History
The Phaistos Disc: The History of the Indecipherable Ancient Minoan Artifact Found on Crete
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe pre-modern world, especially the ancient world, is full of many mysteries, riddles, and enigmas that have perplexed scholars and lay people alike for centuries. One does not have to search...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey: The History of the Ottoman Empire's Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science.”...
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Mount Rushmore: The History and Legacy of America's Most Unique Monument
"America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller than these." (Simon Hoggart) In the 1920s plans...
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Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Life and Legacy of the Last Black Man to Play Major League Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingGiven his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th...
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Mad Anthony Wayne: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Revolutionary War General
“Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.” (Mad Anthony Wayne) The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the “shot heard ‘round the world” to the Declaration of Independence, but the...
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Leland Stanford: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became California's Governor and the West's Most Famous Robber Baron
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.” – StanfordFor many people, the Gilded Age and the...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Saladin
"It is equally true that his generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism, that flower of liberality and courtesy which had been the model of our old chroniclers, won him no less popularity in Frankish Syria than in the lands of...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Richard the Lionheart
*Includes medieval depictions of Richard and important people, places, and events in his life.*Explains his relationships with his famous parents, his famous allies, and his famous enemies, including Saladin.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“We, however, place...
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Legends of the Frontier: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding the lives and deaths of the three frontier legends.*Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the debate over whether he actually gave it.*Includes pictures of Boone, Bowie,...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Hammurabi
*Includes pictures of the stele on which the Code of Hammurabi is inscribed.*Includes the Code of Hammurabi.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures,...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Constantine the Great
*Discusses the legends surrounding Constantine's conversion to Christianity*Includes excerpts from Eusebius's biography of Constantine.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“By keeping the Divine faith, I am made a partaker of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cleopatra
*Discusses some of the popular myths and legends surrounding Cleopatra's life, including her heritage, how she died, and more. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events in Cleopatra's life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cicero
"Genius is fostered by energy." (Cicero) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was one of the most famous Romans in his day, and posterity has been even kinder to him. Cicero was a legend in his own time for his oratory...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caligula
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Caligula and important people and places in his life.*Discusses the facts and legends surrounding Caligula's madness and the excesses of his turbulent reign.*Includes Suetonius' account of Caligula's life.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caesar Augustus
*Includes pictures of famous art depicting Augustus and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses Octavian's relationships and political intrigue with his most famous contemporaries, including Caesar, Cleopatra and Antony.*Includes a Table of Contents“Young men, pay heed to an...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Attila the Hun
*Includes Priscus' contemporary account of Attila and his Court.*Includes contemporary and medieval accounts of Attila's meeting with Pope Leo the Great and the Battle of Châlons.*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Attila and important people and events in his life.*Includes...
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