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Islam in Global Modernity by Dietrich Jung
epub |eng | | Author:Dietrich Jung

5.4 Conclusions: Max Weber and Islam In his book Weber and Islam, Bryan Turner put forward the thesis that in Max Weber’s analysis, the patrimonial nature of Muslim political institutions ...
( Category: World January 7,2023 )
Journeys with Soul by John Herlihy
epub |eng | | Author:John Herlihy [Herlihy, John]

6 RAINDROPS ON KAMPUNG ROOFS IN THE FAR EAST, there still survive elements of alternative medicine in the form of traditional massage that can be found in India, Thailand and ...
( Category: World January 6,2023 )
Farewell to East Prussia by Erhard Schulz
epub |eng | 2003-01-15 | Author:Erhard Schulz

I don’t recall much of my last summer vacation in Rehwalde. The people were gravely concerned about their relatives. The Russian front was coming closer even more. Even the simplest ...
( Category: World January 6,2023 )
Soldiers of Revolution by Mark Lause
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Lause

Those in the ranks understood the problem better than those at the helm of government. One day in Autun, Giuseppe Beghelli listened as a well-informed Basque major at the Hôtel ...
( Category: Revolutionary January 6,2023 )
The Hurricane Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
epub |eng | | Author:Martin Robson

TESTS TO BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HURRICANE AIRCRAFT. From:- 111 (Fighter) Squadron, R.A.F. Northolt. To:- Station Headquarters, Northolt. (Copy to F/Lt. BULMAN for information. Delivered by ...
( Category: Aviation January 5,2023 )
The German Colonial Experience by Arthur J. Knoll
epub |eng | 2010-01-15 | Author:Arthur J. Knoll

e. Meteorology 252. Lightning without Thunder in Samoa When I arrived in Samoa in 1901, it was noted that thunderstorms hardly ever occurred, a conclusion substantiated by my own observations. ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture January 5,2023 )
Amazing Girls of Arizona by Jan Cleere
epub |eng | | Author:Jan Cleere

With no fish in the old pond, Bill Back introduced bluegill and catfish, but they never survived for long. The carbon dioxide in the water traveled through the gills of ...
( Category: Women in History January 5,2023 )
Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women by Autumn Stephens
epub |eng | | Author:Autumn Stephens [Stephens, Autumn]

“I believe that truth makes for better history than evasions.” —KS MAMIE EISENHOWER RELAXED IN HER ROLE SOME INDEPENDENT FIRST LADIES thought of the White House as a high-security prison ...
( Category: Women in History January 5,2023 )
Philadelphia Quakers and the Antislavery Movement by Brian Temple
epub |eng | 2014-05-28 | Author:Brian Temple

It was these beliefs that brought her and her husband to the convention.23 The American Anti-Slavery Society was formed in 1833, but the Pennsylvania branch began in 1837. This picture, ...
( Category: Ethnic & Tribal January 5,2023 )
What Did You Do in the Cold War Daddy? by Ann Curthoys
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Curthoys

– Rodney Cavalier – Rodney Cavalier is a writer and political activist. He served in the NSW parliament for ten years and was the Minister for Education in the Wran ...
( Category: Jewish January 5,2023 )
Leadership Lessons from the Race to the South Pole by Fergus O'Connell
epub |eng | 2015-02-28 | Author:Fergus O'Connell

It’s Just a Skill This has been a long chapter to deliver a short message. Remember, at the end of the day, what I’ve been describing here is not especially ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries January 4,2023 )
The Sword of Calais by Paul Meachair
epub |eng | 2022-10-06 | Author:Paul Meachair

Chapter 12 Draped in black, the five-foot-high scaffold is now surrounded by nobles and court officials in their finery and many members of the various guilds in their robes, standing ...
( Category: World January 4,2023 )
Burro Bill and Me: A Memoir of Our Unusual Death Valley Love Story by Edna Calkins Price
epub |eng | 2014-04-23 | Author:Edna Calkins Price

TRAVAILS WITH A DONKEY In the depths of the Grand Canyon, September was a time of stifling summer heat, intensified by the sheer rocky walls on both sides. Yet directly ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries January 3,2023 )
Historical Communities: Cities, Erudition, and National Identity in Early Modern France by Hilary J. Bernstein 
pdf | | 2021-01-16 | Author:Hilary J. Bernstein 

( Category: Ethnic & Tribal January 1,2023 )
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise by Mac Griswold
epub |eng | | Author:Mac Griswold

A gale force! Bunny in 1960 at the Cape with the journalist Joseph Alsop and young David S. Bruce, son of Evangeline Bruce and Ambassador David K. E. Bruce On ...
( Category: Women in History January 1,2023 )

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