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In this infamous work, Sorel fiercely advocates for violent revolution as the only means of effecting lasting social change. He details such factors as the role of violence and force in revolutionary movements; the use of insurrection and general strikes; and mythmaking as a key in spurring on and sustaining revolutions. A major influence on Benito Mussolini, the book is still considered controversial and provocative more than 100 years after its...
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A partir del momento en que Einstein publicó, en 1905 y 1917, sus revolucionarios trabajos sobre su teoría de la relatividad, la visión que el ser humano tenía del mundo y del universo cambió para siempre.
Einstein y la relatividad presenta una instantánea brillante de la vida y la obra de Einstein dentro de su contexto histórico y científico, y explica, de un modo claro y accesible, el significado y la importancia de su teoría de la relatividad,...
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In the 1980s, Lyn Johns arrives in Saudi Arabia on a mission that may cost her her family, but it is her family's future that has brought her to the Middle East. Her decision may be fraught with unintended consequences, and she knows it, but she leaves a low-paying job in Alabama to take a two-year contract in Saudi Arabia where she will help launch a new medical journal for the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh.
It seems her fears of not...
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“Chernobyl: The Rest of the Story”
This book is intended to serve as a fact-based sourcebook on the Chernobyl disaster. It covers the accident, its causes and effects—especially the radiological consequences, including the health effects, and the international assistance to enclose the radioactive remains in a safe state. Above all else, it provides reliable information and data for both the specialist and layperson alike.
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Este volumen recoge el testimonio de algunos protagonistas de la cultura mexicana, europea y española sobre la Guerra Civil y el exilio republicano español. Se incluyen entrevistas de los mexicanos Octavio Paz, Juan de la Cabada, José Chávez Morado y Fernando Gamboa, que asistieron al Congreso de Valencia de 1937, y de los reporteros europeos de la Guerra Civil Kati Horna y Walter Reuter. Esta historia se amplía con el testimonio de artistas...
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The Peace Corps was established in 1961 during the Kennedy administration, symbolizing a new direction in foreign policy-making for the United States. Founded on large aid programs staffed by volunteers, the agency's primary goal was to help modernize Third World countries while guarding against the expansion of communism. Julius A. Amin interprets the motives behind the development of the Peace Corps and analyzes the program and performance of its...
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Viele Hitlerjungen haben freiwillig im Volkssturm, in der Wehrmacht oder in der Waffen SS gedient.Von falschen Idealen irregeleitet, fanatisiert, abenteuerlustig und zum Kampf erzogen, glaubten sie 1945 doch noch das Großdeutsche Reich vor den Feinden retten zu können.Sie wurden von den braunen Machthabern verführt und schändlich missbraucht. Diese Jungen waren kaum dem Kindesalter entwachsen, als sie sich zum Dienst mit der Waffe und zum Fronteinsatz...
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IN 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive thefts from mail trains – similar to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 where £2.6 million was taken and only £400,000 ever recovered.
Thirty years later their paths crossed again and an unlikely partnership was formed, with the aim of revealing the truth about the Great Train Robbery.
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El cambio del sistema representativo en España, que se ha hecho visible con el surgimiento de los nuevos partidos y ha culminado en las elecciones del 20 de diciembre de 2015 que han supuesto el final del bipartidismo imperfecto, ha lanzado el debate sobre la calidad y los orígenes del régimen democrático, que fue fruto del proceso de transición que la sociedad española impulsó a la muerte del dictador y que desembocó en la Constitución de...
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A lo largo del siglo xx la configuración del Estado español y la acomodación de la diversidad de las identidades colectivas nacionales ha resultado un problema abierto, una «cuestión» permanentemente por resolver que el debate actual en Cataluña no ha hecho sino volver a poner de manifiesto. El modelo de Estado español que surgió del siglo XX se caracterizó por su fuerte centralismo y por la ausencia absoluta de reconocimiento político...
