History - Europe - General

Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Don Whitehead delivered battlefield dispatches that were classics of frontline reporting. One of the legendary reporters of World War II, Whitehead covered almost every important Allied invasion and campaign in Europe-from landings in Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio on the...

Cape Cod is one of several excursion books by Henry David Thoreau. The travel itinerary frames his thoughts about geography, natural and local history, and philosophy. (wikipedia.org)About the author: Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an...

Anecdotes of Enlightenment is the first literary history of the anecdote in English. In this wide-ranging account, James Robert Wood explores the animating effects anecdotes had on intellectual and literary cultures over the long eighteenth century. Drawing on extensive archival research and emphasizing the...

Black Cosmopolitans examines the lives and thought of three extraordinary black men--Jacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrant--who traveled extensively throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Unlike millions of uprooted Africans and their descendants at the time, these men did not live lives of toil...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Two manuscripts in one book: Celtic History: An Enthralling Overview of the Celts Celtic Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Celtic Myths, Gods and Goddesses Whether you're already familiar with the Celts or whether you've never even heard of them, The first part of this...

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Explores how preventative health practices shaped urban communities, social ties and living environments in the medieval Low Countries.Author: Janna CoomansISBN-10: 1108927165ISBN-13: 9781108927161Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2023Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

Standing against conventional wisdom, historian James P. Levy reevaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. By carefully examining the political and economic environment of the times, Levy argues that Neville Chamberlain crafted an active, logical and morally defensible foreign...

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Author: MichelinISBN-10: 1843420686ISBN-13: 9781843420682Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2000Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d

another look at a Battle during WWII that Hitler thought he could win. until he came up against our aircraft and crews 'THE FEW' who fought above the skies to save this Great CountryAuthor: Paul CorfieldISBN-10: 1517222923ISBN-13: 9781517222925Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2015Pages:...

Author: Naval &. Military PressISBN-10: 1843421674ISBN-13: 9781843421672Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2001Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d

Bosnia-Herzegovina is a small country chat's had an amazing inJluence onthe history of Europe a11d the world. le formed the heart of Shakespeare's Illyria.For centuries, its people were a mainstay of the Roman Empire, providing it with elite troops and several of its greatest...

Introduction; J.Roper PART I: ISSUES IN CHARMS AND CHARMING The Transmission of Charms in English, Medieval and Modern; T.M.Smallwood On the Christianity of Incantations; D.E.Gay Typologising English and European Charms; J.Roper Towards a Pragmatic Typology of Love Charms; S.Golopentia The Self of a Charm;...

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A modern take on a classical icon: this "luminous book" (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book) tells the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how...

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If Christ came to "bring a sword" into history, it was a sword that was meant to fight on behalf of the personal and common good of individual human beings and the communities through which they work to perfect themselves. Everywhere that sword cut,...

The defense of the cult of saints and relics was an essential element of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in Europe. Facing attacks from Protestant denominations of all kinds, the Roman church redoubled its efforts to promote the veneration of its holy figures and to house...

If Christ came to "bring a sword" into history, it was a sword that was meant to fight on behalf of the personal and common good of individual human beings and the communities through which they work to perfect themselves. Everywhere that sword cut,...

Joy H. Calico examines the cultural history of postwar Europe through the lens of the performance and reception of Arnold Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw--a short but powerful work, she argues, capable of irritating every exposed nerve in postwar Europe. Schoenberg, a Jewish composer...

By placing the party grassroots at the centre of its focus, Building Socialism presents an original account of the formative first two decades of the Soviet system. Assembled in a large network of primary party organisations (PPO), the Bolshevik rank-and-file was an army of...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book is the first account of British Protestant conversion initiatives directed towards continental Europe between 1600 and 1900. Continental Europe was considered a missionary land-another periphery of the world, whose centre was imperial Britain. British missions to Europe were informed by religious experiments...

Author: Naval &. Military PressISBN-10: 1843421127ISBN-13: 9781843421122Publisher: Naval & Military PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2001Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d

Clarifying the Past provides a comprehensive analysis of state-sponsored historical commissions operating in conflicted and divided societies, developing a theoretical and methodological framework within the historical dialogue paradigm, key to understanding the work of such commissions. The theoretical and methodological framework is complemented with...

Studies in Early Medicine originated in a series of workshops on Disease and Disability in Early Medieval Europe held at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Oxford from 2005-2009. The social dimension of medical practice was a key theme at the Disease and Disability...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Author: Magdalena SkoblarISBN-10: 1108840701ISBN-13: 9781108840705Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2021Pages: 372Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.93lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.94d

Provides fresh insights into Cambodia's complex relationship with the WestBrings together essays from both established and emerging scholarsAddresses pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial contact between Cambodia and the Western worldAuthor: T. O. SmithISBN-10: 1349717185ISBN-13: 9781349717187Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2021Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w...

VTo what extent can the United States still cooperate with China and Russia on global commons issues even in this era of strategic competition? This report, part of a four-part series, describes the potential for U.S. cooperation with China or Russia on eight global...

This report, part of a four-part series, describes the potential for U.S. cooperation with China or Russia in Europe and the Middle East on seven issues: broader Euro-Atlantic security, Baltic security, Balkan security and strategic orientation, Turkey's regional role and strategic orientation, the future...

The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia and cover a wide range of subjects, including art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and military history; literature, drama...

This report, part of a four-part series, describes the potential for U.S. cooperation with China or Russia in the Indo-Pacific on seven issues: securing a free and open Indo-Pacific, ensuring the defense of key allies and partners, expanding cooperation with new partners in Southeast...

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Updated to incorporate recent scholarship on the subject, this new edition of Hugh Cunningham's classic text investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood and the actual experience of being a child, and assesses how it has changed over the span of 500 years. Through...

Our understanding of life in the early Middle Ages is dominated by Christian churches and monasteries. This book uses a rich set of alternative sources to explore the lives of the early medieval laity beyond their interactions with churches and monasteries, and casts fresh...

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Originally published in 1978. Josef Konvitz provides a broad comparative study of European port cities since the Renaissance by examining how they were built and rebuilt in the context of urban industrialization. Konvitz argues that as seafaring became more critical to Western civilization, intellectuals...

Bogies at Twelve O'Clock is a true World War II story that encompasses fascinating and unknown details in the daily life of a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland. It all started with a surprise early morning wakeup call in...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingWhen Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island in the late 19th century, it all but created every stereotype now associated with pirates. The book is a coming of age adventure that mixes character studies, action, a vivid setting,...