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October 28, 2008
Earrings From Antiquity to the Present: 2500 Years of Earrings (available in hard cover or paperback) presents a history of these important components of a woman's and man's appearance. The authors are specialists in the history and archeology of jewelry. The story begins in the fifth century B.C. ..
October 27, 2008
The article of Louis Kriesberg has presented 2 case studies about the Central Europe and Middle East conflicts. He wrote a summary of Middle East conflict and the central Europe conflict. He has described the efforts directed for the prevention of their intractability and those, which persuaded ..
October 10, 2008
The History of England is very interesting and there sure is a lot of it. Of course, some of the more recent history is just as intriguing and powerful as the days gone by of Kings, Queens and Royalty. Of particular interest is getting the facts straight and ditching the political punditry for the ..
October 08, 2008
Are you interested in the truth about our environment, the amount of oil available, the natural resource stock piles, the population growth and the reality about the future? Well, look no further than the trends of the past that lead us into the present period and then into future periods to ..
October 08, 2008
The Basque are one of the most interesting and mysterious people on the planet, there long history is a power testament to their cultural strength. Although history notes their presence in texts as old as 218 BC it is obvious that they are much older than that. They have been able to maintain their .
October 06, 2008
I have been lucky enough to see an advance copy of ‘The Slow Turning Tide’ - the latest of Victoria Seymour's social histories written for the people of Hastings, and I'm delighted to say that I think it's her best yet. Its subtitle, ‘Hastings in Austerity, 1946-1954’ ..
September 27, 2008
How many pages does it take to explain the history of the World? Human history is so vast and has been lived from so many different perspectives that it is often hard to get any sort of accurate view. Even once the scholars put it all into words by condensing it to the most prevalent or accepted ..
September 25, 2008
I have always loved history and historical fiction from the Revolutionary War period. The Whiskey Rebels takes place in the Philadelphia, New York City, and the area between there and Western Pennsylvania shortly after the war ended. The book is mostly factual with only a few fictional characters ..
September 25, 2008
In my college years, its always been my favorite when its time for my history of architecture subject specially the part, Ancient Near East. Now, many years later, the feeling is still the same. So I decided to make my own research and study about the history of Egypt and the great pharaohs, ..
September 22, 2008
An Keuning-Tichelaar, now 82, was a devoted anti-war protestor in today's terms. She lived in the Netherlands during WWII. Her compelling story is about the resistance movement she was involved in which helped refugees and the Jewish people during the terrible years of World War II.An married a ..
September 21, 2008
Is it an economics book, a futurist book or a history book? Well, it's all three and it is a must read. The book I am referring to is one which I think everyone who wants to understand the world better ought to read. The book is:"The World is Flat; a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century" by ..
September 21, 2008
We are extremely concerned about reading, writing and arithmetic and have even created a system to test our students to make sure they can read and write and do basic math or they cannot graduate. Certainly, you have heard of the “No Child Left Behind Act" right? Still, this is not the only ..
August 27, 2008
This simple, 50 -page book will give adult students a real grounding in Vancouver's past. It tells the stories behind four places whose names become known to anyone who spends time in Vancouver: Granville Island, Kitsilano, the Lions Gate Bridge, and Deadman's Island.Although it's meant for ..
August 21, 2008
Despite the increasing popularity of tea, few good books exist on the history of tea trade. Roy Moxham's book, Tea - Addiction, Exploration and Empire, offers an interesting examination of the subject.Moxham, author of several historical books, recently retired from the University of London. As ..
August 19, 2008
Alison Weir is widely known for her historical fiction, but she researches and writes historical biographies as well. Inspired as a young woman by Anya Seton's 1954 historical romance, Katherine, the popular novelist has always wanted to chronicle the lives of John of Gaunt and his long-term ..
August 13, 2008
Every once in a while a book manages to burrow its way into my mind and I can't make it go away. The Hellish Vortex is that kind of book. It didn't start out that way. As a matter of fact, when I first looked at the cover I thought, Gee, this is a book about a young fighter pilot in World War II. I .
August 12, 2008
Teachers, educators and historians, here is a book that will help you teach young people about the real Native Americans that lived in the Wabash Valley. This special teacher resource guides you from one time period to the next with line illustrations that can double as coloring book pages for the ..
July 30, 2008
Book Synopsis: Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for centuries and enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time? In his .
July 26, 2008
One of the best accounts of the Youngers comes from a friend to the Younger family, August Appler, editor of the Osceola Missouri Democrat, who tells how Cole Younger and his band of followers captured fifteen men. In camp that night, Cole debated with the members of his gang on the merits of the ..
July 26, 2008
When Jesse James and his Wild Bunch had finally robbed one bank too many, Allan Pinkerton and his son William stepped up to exert a very terrifying pressure upon the outlaws. Intelligent, incredibly tenacious, physically powerful, fearless, and with an almost fanatical devotion for the laws of ..
July 25, 2008
Great King Henry the Eighth is on his deathbed when his daughter the Princess Mary is summoned to court. Catholic Bishops have told her it is to pronounce her Queen that she has been summoned, being the first born of Henry's three legitimate children. Instead the girl is denounced in favour of ..
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