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 Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
Author: George Lane
Greenwood
2006
Pages: 340
Language: English
Format: pdf
Size: 33.8 Mb

The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols had a reputation for being savage barbarians by describing their fur-lined clothes and their heavy, meat- and alcohol-based diet. It supplies first-hand accounts of fighting in Ghengis Khan's decimalized army, and explores the various tasks that were left up to the women, such as loading and unloading the wagons when traveling. Highschool students and undergraduates can compare and contrast religious beliefs and various laws of the Mongols with those of other cultures they are studying. From traditional medicinal treatments to the Great Yasa law system, readers young and old can enjoy this comprehensive, in-depth study of everyday living during the Mongol Empire.

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 The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
Author: David Gilmour
The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012
Format: epub
Size: 32 Mb
Language: English

A provocative, entertaining account of Italy’s diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and present
Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? The question is asked and answered in a number of ways in this engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance—and weakness—of Italy today.
David Gilmour’s wonderfully readable exploration of Italian life over the centuries is filled with provocative anecdotes as well as personal observations, and is peopled by the great figures of the Italian past—from Cicero and Virgil to the controversial politicians of the twentieth century. His wise account of the Risorgimento debunks the nationalistic myths that surround it, though he paints a sympathetic portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, a beloved hero of the era.
Gilmour shows that the glory of Italy has always lain in its regions, with their distinctive art, civic cultures, identities, and cuisines. Italy’s inhabitants identified themselves not as Italians but as Tuscans and Venetians, Sicilians and Lombards, Neapolitans and Genoese. Italy’s strength and culture still come from its regions rather than from its misconceived, mishandled notion of a unified nation.

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 Encyclopedia Of European Peoples
Encyclopedia Of European Peoples
Encyclopedia Of European Peoples
Author: Carl Waldman, Catherine Mason
Facts on File
2006
Pages: 984
Language: English
Format: pdf
Size: 24.1 Mb

"Encyclopedia of European Peoples" is an A-to-Z reference to the people of Europe, from ancient to modern times, summarizing their origin, language, history, culture, and relationship to other people. This encyclopedia includes entries on all people that for a time maintained a cultural identity. Thus, the reader will be able to find entries on the Gauls and Normans, but also an entry on the "French: nationality," that describes who they are today with cross-references to the various ancestral people. Main entries begin with a fact sheet and a timeline and conclude with a further reading section. Sidebars are placed throughout, outlining the biographiesof individuals critical to the shaping of European history, and approximately 200 black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and maps add to the engaging text.
Contents include a master alphabetical list of entries, with alternate names and language families or other classifications; entries organized by language family, ethnicity, nationalities, or regions; a table listing the languages of Europe, past and present; a summary of the geography of Europe; a summary of the prehistoric hominids once inhabiting that continent; a list of individuals mentioned in the text, organized alphabetically according to European people; and an alphabetical list of those individuals featured in biographical sidebars, citing the entries where the sidebars are located.

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 Kookaburra Technical manual. Series 1, no.9: P-47 Thunderbolt Described Part 2
Kookaburra Technical manual. Series 1, no.9: P-47 Thunderbolt Described Part 2
Author: Geoff Duva
Kookaburra Technical manual. Series 1, no.9: P-47 Thunderbolt Described Part 2
Kookaburra Technical Publications
1969
Format: PDF
Size: 13,7 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 28
Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, technical drawings, profiles.

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 Time Frame - The Natural World
Time Frame - The Natural World
Author: Collective
Time Frame - The Natural World
Time-Life Books
1991
Format: PDF
Pages: 184
Language: English
Size: 23.3 MB

Content:
1 Out of the Wilderness
Essay: Sanctuaries of the Spirit
2 The Mediterranean World
3 The Chinese Way
Essay: Mining the Earth's Riches
4 The Plow and the Cross
5 Expansion and Exchange
Essay: The Odysseys of Plants
6 The Global Challenge

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 Historical Atlas
Historical Atlas
Author: W.R. Shepherd
Historical Atlas
Henry Holt & Co.
1911
Format: PDF
Quality:
Pages: 257
Language: English
Size: 78,1 МБ

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 A Brief History of the 12th Marines
A Brief History of the 12th Marines
Author: Charles R. Smith
A Brief History of the 12th Marines
U.S. Marine Corps
ISBN: 1500166626
1972
Format: PDF
Size: 17,3 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 90
This historical publication is the eighth in a series of regimental histories. This series covers in similar fashion each of the infantry and artillery regiments in the Fleet Marine Force, active and reserve. The present narrative not only highlights the significant actions of the 12th Marines, but also furnishes a general history of the developments in Marine Corps artillery. “A Brief History of the 12th Marines” is a concise narrative of the regiment from its initial activation close to half a century ago through its participation in the Vietnam conflict.

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 The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
Author: Catherine Bailey
The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
Penguin Books
2013
Format: pdf/epub
Size: 14 Mb
Language: English

After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants’ quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records—but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.

