War Two.
This sampler contains the story of Operation Judgement; believed to be one of the most incredible raids of World War Two.
The full ebook and hardback will be available on 25th October 2012.
Six raids that changed the course of history.
Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto.
Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. THis successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full scale invasion.
Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour.
Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway.
Operation Chariot: 'the greatest raid of all': the British amphibious attack on the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France.
Operation Deadstick: the story of the first Allies into the fray on D-Day, tasked with seizing and holding two bridges to prevent an armoured German counter-attack.
This sampler contains the story of Operation Judgement; believed to be one of the most incredible raids of World War Two.
The full ebook and hardback will be available on 25th October 2012.
Six raids that changed the course of history.
Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto.
Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. THis successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full scale invasion.
Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour.
Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway.
Operation Chariot: 'the greatest raid of all': the British amphibious attack on the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France.
Operation Deadstick: the story of the first Allies into the fray on D-Day, tasked with seizing and holding two bridges to prevent an armoured German counter-attack.
Middle East
155 Life Lessons
Words of Wisdom from a Medieval King. These quotations about life developed 1000 years ago in northern Persia as a series of life lessons from King to son.
Surprisingly, much of the advice remains true today.
A copy of the ancient manuscript was sold last year at CHRISTIE'S London for an undisclosed sum.
Discover for yourself these words of wisdom and refer back to them again and again.
Contains 19 chapters of actual quotes.
Surprisingly, much of the advice remains true today.
A copy of the ancient manuscript was sold last year at CHRISTIE'S London for an undisclosed sum.
Discover for yourself these words of wisdom and refer back to them again and again.
Contains 19 chapters of actual quotes.
Asia
The Book of Samurai: Fundamental Samurai Teachings SAMPLER
The Book of Samurai series presents the lost arts of the samurai in the English language for the first time. A sample chapter detailing the articles on striking.
Ancient History & Civilisation
The Pythagoreans: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Pythagorean Tradition.
Military History
"Over There" with the Australians
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Neoplatonism: Rosicrucian Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of Neoplatonism.
Social & Cultural
The Essenes: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of The Essenes.
Ancient History & Civilisation
The Orphic Mysteries: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Edition)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Orphic Mysteries.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Isis: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Isis Mysteries.
Ancient History & Civilisation
The Mithraic Mysteries: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Mithraic Mysteries.
World History
BEHIND CIVILISATION
Darwin's evolution theory revolutionises our understanding of the biological world. In parallel, this book is a critical breakthrough in scientific philosophy. It revolutionises our understanding of nature, particularly on civilisation, through discovering a fundamental mechanism which not only governs lifeless objects but intelligence-driven civilisation as well. This discovery provides an alternative to challenge the most fundamental issue - "the Theory of Everything". As this mechanism is the most fundamental level, it is the foundation of similarity, including the amazing similarities between a human body and a society. Upon this theoretical basis, following the rules of this mechanism and using a human body as a model, civilisation is systematically investigated. As such, technological development and its consequential social development are understood from the most fundamental level. As a result, the human future have been successfully predicted and many historical puzzles have been unequivocally solved, such as: why could the ancient Greeks create a brilliant civilisation; why were there so many great thinkers; why did Scientific Revolution and the model of university education originate from Europe rather than from other places; why did the Chinese civilisation remain stagnant while the West was rapidly rising after Scientific Revolution. Even one of the long-lasting enigmatic question, "what is beauty", is unequivocally answered once and for all. It is the expression of one of the fundamental laws of physics but it is not symmetry.
In the end, this book unites social science with natural science, and further, science with philosophy. Finally, a conclusion is drawn: human civilisation is a part of the evolution of the universe. The laws that govern the universe also govern human civilisation.
