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Cover of HELGVOR DU FLEUVE BLEU
by J.-H. ROSNY Aîné
Language: French
Release Date: July 5, 2017

Helgvor du Fleuve Bleu est un roman préhistorique, écrit par J.-H. Rosny aîné et paru pour la première fois en France en décembre 1929. Ce roman, qualifié de Roman des Âges Farouches, continue le cycle dont la principale œuvre est La Guerre du feu. Synopsis | Glâva décide de s'enfuir avec...
Cover of The Book of Change: Environmental Issues vs. Politics
by Laurie Izzy
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2013

I've tried to bring the arts together to tell a story - our story - of life in the 21st Century. Each Volume has direct links to applicable songs, movies and other author's works to help tell a particular piece of that story. There are three Volumes that make up The Book of Change: A Tapestry...
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by Christian Rebisse
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015

Often considered to be a secret society, the Rosicrucian Order is one of the most enigmatic of the initiatory movements. Recounting the mysteries of its origins, this book first attempts to place Rosicrucianism in its historical context by recalling the origins of Western esotericism and presenting...
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by S.A. Dunham
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015

            Amidst the incessant influx of the Asiatic nations into Europe, during the slow decline of the Roman empire, and the migrations occasioned by their arrival, we should vainly attempt to trace the descent of the Poles. Whether they are derived from the Sarmatians, who, though...
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Villa At the Edge of the Empire, The

One Hundred Ways to Read a City

by Fiona Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015

A provocative and insightful exploration of rebuilding our homes, communities and cities after their devastation. Where are we? How did we get here? Where do we go now? From nineteenth-century attempts to create Utopias to America's rustbelt, from Darwin's study of worms to China's phantom cities,...
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by Jacques Bainville
Language: French
Release Date: August 23, 2014

Histoire de France - Jacques Bainville   Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Jacques Pierre Bainville (1879 - 1936) est un journaliste, chroniqueur de politique étrangère,...
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The Jesuits

Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773

by
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016

In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods, they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors, including those related to the sciences and the arts. They...
Cover of Universal History and the Making of the Global
by
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018

By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response to the epistemological crisis provoked by new knowledge and experience. Traditional narratives were...
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Early Orientalism

Imagined Islam and the Notion of Sublime Power

by Ivan Kalmar
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This book investigates Christian images of the Muslim Middle East, focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, when the nature of divine as well as human power was under particularly...
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HMAS AE2 Found

AE2 related ww1, #3

by celal boz
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017

You may not be an avid WW1 history buff or you may not fallow my other books on Amazon so I am obligated to give you some prior info first. HMAS AE2 was a very special Submarine who sunken by a Turkish Torpedo ship, crew was to become POW's for years but I have other books telling the story of the...
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In the Shadow of Melting Glaciers

Climate Change and Andean Society

by Mark Carey
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010

Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, illustrating...
Cover of Medieval Wales
by A. G. Little
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

IN the following lectures no attempt will be made to give a systematic account of a political development, which is the ordinary theme of history. History is "past politics" in the wide sense of the word. It has to do with the growth and decay of states and institutions, and their relations to each other...
Cover of A Brief History of the Middle Ages
by Philip Myers
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

In theory, all the soil of the country was held by the king as a fief from God (in practice, the king's title was his good sword), granted on conditions of fealty to right and justice. Should the king be unjust or wicked, he forfeited the kingdom, and it might be taken from him and given to another....
Cover of The History of the Peloponnesian War: With 18 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link.
by Thucydides
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018

The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides – an Athenian general who served in the war. It is widely considered a classic...
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