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 The Guinness History of Sea Warfare
The Guinness History of Sea Warfare
Author: Gervis Frere-Cook
The Guinness History of Sea Warfare
Guinness Superlatives
1975
Format: PDF
Pages: 260
Language: English
Size: 38.3 MB

A book by Gervis Frere-Cook and Kenneth Macksey, with special maps and diagrams drawn by Michael Haine. 245 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans -a good account of naval activities from earliest times to the Vietnam War.

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 TSR2: The Story of Britain's Most Controversial Warplane
TSR2: The Story of Britain's Most Controversial Warplane
TSR2: The Story of Britain's Most Controversial Warplane
Author: Tim McLelland
Kelsey Publishing
Aeroplane Icons
ISBN: 978 1909786134
2014
Language: English
Pages: 120
Format: PDF
Size: 66,9 MB

TSR2 is an infamous acronym that has earned an important place in Britain's aviation history. It describes a project that was first established in the late 1950s, to create a new aircraft to replace the legendary Canberra jet bomber. The RAF was aware of how Soviet military capability was rapidly improving, and a new bomber was needed to fly tactical strike missions, should a war with the Soviet Union become likely. At the time it was believed that there was a very real risk of East-West conflict (this was just a few years before the Cuban Missile Crisis) and Britain had already developed a tactical atomic bomb for possible use in any European war. Although only a tactical weapon, the bomb was in fact much more powerful than the two weapons dropped on Japan more than a decade earlier. Initially, this bomb was to be carried by the Canberra, but the RAF wanted to marry the weapon to a new aircraft that could fl y at low level, hiding from Soviet radar defences, acting as both a nuclear bomber and also as a reconnaissance platform for cameras and other sensors. The RAF also wanted to have a tremendously fast aircraft that would be invulnerable to attack by Soviet aircraft and missiles, so that it would be sure of reaching its target. This was the basis for TSR2. Almost from the point of inception, TSR2 quickly became embroiled in a long saga of bad management, political indecision and confused strategic thinking. The Government backed the programme, but its projected cost was expected to be astronomical. Designing and manufacturing an aircraft that could fl y at tree top height at twice the speed of sound would be a challenge even today, but in 1960 it was a challenge that would call upon the latest advances in technological prowess. The Government's handling of the project was inept.

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 From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible
From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible
Author: Eric H. Cline
From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible
National Geographic
2007
Format: epub/pdf
Size: 15 Mb
Language: English

Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel. Combining the academic rigor that has won the respect of his peers with an accessible style that has made him a favorite with readers and students alike, he lays out each mystery, evaluates all available evidence—from established fact to arguable assumption to far-fetched leap of faith—and proposes an explanation that reconciles Scripture, science, and history.
Numerous amateur archaeologists have sought some trace of NoahÕs Ark to meet only with failure. But, though no serious scholar would undertake such a literal search, many agree that the Flood was no myth but the cultural memory of a real, catastrophic inundation, retold and reshaped over countless generations. Likewise, some experts suggest that JoshuaÕs storied victory at Jericho is the distant echo of an earthquake instead of IsraelÕs sacred trumpets—a fascinating, geologically plausible theory that remains unproven despite the best efforts of scientific research.
Cline places these and other Biblical stories in solid archaeological and historical context, debunks more than a few lunatic-fringe fantasies, and reserves judgment on ideas that cannot yet be confirmed or denied. Along the way, our most informed understanding of ancient Israel comes alive with dramatic but accurate detail in this groundbreaking, engrossing, entertaining book by one of the rising stars in the field.

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 Tangible Things: Making History through Objects
Tangible Things: Making History through Objects
Author: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter
Tangible Things: Making History through Objects
Oxford University Press
2015
Format: PDF
Size: 65 Mb
Language: English

In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the sky. It argues that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link beween present and past.
The authors of this book pulled an astonishing array of materials out of storage--from a pencil manufactured by Henry David Thoreau to a bracelet made from iridescent beetles--in a wide range of Harvard University collections to mount an innovative exhibition alongside a new general education course. The exhibition challenged the rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. It showed that object-centered inquiry inevitably leads to a questioning of categories within and beyond history.
Tangible Things is both an introduction to the range and scope of Harvard's remarkable collections and an invitation to reassess collections of all sorts, including those that reside in the bottom drawers or attics of people's houses. It interrogates the nineteenth-century categories that still divide art museums from science museums and historical collections from anthropological displays and that assume history is made only from written documents. Although it builds on a larger discussion among specialists, it makes its arguments through case studies, hoping to simultaneously entertain and inspire. The twenty case studies take us from the Galapagos Islands to India and from a third-century Egyptian papyrus fragment to a board game based on the twentieth-century comic strip "Dagwood and Blondie." A companion website catalogs the more than two hundred objects in the original exhibition and suggests ways in which the principles outlined in the book might change the way people understand the tangible things that surround them.

