History

The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States.

In a precarious world even our most basic assumptions are subject to challenge and change.

No professional group in the United States benefited more from World War II than the scientific community.

The letters of the younger Pliny First series - Volume 1 presents a curated collection of correspondence that captures the daily rhythms, intellectual concerns, and social environments of ancient Rome.

During the seventeen-year Pinochet dictatorship, more than three thousand Chileans were murdered or disappeared without a trace.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 19 begins in a time of escalating turmoil, when foreign domination and strict religious controls spark widespread dissatisfaction.

Terre Napoleon: A history of French explorations and projects in Australia examines a contested chapter of maritime exploration and imperial ambition.

Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.

The history of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic Volume 2 examines the transformative period of Spain under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella, focusing on the consolidation of power, the strengthening of the monarchy, and the complex interplay between religion and governance.

Was the martyrdom of the prophet Joseph Smith simply a random act of violence?

Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture.

Indiana had the largest and most politically significant state organization in the massive national Ku Klux Klan movement of the 1920s.

During the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile border between Brazil and Spanish South America.

South of the Golden Horn, on the narrow tongue of land-narrow it seems as seen from the hills of the northern shore-is the city of Constantine and his successors in empire, seated, like the old Rome, on seven hills, and surrounded on three sides by sea, on the fourth by the still splendid, though shattered, mediaeval walls.

This book provides a guide for understanding the time lineof the book of Revelation as John presents it.

This exceptional production, steeped in pregnant constructions,  is pregnant with Why Yoruba Should Be the 7th Official Language of the United Nations, while acting as the humble mouthpiece of the African languages.

The abolition of Russian serfdom in 1861 and American slavery in 1865 transformed both nations as Russian peasants and African Americans gained new rights as subjects and citizens.

'Makes real events read like a thriller' The Times'Everything you could want in a Cold War thriller' New York Times'Redwood might be his best yet' John GrishamFrom the multi-million copy bestselling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear warThe year is 1981.

Since 1943, the lives of Brazilian working people and their employers have been governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT).

The abolition of Russian serfdom in 1861 and American slavery in 1865 transformed both nations as Russian peasants and African Americans gained new rights as subjects and citizens.

In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war.

Miguel La Sernas gripping history of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) provides vital insight into both the history of modern Peru and the link between political violence and the culture of communications in Latin America.

The Army of the Potomac was a hotbed of political activity during the Civil War.

While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems.

For the better part of two centuries, between 1720 and 1877, the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people controlled a vast region of what is now the U.

According to Simon Wiesenthal, nearly half of the crimes associated with the Holocaust were committed by Austrians, who comprised just 8.

War destroys, but it also inspires, stimulates, and creates.

Between 1968 and 1980, fears about family deterioration and national decline were ubiquitous in American political culture.

Celia Snchez Manduley (19201980) is famous for her role in the Cuban revolution.

The rise of the Dutch Republic - Complete (1566-74) offers a sweeping historical account of the Netherlands' transformation from a fragmented territory under oppressive rule into an independent and flourishing republic.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 30 recounts a moment defined by political strain and mounting military pressure as the monarchy's authority grows increasingly difficult for the provinces to accept.

Miguel La Sernas gripping history of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) provides vital insight into both the history of modern Peru and the link between political violence and the culture of communications in Latin America.

Indiana had the largest and most politically significant state organization in the massive national Ku Klux Klan movement of the 1920s.

War destroys, but it also inspires, stimulates, and creates.

Athens: Its rise and fall Book II examines the development of a city that shaped political thought, cultural expression, and collective identity.

Living the Dream tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr.

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First published in 1967, Battle for the Free Mind by Rev.

Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon--'a history book for Scots'.

Exciting World War II action The exploits of Britain's wartime commandos Covers fighting in Norway, Italy, France and Germany John Durnford-Slater raised and trained the first Commando unit in 1940, became an outstanding leader of special operations and witnessed some of the most daring exploits of World War II.

History of Liberia presents a structured account of national development that is shaped by settlement, governance, and social organization.

The seigneurs of old Canada: A chronicle of new world feudalism examines how a European system of land control and authority was transplanted into a developing colony.

According to Simon Wiesenthal, nearly half of the crimes associated with the Holocaust were committed by Austrians, who comprised just 8.

Living the Dream tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr.

In the 1950s and 1960s, images of children appeared everywhere, from movies to milk cartons, their smiling faces used to sell everything, including war.

School history of North Carolina: From 1584 to the present time presents a structured overview of the region's past, following its development from early European contact to later stages of political and social organization.

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Germany from the earliest period Volume IV examines the formation of German cultural and political identity during a period of intense transformation.

This book deepens our understanding of the social, legal, and anthropological issues that arise from the global proliferation of advanced biomedical technologies and how they enable people to use their bodies to express individual and collective identities.