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History, United States history, General non-fiction, Customs and cultures
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&“A carefully understated but chilling account of the whole 3 ½ centuries during which 15 million Africans were snatched from…
their homes and delivered into slavery in the New World.&” —Time In 1518, the Atlantic slave trade began with the landing in the West Indies of the first enslaved people directly from Africa. These were the victims of a forced migration that was more callous and immensely larger, in the end, than any other such movement of modern or ancient times. Written in 1962, Black Cargoes attempts to tell where these exploited people came from, how they were enslaved in Africa, how they were purchased by sea captains, how they were packed into the hold like merchandise (although with greater losses in transit), and how the survivors were sold in West Indian and American markets. Author Daniel P. Mannix brings the horrifying spectacle to life, devoting attention to the engrossing and often fatal adventures of sea captains, smugglers, African agents, and sailors. But he never wavers from delivering &“a clear and frightening record of man&’s ability to allow the lust for money to deaden his sensibilities&” (The Journal of African American History). &“Both fascinating and horrifying. . . . It embodies the most careful research, and it also possesses literary charm.&” —Allan Nevins, Pulitzer Prize–winning author &“A sound book on a rich subject . . . it is the long-needed single volume covering all the salient angles of the evil, old trade.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“It translates the slave trade from statistics and conclusions into the sum total of individual human experiences.&” —Los Angeles Times
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Archaeology, True crime, History
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What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years?…
What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world's strangest and most dramatic mysteries. The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present
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Asian history, History, Politics and government, Christianity, Religion
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The first of two volumes on the archbishops and cathedral chapters of seventeenth-century Manila, this book fills a historiographical gap…
by examining the diocesan clergy of the Philippines&’ political maneuverings. In particular, this volume studies the archbishops&’ unstable authority and ecclesiastical chapters&’ preeminence at this time. First, it emphasizes the need for a new paradigm of conflict-ridden Catholic evangelization—ius predicandi—that explores the interactions and engagements of the Church&’s legal agents, mainly priests, canons, and bishops, and brings their rivalries to the fore. Second, it draws attention to one of the most neglected topics in Philippine ecclesiastical history, namely the metropolitan cathedral chapters, which, far from being monolithic units at the service of their archbishops, were too highly fragmented to constitute a single power holder. This volume&’s examination of these power dynamics makes it clear that history of the colonial Catholic Church cannot be separated from political history of the Philippines.
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History, Humour, Reference
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Prove you are the smartest person in the room with 500 true trivia facts about world history. These facts are…
so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Explore the wild and the wacky or history in this fun addition to the True Facts series that shares all things from all over the globe. Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family, fathers, or grads and test your knowledge.Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at trivia night or start the most interesting conversation ever with real facts that are hard to believe. This book is loaded with mind-blowing facts that are sure to keep you wondering, "How are these even true?" while equipping you to outsmart everyone in the room. Including:Turkeys were once worshipped as gods by the Mayans.Forks were seen as sacrilegious in 11th century Italy.Pope Gregory IV once declared a war on cats.President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.The longest war in history lasted from 1651 to 1986, between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. There were no casualties.Put your game face on and prove once and for all that you are the real history know-it-all! Gather your friends and family 'round and get ready to learn some crazy trivia they definitely didn&’t teach you in history class.
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Christian fictionHistory, Christianity
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Get your young readers excited about faith and reading the Bible.Action-packed graphic novel tales of the underground church in Rome…
and Jerusalem alongside a dynamic, fresh paraphrase of select New Testament narratives and letters, will get your kids excited to read the Bible and growing in their faith.In Bible Origins: The Underground Story young readers will dive into the captivating world of the underground church in Rome and Jerusalem with this unique and engaging hybrid graphic novel, specially designed for readers ages 8 and up. The exciting graphic novel stories bring history and faith to life, as they tell incredible tales of couriers braving danger to deliver the Gospel and letters about Jesus to secret house church gatherings for the first time.Young readers will be inspired as they witness how the early church spread God&’s Word through persecution and hardships. Then they can read those gospels and letters for themselves with a dynamic translation of Scripture. The six vividly illustrated graphic novel stories, brought to life by the talented artists Siku and Jeff Anderson, infuse a fresh look into the captivating narrative of the New Testament's origins.Features include:A dynamic, fresh paraphrase of portions of the New Testament.Stunning Visuals: Vibrant, full-color graphic novel illustrations bring the early church to life.Educational and Entertaining: Provides both spiritual wisdom and historical context to engage young readers.Accessible and Exciting: Makes biblical narratives accessible and exciting for readers of all backgrounds.Inspiring Faith: Encourages reflection on the teachings found in the New Testament.