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In addition to being the most bitter industrial dispute the coalminers' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history. For a year over 100,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers, their families and supporters, in hundreds of communities, battled to prevent the decimation of the coal industry on which their livelihoods and communities depended. Margaret Thatcher's government aimed to smash the most militant section of...
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Community, heritage, architecture-oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in search of the city's most remarkable nightspots. Atmospheric photographs accompany descriptions of each bar's colorful history, unique architectural features, idiosyncratic owners, and quirky clientele. As we dip into one barroom after another, we see that these...
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More than 100 years have gone by since the Titanic sank. The perfect balance between a historical reference and a gripping novel, this book offers an accurate and up-to-date account of every aspect of the Titanic saga, from its inception and construction to its more recent discovery and its impact on society and culture. The author also examines what has changed since Titanic was built and speaks to the question of whether a similar disaster could...
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"Kennedy's Great Mistake" provides a gripping, detailed examination of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs Invasion, one of the most contentious episodes of the Kennedy administration. This account seeks to shed light on the decisions that led up to the invasion, the dramatic events that transpired on the beaches of Cuba, and the ramifications of its failure on U.S.-Cuban relations and Kennedy's presidency.Key elements explored within the book include:Origins...
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El republicanismo blasquista valenciano fue, sin duda una de las mejores demostraciones de esta cultura política que, en la Valencia de cambio de siglo logró de movilizar -y no nada más movilizar sino también culturizar- amplios sectores populares en un bloque social donde estaban presentes desde las clases trabajadoras a la pequeña burguesía. Un movimiento, por primera vez, de masas, las masas del nuevo siglo XX, articuladas alrededor de un...
16) The Spirit of the Marshall Plan: Taking Action Against World Hunger, School Lunches for Kids Arou
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Invoking the same spirit that fueled the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, author William Lambers calls for a global school lunch program to fight child hunger. 300 million children suffer from hunger worldwide. School lunch programs fight child hunger and also boost school attendance and performance. This book highlights the use of school lunch programs in Europe following World War II and how they can be used today in countries like Afghanistan,...
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El período más conflictivo y dramático de la historia española del siglo xx es, sin duda, el de la Guerra Civil y el de la dictadura franquista, por lo que se convierte en uno de los temas más delicados a la hora de tratarlo en los manuales de historia. En este estudio se analiza la forma en la que los manuales de historia (en el franquismo, en la transición democrática y en la más reciente actualidad) han tratado y tratan el período comprendido...
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Dieses Buch schildert das Leben in den düsteren Ecken und anrüchigen Etablissements Berlins um 1900.
Selbst als Arbeiterkind im Wedding aufgewachsen, begegnet Ostwald den sozial Gestrandeten auf Augenhöhe und möchte Einblick in ihr Leben und ihren Alltag geben. Dabei geht es ihm vor allem darum, ein lebendiges und authentisches Bild zu zeichnen, das dokumentiert, nicht wertet.
"Dunkle Winkel" erschien erstmals als Band 1 der 1904 in Angriff genommenen...
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Memory is more than a dustbin of time, stuffed with yesterday's trash. Rather, memory is a glorious grab bag of the past from which one can at leisure pluck bittersweet experiences of times gone by and relive them. (Hal Boyle).Here are my memories of growing up in a small Northern Maine Town.Some of the stories have appeared as tales in earlier books or regional publications. Some of my eBook stories are appearing for the first time in print.I include...
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Montreal, Monday (6.00 a.m.) April 15, 1912 TITANIC STRUCK AN ICEBERG. SENDS MARCONIGRAM ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE. VIRGINIAN GOING TO HER RESCUE. From New York, Monday. April 15, 1912 'VESSEL SINKING' STEAMERS ARE TOWING THE TITANIC. AND ENDEAVOURING TO GET HER INTO THE SHOAL WATER NEAR CAPE RACE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEACHING HER. From New York, Monday night. April 15, 1912 THE WHITE STAR OFFICIALS NOW ADMIT THAT MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST. News of the...
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