History
Basque Country: The Turbulent History and Legacy of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIt would not be a stretch to say that for a very tiny geographical territory (just 20,747 square kilometers), the Basque Country has inspired a plethora of intense stereotypes. Some...
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Before the Bear: The History and Legacy of California Before It Joined the United States
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“As the spring and summer of 1848 advanced, the reports came faster and faster from the gold-mines at Sutter’s saw-mill. Stories reached us of fabulous discoveries, and spread throughout...
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Belén y Nazaret: la historia y el legado del lugar de nacimiento y la ciudad natal de Jesucristo
“Nathanael le dijo, ‘¿Puede salir algo bueno de Nazaret?’ Felipe le dijo, ‘Ven y verás’” (Juan 1,46)“[Y Él] vino y vivió en una ciudad, Nazaret. Así fue para que se cumpliera lo dicho por los profetas: ‘Será llamado Nazareno’”. (Mateo...
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Belén: La Historia y Legado del Lugar de Nacimiento de Jesús
“Pero tú, Belén Efrata, aunque eres pequeña entre las familias de Judá, de ti me saldrá el que ha de ser gobernante en Israel. Y sus orígenes son desde tiempos antiguos, desde los días de la eternidad”. – El Libro...
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Belle Boyd: The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Civil War's Most Famous Spy
*Includes pictures*Includes Belle's account of her espionage*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!” – Belle Boyd"If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I...
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Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen: The Revolutionary War's Most Controversial Leaders
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe story of Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys is one of those delightful tales that American schoolchildren hear about in school, but it...
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Benito Mussolini: The Life and Legacy of Italy's Fascist Prime Minister
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes and contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.” - MussoliniIt’s easy to forget how young Italy...
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Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Big Band Leaders
When the phrase “the King” is used in the context of American music, most people think of Elvis Presley, but Presley was just a baby when the title was first conferred upon Benny Goodman as the King of Swing in...
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Benny Goodman: The Life and Legacy of the King of Swing
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.” – Benny GoodmanSprightly swing...
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Bethlehem & Nazareth: The History and Legacy of Jesus Christ's Birthplace and Hometown
Bethlehem is amongst the oldest cities in the world, one that has been conquered and ruled by Caananites, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, the Mamluks of Egypt, and the Ottomans. In the last century alone, it has been controlled by various...
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Bethlehem: The History and Legacy of the Birthplace of Jesus
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Nativity and Bethlehem's holy sites *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go...
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Betty Grable & Rita Hayworth: The Most Famous Pin-Up Models of World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes their most famous quotes *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents “There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.” – Betty Grable “I've had a lot...
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Biafra: The History and Legacy of the Secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
"[A] cardinal principle of British colonial policy [is] that the interests of a large native population shall not be subject to the will...of a small minority of educated and Europeanized natives." - Lord Frederick Lugard Nigeria was the creation of...
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Biblos: Historia y legado de la más antigua ciudad fenicia
De todos los pueblos del antiguo cercano oriente, los fenicios están entre los más reconocidos, pero quizás también entre los menos comprendidos. Los fenicios nunca construyeron un imperio como los egipcios y los asirios; de hecho, los fenicios nunca crearon...
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Billie Holiday and Etta James: The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Jazz Singers
*Includes pictures*Includes the artists' quotes about their lives*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIf Billie Holiday wanted to become a jazz singer, she chose the best of all eras in which to attempt it....
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Black Bart & Howell Davis: Mastering Piracy
*Weaves the lives and piracy of the two famous pirates into one entertaining and educational narrative.*Explains how the myths and legends of the pirates helped create the instantly recognizable pirate stereotypes today.*Includes pictures depicting the pirates and important people, places,...
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Black Hawk Down: The History of the Battle of Mogadishu
*Includes pictures *Includes an explanation of the action, what went wrong, and an analysis of who was to blame *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The Somalis were a curious bunch....
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Black September: The History and Legacy of the Conflict Between the Palestinians and Jordan in 1970
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“We had thousands of incidents of breaking the law, of attacking people. It was a very unruly state of affairs in the country and I continued to try. I went to...
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Black Tuesday: The History and Legacy of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the stock market crash written by newspapers and other contemporaries *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Roaring Twenties were an age of optimism. New technology was being invented, and...
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Blaise Pascal: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Mathematician and Theologian
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” (Blaise Pascal) Blaise Pascal’s time on earth may have been brief - no more than 39 years -...
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