In the end, this book unites social science with natural science, and further, science with philosophy. Finally, a conclusion is drawn: human civilisation is a part of the evolution of the universe. The laws that govern the universe also govern human civilisation.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Applying the Rosicrucian Principles: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
In this issue of the Digest, Rosicrucian members share some of their stories of how they have applied the Rosicrucian principles in their lives, thus attuning with their Master Within.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Delphi: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Edition)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of Delphi.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Eleusis: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Middle East
Flight From Syria: Refugee Stories
Flight from Syria: Refugee Stories features the writing and photography of nine Pulitzer Center grantees- journalists who reported on Syrian refugees between 2012 and 2015. Their travels took them from Syria to Sweden, and from crowded camps to cramped apartments in city suburbs. Each of the journalists- Hugh Eakin, Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, Stephen Franklin, Joanna Kakissis, Alia Malek, Holly Pickett, Alisa Roth, Alice Su, and Selin Thomas- lends a unique perspective. Originally published in Al Jazeera, BBC News, Guernica, In These Times, Marketplace, NPR, The Atlantic and The New York Review of Books, these stories tell of an abandoned homeland, an indifferent world, and an uncertain future. They trace the history of one of the biggest displacements of modern times- providing a testament to the suffering and courage of those who fled.
Edited by Kem Knapp Sawyer
Designed by Evey Wilson
Edited by Kem Knapp Sawyer
Designed by Evey Wilson
World History
Hidden Figures Teaching Guide: Teaching Guide and Sample Chapter
We know that teachers are always looking for new and inspiring books to assign to their students. To help you decide if Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures is right for your classroom, we've created this special e-book that contains a teaching guide and sample chapters.
Hidden Figures has already been adopted as a common book on campuses across the country, and it has been assigned as required reading in high school and college courses on a variety of subjects--from history, math, and science to composition and women's studies.
Hidden Figures has already been adopted as a common book on campuses across the country, and it has been assigned as required reading in high school and college courses on a variety of subjects--from history, math, and science to composition and women's studies.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Disestablish: An Overview from Creation to the Ice Age
To Dislodge and enemy's foothold, you have to know he is one. Take a breakneck ride through thousands of years of history, science, and literature to discover the truth about Secular Humanism, its roots, and its impact from the beginning until now. These fifty brief pages could change everything. Can you afford not to read them?
Social & Cultural
The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets - Volume I
The fascinating book not only highlights the various aspects of the life of Holy Prophet but also presents the prominent events and episodes in the history of Islam with solid historical testimonies.
Africa
Impressions of South Africa
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Americas
Common Sense
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Crisis in the Arab World
The events of January and February 2011 have shaken not only the Middle East and North Africa but the whole world.
Starting in Tunisia in December 2010, unrest has spiralled through the Arab world, with extraordinary results: following mass uprisings, the Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben-Ali has fled the country, while his counterpart Hosni Mubarak of Egypt decided to stand down with immediate effect. Meanwhile, Algeria - also ruled by a military dictatorship - has seen major riots, with several protestors killed, while similar demonstrations in Yemen have led President Saleh to announce that he will not seek another term in office.
Crisis in the Arab World is a free sampler of Yale books that discuss these three febrile regions.
Starting in Tunisia in December 2010, unrest has spiralled through the Arab world, with extraordinary results: following mass uprisings, the Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben-Ali has fled the country, while his counterpart Hosni Mubarak of Egypt decided to stand down with immediate effect. Meanwhile, Algeria - also ruled by a military dictatorship - has seen major riots, with several protestors killed, while similar demonstrations in Yemen have led President Saleh to announce that he will not seek another term in office.
Crisis in the Arab World is a free sampler of Yale books that discuss these three febrile regions.
Africa
Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger From unpublished documents ... the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa
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Africa
Between the Lines: Facial Tattoos and the Chaouia
Sepia-tinted photos from over 50 years ago show striking facial tattoos of women from indigenous populations in Algeria. But documentation of these women has faded like the aged photographs. In Algeria today the actual practice of facial tattooing is disappearing along with the older generation. One particular indigenous group losing this cultural marker is the Chaouia of the Aures Mountains in northeastern Algeria. This project from Pulitzer Center student fellow Yasmin Bendaas captures incredible portraits and stories from Chaouia women and investigates the origins and disappearance of tattooing, especially with the advent of literacy and Islam's spread. *We recommend viewing the book on the Kindle Fire.
Africa
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. I A Personal Narrative
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Ancient History & Civilisation
ATLANTIS SOLON AND PLATO FOR FROST? [NEW EDITION]
Look again at the ATLANTIS legend and discover the hidden truth within the myths and legends handed down through the generations and cultures of the ancient world.
Solon one of the Seven Fages of Greece a celebrated lawmaker, Poet and Statesman travelled the world in search of a blueprint for perfect state.
