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The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism by Goldhagen Daniel Jonah
epub |eng | 2013-09-03 | Author:Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah [Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah]

11 Millions Upon Millions of Antisemites LOOKING AROUND THE world to assess antisemitism’s extent and intensity, the picture is extremely disturbing. The sheer number of antisemites, the global prevalence of ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism April 25,2017 )
The Jewish Revolt AD 66-74 by Si Sheppard
epub |eng | | Author:Si Sheppard

THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS As the campaign season of AD 68 opened the Romans, observing affairs in Jerusalem with a wry detachment, were in no hurry to intervene. ...
( Category: Rome April 24,2017 )
A People's History of the World by Chris Harman
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Chris Harman

Chapter 1 The world of capital Capital had stamped its imprint everywhere in the world by 1900. There was scarcely a group of people anywhere whose lives were not being ...
( Category: Human Geography April 23,2017 )
The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau by Julie Ferry
epub |eng | 2017-04-21 | Author:Julie Ferry

Prince Leopold would always hold Minnie in high esteem, and even after her marriage he still wrote to her frequently, his letters filled with compliments. ‘You were much admired yesterday, ...
( Category: Women in History April 22,2017 )
The Imperial Capitals of China by Arthur Cotterell
epub |eng | 2012-08-19 | Author:Arthur Cotterell [COTTERELL, ARTHUR]

CHAPTER 7 Almost Paradise: Northern Song Kaifeng Two huge frolicking dragons, covered with blue cloth and stuffed with straw, were placed on the left and the right of the palace ...
( Category: Asia April 20,2017 )
Athens: A History by Robin Waterfield
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Robin Waterfield [Waterfield, Robin]

The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War In 446 Athens and Sparta entered into a thirty-year peace, which did nothing to stop each side developing its military potential. The final insults ...
( Category: Greece April 16,2017 )
The Future of God by Deepak Chopra
epub |eng | 2014-11-10 | Author:Deepak Chopra [Chopra, Deepak]

A scientist sees a healing Establishing that miracles exist requires two steps. First, we have to take down the wall that separates the natural from the supernatural. Fortunately, that’s fairly ...
( Category: Science & Religion April 15,2017 )
The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Ian Mortimer

8 Where to Stay The practicalities of finding accommodation vary from age to age. One of the problems of the Restoration period is the sheer number of people on the ...
( Category: Europe April 15,2017 )
Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World by Larry W. Hurtado
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-09-08 | Author:Larry W. Hurtado [Hurtado, Larry W.]

The Roman-Era Setting In ascribing a distinctiveness to early Christianity in certain social and behavioral practices, I intend no stereotype of the Roman era—for example, as one of simple decadence ...
( Category: Christianity April 13,2017 )
Insanely Great by Steven Levy
epub |eng | | Author:Steven Levy [Levy, Steven]

That was a case when Jobs's 'vision was on the money. But his obstinence occasionally led him to demand the wrong thing. Sometimes he was so obviously mistaken that his ...
( Category: Macs April 11,2017 )
The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley by Eric Weiner
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-01-05 | Author:Eric Weiner [Weiner, Eric]

* * * I’m walking along the Royal Mile one day, feeling pleased with my progress, when I spot a church. Called St. Giles, it is impressive with its crown-shaped ...
( Category: Earth Sciences April 10,2017 )
Atrocities by Matthew White
epub |eng | 2011-10-03 | Author:Matthew White

Second Artois May 9–June 16, 1915 50,000 3 miles Nothing Gallipoli February 19, 1915–January 19, 1916 125,00013 2 miles Zilch Somme July 1–November 18, 1916 306,00014 8 miles Zip Verdun ...
( Category: Military April 10,2017 )
The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power by Melanie Phillips
epub |eng | 2011-12-12 | Author:Melanie Phillips [Phillips, Melanie]

THE DEBT OF ISLAMISM TO BOTH COMMUNISM AND FASCISM The apocalyptic revivalism of neofascism corresponds precisely to the agenda of radical Islamism. We noted earlier how Islamism, as a form ...
( Category: Religion, Politics & State April 9,2017 )
Islamic Theological Themes by Renard John;
epub |eng | | Author:Renard, John;

The Non-Ultimate and the Great Ultimate are the taproot of heaven and earth, being and nonbeing. They are suited to be the seed of the ten thousand things, but not ...
( Category: Christianity April 6,2017 )
The Wages of Guilt by Ian Buruma
epub |eng | 2015-08-24 | Author:Ian Buruma [Buruma, Ian]

TOKYO The law court in Nuremberg looks solid—indestructible almost—in a city that lacks solidity. The restored medievalism of the old town center gives the city a stagey atmosphere, as though ...
( Category: World War II April 6,2017 )

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