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by Roland Maes
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
The emphasis of the final book covers the history, politics and art of the past centuries in Europe. A characteristic noted in each of the previous books is even more evident in this book: an incredible accumulation of facts and opinions throughout each chapter, often with multiple points in each...
by James Burke
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
The Day the Universe Changed presents a sweeping view of the history of science, technology, and human civilization and examines the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him.
James Burke examines eight periods in history...
by Richard Henry
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
What would you do if you knew the government kept secret information about advanced ancient technology and Atlantis hidden away from the public? Don't you think the public deserve to know if the lost advanced civilization of Atlantis really existed? Author of "A Guide For Writing Hip Hop Lyrics"...
A History of the Universe
Volume Iii: Serendipity
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
At last, here is the final and most ambitious installment of Henry Kong's dazzling historical trilogy. The core question is how the people of a divided, impoverished continent emerged to conquer the world with their technology and ideas. The serendipitous triumph of "Western Civilization"...
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded upon the defense of individual rights degenerate into tyranny? These are the questions addressed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, a strikingly original inquiry into...
Renaissance & Reformation
Book I: The Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2016
WE shall begin the study of the Renaissance with the last quarter of the thirteenth century. Not that the Middle Ages ended at this time and that then the Renaissance, in all its aspects, began. One cannot say when the Middle Ages gave place to the Renaissance. Indeed, in some respects, the Middle...
The Muslim Heritage of Bengal
The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
"The Muslim Heritage of Bengal is a multidimensional work. . . . I am sure this book will add to the vista of knowledge in the field of Muslim history and heritage of Bengal. I recommend this work."-Dr A. K. M. Yaqub Ali, Professor Emeritus, Islamic History & Culture, University of Rajshahi
"Khan's...
Qi=mc2
Gnosis: Planetary Initiation
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2014
Qi = mc2 is written and recorded in two volumes to mirror the thinking of the two-hemisphere brain so that each volume stands alone and readers may choose their principal way of knowing to grasp the emerging world-view underlying the chaotic events in our time; Science: Qualium Leap in Evolution and...
The Middle Sea
A History of the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5,000 years of history in the cradle of civilization.
A wonderfully illustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great...
World History 101
From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on world history.
History books are often filled with long descriptions, complex facts, and stories that can bore even the most enthusiastic history buffs. In World History 101 you’ll skip those tedious details and...
The Mayan Empire - Uncovering The Mysteries of The Maya
Forgotten Empires Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
The Mayan Empire
Uncovering The Mysteries of Maya (Forgotten Empires Series)
The Mayan culture is utterly fascinating and holds many mysterious secrets. In this book you will discover all about the advances that were made by the Mayan civilization, as well as the possibilities that they knew...
Owning the Earth
The Transforming History of Land Ownership
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
From the author of the acclaimed Measuring America, a dazzling chronicle, through history and across cultures, about how the ability to own the land we inhabit has shaped modern society.
Barely two centuries ago, most of the world's productive land still belonged either communally to traditional...
On Paper
The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
**A Best Book of the Year:
Mother Jones • Bloomberg News • National Post • *Kirkus ***
In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes—the consummate bibliophile’s bibliophile—shows how paper has been civilization’s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very...
A Short History of Human Error
from 3,000 BC to the present day
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
This is a candid, sometimes controversial study of the psychological or other flaws of political, religious and economic leaders from ancient times to the present day: from Rameses II to Colonel Gaddafi, from Genghis Khan to Stalin and Hitler, from Buddha or Saint Paul to Martin Luther...