Whilst he was in Egypt studying beside the sacred priests of the deity Neith at Sais he was informed of the ancient history of Athens and the ancient lost superpower and island empire called Atlantis.
Solon was shocked by the history the priests relayed from their ancient Library archives within the temple grounds of the deity Neith but he listened mesmerized by the details of the island empire of Atlantis.
He continued his travels but recorded the details of Atlantis and when he returned to Athens he incorporated in his own works the accounts of the ancient island empire of Atlantis.
An old friend of Solon's retained the works a man called Dropides who was an ancestor of Plato and handed the works down to Plato.
Atlantis through the words, works and influence of Plato was delivered to the wider world and the once forgotten ancient island empire Atlantis was reanimated and today it still inspires and intrigues people around the world.
K.T. Frost was among the first scholars to associate the island empire of Atlantis with the Minoan world centred on Crete.
His work titled The Lost Continent was published in the London Times on Feb 19th, 1909 an inspired article that drew on the excavations on Crete by Archaeologists on many ancient sites on Crete such as Sir Arthur Evans discoveries on the Knossos
site.
Atlantis by its association with the Minoan world was when later discoveries were uncovered by archaeologists on nearby Santorini back in the news again.
Archaeology and now Science and technology along with many scholars and historians began to associate the Theran eruption event with the Minoan and Atlantis island empires.
Ancient lost island empires ruled by seafaring peoples who controlled the high seas of the ancient world by their superior technology in navigation and shipbuilding.
EXPLORE THE TRUTH HIDDEN WITHIN THE ATLANTIS LEGEND, DISCOVER THE FABLED LAND AND CULTURE OF ATLANTIS, GUIDED BY SOLON - PLATO AND FROST ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY...
egends of the fabled lost land and culture... Explore the PEOPLE behind THE Atlantis
Solon one of the Seven Fages of Greece a celebrated lawmaker, Poet and Statesman travelled the world in search of a blueprint for perfect state.
Whilst he was in Egypt studying beside the sacred priests of the deity Neith at Sais he was informed of the ancient history of Athens and the ancient lost superpower and island empire called Atlantis.
Solon was shocked by the history the priests relayed from their ancient Library archives within the temple grounds of the deity Neith but he listened mesmerized by the details of the island empire of Atlantis.
He continued his travels but recorded the details of Atlantis and when he returned to Athens he incorporated in his own works the accounts of the ancient island empire of Atlantis.
An old friend of Solon's retained the works a man called Dropides who was an ancestor of Plato and handed the works down to Plato.
Atlantis through the words, works and influence of Plato was delivered to the wider world and the once forgotten ancient island empire Atlantis was reanimated and today it still inspires and intrigues people around the world.
K.T. Frost was among the first scholars to associate the island empire of Atlantis with the Minoan world centred on Crete.
His work titled The Lost Continent was published in the London Times on Feb 19th, 1909 an inspired article that drew on the excavations on Crete by Archaeologists on many ancient sites on Crete such as Sir Arthur Evans discoveries on the Knossos
site.
Atlantis by its association with the Minoan world was when later discoveries were uncovered by archaeologists on nearby Santorini back in the news again.
Archaeology and now Science and technology along with many scholars and historians began to associate the Theran eruption event with the Minoan and Atlantis island empires.
Ancient lost island empires ruled by seafaring peoples who controlled the high seas of the ancient world by their superior technology in navigation and shipbuilding.
EXPLORE THE TRUTH HIDDEN WITHIN THE ATLANTIS LEGEND, DISCOVER THE FABLED LAND AND CULTURE OF ATLANTIS, GUIDED BY SOLON - PLATO AND FROST ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY...
egends of the fabled lost land and culture... Explore the PEOPLE behind THE Atlantis
Russia
Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
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Historical Study & Educational Resources
Dawn of History: The Early Greek Historians
Charles R. King utilizes his academic education in physics and classical history to examine the origins of historiography and the critical role of the early Greek historians. Accessible to both the professional historian and the buff, this analysis enables the reader to approach the study of history from a new and different outlook. The author utilizes primary sources and historiography to provide unique insights.