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Politics and government biography, History, United States history, Politics and government
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Discover a fascinating and novel look at the U.S. presidents, the first families, and American history—all through the lens of…
hair. With meticulous detail, engaging storytelling, and full-color visuals, encyclopedia editor Theodore Pappas combs through American history, teasing out long-forgotten and little-known ways that hair has influenced the presidency and the public and private lives, personal scandals, and tragedies of the men and women who have occupied the White House.Go deep into the history of such topics as:Abraham Lincoln's famously ridiculed appearance and the surprising role hair played in both his presidency and assassinationJohn F. Kennedy's connection to James Bond and how hair factored into his vast image-making and infidelitiesThe lush tradition of collecting hair as a way of honoring leaders, remembering our loved ones, and preserving their memoriesScientific hair analysis and how DNA has been used to solve long-standing presidential mysteriesThe connection of hair to the lives, loves, scandals, and tragedies that shaped presidents, first ladies, and the nation at large This unique window into the past shines entertaining new light on the decisions, relationships, and tragedies that have shaped the role of the president and the place of the U.S. in the world. Whether you're interested in presidential trivia or historical mysteries, Combing Through the White House personalizes the past through an element of life we can all relate to—hair—giving us new glimpses into our country and even ourselves.
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History, Christianity
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Imagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim's body. How would…
you identify a person of interest in such a case?Designed to be used alongside Person of Interest and the Person of Interest Video Study, this study guide will teach you the same investigative strategies used by detective J. Warner Wallace to examine the claims of history.Dateline featured cold-case detective and bestselling author, J. Warner Wallace, has investigated a number of these "no body missing person" cases and has successfully identified and convicted the killers, even without the victim's body or evidence from the crime scene.Can the historicity of Jesus be investigated in the same way? Can the truth about Jesus be uncovered even without a body or a crime scene? In Person of Interest, Wallace describes his own personal investigative journey from atheism to Christianity, as he employs a unique investigative strategy to confirm the historicity and deity of Jesus--without relying on the New Testament manuscripts.Imagine a scenario in which every New Testament document has been destroyed, Wallace carefully sifts through the evidence from history alone to reconstruct the identity of Jesus as the world's most important person of interest.Person of Interest will:Invite readers into the life of a cold-case detective as he uncovers the truth about Jesus, using the same approach he also employs to solve a real murder caseTeach readers how to become good detectives, using an innovative and unique "'fuse' and 'fallout'" investigative strategy they can also use to examine other claims of historyHelp readers to explore common objections to ChristianityConcrete, compelling, and unique in its approach, Person of Interest will strengthen the faith of believers, while engaging those who are skeptical and distrusting of the New Testament.
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Historical biography, History, Asian history
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Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of…
the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today. The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths. The Holy City and Holy Land are the battlefields for today's multifaceted conflicts and, for believers, the setting for Judgement Day and the Apocalypse.How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world' and now the key to peace in the Middle East? Why is the Holy Land so important not just to the region and its many new players, but to the wider world too? Drawing on new archives and a lifetime's study, Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city and turbulent region through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the kings, empresses, amirs, sultans, caliphs, presidents, autocrats, imperialists and warlords, poets, prophets, saints and rabbis, conquerors and whores who created, destroyed, chronicled, and believed in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. A classic of modern literature, this is not only the epic story of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism, co-existence, power and myth, but also a freshly updated, carefully balanced history of the Middle East, from King David to the new players and powers of the twenty-first century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the mayhem of today.This is how today's Middle East was forged, how the Holy Land became sacred and how Jerusalem became Jerusalem - the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.
