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 The Greenwood Dictionary of World History 
 Author: John J. Butt The Greenwood Dictionary of World History Greenwood 2005 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 29,09 mb Language: English Pages: 528 The Greenwood Dictionary of World History is an indispensable, handy, and easy to use A-to-Z first-stop ready-reference resource providing essential information on over 2,000 of the most studied and important people, events, places, and ideas in world history from prehistoric to modern times, from all regions and epochs.
The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies
 Author: Chris Scarre The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies, 3d edition Thames & Hudson 2013 Format: PDF Size: 116 Mb Language: English A comprehensive and indispensable guide to world prehistory and how archaeology helps us to understand the enormous diversity of the human past. The text has established itself as a thorough and authoritative survey of human prehistory and the development of civilizations. Written by an international team of acknowledged experts, it presents a streamlined overview through a series of chapters focusing on individual regions and time periods. The Third Edition has been completely revised to offer updated scholarship and discoveries and features new color illustrations. 788 illustrations, 296 in color
Hadrian's Wall - A Souvenir Guide to the Roman Wall
 Author: David J. Breeze Hadrian's Wall - A Souvenir Guide to the Roman Wall English Heritage 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 52 Language: English Size: 32.7 MB Stretching for 73 miles across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the most important monument of Roman Britain, and the best-known frontier of the entire Roman empire. It was built on the orders of the emperor Hadrian after he visited Britain in AD 122 and took ten years to complete. This new guidebook provides maps, plans and tours of the important sites, as well as a history of the Wall and its associated forts. It is illustrated throughout with colour reconstructions and photographs.
Historiography. Ancient, Medieval and Modern
 Author: Breisach Ernst Historiography. Ancient, Medieval and Modern The Uinversity of Chicago Press 1994 Format: PDF Size: 26 Mb Language: English In this pioneering work, Ernst Breisach presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this up-to-date third edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with compelling sections on postmodernism, deconstructionism, African-American history, women’s history, microhistory, the Historikerstreit, cultural history, and more. The definitive look at the writing of history by a historian, Historiography provides key insights into some of the most important issues, debates and innovations in modern historiography.
Great Ages of Man - Rise of Russia
 Author: Robert Wallace Great Ages of Man - Rise of Russia Time-Life Books 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 192 Language: English Size: 36.6 MB The editors of Time-Life Books have produced another exciting series: The Great Ages of Man. The Rise of Russia is brought to you in wonderful detail through vivid photography and engaging, informative text.
A brief history of money in Japan
 A brief history of money in Japan Author: composite authors Tokyo: The Bank of Japan, Currency Museum 1996 Pages: 38 Format: DjVu Size: 1 МБ Quality: Good Language: English
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-Borne Craft
 Author: Graham Blackburn The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ships, Boats, Vessels, and Other Water-Borne Craft Overlook Press 1978 Format: PDF Pages: 456 Language: English Size: 41.8 MB This reference book is the most comprehensive volume on all varieties of seafaring vessels, from rafts to racing yachts and from sloops to skiffs. With over 750 alphabetically arranged entries, over 600 beautifully meticulous line-drawings, a 41-page nautical glossary, a bibliography and an index, this is the most impressive and the most complete guide to everything that floats. Written in Graham Blackburn's wonderfully idiosyncratic style and full of fascinating cross-references, this is the perfect gift for the nautical enthusiast and will also delight any reader with an interest in ships, boats and the sea.
The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present
 Author: Philip Russell The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present Routledge 2010 808 Format: Pdf Size: 11 MB Language: English The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. The book offers a straightforward chronological survey of Mexican history from the pre-colonial times to the present, and includes a glossary as well as numerous tables and images for comprehensive study.
Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia - 3 Vol set
 Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia - 3 Vol set (Warfare Series) Author: Spencer C. Tucker ABC-CLIO ISBN: 1576072193, 1576077403 2002 Pages: 1231 Format: CHM Size: 12.4МБ Language: English Three volumes. 1,500 entries. 2,500 years of history. Seven seas. It all adds up to Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, the most authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible reference work on the subject of combat at sea. Spencer C. Tucker, editor of the award winning Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, turns his expertise in military history to the greatest war story of them all—humanity's centuries-old quest for dominance of the mighty deep. Everything's here, from the ancient Greek galleys at Salamis to the mighty American Sixth Fleet in the Persian Gulf. Written by an international team of experts, these richly illustrated volumes are the essential reference work for students, scholars, and naval history buffs. A host of features—including an extensive use of maps, an inclusive glossary of naval terms, and a lengthy bibliography—makes this encyclopedia the first—and last—place any landlubber—or self-respecting sailor—will turn to for naval history.
Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem
 Author: Konrad von Grunenberg Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem Konrad von Grunenberg 1487 Language: German Pages: 102 Format: PDF Size: 94,42 mb
Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World
 Author: Londa Schiebinger Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World Harvard University Press 2007 Format: PDF (rar+3%) Size: 1,25 mb Language: English Pages: 320 Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, and uncover the botanical secrets of its people.
After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan
 Author: Ted Rall After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan Hill and Wang 2014 Format: epub/pdf Size: 41 Mb Language: English An unflinching account—in words and pictures—of America’s longest war by our most outspoken graphic journalist Ted Rall traveled deep into Afghanistan—without embedding himself with U.S. soldiers, without insulating himself with flak jackets and armored SUVs—where no one else would go (except, of course, Afghans). He made two long trips: the first in the wake of 9/11, and the next ten years later to see what a decade of U.S. occupation had wrought. On the first trip, he shouted his dispatches into a satellite phone provided by a Los Angeles radio station, attempting to explain that the booming in the background—and sometimes the foreground—were the sounds of an all-out war that no one at home would entirely own up to. Ten years later, the alternative newspapers and radio station that had financed his first trip could no longer afford to send him into harm’s way, so he turned to Kickstarter to fund a groundbreaking effort to publish online a real-time blog of graphic journalism (essentially, a nonfiction comic) documenting what was really happening on the ground, filed daily by satellite. The result of this intrepid reporting is After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests—a singular account of one determined journalist’s effort to bring the realities of life in twenty-first-century Afghanistan to the world in the best way he knows how: a mix of travelogue, photography, and award-winning comics.
Jewish People: An Illustrated History
 Jewish People: An Illustrated History Author: Shmuel Ahituv The Israel Map and Publishing Company 2006 Pages: 495 Format: PDF Size: 44 Mb Language: English This is the first atlas of its kind to document in such great detail the turbulent history of the Jewish people. A work of prodigious and meticulous scholarship by some of Israel's most brilliant scholars, this atlas portrays every aspect of Jewish history that lends itself to cartographic interpretation, from biblical times to the present day. This is the fascinating story of how an ancient people, separated from their roots and dispersed throughout the world, survived in exile for two thousand years and eventually returned and recreated itself within the framework of a modern state.Now, in one profusely illustrated volume, the reader is presented with in-depth coverage of major themes in biblical, mishnaic, talmudic, medieval, and modern Jewish history by the foremost authorities in their field.
Unearthing Jerusalem: 150 Years of Archaeological Research in the Holy City
 Unearthing Jerusalem: 150 Years of Archaeological Research in the Holy City Author: Katharirina Galor and Gideon Avni Eisenbrauns 2011 ISBN: 1575062232 Pages: 512 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 58 MB In 2006, some two dozen contemporary archaeologists and historians met at Brown University, in Providence RI, to present papers and illustrations marking the 150th anniversary of modern archaeological exploration of the Holy City. The papers from that conference are published here, presented in 5 major sections: (1) The History of Research, (2) From Early Humans to the Iron Age, (3) The Roman Period, (4) The Byzantine Period, and (5) The Early Islamic and Medieval Periods. The volume is heavily illustrated with materials from historical archives as well as from contemporary excavations. It provides a helpful and informative introduction to the history of the various national and religious organizations that have sponsored excavations in the Holy Land and Jerusalem in particular, as well as a summary of the current status of excavations in Jerusalem.
Cruisers
 Author: Antony Preston Cruisers Bison Books, Ltd. 1989 Format: PDF Pages: 68 Language: English Size: 61.6 MB A very useful backgrounder book for further research into the "other" unglamourous major surface combatant. A cold look at the pure economies of warship design and the many tradeoffs. Well illustrated.