Historical Study & Educational Resources
An Extensive Bibliography For Understanding The Life Of Malcolm X
In being a key international presence during the 1950's and '60's, the reverberations of Malcolm X's meaning for that period, particularly in Civil Rights' circles, has inspired unknown generations of people to examine him. His existence is pored over in nearly every facet of American life, spanning from schools, colleges, universities, cultural entities, labor unions, religious bodies, community organizations, political parties to musical rappers. Malcolm is seen to have such meaning, on so many fronts. There are many, who may be unaware of where to go, to seek out literature about him. I have simply put this bibliography together to be a resource to anyone who wishes to know him.
Historical Study & Educational Resources
Western Civilization: Since 1700
Western Civilization covers broad, overarching topics that spanned generations and consumed specific eras throughout modern history. From the ideas of the Enlightenment to the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to the more recent ideas of our current era, Max Masen explores and gives insight into what we have been through and what has emerged because of it.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Imperial Matter
At publication date, a version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press' new open access publishing program. What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues instead that things-from everyday objects to monumental buildings-profoundly shape social and political life under empire. Out of the archaeology of ancient Persia and the South Caucasus, Imperial Matter advances powerful new analytical approaches to the study of imperialism writ large and should be read by scholars working on empire across the humanities and social sciences.
Americas
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The premier publishing of Frederick Douglass' bestselling autobiography was in 1845, wherein he documents his life as a young slave learning to read, his subsequent escape from slavery, and how he established himself as a freeman under a false name. Douglass was forced to flee the country to evade recapture after the original pressing and only returned after buying his freedom. Two more autobiographies were published, in 1855 and 1881, where Douglass told of his life as an abolitionist, advisor to the president, and newspaper editor.
Military History
The Art Of War
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. It has been the most famous and influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and "for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name." It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond. The book was first translated into the French language in 1772 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905. The first annotated English language translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910. Leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap, General Douglas MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from the work.
Australasia & Pacific
Children of Arnhem's Kadeidoscope
It was hot. There was sudden stillness in the late afternoon air and the surface of the small waterhole shone with unnatural smoothness. Fresh pig tracks at water's edge suggested pigs just gone. Two bubbles popped to the surface near the edge of the pool; just decaying vegetation, said my mind. I should have smelt crocodile! What is it about the Northern Territory that fascinates? I have only to mention it's name in conversation and people turn to listen. Why, for 180 years, has it drawn people from all over to come, stay longer than they imagined and, often, never leave? This book is a memoir of a family's life in a remote aboriginal community, in Australia's Northern Territory, something the equivalent of remote Canada or Alaska, where few people go. The place Oenpelli, (now Gunbalanya) is near Kadadu National Park, made famous in Crocodile Dundee. It tells of changing world as a missionary family and an aboriginal community become part of modern Australia This our family's story, growing amongst the people, animals and places and colours of this this strange land, alongside an aboriginal community going through its own changes; citizenship, alcohol, uranium mining, land rights, outstation development, and community self management. It is a memoir of growing up in one of the most isolated parts of Australia - in a small aboriginal missionary community in the Northern Territory, something the equivalent of the remote Canada or Alaska. It is the landscape featured in the movie Crocodile Dundee. It tells of the huge change in this place in the last half century with the coming of land rights and aboriginal self determination. It also tells of my mother and fathers lives and Christian beliefs which motivated their contribution to this change. It is a story of my memories and love for this remote and beautiful place, in which I lived as a child then worked as an adult and of many NT characters who gave me the memories.It is also the story of me working as an adult acr
Historical Study & Educational Resources
Europe
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Everyman's Library Classics)
DIFFERENT OFFER (please see description & pictures by BookGems before placing an order): Edition Andre Deutsch Ltd., First impression, 1980. With complete text from Charles Dickens concluded by Leon Garfield. Introduced by Edward Blishen and illustrated by Antony Maitland. The new and unread book appears to be well preserved: dust cover intact; dark brown cloth hard cover bright with gilt letterings on spine; text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.
