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by Andrew Scott (Author), Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes ancient descriptions of Apollo *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Foolish mortals and poor drudges are you, that you seek cares and hard toils and straits Easily will I tell you a word and set it in your hearts. Though each one of you with knife in hand should slaughter sheep continually, yet would you always have abundant store, even all that the glorious tribes of men bring here fo...

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland - Paperback

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by John Martin Crawford (Author)The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias L nnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The compilation was first published in 1849 and consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty songs (runes). It was translated into English by J.M. Crawford and published in 1888. - "In the Kalevala, the nation...

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by Adolf Hitler (Author)Reprint of unexpurgated ed. Originally published: 1939. "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) is a political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in the Landsberg Prison in 1923–1924. The book outlines Hitler's political ideology, beliefs, and his vision for Germany's future. It became the blueprint for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) and laid the foundation for Hitler's policies and actions once he came to power. Key asp...

Ambassador Morgenthau's Story: A Personal Account of the Armenian Genocide - Paperback

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by Henry Morgenthau (Author)By the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire was beginning to dissolve. Upon seeing this weakness, Germany set its own plans into action in the capital of Constantinople-to bring the vast Turkish Empire under its control. In this book, American statesman HENRY MORGENTHAU SR. (1856-1946) details how Turkey fell under the influence of Germany and how this led to the Armenian Genocide. In a trial run of the extermination of the Jews, the Germans orchestrated the murder and ...

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by Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood (Author), Lord Charnwood (Author)One of the most important works on Abraham Lincoln from the era when he was passing out of living memory and into history, this 1917 classic is a rich, evocative portrait of the man and how actions as a leader were shaped by his character and ideals. From its British perspective, offering a fresh angle on an American legend, to its charming readability, Charnwood's treatise-which was called, in 1947, "the best one-volume li...

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by Ernesto Che Guevara (Author)Written immediately after the Cuban Revolution and first published in 1961, Guerrilla Warfare soon became a how-to manual for legions of guerrilla fighters around the world-from Latin America to Africa and Asia. In this revolutionary primer, Che focuses on the general principles of guerrilla warfare, the guerrilla "band," the organization of the guerrilla front, and strategies for preserving and defending power once it has been won. The book covers broad topics-...

The Roman Cookery Book: A Critical Translation of the Art of Cooking, for Use in the Study and the Kitchen - Paperback

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by Apicius (Author), Elisabeth Rosenbaum (Author), Barbara Flower (Transcribed by)2012 Reprint of 1958 New York Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is an English translation of the oldest known cookbook in existence. The book was originally written for professional cooks working in Ancient Rome, and contains actual recipes presented in the form of a cookbook. The work is translated with the intention of providing an actual c...

The Settlement Cook Book 1903 - Hardcover

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by Simon Kander (Author), Henry Schoenfeld (Author)Glowing with the warmth and fragrance of a crackling, old-fashioned hearth, The Settlement Cookbook will take you back in time to the cozy, wood-fired kitchens of freshly immigrated American families settling into their new home. First devised in 1903 by social reformer Elizabeth Kander as a homemaking guide for newly arrived families from around the world, this back-to-basics cookbook will serve today's readers both as a source of hardy, old...

The Octagon House: A Home for All - Paperback

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by Orson Squire Fowler (Author), B. Madeleine Stern (Introduction by)In the mid-19th Century America was host to a curious architectural trend: the octagonal house. Such eight-sided homes-as well as schools, churches, barns, and businesses-were popping up across the country so quickly that by 1857 over 1,000 had been built. Though the craze has long since subsided, the book that started it all remains a valuable and curious artifact of architectural history. A phrenologist by trade and eccent...

America's Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers of World War II - Paperback

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by Ann Stalcup (Author)For a long time Ann Stalcup has been fascinated by the role that the over 300 Navajo Code Talkers played in the Pacific during World War ll. Although all the facts are true, this story is a fictionalized account of the Code Talkers--America's Secret Weapon. There is increased urgency in telling their story in a way that young people, as well as adults, can understand and appreciate. The author interviewed four of the original "talkers" in Arizona and New Mexico before w...

Grace O'Malley: The Queen of the Sea - Paperback

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by Elizabeth O'Neill-Sheehan (Author)Grace O'Malley, The Queen of the Sea is a children's storybook written and illustrated by Elizabeth O'Neill-Sheehan. Grace was a heroic woman whose legacy as warrior, chieftain, and pirate should ring on as one who did not let roles, but rather made her ambitions define her. Written with rhythm and rhyme, Grace's story, including her famous meeting with Queen Elizabeth I, is echoed in true Irish songlike manner to inspire readers to tap into the pirate in ...

