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“War in the air over the Middle East Mesopotamia, ‘the land of the two rivers’, is deemed the birthplace of civilisation. Now modern day Iraq, it has known warfare throughout the millennia that man has inhabited it. By the first years of the twentieth century the Ottoman Turkish Empire...

People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic. Studies in Culture Contact:...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

An Author's Mind;, edite by Martin Farquhar Tupper, A.M., F.R.S...

Glen becomes the only witness to the gruesome murder of a woman living in his house, but telling someone about it is nearly impossible since he’s a ghost. He finds himself reluctantly involved and desperately hoping he can silence the victim’s ghost, who just won’t stop haunting him. The dead...

This book illustrates the plethora of security concerns of the Americas in the 21st century. It presents the work of a number of prolific scholars and analysts in the continents of America. The book provides one of the only expansive applications of theory to a wide geographical area. It offers new...

Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (2 June 1879 – 14 March 1971), commonly known by his initials A. S. M. Hutchinson, was a British novelist.

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit written by S. M. Mitra.This book is about mythological stories good for children and adults.

C’est une tradition des grands auteurs de science-fiction que d’inviter plusieurs de leurs confrères à écrire en leur compagnie dans l’univers qu’ils ont composé au fil de leurs romans. C’est ce qu’a fait David Weber. Autour d’Honor comprend trois nouvelles (celle de Weber lui-même...

Extrait : "Le premier soin de l'homme supérieur, dès qu'il est conscient de lui-même, réside à sculpter, à ciseler son être moral : la théorie de la perfection chrétienne n'est que l'initiation sublimée. Oui, l'homme a le devoir et le pouvoir de se créer une seconde fois, selon le bien. On...

Lara Haralds, editor precaria e scrittrice emergente di gay romance, ha un problema. La sua agente le chiede un grosso favore: "stanare" nel suo rifugio tra i boschi canadesi il famoso scrittore Terence Foreman, da sempre schivo e riservato, per aiutarlo a completare la revisione del suo ultimo atteso...

The fifth volume in this series is focused on the chemical and physical interactions between rocks undergoing metamorphism and the fluids that they generate and that pass through them. The recognition that such pro­ cesses can profoundly affect the course of metamorphism has resulted in a number...

Yucatan has been called “a world apart”—cut off from the rest of Mexico by geography and culture. Yet, despite its peripheral location, the region experienced substantial change in the decades after independence. As elsewhere in Mexico, apostles of modernization introduced policies intended...

The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...