This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme.
This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
In one of the 20th century's great untold stories we travel with Francis Metcalfe on an amazing journey from the great estates of Scotland to the battlefields of Flanders, and the trenches of the Somme.
Un fascinante recorrido brujeril a través de leyendas, creencias y hechos reales que ilumina un capítulo oscuro de la historia de la humanidad: la brujería.
This fantastically precise misconception was based upon a too literal interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and upon rather arbitrary theological assumptions connected therewith.
On August 27, 1883, the island of Krakatoa disintegrated in a blast so loud it ruptured eardrums 40 miles away and was heard 3,000 miles across the ocean.
This work, composed originally for a lay audience and for popular consumption, will be to the aspiring medical student and the hardworking practitioner a lift into the blue, an inspiring vista or "e;Pisgah-sight"e; of the evolution of medicine, a realization of what devotion, perseverance, valor and ability on the part of physicians have contributed to this progress, and of the creditable part which our profession has played in the general development of science.
Unter dem heute zu einem geflugelten Wort gewordenen Titel prasentiert uns der Verfasser ein von ausgedehnten Studien zeugendes Werk, das manche uns lieb gewordene Illusion zerstort.
While the Armenian Genocide has received significant international recognition, the related experiences of Greeks and Assyrians are largely unknown and overlooked.
Beginning with the premise that religious and non-religious identities were fluid, overlapping phenomena rather than static, binary conditions, this timely edited collection challenges the traditional notion that atheism was an acute intellectual innovation of Western modernity by rethinking its multifarious pre-modern manifestations and impact in Brazil, China, England, France, Italy, New England, Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Transylvania.
Beginning with the premise that religious and non-religious identities were fluid, overlapping phenomena rather than static, binary conditions, this timely edited collection challenges the traditional notion that atheism was an acute intellectual innovation of Western modernity by rethinking its multifarious pre-modern manifestations and impact in Brazil, China, England, France, Italy, New England, Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Transylvania.
Symboles Runiques – Un murmure venu du passé nordique Des signes mystérieux, des gravures archaïques dans la pierre, des témoignages de coutumes anciennes et de rituels magiques.
Simboli Runici – Un sussurro dal passato norreno Simboli misteriosi, incisioni arcaiche nella pietra, testimonianze di antichi costumi e rituali magici.
