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Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves offers his first-hand account of naval troop transports during World War One, showing how crucial these were to America's war effort. Once war was declared against Germany and her allies in 1917, vast amounts of manpower and...

The mass media in the West do not hold fire in criticizing him. Russian opposition denounces him hysterically. But the Russian people give Vladimir Putin his mandate over and over again. What are the expectations of Russia of Putin? Where will he take...

Have you ever heard of a Jew who saved a Nazi's life? Who evaded capture by pretending to be a Polish peasant, a Communist spy, a partisan, and a Rabbi? Who spent months starving in the woods, sleeping in haystacks in the freezing cold, only to finish...

From the PREFACE. THIS translation was made at the suggestion of my friend, Dr. W. R. Newbold, Professor of Greek Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, in the hope of interesting here and there a student of thought or a lover of poetry. The...

This is the third book in the series about Vladimir Putin which describes in detail the last two years in Russia's ongoing strategy to work with China within the BRICS and the SCO, to deprive the United States its global leading role in the ongoing...

The year is 2014, and Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity among the Russian population. As great that two thirds of the population want to see him as the President of Russia beyond the year of 2018th. But it remains to be seen whether Putin managed to...

America's Siberian Adventure 1918-1920 recounts the covert campaign by the US to stabilize a region plagued by an uprising of multiple conflicts following the end of World War 1. General William Graves was the man sent to Siberia to lead an expeditionary...

The genealogy and history of the free family of color, surname Daniel. This book traces the lineage as far back as the 1700s. Includes history, lineages, documents, pictures, etc. All content was researched and compiled by the author Lander Anderson Jr...

This book is based on the conference held at the Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University on March 24-25, 2017. "Documenting Korean Costume: Primary Sources and New Interpretations" have invited eleven scholars of dress history and...

Introduction Do you ever wonder what the United States would be like today if Rosa Parks had moved back on the Bus? Being a member of the NAACP, she just could not take discrimination anymore That was the last straw that ended segregation. (however she...

John F. Kennedy: JFK was assassinated because of his Civil Rights agenda to integrate public Schools which Supreme Court Ruled in 1954 that segregated Schools were unconstitutional. Whites at that time believe mixing the Race are Communism (to this day,...

This book, "Fidel Castro Negro Blood (Crusader for Human Dignity)" tells the story of Fidel, a Civil Rights advocate who made it possible for people of all Nationalities not be brutalize and be respected by the authority and live without the...

Mary Church Terrell was an icon in the civil rights movement, advocating for equality and social justice for black women through a lifetime of campaigning and eloquent oration. Famed for being the first black woman to gain a college education in the...

Peter Cartwright, affectionately termed the 'backwoods preacher', tells his life story; a tale of adventure, hardship and inspiration for all who follow God's path. Born at a time when the USA was a newborn nation, Peter Cartwright experienced a formal...

Reverend Samuel Rutherford wrote Lex, Rex to defend and advance the Presbytarian ideals in government and political life, and oppose the notion of a monarch's Divine Right to rule. Writing in the 1640s, Rutherford lived in a time of political tumult and...

Irving Fisher's treatise on Eugenics - the process of improving human genetic qualities thought favorable through selective breeding - summarizes the practice and defends it from detractors. A strong advocate of eugenics since soon after its inception in...

In October 1962, the world went to the brink of Armageddon. This study provides a new archive-based account of the Cuban missile crisis, providing the first detailed and authoritative account from the British perspective. The book draws upon new British...

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Introduction Fort Worth is the 15th-largest City in the United States and the fifth-largest City in the State of Texas. The Fort Worth Stockyards now celebrates Fort Worth's long tradition as a part of the cattle industry and was listed on the National...

This book tells the true story of The Black Panther Party True History: When I was in the U. S. Navy stationed on the USS Ranger CVA 61 docked at Alameda, California, I would go on 7th Street in Oakland for liberty. I ran across a group of Black...

H. A. Guerber's breathtaking history of the United States includes the foremost conflicts of the nation, profiles of the Presidents, and tales of America's greatest inventions and accomplishments. We find in this epic and wide-ranging chronicle a flowing...

At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality. Yet it is surprisingly difficult for us to understand these forces, for we...

The Kumbh Mel_, which takes place in India approximately every three years, is the largest festival in the world. This short introduction to its history and mythology was originally published as an appendix to my study of a sect of Indian s_dhus, the...

Rehbein is a fictional character yet he was involved in the turmoil of the Eastern Front which was not generally known to western historians, yet, he survived. North Africa, Yugoslavia, the Berlin underworld, Smolensk/Katyn, Warsaw, Breslau and Soviet...

This book examines how five newly elected Presidents since 1952 - Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan - created their administrations.Book InformationISBN 9780195056556Author Carl M. BrauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Oxford...

Sir Peter Strawson is not just among the greatest living philosophers, but also the leading proponent of analytic Kantianism. His seminal Individuals rehabilitated metaphysics as a respectable enterprise within analytic philosophy. It also inaugurated a...

For centuries people have been making predictions about the future. Most of these are not only wrong, they are really, really wrong. "Your Flying Car Awaits" looks at the scientists, novelists, and social commentators who throughout the 20th...

This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is its appropriate context? Should the victorious ever allow the defeated to keep their art? These questions...

This is the first history of epiphany as both a phenomenon and a cultural discourse within the Graeco-Roman world. It explores divine manifestations and their representations both in art and in literary, historical and epigraphic accounts. The cultural...

This book examines how the Romans came to have a literature, how that literature reflected native and foreign impulses, and how it formed a legacy for subsequent generations have become central questions in the cultural history of the Republic. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006198496Author Maurice MaeterlinckFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 195g

Julia Louisa Corry Dumont (1794-1857) was born in Marietta, Ohio. Heralded in her own day as the "first lady" of the Ohio River Valley, she wrote about the lives of ordinary pioneers and settlers when the area was still known as the West. Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820462066Author Carlyle van ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 300g

C.M. Matthews traces the development of the surname over the centuries, from its conception, to its unquestioned acceptance. This development was subject to historical events and social change, occurrences which shaped the lives of our ancestors as they...

This book sets out the story of the Reformation in a clear, concise manner. Focusing on the biographies and beliefs of the main protagonists, including John Wycliff, John Knox, Erasmus and Calvin, among many others, the book introduces and explains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530007359Author Elliott LessenFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

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