Oregon County History: Trails to Springs, Caves, Geological Wonders and Camps: Travel Down Roads and Rivers - Paperback

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by Robert Langston (Author), Jenny Underwood (Editor), Carl Chapman (Author)Oregon County, Missouri History presents Trails to Springs, Caves, Waterfalls, and other Geological Wonders. This beautiful area is rich with history and adventure. Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.21 x 10 x 7.01 IN Publication Date: April 27, 2018

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by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (Author)OF the Millions who live to eat and eat to live in this wide world of ours, how few are there who do not, at proper times and seasons, enjoy a good oyster. It may not be an ungrateful task, therefore, if I endeavour to inform them what species of animal the little succulent shell-fish is, that affords to man so much gastronomical enjoyment-how born and bred and nurtured; when, and where; and, lastly, how best it may be eaten, whether in its living and...

John Colter: The Life and Legacy of America's First Mountain Man - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"Again he turned his head, and saw the savage not twenty yards from him. Determined if possible to avoid the expected blow, he suddenly stopped, turned round, and spread out his arms. The Indian, surprised by the suddenness of the action, and perhaps at the bloody appearance of Colter, also attempted to stop; but exhausted with running, he fell whilst ende...

Armenian Myths and Legends: The History of the Mythology and Folk Tales from Armenia - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Armenia is considered to be one of the oldest cradles of civilization, with the area of historical Armenia roughly extending to the area stretching from the Euphrates River in the west, the region of Artsakh, parts of Caucasian Albania to the east, parts of the modern state of Georgia to the north, and its southern boundary abutting the northern tip of Me...

Thoth - As Above, So Below, The Greatest Alchemist That Ever Lived - Paperback

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by Timothy Mark (Editor), Alexandria Anthony (Author)Thoth is the Ancient Egyptian god of writing, magic, wisdom and the moon. He is thought to be self-created.The Greeks associated Thoth with Hermes and in their mind Thoth became Hermes Timegistus. According to one legend, Thoth was born "from the lips of Ra" at the beginning of creation and was also known as the "god without a mother".This book explores the many brances of knowledge Thoth is credited with, law, magic, philosophy, religion, ...

U.S. Militarism, Corporate Interests and World War III: The Pentagon and CIA: Soldiers of the Corporatocracy - Paperback

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by Charles Johnston (Author)Flanked on the east and west by the world's two largest oceans, the United States has needed little more for its territorial defense. Nonetheless, the U.S. military had early expanded far beyond what was needed to insure security from external threats. Concomitant with the rapid growth of U.S. industry the military forcefully facilitated commercial agreements and resource capture in distant locations during the 1800s. The annexation of Hawaii was achieved through r...

Black Hawk's War, 1832: The Campaign against the Sauk & Fox Indians-Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk dictated by Himself & Wa - Hardcover

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by Black Hawk (Author), Frank Everett Stevens (Author)An Indian leader's struggle against the tide of westward pioneer expansionBlack Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Indian tribe born in the Illinois Territory in 1767. He was not an hereditary chief but became leader of a 'band' and war chief, principally because he had demonstrated his prowess in action. Black Hawk fought for the British against United States forces during the War of 1812 in an attempt to keep American settlers awa...

Narratives of the French and Indian War: 3-The Capture of Fort Duquesne, Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book. Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, A Journal Kept - Paperback

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by Wilson (Author)Invaluable and rare material on the war for North AmericaThis book is the third volume in an ongoing series published by Leonaur for all those interested in the Seven Years' war as it was fought in North America--The French and Indian War. This conflict has perennially attracted students of the history of warfare because it was fought in the woodlands and upon the lakes of the New World, not only between the regular troops of France and Britain, but also including the fronti...

Narratives of the French and Indian War: 4-Captain Orme's Journal, Royal Navy Officer's Journal, George Croghan's Statement, French and Indian Cruelty - Paperback

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by Orme (Author), Croghan (Author)First-hand accounts from the French and Indian WarInterest in this 18th century war, fought in the woodlands and upon the lakes of the New World, not only between the regular troops of France and Britain, but also including the frontiersmen and militia of both sides including their respective Indian allies, continues to grow. This book, the fourth volume in the Leonaur series Narratives of the French and Indian War, will be of particular interest to all those...

Shergar: A True Crime Story of Kidnapping, Racehorse and Politics - Paperback

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by Conrad Bauer (Author)A true crime story set in Ireland and involving kidnapping, the IRA and a phenomenal racehorse named Shergar. Who Kidnap Shergar? A mystery that has baffled authorities for years...Ask anyone in Great Britain or Ireland about famous racehorses and they'll likely have only one name to tell you. Shergar. At his peak, Shergar was one of the most elegant, powerful, and successful racehorses in the history of the sport. By the time he retired, his reputation alone was enoug...

