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The Empires of Ancient Persia: The History and Legacy of the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids in Antiquity*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Lying in the middle of a plain in modern day Iran is a forgotten ancient city: Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its...
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Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata: The Lives and Legacies of Mexico's Most Famous Revolutionaries*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Pancho Villa," people whispered at the beginning of the 20th century, "can march 100 miles without stopping, live 100 days without food, go 100 nights without sleep, and kill 100 men without remorse."...
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The Empires of Ancient Persia: The History and Legacy of the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids in Antiquity*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Lying in the middle of a plain in modern day Iran is a forgotten ancient city: Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its...
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America's Greatest Engineering Projects: The Construction History of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Panama Canal, and the Hoover Dam*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the projects' construction *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Transcontinental Railroad, laid across the United States during the 1860s, remains the very epitome of contradiction. On the one hand, it was a triumph of engineering...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Life and Buildings of America's Most Famous Architect"The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect." - Frank Lloyd WrightPerhaps America's most innovative and prolific architect, the works of Frank Lloyd...
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American Legends: The Hatfields and McCoys*Includes pictures of some of the important people, places, and events involved in the feud. *Explains the origins and legacy of the famous feud. *Includes a timeline of the feud. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "They were men, who matched the mountains, they...
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Antoni Gaudí: The Life and Legacy of the Architect of Catalan Modernism*Includes pictures *Includes Gaudi's quotes about his life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator." - Antoni Gaudi Halfway into the...
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The Slave Trade in Africa: The History and Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and East African Slave Trade across the Indian Ocean*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said that the greatest invention of all time was the sail, which facilitated the internationalization of the globe and thus ushered in the...
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The Pinkerton Agency: The History of Allan Pinkerton and America's First Major Private Detective Organization*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"By the mid-1850s a few businessmen saw the need for greater control over their employees; their solution was to sponsor a private detective system. In February 1855, Allan Pinkerton, after consulting with six...
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Machine Gun Kelly: The Notorious Life and Crimes of the Depression Era Gangster*Includes pictures*Includes quotes and contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingVeteran bootlegger. Prolific bank robber. Kidnapper extraordinaire. Ruthless criminal mastermind. With a nickname as hardcore as George "Machine Gun" Kelly's, it should come as no surprise that such terms are...
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O Império Carolíngio: A História E O Legado DOS Governantes Francos Que Unificaram a Maior Parte Da Europa E Estabeleceram O Sacro Império RA dinastia carol ngia, que esculpiu um grande imp rio na Europa de 750-887, inaugurou um per odo importante no in cio da Idade M dia.Os carol ngios eram vistos como os sucessores da Roma Antiga no Ocidente e, embora procurassem restabelecer a gl...
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The CSS Alabama and CSS Shenandoah: The History and Legacy of the Confederacy's Legendary Raiding Ships during the Civil War*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfter the first year of the Civil War, the Confederacy was faced with a serious problem. While the South had enjoyed some stunning victories on land, they had been all but cut off from...
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The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula*Includes pictures*Includes medieval accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe term "Reconquista" is a Spanish word transferred to the English language to represent the nearly 800 years in which the Moors and Christians struggled against one another for control of the Iberian...
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The Roman Provinces of North Africa: The History of the Region and Its Rulers after the Punic Wars*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Carthage was one of the great ancient civilizations, and at its peak, the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome, with commercial enterprises and...
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Ancient Pergamon: The History and Legacy of Asia Minor's Most Influential Greek Cultural Center in Antiquity*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Library of Alexandria was one of the few libraries in the ancient Greek world, which helped ensure that mathematicians, scientists and other scholars from across the Mediterranean traveled to...
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The Roman Provinces of North Africa: The History of the Region and Its Rulers after the Punic Wars*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Carthage was one of the great ancient civilizations, and at its peak, the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome, with commercial enterprises and...
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Ancient Pergamon: The History and Legacy of Asia Minor's Most Influential Greek Cultural Center in Antiquity*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Library of Alexandria was one of the few libraries in the ancient Greek world, which helped ensure that mathematicians, scientists and other scholars from across the Mediterranean traveled to...
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The Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War: The History of the Wars that Led to Prussia's Unification of Germany*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Locked in a balance of power since the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the world was dominated by the great European powers of Britain, France, Russia, and Austria, and at the Congress of Vienna...
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Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky: The Controversial Mobsters Who Worked with Lucky Luciano to Form the National Crime Syndicate*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the last 70 years, a countless number of people have come across the grisly and morbidly fascinating crime scene photographs of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's murder. The photographs are as disconcerting as they...
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Meyer Lansky: The Infamous Life and Legacy of the Mob's Accountant*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Don't worry, don't worry. Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts, all those big society people. They were the worst thieves - and now look at them. It's just a matter of time."...
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