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The Story of the Barbary Pirates (Cornerstones of Freedom)
By R. Conrad Stein. 1982
The Second Stage
By Betty Friedan. 1981
Friedan in her book, says that once past the initial phases of working against injustices, the women's movement should focus…
on working with men to remake private and public planning that work against full lives with children for them.The Renaissance: The Story of Civilization, Volume V (The Story of Civilization #5)
By Will Durant. 1953
An engrossing volume on the Italian Renaissance by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant. This fifth volume of Durant's acclaimed Story…
of Civilization, The Renaissance chronicles the history of Italy from 1304 to 1576. In this masterful work, readers will encounter: *the poets Petrarch and Boccaccio, the fathers of the Renaissance; *the paintings, sculptures, and architecture of Milan, Florence, and Venice; *the life and accomplishments of Leonardo Da Vinci; *the Catholic church and the popes of Avignon and Rome; *the politicians and philosophers of Italy, including the Borgia family, Julius II, and Machiavelli; *the Italian Wars, the conflicts with France, and the country's decline.Eat London: All About Food
By Terence Conran, Peter Prescott. 2017
London is a city brimful of culinary possibilities, from lively markets to Michelin-starred restaurants. This third edition of Eat London…
is completely revised and updated, with entries highlighting the very best food stops not to be missed on a tour of London in 14 chapters. This is much more than a restaurant guide - it is a book all about food and the people who make, sell and care about it. From the best fish and chip shops of East London to haute cuisine and artisan food stores in Mayfair, every entry has been assessed for quality, originality, convivial ambience and consistency. Also featured are recipes from some of the capital's favourite restaurants including A. Wong, River Café, Honey & Co. and Sartoria.Special photography by Lisa Linder illustrates the wonderful food and everyday streetlife of the city.Invisible Women of Prehistory: Three Million Years of Peace, Six Thousand Years of War
By Judy Foster, Marlene Derlet. 2013
Based on many years of research into ancient history and prehistory, this insightful tome argues that three million years of…
peace--a period when women's status in society was much higher than it is now--preceded the last 6,000 years of war during which men have come to hold power over women. The book challenges the idea accepted in academia that history is a linear development in which society is steadily moving out of a violent and patriarchal past to a more equitable and peaceful future, and it reexamines both the archaeological work of Marjia Gimbutas and recent research into the prehistories of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia and Oceania.Fifty Years of Change: Short History of World Politics Since 1945
By Charles L. Robertson. 1997
The past half-century has seen many hopes raised and some dashed, a succession of fears and false alarms, and both…
triumphs and calamities that were almost entirely unexpected. This work offers a short but sweeping history of world politics since 1945: America's postwar pre-eminence and the hopes that attended the creation of the United Nations; the Cold War and the emergence of a volatile Third World; economic transformations and the twin threat of nuclear and ecological disaster; the crumbling of the Soviet system and the short-lived promise of a peaceful, prosperous and democratic new world. The author describes these momentous changes concisely in an effort to show how we got here from there and what we might have learned along the way.The Age of Faith: The Story of Civilization, Volume IV
By Will Durant. 1950
The fourth volume in Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, The Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance…
of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture. Like the other volumes in the Story of Civilization series, this is a self-contained work, which at the same time fits into a comprehensive history of mankind. It includes the dramatic stories of St. Augustine, Hypatia, Justinian, Mohammed, Harun al-Rashid, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Maimonides, St. Francis, St. Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and many others, all in the perspective of integrated history. The greatest love stories in literature - of Héloise and Abélard, of Dante and Beatrice - are here retold with enthralling scholarship.Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking: Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan
By Diane Bell. 2008
The Ngarridjeri women of South Australia reveal their thoughts, daily challenges, and visions for the future in this moving book.…
The stories range from charming and delightful to jarring and shocking, and delve into matters both social and personal--including the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy. Serving as a model for how indigenous and nonindigenous women can jointly write a book, this narrative can help indigenous women in other communities develop their own collective history and visions for the future.Another Year in Africa
By Rose Zwi. 1995
They came from the stetl to a new land, to a new life. Another year in Africa, they said, another…
year in exile. The old world of pogroms is challenged by their new lives in Africa and the child Ruth is haunted by memories of tragedy and persecution that are not even hers.How to Live and Work in the UK: The Essential Guide To Uk Immigration, The Points Based System And Life In The Uk
By Mathew Collins, Nicky Barclay. 2009
This essential handbook is for anyone wishing to enter the UK to work, study, settle, join their family, or visit…
- and who wants to remain in the UK indefinitely. It is ideal for students, would-be immigrants to the UK, HR professionals, and expats. It will help them to identify which visa category is applicable to them, and will prepare them for passing the Life in the UK test as set by the Home Office for those applying for British citizenship. Written by immigration practitioners, this book is an easy to use handbook that readers will refer to, time and time again. This book is an essential read for those planning to come to the UK and who need to make a visa application. It covers: - critical information on which visa categories may be appropriate to their circumstances - how to make a visa application - what to expect when they arrive in the UK, including important information on how to establish a National Insurance number (for working), familiarising themselves with the taxation system, how to register with a Doctor and Dentist, plus much more. For those employing non-UK/EU citizens, this book explains: - what essential checks you must put in place - details of the Points Based System and how individuals can qualify - how to obtain a licence to employ foreign nationals and the HR compliance issues that need to be in place in order to remain compliant with the UK Border Agency For employers dealing with intra-company transfers and global people mobility issues, it offers a simple and understandable way to assess employees and whether they meet the appropriate visa requirements.The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border
By Peter Eichstaedt. 2014
How do we balance border security and America's need for a vital workforce while continuing to provide access to the…