A History of the French & Indian War - Paperback

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by Arthur G. Bradley (Author)The War for the New World The Seven Years War as it was fought in the New World has always fascinated students of military history. Its stage-the wilderness of the American north-east, at a time when its vast forests and lakes were sparsely populated by settlers from Britain and France and ever threatened by the fierce indigenous Indian tribes, each with its particular loyalty or enmity-conjures a drama of colour and romance which has found its way into fiction an...

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by Troy Taylor (Author)For nearly two decades, Troy Taylor has been delving into the ghosts and haunted places in the state of Illinois but in this book, the author takes a journey down a darker road and takes readers on a search for the strange, terrifying and bizarre in this mysterious region. For centuries, Illinois has played host to the unexplained from the ancient mysteries of Cahokia, the stone forts of southern Illinois, anomalous petroglyphs and many other oddities from our distant p...

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by Troy Taylor (Author), Adam Selzer (Author), Ken Melvoin-Berg (Author)The city of Chicago is unquestionably the weirdest and most haunted city in America With a history dating back to the early 1800s that is filled with violent events, mysterious happenings and a lot of very strange characters, there is no other place like it in the country. Now, in the most complete book ever written on Chicago ghosts and strange history, the creators of the Weird Chicago Tours reveal just how that homegr...

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by Troy Taylor (Author)Join author Troy Taylor for his darkest and strangest book yet as he takes a historic, haunted and horrific look at sex and the occult through the ages, from sex magic to Satanism, demonic possession, vampires, demon rapists, poltergeists, phantom lovers & more Sex, death and the supernatural have always played important roles in human society and culture, dating back to the fertility rites of ancient Greece and the role of a virgin at a black mass. In this startli...

The Life of Saint Simeon Stylites - Paperback

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by Frederick Lent (Translator)Originally published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, this English translation of The Life of Saint Simeon the Stylite is a fascinating account of the prototypical pillar saint-the first of those strange holy athletes who took their stand atop a high column. Of unknown authorship, this vita was originally written in Syriac and was most likely penned shortly after Simeon's death in AD 459. Much of Simeon's biography consists of mystical events, mir...

Western Civilization Bites Back - Paperback

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by Jonathan Bowden (Author), Greg Johnson (Editor)Western Civilization has suffered an astonishing series of reversals in the last century. On the eve of the Great War, whites controlled virtually the entire globe. Today, whites do not even control their own homelands. A century ago, Western culture as the inspiration and envy of the globe. Today, it is synonymous with hamburgers, pop music, and porn. Oppressed from above by alien and deracinated elites, demographically and culturally swamped...

Irish History: A Concise Overview of the History of Ireland From Start to End - Paperback

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by Eric Brown (Author)Explore the History of Ireland From Start to End... Are you fascinated and intrigued by the Emerald Isle? Does Ireland hold a special place in your heart? Would you like to learn a lot more about this island that has contributed much to world history? Ireland, more than any other country, seems to hold people from other parts of the world in awe. Its people, landscape, culture and misfortunes have provided writers and poets with endless inspiration and its history is no ...

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by Theodore R. Whitman (Author)Learn all about the history, development and current state of History of Archery in this collection of articles by author/expert Theodore R. Whitman. From it's beginnings in the Epipaleolithic period, progress through ancient history and the middle ages; and continuing through to the present day, this interesting book covers archery through many periods of human history. The bow & arrow are known to have been invented by the end of the Upper Paleolithic, and...

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by Ainhoa Módenes (Author)Talented artist Ainhoa M denes brings together popular mandalas and patterns from the Tudor period to create unique and beautiful colouring designs.Colouring is known to both inspire and relax the mind, so grab your choice of pencils or pens and enjoy completing these 42 Tudor-inspired, hand-drawn illustrations.Each colouring is on a separate page and is accompanied by text explaining the inspiration behind it, whether it's Tudor architecture, embroidery, heraldry, i...

Code Talkers: Real (Native) American Heroes - Paperback

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by Beakakchush (Illustrator), Holabitubbe (Author)This book is a great introduction to the the roles of various Native American people in assisting the United States in two world wars. Each section begins with key vocabulary and is followed by learning activities. This book is a perfect supplement text for elementary students (reading level 3rd grade and above) and a superb addition to any home schooling curriculum. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.08 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: Augus...

Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House: True Story of a Black Women Who Worked for Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Davis - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Keckley (Author)In "Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House," Elizabeth Keckley offers a poignant and personal account of her experiences as a former slave who rose to become the dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckley employs a candid narrative style that intertwines her harrowing life story with sharp socio-political observations of 19th-century America, particularly concerning slavery and the complexities of race in the midst o...