The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines.
Ningún gesto o palabra de los neófitos parecía suficiente a los evangelizadores para demostrar la autenticidad de su fe; no bastaban los cambios comportamentales, lo que se esperaba era la transformación de una actitud interior conocida como 'creencia'.
The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custerfrom cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars.
When John Wilkes Booth diedshot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincolnall he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women.
"e;There are few sensations I prefer to that of galloping over these rolling limitless prairies, with rifle in hand, or winding my way among the barren, fantastic and grimly picturesque deserts of the so-called Bad Lands.
Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends and creation myths and reveals common oral traditions across much of North America Explores the history of Cahokia, the Mississippian Mound Builder Empire of 1050-1300 CE, told through the voice of Honga, a Native leader of the time Presents an Indigenous revisionist history regarding Thomas Jefferson, expansionist doctrine, and Manifest DestinyWhile Western accounts of North American history traditionally start with European colonization, Indigenous histories of North Americaor Turtle Islandstretch back millennia.
The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
Investigadores y cientistas sociales buscan comprender en esta obra las construcciones de sentidos sociales del espacio denominado Araucanía-Norpatagonia, desde una mirada que asume la pluralidad del territorio y de las subjetividades tanto en la Patagonia argentina como en la chilena.
James Fenimore Cooper's 'Littlepage Manuscripts: Satanstoe, The Chainbearer & The Redskins (Complete Edition)' is a compelling collection of three novels that delve into the complexities of American society and the impact of historical events on individual lives.
In 'Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide: Historischer Roman' entführt der Autor Max Eyth die Leser in das alte Ägypten, wo die Protagonisten in einem spannenden Kampf um die legendäre Cheops-Pyramide verwickelt sind.
When it comes to our prosperity, our freedom tradition, and our constitutional government, President Barack Obama has been the great destroyerknocking down the free-market economy and principles of limited government that have made America the envy of the world.
Confronting the critics who say George Washington's victories were due to luck, not skill, Palmer proves why the father of our country also deserves the title of America's pre-eminent military strategist.
Award-winning quilt maker Elsie Campbell loves to take homemade fabric yardage and turn it into stunning, pieced string quilts, whose leftover yardage can then spawn appliqud sister quilts.
In 'The Mythology of the North American Indians (Illustrated Edition)', Lewis Spence delves into the rich tapestry of myths and legends passed down by the indigenous peoples of North America.
This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poe's complete tales and poems, including "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Raven" and "The Cask of Amontillado".
John Fiske's 'The American Revolution' is a comprehensive and insightful analysis that explores the causes, events, and consequences of one of the most pivotal periods in American history.
The 19th-century MP John Burns described the Thames as 'liquid history' and ever since the Romans founded Londinium in 43 AD, the river has played a key cultural and economic, political and social role in the history of England.
Over the period of two years author has devoted the intervals between official duties to collecting and collating materials for the study of sign language.
What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "e;what if"e; scenariosmoments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.