September 11: Religioius Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences
This book offers a considered and comprehensive religious perspective on the terrorist attacks.
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September 11: Religioius Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences
This book offers a considered and comprehensive religious perspective on the terrorist attacks.
The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night
Today, tourism is one of Mexico's most successful revolutionary projects that played a decisive role in the making of that modern nation. From the industry's birth in 1928 to its boom in 1946, government officials and private entrepreneurs …
Transformations of the New Germany
This book examines the cultural transformations of the Federal Republic of Germany in its second decade since unification.
Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
Christopher Columbus' arrival on a small Bahamian island in 1492 is often judged to be a defining moment in the history of mankind, changing forever the map of the world. Kirkpatrick Sale offers readers a unique take on Columbus and his legacy, …
In the middle of December 1944, at a time when most people thought Germany was finished, the German army launched a surprise attack against the American army in Belgium. Thousands of crack troops and large numbers of tanks breached the thin …
classic of popular history, Howard Fast's masterwork on the 4,000-year history of a people is now available in trade paperback.
The Rhetoric of Violence: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film
In this unique book, Kamal Abdel-Malek probes into the various situations where Arab and Jew encounter each other in the modern Palestinian fiction, poetry, and film. The book explores the violent confrontations and moments of reconciliation in …
Seeds of Wealth: Five Plants That Made Men Rich
In this collection of four essays, Hobhouse focuses on the exploitation of timber, tobacco, rubber, and the wine grape, which enormously increased the wealth of those who dealt with them, created new industries, shaped destinies, and changed the …
Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Using diaries, journals, and correspondence, the author introduces readers to doctors who endured life on the sea, what types of medicines and surgical tools they used, and what sort of people they encountered. Illustrations and photos.
The Tragedy of Zionism: How Its Revolutionary Past Haunts Israeli Democracy
The subject of intense controversy when it was first published in 1985, The Tragedy of Zionism provides illuminating insight into the history behind the headlines. Now revised with a new prologue and epilogue, this groundbreaking book is …
World History the Easy Way Volume Two
Volume II opens with major world events between 1500 and 1789, and considers the development of shipbuilding that sent European explorers around the world. Following topics include the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Manchu China, Spanish conquests …
The Generalship of Alexander the Great
In a brief and meteoric life (356-323 BC) the greatest of all conquerors redirected the course of world history. Alexander the Great accomplished this feat with a small army-no more than 40,000 men-and a constellation of bold, revolutionary ideas …
Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami
This exquisitely written book puts a human face on the tragedy of last year's Southeast Asian tsunami through the heartbreaking and heroic stories of four who survived this cataclysmic natural disaster. Two 8-page photo inserts.
Benjamin Franklin: An Intimate Portrait
For many people, Benjamin Franklin remains a puzzling figure in American history. This book tells Franklin's absorbing life story. In lively and informal style, Thomas Fleming presents a well-rounded account of probably the most versatile and …
Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World
This book offers a blueprint for a world now lost, focusing on such crucial issues as the role of politics and religion, and how communities developed social hierarchies.
Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
By use of detective work and meticulous research, Joan Druett has reconstructed an exciting account of a way of life that has long since vanished. Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on …
Feminism and Motherhood in Western Europe, 1890-1970: The Maternal Dilemma
Motherhood and citizenship are terms that are closely linked and have been redefined over the past century due to changes in women's status, feminist movements, and political developments. Mother-child relationships were greatly affected by …
Postmemories of Terror: A New Generation Copes with the Legacy of the Dirty War
"Postmemories of Terror" focuses on how young Argentineans remember the traumatic events of the military dictatorship (1976-83). This work is based on oral histories with sixty-three young people who were too young to be directly victimized or …
Although Gaius Julius Caesar was blessed with brains, courage, and helpful family ties, there were few signs that he would use them. Then suddenly, between the years 60 and 44 B.C., when he was in his forties and fifties, he began to excel in …
For Great Britain, there were two pivotal battles in the Second World War. One was the Battle of Britain. The other was El Alamein. There, in October 1942, in a remote part of the desert between Libya and Egypt, the British army, under the …
Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth- To Twelfth-Century Painting
In Byzantium two overlapping systems of dress existed: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth; and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. Courtiers participated in a semiotic system of …
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
This unforgettable account of the unraveling of the British colonial empire in Kenya is a major work of history detailing the prisons, work camps, and terror that the British imposed on millions just after World War II. It has chilling parallels …
Allied Artillery of World War Two
This comprehensive volume describes the weapons of the Allied forces that were in use from 1939-45. Each of these weapons is described in detail with specifications and a fascinating array of rare photographs and drawings. This well-researched …
Historical Atlas of the Crusades
In November 1095, Pope Urban II called on the Christian rulers and knights of Europe to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and claim Jerusalem back for Christendom. Any Crusader who died in the attempt would be rewarded in Heaven. The response …
Medieval Medicine in Illuminated Manuscr
Drawing on the wealth of medical illustration to be found in medieval manuscripts, Peter Murray Jones traces the history of medieval medicine, the artistic traditions that shaped its depiction, and the changing attitudes and beliefs of both …
Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance with CD (Audio)
Read their stories, See their works and lives, Hear their voices. Zora Neale Hurston. Langston Hughes. Claude McKay. Richard Wright. Duke Ellington. Jacob Lawrence. Ethel Waters. Josephine Baker. Bessie Smith. ?and more. Harlem Speaks showcases …
Ancient Warfare: Archaeological Perspectives
This ambitious and innovative book sets out to establish a new understanding of human aggression and conflict in the distant past.
For over a century, the sweatshop has evoked outrage and moral repugnance. Once cast as a type of dangerous and immoral garment factory brought to American shores by European immigrants, today the sweatshop is reviled as emblematic of the abuses …
This book offers enthralling insights into the history, mythology legends of the peoples of Mesoamerica, lavishly illustrated throughout.
The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War
"The Last Battle" is a powerful account of the Mayaguez Incident, the tragic military misadventure that left its Private Ryans unrescued and unsung in a Cambodian jungle at the end of the Vietnam War. of photos.