'an Indian household can no more be governed peacefully, without dignity and prestige, than an Indian Empire' InThe Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook (1888) Flora Annie Steel and her co-author Grace Gardiner provide practical, and often highly opinionated, advice to young memsahibs in India.
'an Indian household can no more be governed peacefully, without dignity and prestige, than an Indian Empire' InThe Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook (1888) Flora Annie Steel and her co-author Grace Gardiner provide practical, and often highly opinionated, advice to young memsahibs in India.
Colombia's recent past has been characterized by what its Nobel laureate Gabriel Garca Marquez once called "e;a biblical holocaust"e; of human savagery.
Colombia's recent past has been characterized by what its Nobel laureate Gabriel Garca Marquez once called "e;a biblical holocaust"e; of human savagery.
Presentamos a los lectores académicos y público en general este trabajo de investigación con pretensiones de abarcar espacios y sociedades que en la globalidad permiten hablar de una unidad del Pacífico del Norte de Suramérica entre Colombia y Ecuador, con sus correspondiente valles interandinos del Cauca, Patía y Chota, con los cuales históricamente ha tenido relaciones que en su especificidad muestran los matices creados por la diversidad del medio y por las diversas formas de adaptación y resistencias de las sociedades negras al medio y a las relaciones conflictivas de dominio que allí se establecieron.
El objetivo de esta obra consiste en analizar la composición de las principales instituciones de la capital del virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada con el fin de conocer quiénes formaban parte de las altas instancias rectoras de Santa Fe durante unan época caracterizada por grandes cambios administrativos.
This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.
This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today.
In nur wenigen Wochen niedergeschrieben, ist »Herz der Finsternis« Joseph Conrads literarische Bewältigung seiner eigenen Reise auf dem Kongo, von der ihm eine zeitlebens zerrüttete Gesundheit und alptraumhafte Erinnerungen geblieben waren.
A journey through one of the world's most divided cities - Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Palestine, exploring the influence of the history, religion and myth on the country's tumultuous present.
Siguiendo el espíritu del ángel caído, inspírate en los valores afirmativos del satanismo que se oponen valientemente a la autoridad arbitraria y defienden el espíritu contestatario.
General Gordons death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 and the fall of the besieged city to the forces of the Mahdi was a crucial episode in British imperial history.
"e;The Sailing of the Mayflower"e; is an 1858 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dedicated to the 'Mayflower', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
First published in 1858, "e;The Courtship of Miles Standish"e; is a narrative poem written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the 'Mayflower', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
El impactante testimonio y la trayectoria vital del padre Amorth son mundialmente conocidos, pero en esta entrevista con Elisabetta Fezzi, además de profundizar en su fe y amor a Dios y su devoción ferviente por la Virgen María, ofrece una ayuda catequética que nos acerca al discurso firme y profundo del exorcista más famoso del mundo.
"e;Songs of the Sea - Poetry Dedicated to the Mayflower Voyage"e; is a collection of poetry by various poets, including James Russell Lowell, Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others.
Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism.
This book is about two of the most prominent leaders of South Africa, leaders whose respective roles shaped and influenced South Africa, both positively and negatively.