Asia
Britain's Imperial Cornerstone in China: The Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1854-1949 (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
This is an in-depth account of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, a uniquely cosmopolitan institution established in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars (1842 to 43), and a central feature of the Treaty Port system. The British-dominated service was headed by the famous Robert Hart who founded a far-reaching customs administration that also encompassed other responsibilities such as marine and harbour maintenance, quarantine, anti-piracy patrols and postal services. This institution sat at a crucial juncture between Chinese and foreign interests, and was intimately linked to British interests and fortunes in the Far East. Following the establishment of the Republic in 1911 there were grave misgivings as to whether the foreign element of the Service would survive. Yet the Service grew in influence and strength, ensuring the foreign inspectorate a continued role in China's affairs. Delivering an overview of the Service, its bureaucracy, fiscal responsibilities and life for foreigners in its employ, focusing especially on the later years of the Service, Donna Brunero draws on the experiences of the foreign administration of the Service as it attempted to negotiate between Chinese and foreign expectations and interests.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (Munchner Vorlesungen Zu Antiken Welten)
This book explores ancient mystery cults and their influence on emerging Christianity. The author discusses the famous Eleusian Mysteries as well as smaller and lesser-known Greek and Roman mysteries, offering an indispensable in-depth analysis of this fascinating phenomenon.
World History
1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
1494 The author of "Merchant Kings" reveals the untold story of how a personal struggle between queens and kings, churchmen and explorers split the globe between Spain and Portugal and made the world's oceans a battleground. Full description
Africa
Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion (The Anthropology of Christianity)
With a free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's open access publishing program for monographs. The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous orisa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own orisa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions.
Military History
Canada at War: A Graphic History of World War Two
In 1914, Canada went to war as a subject of Britain. In 1939, it made the choice to fight all on its own. Canada at War follows the developments and setbacks, wins and losses, of a nation learning to stand up for itself under the toughest possible conditions: in the midst of the most difficult war of the twentieth century. In graphic-novel format, fully illustrated and in full colour, Canada at War shows the growth of a nation's army, navy, and air forces through movingly depicted triumphs and tragedies. From the disheartening losses at Dieppe and Hong Kong through the Battle of the Atlantic and the invasion of Sicily, it focuses on the human dimension of the key battles and decisions that ultimately swung the war in the Allieds' favour. This moving, graphic account ends, after the victories of D-Day and Juno Beach and the liberation of Europe, with a final reckoning of the legacy these storied years have had on a country forged through war. Aimed at a general audience of both adults and young adults, this very human history tells the stories behind some of this country's most distinguishing military moments.
Historical Study & Educational Resources
Asia
History of the Philippine Islands
History of the Philippine Islands is an old history of the Philippines, from their discovery by Magellan in 1521 to the beginning of the 17th century.
Ancient History & Civilisation
Asia
Makers of History: Cyrus the Great
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Social & Cultural
A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945-1980 (Mental Health in Historical Perspective)
This book is open access under a CC BY license. Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This has been consistently so throughout the post-war period with current figures suggesting that women are approximately twice more likely to suffer from affective disorders than men. However, this book suggests that the statistical landscape reveals only part of the story. Currently, 75 per cent of suicides are among men, and this trend can also be traced back historically to data that suggests this has been the case since the beginning of the twentieth-century. This book suggests that male psychological illness was in fact no less common, but that it emerged in complex ways and was understood differently in response to prevailing cultural and medical forces. The book explores a host of medical, cultural and social factors that raise important questions about historical and current perceptions of gender and mental illness.
Asia
Uprooted - A Vietnamese Family's Journey, 1935-1975
The ancient Vietnamese life in which Tung was raised is being torn apart. It is not enough to work hard and grow rice any more. Now every farmer in Mai Dong has to pick a side. The French or the Communists. "They are going to murder your father." Intelligence, humility and graft made Que an honorable figure in Mai Dong. His values ensured the family's survival through famine and flood. They will not protect him against the Communists, who need class-enemy victims for their land reform campaign. Tung becomes protector and provider for the family, who struggle to stay together as World War Two, the French Indochinese War and the American War tear his country apart over forty years. Based on a true story, Uprooted is an uplifting saga that spans three generations of a Vietnamese family's life or death struggle to survive in a changing landscape. See uprootedthenovel.com for more details
Military History
Hamfist Over The Trail: The Air Combat Adventures of Hamilton Hamfist Hancock: Volume 1
It's 1968. Hamilton Hancock is on the fast track to become a fighter pilot. He is slated to fly an F-100, F-105 or F-4 in Vietnam. Then, the "needs of the service" intervenes, and he is assigned to fly one of the smallest, slowest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, the O-2A. Hamilton becomes a Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Vietnam, and picks up the nickname "Hamfist." While Hamfist flies in air combat over the Ho Chi Minh Trail and battles an enemy gunner with a deadly record, on the ground he must also battle his inner fears and personal demons. Inspired by actual events. Contains strong language.
