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History and Popular Memory by Cohen Paul A
epub |eng | 2014-03-11 | Author:Cohen, Paul A

THE DIMMING OF POPULAR MEMORY: JOAN OF ARC AFTER THE WAR Joan of Arc is visually omnipresent in today’s France. “A high percentage of churches,” according to one observer, “have ...
( Category: Jewish December 27,2015 )
The Landscape of History by Gaddis John Lewis
epub |eng | 2002-12-24 | Author:Gaddis, John Lewis

II. First, the distinction between the immediate, the intermediate, and the distant. Although historical narratives normally move forward, historians in preparing them move backward.11 They tend to start with some ...
( Category: United States December 25,2015 )
The Liberators: America's Witnesses to the Holocaust by Michael Hirsh
epub |eng | 2010-03-09 | Author:Michael Hirsh [Hirsh, Michael]

Inside the turret of their Sherman tank ten miles from Kaufering, T/5 John Critzas and his four crew members began to smell something they couldn’t readily identify. “We knew the ...
( Category: Holocaust December 25,2015 )
Against All Odds: Great Underdogs in World History by Mike Pelletier
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2015-11-18 | Author:Mike Pelletier

The Poles no doubt inflicted some damage. 27,000 Germans were killed, wounded or captured. But the Germans more than returned the favor. Nearly three-quarters of the Home Army, 30,000 men ...
( Category: World December 24,2015 )
Journey of Souls by Michael Newton
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-08-31 | Author:Michael Newton [Newton, Michael]

10 The Intermediate Soul ONCE our souls advance past Level II into the intermediate ranges of development, group cluster activity is considerably reduced. This does not mean we return to ...
( Category: Near-Death Experiences December 24,2015 )
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-12-07 | Author:David Wootton [Wootton, David]

13 The Disenchantment of the World Thus the growing process of intellectualization and rationalization does not imply a growing understanding of the conditions under which we live. It means something ...
( Category: History & Philosophy December 22,2015 )
The Enlightenment by Anthony Pagden
epub |eng | 2013-04-22 | Author:Anthony Pagden [Pagden, Anthony]

II Savages stood on the threshold of a complex history. They existed at the very beginning of human time. It was that, as we have seen, that made them so ...
( Category: Movements December 22,2015 )
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Shah Sonia
epub |eng | 2015-12-20 | Author:Shah, Sonia [Shah, Sonia]

Manson and Ross, neither of whom ever achieved much financial success, constantly fretted over securing a living. Manson’s tactic was to try to shame the British government into supporting his ...
( Category: Microbiology December 22,2015 )
Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution--A History From the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Alister McGrath
mobi |eng | 2007-09-25 | Author:Alister McGrath

PROTESTANT VIEWS ON MUSIC IN WORSHIP Modern Protestant worship makes extensive use of music, especially hymns, choruses, and worship songs. Indeed, Protestants have become so used to singing hymns as ...
( Category: Christianity December 21,2015 )
Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths: Building Bridges to Faith Through Apologetics by McGrath Alister E
epub |eng | 2010-12-21 | Author:McGrath, Alister E. [McGrath, Alister E.]

But consider my friend Francis, who is fortunate enough to have dual nationality. Francis is British. Francis is Swiss. A logical contradiction exists if, and only if, being British excludes ...
( Category: Christianity December 21,2015 )
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-10-27 | Author:Gloria Steinem [Steinem, Gloria]

I. As a freelancer, I finally did get one assignment in our nation’s capital—to write about the style of the Kennedy White House. It paid less than I would spend ...
( Category: Women December 21,2015 )
Fanshen; a documentary of revolution in a Chinese village by Hinton William
mobi, pdf |eng | 1967-03-15 | Author:Hinton, William [Hinton, William]

As part of his self-criticism, Yu-hsing made a surprising admission. "Halfway to the field I got hungry. I ate one bun. I delivered 35 instead of 36. I will pay ...
( Category: Asian December 21,2015 )
Ada BlackJack by Jennifer Niven
epub |eng | | Author:Jennifer Niven

* * * McMinnville, Oreg. Aug. 8, 1923 Mr. H. Galle Newbraunfels, Texas.; Dear Sir; You will note that the boys are supposed to be alive and I feel that ...
( Category: Native American & Aboriginal December 21,2015 )
Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair by Christopher Oldstone-Moore
epub |eng | 2015-12-01 | Author:Christopher Oldstone-Moore [Oldstone-Moore, Christopher]

9.2 Emperor Napoleon III, by Hippolyte Flandrin, 1852. Universal Images Group/Art Resource, NY. In Napoleon, we can observe the military and romantic sources for the beard movement, but there were ...
( Category: Men December 21,2015 )
Marriage and Civilization: How Monogamy Made Us Human by Tucker William
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Tucker, William [Tucker, William]

After Albert’s death, Queen Victoria became exceedingly fond of her Scottish manservant, John Brown, seven years her junior. Members of the royal family grew to resent Brown’s influence and rumors ...
( Category: Social Policy December 20,2015 )

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