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The Hundred Years War: The History of Europe's Most Famous War of the Middle Ages*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts of some of the battles and leaders *Explains the weapons, armor, and tactics used during the war *Includes a bibliography for further reading "King of England, if you do not do these things, I am the commander of the...
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The Chinese Triads: The History and Legacy of China's Most Famous Organized Crime SyndicatesFrom running guns to white-collar crimes in cyberspace and illegal seafood, the Triads, the mafia of China, are potent figures in the world of organized crime. Going by enigmatic names like the 14K Triad and the United Bamboo Gang, these criminal groups are enormous,...
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The Studebaker Brothers: The Lives and Legacy of the Family Behind the Famous Automobile Company*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The automobile has come to stay. But when a man has no business, it is a rather expensive luxury, and I would advise no man, be he farmer or merchant, to buy one until he has sufficient income...
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A Concise History of Turkey: The History and Legacy of Turkey from Antiquity to Today*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIt was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time. Through archaeological remains, ancient texts,...
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Os Estados Unidos Estranhos e Misteriosos: Mistérios, Lendas e Fenômenos Inexplicáveis em toda a AméricaO Nordeste sempre teve um lugar especial na mem ria nacional. Os estados de Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont e Nova York t m uma longa hist ria como algumas das primeiras col nias do Novo Mundo. Seu rico folclore e...
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Buffalo Soldiers: The History and Legacy of the Black Soldiers Who Fought in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingDuring the Civil War, over 180,000 black men fought in volunteer units as part of the United States Colored Troop (USCT), but it was only after the end of it that they were allowed...
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Buffalo Soldiers: The History and Legacy of the Black Soldiers Who Fought in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingDuring the Civil War, over 180,000 black men fought in volunteer units as part of the United States Colored Troop (USCT), but it was only after the end of it that they were allowed...
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Chechnya and Dagestan: The History of the North Caucasus Republics and Their Conflicts with Russia*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingToday, Chechnya is a republic with some degree of autonomy in the contemporary Russian Federation. Its population is just over a million people, and it stretches over an area of 17,000 square kilometers. The majority of Chechnya's population...
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The Fall of Saigon: The History of the Battle for South Vietnam's Capital and the End of the Vietnam War*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren't so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began signing defense pacts with nations in the...
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William Powell and Myrna Loy: The Lives and Careers of One of Classical Hollywood's Most Iconic Duos*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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Uluru: The History and Legacy of the Australian Landmark Considered Sacred by the Local Aborigines*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe magnificent monolith the locals call "Uluru," situated in the heart of Australia, hovers over a patchy bed of desert poplars and spinifex grasslands. The pleasant, but otherwise unexceptional surroundings of the spellbinding sandstone landform only further accentuates...
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Patrice Lumumba: The Life and Legacy of the Pan-African Politician Who Became Congo's First Prime Minister*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men." - Patrice LumumbaThe modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf...
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The Ghosts of Scotland: A Collection of Ghost Stories across the Scottish Nation*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky." - Colin Hay Scotland...
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Sumer: The History of the Cities and Culture that Established Ancient Mesopotamia's First Civilization*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time...
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U.S. Route 66: The History of America's Most Famous Highway*Includes pictures *Describes the origins, route, construction, and history of the highway *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Sometimes there's a tackiness about Route 66 that out-tacks any tackiness I've ever seen anywhere else. And the...
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The Stasi: The History and Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police Agency*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading " T]he Stasi often used a method which was really diabolic. It was called Zersetzung, and it's described in another guideline. The word is difficult to translate because it means originally "biodegradation". But...
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The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder*Includes pictures *Includes the artists' quotes about their lives and careers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents If Sam Cooke, one of the greatest African-American soul singers in the genre's history, had been Irish, he might...
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The Cathars: The History and Legacy of the Gnostic Christian Sect During the Middle Ages*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The Roman Church... says] that the heretics they persecute are the church of wolves. But this is absurd, for the wolves have always pursued and killed the sheep, and today...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Anasazi (Ancient Pueblo)*Includes pictures of Anasazi art, artifacts, and ruins. *Explains the origins, history, religion, and social structure of the Anasazi *Explains the relationship between the Anasazi and the Zuni *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little...
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Pirates and Privateers: The History of Piracy from Ancient Times to Today*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The people who have lived outside the boundaries of normal societies and refused to play by the rules have long fascinated the world, and nowhere is this more evident than the continuing interest...
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