Wydawnictwo Militaria 040 - Ploeszti 1943
Wydawnictwo Militaria 040 - Ploeszti 1943
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Encyclopaedia of Military Models
 Author: Thomas A. Young, Huyuh-Dinh Khuong, Claude Boileau Encyclopaedia of Military Models 1/72 Tab Books 1988 Format: PDF Pages: 201 Language: English Size: 87.3 MB This book, which make s use of computerized data, is the most thorough study of 1/72 models in the world presently available. It lists all the models that have been produced in all the countries of the world since the inception of kits. It constitutes a truly encyclopaedic guide encompassing nearly 5,900 different mouldings and should prove useful to several categories of readers . Modellers will be able to use it as a reliable reference to obtain the kits they are interested in. They will also find over 60 colour photos of models assembled by experts - food for thought and maybe self-criticism to assess their own modelling skills or set exacting standards before tackling a new model. Collectors are sure to find at least a few specimens hitherto unknown to them among the 500 colour photos of boxtops spanning the period from 1935 to the present. The addresses provided in the book should also help them find the models they are looking for. The scale model is the ideal medium to portray the amazing variety of aircraft produced from the early days to the present times. But Encyclopaedia of Military Models deals not only with 1/72 scale aircraft but also with missiles, science-fiction, vehicles, artillery, dioramas and various accessories including figures and even ships.
From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia
 Author: Pankaj Mishra From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012 Format: pdf/epub Size: 15.2 Mb Language: English A surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world A little more than a century ago, as the Japanese navy annihilated the giant Russian one at the Battle of Tsushima, original thinkers across Asia, working independently, sought to frame a distinctly Asian intellectual tradition that would inform and inspire the continent’s anticipated rise to dominance. Asian dominance did not come to pass, and those thinkers—Tagore, Gandhi, and later Nehru in India; Liang Qichao and Sun Yatsen in China; Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Abdurreshi al Ibrahim in the ruins of the Ottoman Empire—are seen as outriders from the main anticolonial tradition. But Pankaj Mishra shows that it was otherwise in this stereotype-shattering book. His enthralling group portrait of like minds scattered across a vast continent makes clear that modern Asia’s revolt against the West is not the one led by faith-fired terrorists and thwarted peasants but one with deep roots in the work of thinkers who devised a view of life that was neither modern nor antimodern, neither colonialist nor anticolonialist. In broad, deep, dramatic chapters, Mishra tells the stories of these figures, unpacks their philosophies, and reveals their shared goal of a greater Asia. Right now, when the emergence of a greater Asia seems possible as at no previous time in history, From the Ruins of Empire is as necessary as it is timely—a book essential to our understanding of the world and our place in it.
Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions
 Author: Benson A.K. (Ed.) Great Lives from History: Inventors and Inventions Salem Pr Inc 2009 Format: PDF Size: 84 mb Language: English Pages: 1376 This addition to the Great Lives series offers 409 essays covering significant inventors (27 of them female) worldwide and throughout history. The essays are arranged alphabetically from ‘Abbas ibn Firnas to Zworykin, Vladimir. The inventions that are covered occurred in a wide variety of disciplines—physics, mathematics, agriculture, astronomy, and more. The essays are generally three to four pages in length, and each one begins with basic biographical information, such as the individual’s name, nationality, and birth and death dates, as well as primary fields and primary inventions. The body of the essay is arranged into three sections: Early Life, Life’s Work, and Impact. A sidebar in each essay spotlights one of the individual’s key contributions. The essays conclude with a brief list of suggestions for further reading in addition to cross-references to essays on related topics. The writing is clear and easy to follow. Black-and-white illustrations are scattered throughout the text. Each of the four volumes offers a comprehensive table of contents. Also included in the first volume are a pronunciation key and a listing of the inventions that are covered in the set. The fourth volume offers a short article on the history of U.S. patent law as well as a chronological listing of entries. The final volume contains a time line covering significant inventions in history from ancient times (2,500,000 BCE) to the present (2009) and a Biographical Directory of Inventors offering brief entries on the 413 inventors profiled in the set as well as 598 others. Readers looking for more information will appreciate the annotated listings of electronic resources and the extensive, annotated bibliography. Lastly, the final volume includes a category index, an index listing essays by their subject, and a geographical index. This set includes many useful tools for researchers and would be suitable for the student as well as for the layperson. It’s worth noting that, although some of the titles in the Great Lives series are revisions and expansions of previous publications, all the entries here are new.
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