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Helgvor du Fleuve Bleu est un roman préhistorique, écrit par J.-H. Rosny aîné et paru pour la première fois en France en décembre 1929. Ce roman, qualifié de Roman des Âges Farouches, continue le cycle dont la principale œuvre est La Guerre du feu. Synopsis | Glâva décide de s'enfuir avec...

I've tried to bring the arts together to tell a story - our story - of life in the 21st Century. Each Volume has direct links to applicable songs, movies and other author's works to help tell a particular piece of that story. There are three Volumes that make up The Book of Change: A Tapestry...

Often considered to be a secret society, the Rosicrucian Order is one of the most enigmatic of the initiatory movements. Recounting the mysteries of its origins, this book first attempts to place Rosicrucianism in its historical context by recalling the origins of Western esotericism and presenting...

            Amidst the incessant influx of the Asiatic nations into Europe, during the slow decline of the Roman empire, and the migrations occasioned by their arrival, we should vainly attempt to trace the descent of the Poles. Whether they are derived from the Sarmatians, who, though...

A provocative and insightful exploration of rebuilding our homes, communities and cities after their devastation. Where are we? How did we get here? Where do we go now? From nineteenth-century attempts to create Utopias to America's rustbelt, from Darwin's study of worms to China's phantom cities,...

Histoire de France - Jacques Bainville   Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Jacques Pierre Bainville (1879 - 1936) est un journaliste, chroniqueur de politique étrangère,...

In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods, they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors, including those related to the sciences and the arts. They...

By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response to the epistemological crisis provoked by new knowledge and experience. Traditional narratives were...

The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This book investigates Christian images of the Muslim Middle East, focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, when the nature of divine as well as human power was under particularly...

You may not be an avid WW1 history buff or you may not fallow my other books on Amazon so I am obligated to give you some prior info first. HMAS AE2 was a very special Submarine who sunken by a Turkish Torpedo ship, crew was to become POW's for years but I have other books telling the story of the...

Climate change is producing profound changes globally. Yet we still know little about how it affects real people in real places on a daily basis because most of our knowledge comes from scientific studies that try to estimate impacts and project future climate scenarios. This book is different, illustrating...

IN the following lectures no attempt will be made to give a systematic account of a political development, which is the ordinary theme of history. History is "past politics" in the wide sense of the word. It has to do with the growth and decay of states and institutions, and their relations to each other...

In theory, all the soil of the country was held by the king as a fief from God (in practice, the king's title was his good sword), granted on conditions of fealty to right and justice. Should the king be unjust or wicked, he forfeited the kingdom, and it might be taken from him and given to another....

The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides – an Athenian general who served in the war. It is widely considered a classic...