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In historiography, the Idea of Progress is the theory that advances in technology, science, and social organization inevitably produce an improvement in the general human condition. Meaning, people can be happier in terms of quality of life through economic development and the application of scientific...

Volume 2 of classic history. One of the world's foremost historians chronicles the major forces and events in the history of the Western and Byzantine Empires from the death of Theodosius (A.D. 395) to the death of Justinian (A.D. 565). "An important and valuable contribution to our knowledge." — Classical Review.

The Cambridge Medieval History Collection is a fantastic and comprehensive history of medieval Europe.  Featuring:  Volume 1 - THE CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEUTONIC KINGDOMS Volume 2 - THE RISE OF THE SARACENS AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE Volume...

THE present series of lectures is designed to give a broad and general view of the long sequence of the migratory movements of the northern barbarians which began in the third and fourth centuries A.D. and cannot be said to have terminated till the ninth. This long process shaped Europe into its present...

In the dark depths of the jungle beyond camp Chachucalna lies a verboten world of mystery and danger. So of course the irrepressible and vibrant Lady Emilia Vladenburg-Abgal-Lyon, a young researcher with dreams of greatness and an overactive imagination, quickly finds herself immersed in a plot that...

In the dark depths of the jungle beyond camp Chachucalna lies a verboten world of mystery and danger. So of course the irrepressible and vibrant Lady Emilia Vladenburg-Abgal-Lyon, a young researcher with dreams of greatness and an overactive imagination, quickly finds herself immersed in a plot that...

The boudoir of a woman of fashion exhibits in its history, if faithfully recorded, a picture of the manners, modes, and morals of the times; and, however little such things in themselves might deserve to be handed down, or registered as objects of imitation, yet to chronicle them for the day would...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition set off to explore how it might be possible to get to the vicinity of Mount Everest, to reconnoiter possible routes for ascending the...

Until a leading historian published this classic biography in 1905, the facts about St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint, were clouded by obscurity, controversy, and conjecture. This carefully researched study brought the venerated figure into the light of history, exploring the many legends surrounding...

Pari ?, samedi 11 mars 1865. Chère et belle Présidente, Me voici à Paris depuis le commencement de la discussion de l’adresse. Je suis parti de Cannes fort souffrant ; le voyage ne m’a pas peu fatigué et le temps horrible qu’il fait ici me rend véritablement malade. Je sors...

Television 2.0 sets out to document and interrogate shifting patterns of engagement with digital television. Television content has not only been decoupled from the broadcast schedule through the use of digital video recorders (DVRs) but from broadcasting itself through streaming platforms such as...

Metal ions play key roles in biology. Many are essential for catalysis, for electron transfer and for the fixation, sensing, and metabolism of gases. Others compete with those essential metal ions or have toxic or pharmacological effects. This book is structured around the periodic table and...

THE present series of lectures is designed to give a broad and general view of the long sequence of the migratory movements of the northern barbarians which began in the third and fourth centuries A.D. and cannot be said to have terminated till the ninth. This long process shaped Europe into its present...

— Ainsi, vous ne croyez pas au surnaturel ? — Comme vous l’entendez, non certes, répondit la personne à laquelle s’adressait cette interpellation. Je ne crois ni à la statue du commandeur, ni aux nonnes de Robert le Diable. Le surnaturel, en dehors de nous, n’existe pas. —...