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It has been two decades since Yugoslavia fell apart. The brutal conflicts that followed its dissolution are over, but the legacy of the tragedy continues to unsettle the region. Reconciliation is a long and difficult process that necessitates a willingness to work together openly and objectively in confronting the past. Over the past ten years the Scholars' Initiative has assembled an international consortium of historians, social scientists, and...
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This is volume eight of eight and it concerns itself mainly with the victory of the Allied Forces, the Armistice, and the Peace Conference at Paris. A lesser known, but important part covers Canada's war organisations and vast war industries plus the Canadian battles overseas.
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Oil and the Future of Energy brings together the most important and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern. In addition to oil, writers cover carbon and climate change, hydrogen, nuclear power, conservation, renewable resources, transitional strategies, and visionaries in the field today.
With their impeccable reputation for top science reporting, the editors of Scientific American present influential research...
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This book is volume seven of eight volumes. The war drags on with immense numbers of casualties. The Western front is still fighting a trench war. The United States proves to be belligerent in their war effort. The Russian Revolution takes its toll on the populace. The campaigns in Palestine and Arabia will set the stage for the conflicts still prevailing in that part of the Middle East.
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(From the Foreword) Ticonderoga ships and men have established an impressive naval tradition for nearly two centuries. We have only official records of the Ticonderoga men who sailed and fought the earlier ships. In this volume are the vivid memories of those who survive today from World War II to the present.
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A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter-just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)
Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam train to school, notes are taken on parchment with quill pens, and Muggle legends come to life in the form of werewolves, witches, and magical spells. This book is the first to explore the real...
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It is, believed that Sun Tzu was a general in the Spring-Autumn period (770-476 BC), who assisted King Wu to carry out his plan to conquer the Kingdom of Chu. Sun Tzu's book titled ' Sun Tzu's Military Tactics' or commonly known as 'The Art of War' was, written 2,500 years ago, and has been, passed down from generation to generation with far reaching influence. In China today, new recruits of civil services, government sponsored business and industries...
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In the seventy years since 1931, various organizations large and small, including several semi-private ones, have issued or re-issued various original 78 rpm recordings from original metal plates. No comprehensive listing of these has ever before appeared; this is the first, and gathers together all the various information of ongoing interest. This is a most important addition to the record-collecting bibliography.
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Religiöse Frauengemeinschaften vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart:
Ein Einblick in spirituelle Ideale und realen Alltag des Klosterlebens im Alpenraum.
Frauenklöster rücken zunehmend ins Interesse der Geschichtswissenschaft und insbesondere der Geschlechtergeschichte. Ein Leben als Nonne bedeutete nicht notwendigerweise, wie das Klischee häufig nahelegt, ein "von der Welt" zurückgezogenes Dasein. Blickt man ins klösterliche Leben, eröffnen...
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Once asked to explain how he had sustained himself over so many years of struggle, César Chávez responded: "I don't think I could base my will to struggle on cold economics or some political doctrine. For me, the base must be faith."
In evaluating the life and struggles of César Chávez, one of the most recognized Latino leaders in the United States and the first labor leader to successfully organize and unionize U.S. farm workers, many historians,...
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Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth— and eighteenth—century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays.
The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. Separating Hollywood myth from historical fact, these essays bring the...
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The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history.
From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has here collected seven of the most important and iconic speeches of all time. Featuring such disparate historical characters as Cicero, St. Francis of Assisi, Benjamin Franklin, Robert...
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It wasn't that long ago that black citizens had to move to the back of the bus. In this stirring collection, NPR tells stories large and small: of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and the March on Washington; of Pullman porters, an invaluable green book, and women who baked pies to support the Montgomery bus boycott. Personal recollections and historical accounts paint vivid pictures of individuals and events that transformed a nation.
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The Battle of the Somme: The History and Legacy of World War I's Biggest Battle analyzes one of the Great War's most important conflicts, and how it was emblematic of the stalemate that came from new technology and trench warfare. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Battle of the Somme like never before.
The Battle of the Somme is still controversial for the British to this day. On July 1, 1916, the...
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This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.
The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music, and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are performed by a select group of amazing actors who...
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Toward the end of the 17th century, the preeminent Islamic power in the world was the Ottoman Empire. From lowly beginnings as a vassal of the Anatolian Sultanate of Rum Osman I, from whom the empire was named, it expanded into the lands of the Christian Byzantine Empire, and by 1683, the year of the Battle of Vienna, the Ottomans ruled Asia Minor, the Middle East (with the exception of Iran), northern Africa to the borders of Morocco, the Balkan...
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During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. According to editors Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman, the issue is...
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Deep within the bayous and swamps of Louisiana resides a population descended from an exodus. These people, called Cajuns or Acadians, were expelled from their homelands. Persecuted and homeless, they traveled hundreds of miles south in search of a new home and ultimately settled in the Pelican State, where they made new lives for themselves free from their British conquerors. Though not always warmly welcomed, they were accepted, allowing them to...
79) Ellis Island and Angel Island: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Immigration Stations
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On New Year's Day 1892, a young Irish girl named Annie Moore stepped off the steamship Nevada and landed on a tiny island that once held a naval fort. As she made her way through the large building on that island, Annie was processed as the first immigrant to come to America through Ellis Island. Like so many immigrants before her, she and her family settled in an Irish neighborhood in the city, and she would live out the rest of her days there. Thanks...
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Relive D-Day for the first time! From the opening reports of paratroop landings by German broadcasters to the evening prayer of President Roosevelt, listen to each heart-stopping hour of live broadcasting from one of the most momentous days of the twentieth century. The Allies have landed at Normandy! A 4,000-ship armada! Heavy bombardments! Paratroopers! You will hear twenty-four full hours of crackling reports from London Radio; Eisenhower's Order...
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