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The Dutch East India Company and British East India Company: The History and Legacy of the World's Most Famous Colonial Trade Companies*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the companies *Includes a bibliography for further reading From classic grilled meat to exotic and savory 5-star dishes, pepper has long been the ultimate staple spice. While bulk pepper may be readily stocked in supermarkets and convenience stores...
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A Ascensão e Queda do Império Otomano: A História da Criação do Império Turco e Sua Destruição Mais de 600 Anos DepoisEm termos de geopol tica, talvez o evento mais marcante da Idade M dia tenha sido o cerco otomano de Constantinopla em 1453. A cidade tinha sido uma capital imperial j no s culo IV, quando Constantino, o Grande, mudou o centro de poder...
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Angkor Wat: The History and Legacy of the World's Largest Hindu Temple*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hinduism is one of the world's great religions, dominating the Indian subcontinent for most of the last millennium, and its largest temple is an unbelievably magnificent structure located in Angkor, Cambodia. Known in...
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Africa's Origin Stories: The History and Legacy of the Ancient African Stories that Sought to Explain Life*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingBy the dawn of the 17th century, Portuguese influence in Africa fell into decline, and the occasions of European contact with Ethiopia became very few and far between. It would be another three centuries before another European would...
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Richard Petty: The Life and Legacy of The King of NASCAR*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary articles about Petty's races*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called." - Richard Petty A person may not know anything about baseball, but they still likely know the name Babe Ruth....
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Armenian Myths and Legends: The History of the Mythology and Folk Tales from Armenia*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Armenia is considered to be one of the oldest cradles of civilization, with the area of historical Armenia roughly extending to the area stretching from the Euphrates River in the...
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The Sac and Fox: The History and Legacy of the Native American Tribe Forcibly Removed from the Midwest to Oklahoma*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliographyFew people need to be reminded in the 21st century of the cost of European imperialism and colonization on indigenous and native cultures around the world. The increasingly controversial view of "Columbus Day," still represented on the United States commemorative calendar,...
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Operation Paperclip: The History of the Secret Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America During and After World War II*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany...
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch*Includes pictures *Includes quotes by the Queen about her life and reign *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "When I was twenty-one I pledged my life to the service of our people and I asked for...
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The Voynich Manuscript: The History of the Mysterious Renaissance Codex that Has Never Been Deciphered*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts describing the manuscript and attempts to decipher it *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Yet it may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve." - Edgar Allan Poe,...
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A KGB: A História e Legado da Notória Agência de Espionagem da União SoviéticaA KGB uma das abreviaturas mais famosas do s culo 20 e tornou-se sin nimo das a es sombrias e muitas vezes violentas das ag ncias de seguran a interna e da pol cia secreta da Uni o Sovi tica. De fato, freq entemente...
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Operation Paperclip: The History of the Secret Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America During and After World War II*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the operations written by Nazi scientists and Allied forces *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany...
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The Sinking of the General Slocum: The History of New York City's Deadliest Maritime Disaster*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disaster by survivors and rescuers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "There were scenes of horror on the General Slocum and on shore such as it would not be decent...
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The Battle of New Orleans: The History and Legacy of the Last Major Battle of the War of 1812*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants on both sides *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents There are countless examples of battles that take place in wars after a peace treaty is signed. The last battle...
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Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of the Jewish Philosopher Who Became a Catholic Saint*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"As a child of the Jewish people who, by the grace of God, for the past eleven years has also been a child of the Catholic Church, I dare to speak to the Father of Christianity about that...
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William Powell: The Life and Legacy of One of Early Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Actors*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"My first scene with Bill, a night shot on the back lot, happened before we'd even met. Woody was apparently too busy for introductions. My instructions were to run out of a building, through a crowd, and into...
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The Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War: The History of the Military Conflicts that Established Israel as a Superpower in the Middle East*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Despite losing the 1948 war, Arab nations throughout the Middle East had still refused to recognize Israel's right to exist. After the Suez Crisis, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser envisioned creating a unified...
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The History and Legacy of New York City's Deadliest Industrial Disaster*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fire by survivors and workers in the factory *Explains the aftermath of the fire and the changes made in response to it *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Word had spread through the East Side, by some magic...
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Leaders of the Oglala Sioux: The Lives and Legacies of Crazy Horse and Red Cloud*Includes pictures of Red Cloud, depictions of Crazy Horse, and important people and places in their lives. *Explains several Oglala oral legends, including the origins of the names Red Cloud and Crazy Horse. *Explains Red Cloud's War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and...
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The Apocrypha of the Bible: The History of the Ancient Apocryphal Texts Left Out of the Old Testament and New Testament*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The study of the apocryphal gospels, documents about the life or sayings of Jesus that did not become part of the New Testament, is a popular discipline among scholars that now...
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