Military History
One Young Man: The Simple and True Story of a Clerk who Enlisted in 1914, who Fought on The Western Front for Nearly two Years, was Severely Wounded Somme, and is now on his way Back to his Desk
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Ancient History & Civilisation
Africa
Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan
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Ancient History & Civilisation
Exploring Cultural Identities in Jean Rhys Fiction
Exploring Cultural Identities in Jean Rhys' Writings seeks to circumscribe Jean Rhys' work within a paradigm that reflects the search for a cultural identity so specific to postcolonial literature. The book carries out an examination of the relationship between hybrid identities, self and otherness and of several situations of existential ambivalence that work on the border between sign (colonial difference) and symbol (imperial authority).
Ancient History & Civilisation
Middle East
The Ottoman Administration of Iraq, 1890-1908 (Soas/Routledge Studies on the Middle East)
This is a study of the nature of Ottoman administration under Sultan Abdulhamid and the effects of this on the three provinces that were to form the modern state of Iraq. The author provides a general commentary on the late Ottoman provincial administration and a comprehensive picture of the nature of its interaction with provincial society. In drawing on sources of the Ottoman archives, bringing together and analyzing an abundance of complex documents, this book is a fascinating contribution to the field of Middle Eastern studies.
Africa
Youth and Experiences of Ageing Among Maa: Models of Society Evoked by the Maasai, Samburu, and Chamus of Kenya
Here it is argued that understanding another culture can only be approached through models derived from representations conveyed by members of that culture. The anthropologist may then elaborate these images through the choice of analytical parallels, even extending to other disciplines and personal experience. Each chapter here views Maa institutions through a different lens, exploring models relevant to a comprehensive analysis of social life.
Social & Cultural
Astonishing Facts about Quran
Book format: Paperback
By: Mufti Afzal Hossen Elias
Publisher: Zamzam
Language: English
Number of pages: 62
Weight: 90g approx.
Dimensions: A5 Size 21x14cm approx.
ISBN: 9789695832080
The Quran is an amazing divine book filled with striking mathematical peculiarities and correspondences that boggle the mind.
This is a compilation of these astonishing facts about the Quran which really prove its divine existence.
After consulting many books that information which was interesting and astonishing has been put together.
If you have any enquiries please don't hesitate to contact us!
By: Mufti Afzal Hossen Elias
Publisher: Zamzam
Language: English
Number of pages: 62
Weight: 90g approx.
Dimensions: A5 Size 21x14cm approx.
ISBN: 9789695832080
The Quran is an amazing divine book filled with striking mathematical peculiarities and correspondences that boggle the mind.
This is a compilation of these astonishing facts about the Quran which really prove its divine existence.
After consulting many books that information which was interesting and astonishing has been put together.
If you have any enquiries please don't hesitate to contact us!
Africa
Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker
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Russia
The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926
maroon cloth silver lettering illustrated dust jacket 274 pp inscribed to the former French ambassador to the United States Andreasi by the author
Military History
Judging ''Privileged'' Jews: Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the Grey Zone (War and Genocide)
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Such controversial figures constitute an intrinsically important, frequently misunderstood, and often taboo aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on Primo Levi's concept of the "grey zone," this study analyzes the passing of moral judgment on "privileged" Jews as represented by writers, such as Raul Hilberg, and in films, including Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Negotiating the problems and potentialities of "representing the unrepresentable," this book engages with issues that are fundamental to present-day attempts to understand the Holocaust and deeply relevant to reflections on human nature.
Asia
Babylonians And Assyrians; Life And Customs
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Australasia & Pacific
Not Guilty
In 1910 in Bendigo, three children were found dead in their home, brutally murdered with an axe and a knife. Their mother, Camellia McCluskey, was a de facto wife at a time when such a position was not socially acceptable. Her partner, George, was considerably older than her. The two lived together happily for a few years before the relationship deteriorated, putting in place a chain of events that finally resulted in the slaying of Dorothy, Eric and Ida. 'Not Guilty' tells the story of those events, and the court proceedings that followed them. A storm of newspaper coverage surrounded Camellia as the Australian media struggled to understand the motivations that led her down the path she took. This story is based on Camellia's letters, court records, newspaper coverage, and other historical documents.