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 The Secret History of the World
The Secret History of the World
Author: Jonathan Black
The Secret History of the World
Quercus
ISBN: 0857380974
2010
Format: EPUB
Size: 17,6 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 592
Jonathan Black examines the end of the world and the coming of the Antichrist - or is he already here? How will he make himself known and what will become of the world when he does? - and the end of Time.
Having studied theology and learnt from initiates of all the great secret societies of the world, Jonathan Black has learned that it is possible to reach an altered state of consciousness in which we can see things about the way the world works that hidden from our everyday commonsensical consciousness. This history shows that by using secret techniques, people such as Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and George Washington have worked themselves into this altered state - and been able to access supernatural levels of intelligence.

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 Victory at Sea: Flattops
Victory at Sea: Flattops
Author: Cristopher Douglas
Victory at Sea: Flattops
Rutledge Books
1961
Format: PDF
Pages: 68
Language: English
Size: 21 MB

Victory at Sea Flattops - How brave men in a new kind of ship wrote a new page in naval warfare. The story of the aircraft carrier in world war II told in words and pictures to remember, and based on the TV award-winning program.

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 The 9/11 Encyclopedia (2 volumes)
The 9/11 Encyclopedia (2 volumes)
Author: Atkins S.E.
The 9/11 Encyclopedia (2 volumes)
Praeger
2009
Pages: 979
Language: english
Format: pdf
Size: 10.62 mb

Horror. Sadness. Protests. Military action. Conspiracy theories. From personal loss to economic upheaval to a paradigm shift in U.S. foreign relations, few events in the past 100 years have impacted American life so greatly as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This comprehensive two-volume set details every event leading up to 9/11, going back up to a decade prior to the attacks, and including all participants from any place in the world. Also covered are events since the attack that have influenced our understanding of the ordeal. With A-Z entries, descriptive sidebars, and over 40 primary documents, The 9/11 Encyclopedia is an essential source for understanding one of the blackest marks on the pages of American history.

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 Zaginione Królestwa
Zaginione Królestwa
Author:Davies Norman
Zaginione Królestwa
ZNAK
2010
Format: pdf
Size: 106.52 MB
Language: Polish

Norman Davies zabiera nas w oszałamiającą podróż przez wieki dziejów. Pokazuje egzotyczne stolice i mówiące niemal wymarłymi językami narody. Przedstawia nam nieznaną historię Europy, ale i opowiada o nas samych: o Galicji, Prusach, Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim. Czy jakiś inny historyk miałby na tyle wyobraźni, żeby połączyć ze sobą upadek ZSRR, historię Gdańska i państwo barbarzyńskich Wizygotów? Po lekturze Zaginionych Królestw nikt już nie będzie mógł traktować uporządkowanego świata historii ze szkolnych podręczników jak prawdy objawionej. Burgundia nie będzie kojarzyć się wyłącznie z winem, a Aragonia z Aragornem z Tolkienowskiego Władcy Pierścieni.

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 War Machines Sea: From Phoenician Galleys to Polaris Submarines
War Machines Sea: From Phoenician Galleys to Polaris Submarines
Author: Tom Perlmutter
War Machines Sea: From Phoenician Galleys to Polaris Submarines
Octopus Books
1975
Format: PDF
Pages: 146
Language: English
Size: 26.5 MB

This is a story that begins with boats made from papyrus and ends with Polaris and today's nuclear powered ships. This superbly illustrated book presents a visual catalogue in words and pictures of the world's sea weaponry.

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 The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Marc Morris
The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
Pegasus
2013
Format: PDF/ePub/MOBI
Size: 11 Mb
Language: English

An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom.An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history.Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack; why the Normans, in some respects less sophisticated, possessed the military cutting edge; how William’s hopes of a united Anglo-Norman realm unraveled, dashed by English rebellions, Viking invasions, and the insatiable demands of his fellow conquerors.This is a tale of powerful drama, repression, and seismic social change: the Battle of Hastings itself; the sudden introduction of castles and the massive rebuilding of every major church; the total destruction of an ancient ruling class. Language, law, architecture, and even attitudes toward life itself were altered forever by the coming of the Normans.

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 Strange But True, America: Weird Tales from All 50 States
Strange But True, America: Weird Tales from All 50 States
Author: John Hafnor
Strange But True, America: Weird Tales from All 50 States
Lone Pine Productions
2009
Format: PDF/ePub
Size: 13 Mb
Language: English

Strange But True, America is a 50-state tour de force of every oddball fact missing from standard travel and history books. Richly illustrated by veteran artist Dale Crawford, the book's 101 weird tales and matching drawings are crafted to surprise. Author John Hafnor employed a deeply curious research style to unearth the little-known tales, each building to a twist ending that assures reader interest. The book pulls few punches in redefining much of America s previously unquestioned folklore.

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