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European history, History
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025: 'A masterfully written biography... inspiring and powerful''Gripping, moving and important' SIMON SEBAG…
MONTEFIORE'Agent Zo is a triumph. Absolutely essential reading' HALLIE RUBENHOLD'The astonishing story of an extraordinary woman' JONATHAN FREEDLANDAgent Zo tells the incredible true story of Elżbieta Zawacka, the WW2 resistance fighter known as 'Zo'. The only woman to reach London from Warsaw during the Second World War as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command, Zo undertook two missions in the capital before secret Special Operations Executive training in the British countryside. As the only female member of the Polish elite Special Forces - the SOE-affiliated 'Silent Unseen' - Zo became the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German-occupied Poland. There, whilst being hunted by the Gestapo (who arrested her entire family), she played a key role in the Warsaw Uprising and ultimately in the liberation of Poland. After the war, Zo was demobbed as one of the most highly decorated women in Polish history. Yet the Soviet-backed post-war Communist regime not only imprisoned her but ensured that her remarkable story remained hidden for over forty years.Now, through new archival research and exclusive interviews with people who knew and fought alongside Zo, Clare Mulley brings this forgotten hero back to life, transforming the way we see female agency in the Second World War.'Deeply researched and written with verve... thoughtful as well as action packed' The Times
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History
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"In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking…
pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia - from the first to the final fleet. Using the latest original research, Lucy Williams reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies - New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia - this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishments in history."--Publisher's description
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History, Family and relationships
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"Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for a school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On the…
way, his bus collides with a semitrailer. His father, Abed, gets word of the crash and rushes to the site. The scene is chaos--the children have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank; some are missing, others cannot be identified. Abed sets off on an odyssey to learn Milad's fate. It is every parent's worst nightmare, but for Abed it is compounded by the maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must navigate because he is Palestinian. He is on the wrong side of the separation wall, holds the wrong ID to pass the military checkpoints, and has the wrong papers to enter the city of Jerusalem. Abed's quest to find Milad is interwoven with the stories of a cast of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and histories unexpectedly converge. In A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, Nathan Thrall--hailed for his "severe allergy to conventional wisdom" (Time)--offers an indelibly human portrait of the struggle over Israel/Palestine and a new understanding of the tragic history and reality of one of the most contested places on earth." -- Provided by publisher
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History, Religion
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"For 500 years the Catholic Church has been part of our history. Its traces are present in many expressions of…
Mexico's political, economic and social life. This book, written by four of the most renowned specialists on the subject, offers an overview of the corporations and institutions that made up the Church, including the high hierarchies, the clergy and the Catholic faithful. The reader will find the foundations of the power of this institution as promoter of beliefs, values and practices, holder of goods and capital, and participant in political processes and culture. It is a synthesis of the history of the Catholic Church from the beginning of the viceregal period to the present day, including the medieval antecedents that made it one of the most important institutions in the gestation of Western civilization." -- Translation provided by NLS
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Biography, Ancient history, History, Careers and job hunting, Customs and cultures
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The jobs we've lost are windows into the past. This book spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the…
walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, the lazy ornamental hermits, and many more. For grades 3-6
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War, History
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"Between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Latin America went through a dramatic…
period marked by coups d'état, guerrilla insurgencies and revolutions, as well as permanent political instability and violence. In today's Latin American societies, the aftermath of decades of governmental authoritarianism and systematic human rights violations is still visible. Despite this, there are few historical efforts to interpret such a convulsive period as a whole. This work fills this gap, showing the particularities that marked the Cold War in Latin America." -- Translation provided by NLS
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Social issues, Biography, War, History
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This book for young readers tells the true story of a family pet who served overseas in World War II…
and went on to serve as a friend to wounded veterans at home. For grades 2-4
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History, Travel and geography, General non-fiction
