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Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History by Devine T. M.; Wormald Jenny;
epub |eng | 2012-07-08 | Author:Devine, T. M.; Wormald, Jenny;

INDUSTRIAL HEROES Industry had a further impact, for it gave rise to a new pantheon of national heroes, celebrated through popular biography and iconography.52 The first to achieve recognition were ...
( Category: Europe July 9,2018 )
What Makes Civilization? by Wengrow David;
epub |eng | 2010-07-08 | Author:Wengrow, David;

‘Potlatch’ Societies in the History of Eurasia Contrasts between highland hoarding zones and lowland urban centres have often been seized upon as evidence for deeply rooted cultural, linguistic, or even ...
( Category: Middle East July 9,2018 )
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
azw3, pdf |eng | 2011-10-20 | Author:William L. Shirer [Shirer, William L.]

As darkness settled over Europe on the evening of August 31, 1939, and a million and a half German troops began moving forward to their final positions on the Polish ...
( Category: Europe July 9,2018 )
Understanding Jihad by Cook David;
epub |eng | | Author:Cook, David;

. . . a convoy of 150 mujahidin had been captured after running out of ammunition in Takhar . . . after they were captured, U.S. troops using chains hung ...
( Category: Islam July 8,2018 )
Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table by Ellen Wayland-Smith
epub |eng | 2016-05-03 | Author:Ellen Wayland-Smith

10 Things Fall Apart With John Humphrey Noyes in absentia (incongruously “fishing on the St. Lawrence in Canada,” according to a journal entry by Francis Wayland-Smith), rumors at Oneida sprang ...
( Category: Industries July 8,2018 )
A History of Women in Russia by Clements Barbara Evans
epub |eng | | Author:Clements, Barbara Evans

MARIA BOCHKAREVA (1889–1920) Bochkareva was a Siberian peasant who married young to escape from a father who beat her, then ran away from her husband when he did the same. ...
( Category: World July 8,2018 )
How Fear Works by Frank Furedi
epub |eng | | Author:Frank Furedi

THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVATION In a complex post-traditional setting, motivation constitutes a constant challenge. In different times and contexts, a wide range of motivational factors such as fear, hope, greed, ...
( Category: World July 8,2018 )
The Great Siege Malta 1565 by Bradford Ernle
epub |zho | 2010-05-13 | Author:Bradford, Ernle [Bradford, Ernle]

Chapter 17 The fall of St Elmo Through the narrowstreets of Birgu, the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem went in solemn procession to the Conventual ...
( Category: Europe July 7,2018 )
Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
epub |eng | 2008-01-15 | Author:Arnold Bennett [Bennett, Arnold]

The Tellwrights were destined to have other visitors that afternoon. Agnes, coming from school, was accompanied by a lady. Anna, who was setting the tea-table, saw a double shadow pass ...
( Category: Classics July 7,2018 )
Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
epub |eng | 2012-08-12 | Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

587. How this is put in practice in technical operations remains to be adverted to in the chapter on the privation of colour. With regard to the communication of colour, ...
( Category: Graphic Design July 7,2018 )
Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Thomas McKelvey Cleaver [Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey]

CHAPTER NINE THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY By the spring of 1945, the Allied advance that had begun 32 months before at Guadalcanal was now aimed directly at the ...
( Category: Military July 6,2018 )
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying by Olson James M
mobi |eng | 2006-10-30 | Author:Olson, James M. [Olson, James M.]

Would it be morally acceptable for the CIA to drug Ghorbani’s food, to enter his room while he is sleeping, to take the briefcase to another room where the documents ...
( Category: Politics & Government July 6,2018 )
Roosevelt and Stalin by Susan Butler
epub |eng | 2015-03-02 | Author:Susan Butler [Butler, Susan]

I also hope that these important discussions may end successfully. This may be of serious significance for the further strengthening of cooperation of our countries and for the whole cause ...
( Category: Russia July 6,2018 )
Sons of Albion:The Inside Story of the Section 5 Squad Incorporating the Clubhouse and Smethwick Mob 30+ Years of West Brom's Hooligan Firms by Big Jon Freethy
epub |eng | 2009-10-05 | Author:Big Jon Freethy [Freethy, Big Jon]

PART FIVE Chapter Eleven NEW FACES Big Jon has been following the Albion since he was a young lad and although on the fringes of the firm from the mid-Eighties, ...
( Category: World July 5,2018 )
Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government by Clarke Liam; Johnston Kathryn
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-14 | Author:Clarke, Liam; Johnston, Kathryn [Clarke, Liam; Johnston, Kathryn]

If the British people really knew what was going on in their name, they would support the right of the Irish people to self-determination…In the absence of anything else, bombs ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People July 5,2018 )

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