Cultural Literature
Legends of The Enlightenment: The Life and Legacy of Voltaire
*Includes pictures.*Includes Voltaire's quotes.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“To hold a pen is to be at war.” – Voltaire“All men are equal; it is not their birth, but virtue itself that makes the difference.”...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The First Crusade
"I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne
“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.” – CharlemagneA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Vlad the Impaler
*Includes pictures of Vlad and important people and places in his life.*Includes historical accounts that describe Vlad the Impaler and his notorious rule.*Discusses the authenticity of the accounts accusing Vlad of impaling tens of thousands and his other infamous misdeeds*Analyzes...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Cesare Borgia
*Analyzes Cesare's legacy and how it endured over the centuries.*Examines the legends and rumors surrounding Cesare's life in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.*Includes pictures depicting Cesare and other important people in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Leonardo da Vinci
*Includes over 30 pictures of Leonardo, his work, and important people and places in his life.*Discusses Leonardo's most famous works, including the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and more.*Includes quotes from Leonardo's Notebooks.*Includes a Bibliography for further...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lorenzo de' Medici
*Includes pictures of Lorenzo and important people and places in his life.*Discusses Lorenzo's relationships with other famous Renaissance legends, including Leonardo and Michelangelo.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."How beautiful is youth that is always slipping away.”...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lucrezia Borgia
*Analyzes Lucrezia's legacy and how it endured over the centuries.*Examines the legends and rumors surrounding Lucrezia's life in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.*Includes pictures depicting Lucrezia and other important people and places in her life.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Michelangelo
*Includes pictures of Michelangelo and some of his most famous art.*Explains how Michelangelo made some of his most famous works, including the Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel.*Includes contemporaneous accounts of Michelangelo's life and his relationship with famous contemporaries like...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Niccolo Machiavelli
*Includes pictures of Machiavelli and important people and places.*Explains the historical background of Machiavelli's life and the political context within which he wrote The Prince.*Discusses lingering controversies surrounding Machiavelli and his work, including whether The Prince was intended as a...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Raphael
*Includes pictures of Raphael's most famous art and portraits of famous people.*Explains Raphael's artistic rivalries with Leonardo and Michelangelo, as well as comparisons and contrasts between his art and their art.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Here...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Lives and Legacies of Ferdinand & Isabella
Discusses all of the accomplishments of their reign, including the Reconquista against the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition, and Christopher Columbus's historic voyages. Includes pictures depicting the Catholic Monarchs and important people, places, and events in their lives. Includes a Bibliography...
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Legends of the West: Deadwood, South Dakota
Profiles famous figures like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen. "On Wednesday about 3 o'clock the report stated that J.B. Hickok (Wild Bill) was killed. On repairing to the hall of Nuttall and Mann, it was...
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Legends of the West: Dodge City, Kansas
*Includes pictures of Dodge City and important people and places.*Profiles Dodge City's most famous residents, including Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp.*Highlights the history of Dodge City, as well as its forms of entertainment.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legends of the West: Forgotten Sidekicks of the Wild West
*Includes pictures*Profiles the forgotten sidekicks of icons like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Billy the Kid*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsSpace may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the...
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Legends of the West: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
"The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the crimson days in the annals of Tombstone, a day when blood flowed as water, and human life was held as a shuttle cock, a day to be...
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Legends of the West: The History of the James-Younger Gang
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gang's most famous robberies written by Cole Younger *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Bat Masterson
Though he is no longer as well remembered as he once was, one of the most famous and notorious lawmen of the Wild West was Bat Masterson, who drifted around Dodge City and other parts of the West and was...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Buffalo Bill Cody
"The West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles, and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind." (Buffalo Bill Cody) Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Doc Holliday
*Includes pictures of Doc Holliday and important people and places in his life.*Includes a detailed description of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents"Doc was a dentist,...
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