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[2024]
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"Real-life accounts of the world's most notorious pirates-both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond-compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself A Penguin Classic Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book...
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Una de las consecuencias del excesivo uso del patrimonialismo como herramienta de dominación desde el siglo XIX fue la homogeneización y la uniformidad social. Hoy las estrategias giran al reconocimiento de la diversidad en la modernidad neoliberal e intercultural, con una tendencia creciente hacia la patrimonialización de la cultura. Pero al intervenir instituciones y gestores culturales en la declaración patrimonial de prácticas culturales,...
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"Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion. When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the happiness and excitement of the day was illusory. Britain may have been victorious in a painful war, but the peace would be no easier. Between the abdication crisis, the death of King George VI, and the ascension of...
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Hull's Fishing Heritage' is a unique nostalgic account, brought to you by Wharncliffe Books. Focusing upon three decades of research, the fishing community of Hessle Road represents a unique breed of people who endured hardship from the elements in times of peace and danger from the enemy in times of war. Within the world of the fishing families of Hull is a whole universe of humanity. Based upon interviews, a range of colourful tales are presented...
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This study sheds light on the dramatic military, political, and cultural forces that led Greece to liberation in the 19th century.
In The Greek War of Independence, Oxford scholar David Brewer presents a vividly detailed and comprehensive study of one of history's most heroic and bloody struggles for independence. This was the revolution of the Romantic Age, inspiring painters, poets, and patriots the world over, fired as much by Lord Byron's ringing...
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The Road to Redemption is a revisionist history of what writers have been doing to revise the teaching of American history for generations. The book presents an alternate approach that takes readers back to a time when the nation was more united and schools prepared students to become victors instead of victims by presenting to them how America evolved into what now is the most powerful country in the world. It draws attention to those...
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La figura de Jesús despierta interés y curiosidad de creyentes, no creyentes y de quienes suscitan dudas sobre su existencia, comportamiento y enseñanzas.
Este libro analiza, desde la perspectiva histórica y jurídica-no desde la tradición religiosa que nos han transmitido-, los hechos por los que Jesús de Nazaret fue juzgado, así como la realidad de los mismos, respondiendo, a su vez, a las preguntas que se han reiterado desde los orígenes...
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En el escenario geopolítico actual, la presencia de armas nucleares en manos de regímenes dictatoriales plantea uno de los retos más apremiantes para la seguridad internacional. La combinación de un liderazgo autocrático, la opacidad gubernamental y la falta de rendición de cuentas, crea un entorno propicio para la proliferación nuclear y, para la inestabilidad regional y global. Ante esta amenaza, la comunidad internacional se enfrenta al...
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A history of the various manifestations and shifting meaning of the Twentieth Century's single great contribution to mythology: the UFO.
Neither a credulous work of conspiracy theory nor a sceptical debunking of belief in 'flying saucers', How UFOs Conquered the World explores the origins of UFOs in the build-up to the First World War and how reports of them have changed in tandem with world events, science and culture. The book will also explore...
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En esta obra se estudia el proceso de insurgencia social que las élites esclavistas del valle del río Cauca y de Popayán-en sur de Colombia. Identificaron como "guerra racial", y que se desarrolló durante la primera mitad del Siglo XIX. SU propósito es mostrar que se calificaron de esta manera los comportamientos políticos de los habitantes pobres de la zona en su lucha contra los dominadores, en momentos en que éstos intentaban construir la...
12) My Move
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This is a book about criminal activity from the town Namsos in Norway
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After food rationing was introduced in 1940, and German U-boats began threatening merchant shipping bringing in essential foodstuffs, the Ministry of Agriculture decided something had to be done to make the kitchens of Britain more self-sufficient.
The result was one of Britain's most successful propaganda campaigns – Dig for Victory – encouraging every man and woman to turn their garden, or even the grass verge in their street, over to cultivating...
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En los convulsionados tiempos de la Conquista, fray Francisco de Tembleque, un hombre introvertido e inseguro con el sueño de ser un gran arquitecto, es enviado a Otumba, Nueva España (México), contra su voluntad.
Conmovido por las precarias condiciones de vida de los indígenas, emprende la colosal tarea de construir un acueducto que surta de agua limpia a la población más necesitada. Sin embargo, tiene que enfrentar las intrigas, prejuicios,...
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Wars are kinder to men, for they are given a chance, in the battlefield,
to showcase their prowess at weapons and strategy-making - either to
emerge victorious or to die valorously. The very act of fighting a battle
washes them off their earthly sins, securing their position in the heavens.
But what about the women? Burning silently inside, anxious and
afraid, guilty and grieved, passive and powerless, they remain silent
spectators of events...
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El Municipio de Olavarría, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, fue una sociedad abierta y móvil que se expresó en los circuitos sociales, económicos, culturales y políticos. Sus preocupaciones se manifestaron en el intercambio entre la prensa, las instituciones y la opinión pública, lo cual dinamizó la sociabilidad y la vida política. Contribuyeron a ese dinamismo las movilizaciones y fiestas organizadas por las sociedades de socorros mutuos,...
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Este libro habla de una época en que las calles de Buenos Aires estaban salpicadas de niños. Nos ubica de entrada en un escenario que no es el repertorio nostálgico del barrio perdido sino la vitalidad desbordante de una ciudad-experimento, aquella que cruzó el siglo XIX al XX a ritmo volcánico, donde esa infancia plebeya escapaba a los marcos previstos. Los testigos ofrecen las visiones más pesimistas: he aquí el precio que se ha cobrado el...
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Si hay un fenómeno de la historia de los Estados Unidos que se ha explotado hasta la saciedad en la cultura popular occidental, este ha sido la conquista del Oeste y el conflicto con las tribus de nativos que lo habitaban, denominado como las Guerras Indias. De una demonización del indio o nativo norteamericano, el péndulo basculó a partir de la década de 1970 a su santificación, y a menudo se echan en falta visiones más ecuánimes, capaces...
19) History of New York State: A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About
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Explore the history of New York State, the Empire State!
Do you know the WHOLE story of the State of New York, from the first human inhabitants to the years it was a Dutch colony? The state produced four presidents, was the first in many areas, and created its own state of mind.
What made New York into the state it has become? Was there something unique about Manhattan Island? Was there something about the people that made them so successful? Why...
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An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics
In “The Performer”, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than on words. Sennett is particularly attuned to the ways in which the rituals of ordinary life are performances.
The book draws...
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