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30961) Daily Life in Ancient Greece
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What was life really like for everyday people in Ancient Greece? In this detailed exploration of daily life in one of history's greatest civilizations, readers will use primary sources and information from archeological discoveries to discover fascinating insights and debunk popular myths. Immersive timelines, maps and references to important people and events will bring children on a time-traveling journey through Ancient Greece.
30962) Elsie and Mairi Go to War
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The incredible story of two courageous and spirited women who were the only female participants to serve on the western front during World War I.
When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of...
30963) On A Destroyer's Bridge
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As the eyes and ears of the fleet, the Destroyers perform a vital role to any naval force; often given the dirtiest jobs of any task force, the Destroyer is the workhorse ship. In this fascinating volume, written by Commander Holloway H. Frost USN in 1935, the author describes how to best handle a flush deck destroyer in a variety of situations. Richly illustrated with diagrams Commander Holloway offers sage advice and reveals the secrets of the seaborne...
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Qui, en dehors d'Haïti, a déjà entendu parler de la bataille de Vertières, point d'aboutissement de la guerre d'indépendance haïtienne? Qui sait que cet affrontement s'est soldé, en 1803, par l'une des pires défaites napoléoniennes? Que les Noirs s'y réclamaient des idéaux de la Révolution? Pourtant, cette bataille aurait dû faire date: son issue, désastreuse pour la puissance coloniale française, allait fissurer de manière irrémédiable...
30965) The Bickersteth Diaries
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This book is a studiously edited version of the eleven volumes and more than three thousand pages of the diarist's original work. Ella Bickersteth began to put it together for her six sons, because one of them was in Australia at the outbreak of the 1914–18 war.The book reflects upon church and politics, theological musings and matter-of-fact details of how an anxious mother, who was also a busy vicar's wife, kept going through the huge upheaval...
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You may want to protect your child from dark historical truths but you cannot take away their curiosity. Learning about what happened in the past will help a child learner associate events to current times. It will also produce valuable lessons that will shape decisions and actions later on in life.
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Includes 3 maps and more than 10 illustrations. The preponderance of conflicts fought over the last seventy years have included or been centered on irregular warfare and counter-insurgency. Indeed, the helicopter's first significant trials in combat took place during the Algerian War 1954-1962, the Vietnam War 1955-1975, and the Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989. During these wars, French, U.S., and Soviet militaries used significant numbers of helicopters...
30968) Guerrilla Surgeon
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Dr. Rogers was a New Zealander who, after duty with British troops in North Africa during the early years of the war, made the decision to enter guerrilla warfare in the Balkans and was accepted for training to join the Jugoslav partisans. The account of his experiences, written a decade ago after he had just left the country, has the freshness of recently known people and events and the detachment of a thoughtful mind which could pause to analyse...
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Though we all depend upon the programs, services, and infrastructure taxes provide, few of us are happy to pay them. Presented here is the long and rich history of taxation in America, a national saga of fierce debate, violent rebellion, and all-out revolution. Threaded throughout this history of taxation are the many real-world challenges and protests that led to precedent-setting court cases, constitutional amendments, and our modern tax system....
30970) Mind at Large
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Deivid is a young guy lost into, the fake pop tv studio stage set, so calle "American Reality", who through psychedelic trips gets into different realities that belong to other levels. All these experiences make him awaken spiritually, so that he can connect with the Universal Source
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The Bucs is the story of a baseball club.
The word "story" is purposely used in lieu of the more common designation "history." A baseball club rarely has a history in the strictest sense of the word. Instead, the record of its formation and growth more closely resembles a biography. Each club mirrors the character of those who nurtured its development and wore its uniforms.
The Pittsburgh ball club is no exception.
Each generation of Pirate fans...
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Este libro es un libro especial. En él se recogen, paso por paso, todos los días que Jesús de Nazaret pasó en la tierra
Aquí encontrarás sus enseñanzas, experiencias y milagros. Y todo ello con los sabios comentarios de Pedro Sergio Donoso Brant, uno de los máximos expertos mundiales en las Sagradas Escrituras.
Los comentarios son de tres tipos: en algunos casos se le da importancia a las situaciones históricas, esto sucede cuando en el...
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Discover the fascinating truth about the ancient history of the Pharaohs') is a captivating ebook that transports you to the heart of ancient Egypt, igniting your curiosity and leaving you with a newfound appreciation for the remarkable achievements of this ancient civilization. Prepare to embark on an adventure that will forever change the way you perceive history.From the grandeur of the Great Pyramids to the enigmatic Sphinx, immerse yourself in...
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Now: the following is fiction. By Presidential Order, he was relieved on December 18th, along with Admiral Kimmel CINCPAC, and CG, USAPac, Major General Short. However, because MacArthur had so many friends in Congress, and around the United States, President Roosevelt decided to keep MacArthur's firing quiet and bring him back to the States for an Army Article 70 Hearing and possible General Court-martial. Continuing the fiction, this is the Article...
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An engaging, enlightening "biography" of the ancient Hindu manuscript that became the world's most famous sex manual
The Kamasutra is one of the world's best-known yet least-understood texts, its title instantly familiar but its actual contents widely misconstrued. In the popular imagination, it is a work of practical pornography, a how-to guide of absurdly acrobatic sexual techniques. Yet the book began its long life in third-century India as something...
30977) Things That Get You
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Things That Get You is a philosophical approach to the essential questions of life. It dives into ideas of life and mortality and muses on the connections between humanity and nature.
Hubbard's poetry explores the importance of love and family in this modern world. He discusses what it means to be a father, a husband, and a man.
Hubbard's thoughtful approach and beautifully crafted verses paints a vivid landscape of the nature of life in mid-western...
30978) Dear Evelyn: Wait for Me
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He was seventeen when he entered the Corps.
USO dances. Psychiatric hospital. City park. Train station. Hot summer days. Island time. Iwo Jima.
His name was Paul. Her name was Evelyn. He did ask her to dance, but there was a problem...he didn't know how. He just knew he wanted to meet her. Later on in the evening, he asked if he could take her home. She was in training to be a nurse, and the only way to escort her to the nurses' quarters was to...
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In the Balkans, there are as many histories as the states in it. For the undetermined reader to form their own opinion, it is desirable to read the various information sources. In this book you will find historical articles for Republic of Macedonia that is taught in this country, so the same events in other countries could have a different version.
The Republic of Macedonia is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe....
30980) To The Ends of The Earth
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Fascinated by what lies beyond the boundaries of human experience, men and women have throughout history been irresistibly drawn to venture into the unknown. Lavishly illustrated, To the Ends of the Earth charts the astonishing feats of history's most intrepid explorers. From the early voyages of the Ancient Greek mariner Colaeus, who first discovered that beyond the Mediterranean lay a far greater ocean, to the compelling tale of the race for the...
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