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Guttenberg and Faust were good printers. Their beautiful work still remains in proof that the moneyed partner was not in league with the Evil One, even were it not known that the first book which issued from their press was the Bible. Notwithstanding that it has often been asserted, and may be reiterated...

The epic unfolding of the Great Events of World History continues with Volume 5! Featuring: FEUDALISM: ITS FRANKISH BIRTH AND ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT, by William Stubbs DECAY OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE & THE DIVISION INTO MODERN FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY, by Francois Guizot CAREER OF ALFRED THE GREAT,...

Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human history. In these five lectures originally prepared...

The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole.

Un aperçu bref et concis de certains aspects de la civilisation égyptienne antique qui peut bien nous servir de nos jours, dans notre vie quotidienne, peu importe où nous sommes dans ce monde. Cette édition traduite en français a pour objet de livrer une vue d’ensemble, brève et concise,...

Pendant longtemps les mythes et les préjugés de toutes sortes ont caché à l’ Afrique sa vraie histoire à tel point que les peuples africains passaient pour des peuples sans histoire. Aux africains de ressaisir la continuité de leur passé, de tirer de celui-ci le bénéfice moral nécessaire pour reconquérir leur place dans le monde moderne.

"L'occupazione di Wounded Knee (Sud Dakota) del 1973 è un episodio di grande significato per i popoli nativi dell'America che ha rappresentato l'inizio di una presa di coscienza, da parte di questi, del valore della propria storia e della propria cultura. La resistenza su terra indiana, per...

‘Netnografia’ è un neologismo che contiene al suo interno due parole, ‘net’ ed ‘etnografia’. Come l’etnografia, anche la netnografia studia la genesi e il comportamento dei gruppi umani, ma il suo lavoro si svolge nel mondo cibernetico di internet. Cos'è la Netnografia è un saggio...

MON oncle Ro et moi, nous venions de voyager ensemble en Orient, et notre absence avait duré cinq longues années, lorsque nous atteignîmes Paris. Revenant d’Égypte par Alger, Marseille et Lyon, il y avait dix-huit mois qu’aucun de nous n’avait reçu une seule ligne d’Amérique, lorsque...

Fin 1872, Émile Erckmann, contre qui un mandat d’arrêt a été émis par les Prussiens qui occupent l’Alsace et la Moselle, s’installe à St-Dié. L’été précédent, il a fait la connaissance à Paris d’un Lorrain, entrepreneur de travaux publics, qui avait longtemps travaillé en Égypte...

A story of our planet and humankind. From the origins of the earth to the founding of the League of Nations.Wells wrote this short version of "The Outline of History" to, in his own words "meet the needs of the busy general reader".

Countless myths and legends attest to the ancient sanctity of the Isle of Avalon. Yet archaeologists have long been puzzled by the absence of material evidence for prehistoric activity upon the hills of Glastonbury. This book provides decisive proof of the island’s especial importance to our distant...

This eBook edition of "THE STORY OF ATLANTIS (Complete Collection)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Extract: "The memory of Nature is in reality a stupendous unity, just as in another way all mankind is found to constitute...

SACRED MYSTERIES AMONG THE MAYAS AND QUICHES, 11,500 YEARS AGO By Augustus Le Plongeon Synopsis There are authors who attribute the origin of modern Free Masonry to the followers of Pythagoras, because some of the speculations of that Philosopher concerning the meaning of the numbers are to...