American dream? Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has steadily ramped up security along the U.S.-Mexico border, transforming America's legendary Southwest into a frontier of fear. Veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt roams this fabled region from Tucson, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, meeting with migrants, border security advocates, and communities ravaged by cross-border crime. He rides with the border patrol and reveals the tragic situation that has evolved along the border. Eichstaedt finds that despite tens of thousands of border agents and the expenditure of billions of dollars, an estimated one million Mexicans and Central Americans continue to cross the border each year. These migrants fill jobs that have become the underpinnings of the U.S. economy. Rather than building more and better barricades, Eichstaedt argues that the United States must reform its immigration and drug laws and acknowledge that costly, counterproductive, and antiquated policies have created deadly circumstances on both sides of the border. Recognizing the truth of America's long and tortured relations with Mexico must be followed by legitimizing the contributions made by migrants to the American way of life.The Admiral and Ambassador: One Man's Obsessive Search for the Body of John Paul Jones
By Scott Martelle. 2014
As the French Revolution gathered steam, the exact location of Jones's grave--and, in fact, the exact location of St. Louis…
cemetery in Paris, where he was buried in 1792--was forgotten: information on his death and burial were destroyed in the Paris Commune and the few who had attended his burial had passed away. His body had, though, been preserved in a lead-lined coffin filled with alcohol; theoretically, if the coffin could be located, Jones could be returned to the United States for proper burial. The Admiral and the Ambassador details Porter's long, unrelenting search for that coffin, first through scraps of archive material and written recollections of funeral attendees, and then beneath the rickety buildings that had been constructed over what he believed to be the graveyard. This book, the only full-length account of the search for and discovery of John Paul Jones's body, offers a fascinating look into the charismatic, real-life characters who populated the first century of the United States of America.Precolonial Black Africa
By Cheikh Anta Diop, Harold Salemson. 1987
This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern…
states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology
By Cheikh Anta Diop, Yaa-Lengi Meema Ngemi. 1991
Rousseau and Revolution: The Story of Civilization, Volume X
By Will Durant, Ariel Durant. 1967
The Story of Civilization, Volume X: winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a history of civilization in France, England, and Germany…
from 1756, and in the rest of Europe from 1715 to 1789. Pulitzer Prize WinnerWorld War I for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
By R. Kent Rasmussen. 2014
An educational and interactive children's guide to the Great War In time for the 2014 centennial of the start of…
the Great War, this activity book provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at World War I, which involved all of the world's superpowers during a time of great technological and societal change. Emphasizing connections among events as well as the war's influence on later historical developments, it leads young readers to fully understand the most important aspects of the war, including how the war came about, how changing military technology caused the western front to bog down into a long stalemate, how the war fostered an era of rapid technological advances, and how the entry of the United States helped end the war. The book explores topics of particular interest to kids, such as turn-of-the-20th-century weaponry, air and naval warfare, and the important roles animals played in the war. Relevant crosscurricular activities expand on concepts introduced and illuminate the era of the early 1900s, including making a periscope, teaching a dog to carry messages, making a parachute, learning a popular World War I song, and more.Marco Polo for Kids: His Marvelous Journey to China, 21 Activities
By Janis Herbert. 2001
The Far East comes alive in this activity book centered on Marco Polo's journey to China from Venice along the…
13th-century Silk Road. Kids will join Marco as he travels by caravan through vast deserts and over steep mountain ranges, stopping in exotic cities and humble villages, until at last he arrives at the palace of the Kublai Khan. Woven throughout the tale are 21 activities that highlight the diverse cultures Marco encountered along the way. Activities include making a mythical map, creating a mosaic, fun with Feng Shui, making paper, and putting on a wayang-kulit (shadow-puppet play). Just for fun, kids will learn a few words of Turkish, Persian, Mongol, Hindi, and Chinese. A complete resource section with magnificent museums and their Web sites invites kids to embark on their own expedition of discovery.Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today
By Catherine Horwood. 2010
From the golden age in English history to today's gardeners and designers, this volume recognizes women's contributions to gardening in…
Britain and around the world spanning more than four centuries. Despite growing vegetables for their kitchens, tending herbs for their medicine cupboards, and teaching other women about the craft before agricultural schools officially existed, women have been mere footnotes in the horticultural annals for specimens collected abroad. These pioneers' influence on the style of gardens in the present day is illustrated here in a style both accessible and scholarly. Presenting a rare bouquet, this collection shares the stories of more than 200 women who have been involved with garden design, plant collecting, flower arranging, botanical art, garden writing, and education.Delhi: Pages From a Forgotten History
By Arthur Dudney. 2015
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where…
we started And know the place for the first time - Four Quartets T S Eliot The megacity that is today s Delhi is built upon thick layers of history For a millennium Delhi has been at the crossroads of trade culture and politics The stories of its buildings and great historical personalities have been told many times but this book approaches the past of India s capital through its literary culture By focusing on writers and thinkers we meet a colourful cast of characters only glancingly mentioned in political histories Many Delhiites are surprised to learn that the language of their city s cultural heyday was Persian Despite first being brought to India by invaders it eventually became an authentically Indian language used in both administration and literature Although it was cultivated by an elite it was also a widely available language of aspiration and opportunity like English today It connected India to the wider world and the Indian Subcontinent particularly Delhi was once a place where talented poets and scholars from the whole Persian cultural world from Turkey to eastern China came to make their fortunes Its traces remain everywhere but Persian is effectively a dead language in India todayVictorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs
By John Thomson. 1994
Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer John Thomson, accompanied by individual essays -- by…
Thomson himself or social activist Adolphe Smith -- that offer sharply drawn vignettes of lower-class laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and other street people. A treasure trove of astonishing historical detail.