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"The 1950s to early 1980s was the last period in which passengers sailed simply to get somewhere, before the liners…
turned to cruising and airlines became the only feasible means of travelling long distances. It was a golden age of ocean travel, even though the signs of inevitable decline were in evidence all around. For those who worked on the ships, whether stewards or captains or anyone in between, looking back conjures a range of emotions and stories as diverse as the ports to which they sailed. Recorded here are memories of sailing on the North Atlantic with Cunard & Holland-America, with the Italian Line in the Mediterranean, with Royal Mail Lines to South America, with Union-Castle to Africa, and with P&O-Orient to Australia and the Far East. These stories are the memories of the people who manned the ships, served on them, and through their service, grew to love them." -- Provided by publisher
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United States history, Literature biography, Nature, Environment, History
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A personal journey through the ever-changing natural and cultural history of Lake Superior's South Shore. Part memoir, part travelogue, part…
natural and cultural history, Leaf's love letter to Lake Superior's South Shore is an invitation to see this liminal world in all its seasons and guises, to appreciate its ageless, ever-changing wonders and intimate charms
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History, Politics and government, Archaeology, General non-fiction
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This Handbook brings together a plethora of decolonial perspectives from and about Asian countries beyond Southeast Asia. Complementing existing scholarship…
on decolonisation in Latin America and Africa, emerging and established scholars from the Global North and the Global South cover politically urgent, vital and underexplored topics from the social sciences and humanities. An important compendium, more than 25 original contributions bring debates happening in various parts of the world strongly into conversation with similar debates in the West where there has been little reciprocal exchange. Bringing to the fore the importance of a paradigm shift within academia, this first-of-its-kind Handbook is useful for policy-makers, scholars and students of postcolonial and decolonial studies, sociology, development studies and social movements.
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Parenting, History, General non-fiction
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&“Superbly intelligent…[a] rewarding Sapiens-style big history.&” —The Times (London) A bold and original history of fatherhood, exploring its invention and…
transformation from the Bronze Age to the present through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define how the world should be ruled and what it means to be a man.Fatherhood is one of the most meaningful aspects of human culture, but we know little about when or where fatherhood first emerged, or even how or why. Despite its enigmatic beginnings, fatherhood has, for centuries, given shape to ideas about the world, defined human experiences, and provided the foundation of patriarchy. The history of fatherhood is not just the story of one of humanity&’s great values: caring for those who cannot care for themselves. And it is not merely the story of patriarchy—&“the power of fathers&”—which is arguably the oldest and most widespread form of social hierarchy and political oppression. It is the story of how these twin strands of history became so entangled that they are often indistinguishable. In Fatherhood, celebrated historian Augustine Sedgewick explains how this style of parenting emerged in the first place, why it has changed over time, and whether it will endure as we know it, despite its extraordinary costs. Told through the lives of emblematic fathers like Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Henry VIII, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud, this is an ambitious yet intimate look at how masculinity has evolved and how men have come to hold disproportionate power by expanding and reinforcing the power of fathers in times of crisis. Sedgewick, acclaimed for his &“literary gifts and prodigious research&” (The Atlantic), takes us from the Bronze Age to the present to revolutionize our understanding of fathers and challenge the fictions that have surrounded them for centuries. Fatherhood transforms our understanding of this fundamental idea, experience, and institution, allowing us to better know our past and re-envision our common future.
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History, Nature, Politics and government
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Drawing on over thirty years of research, this book investigates the intermingling of land and water in the Sahel, analysing…
landscapes defined by the ebb and flow of rainfall, flooding and population movements, as well as environmental, political and social crises.Exploring both the seasonal flooding of rivers around the Nile, Chari-Logone, Niger and Senegal, as well as agricultural irrigation projects such as dams, canals and pumping stations, the book examines the different narratives related to water and land in the Sahel. It combines fieldwork research with remote sensing, big data and GIS mapping to outline the ever-changing interplay between land and water in the region. Beyond this, the book also reinterprets the colonial and post-colonial legacies of large-scale irrigation projects and the geopolitical interests which defined them.Supported by an Open Access website with a WebGIS and further maps and analysis, this book is an essential read for policy makers and development practitioners in the region, as well as for researchers and scholars across the fields of geography, history, political science, sustainable development and African studies.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license.