Название: The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China
Автор: Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
Издательство: University of Washington Press
ISBN: ‎0295750227
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 337
Размер: 61,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Ying Zheng, founder of the Qin empire, is recognized as a pivotal figure in world history, alongside other notable conquerors such as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar. His accomplishments include conquest of the warring states of ancient China, creation of an imperial system that endured for two millennia, and unification of Chinese culture through the promotion of a single writing system.

Название: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
Автор: Thomas E. Ricks
Издательство: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: ‎0374605165
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 540
Размер: 20,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

InWaging a Good War, bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks offers a fresh perspective on America's greatest moral revolution—the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s—and its legacy today. While the Movement has become synonymous with Martin Luther King Jr.'s ethos of nonviolence, Ricks, a Pulitzer Prize–winning war reporter, draws on his deep knowledge of tactics and strategy to note the surprising affinities between that ethos and the organized pursuit of success at war.

Название: American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Автор: Adam Hochschild
Издательство: Mariner Books
ISBN: ‎0358455464
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 432
Размер: 30,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced—in one notable case, only in private. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands of citizens' arrests. Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames.

Название: The Evolution of Charles Darwin: The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth
Автор: Diana Preston
Издательство: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802160182
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 448
Размер: 31,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin's journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man.

Название: The Holy Land in the Era of the Crusades: Kingdoms at the Crossroads of Civilizations, 1100–1300
Автор: Helena Schrader
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: ‎1526787598
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF, EPUB
Страниц: 394
Размер: 10,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Near East in the era of the Crusades was home to diverse populations Orthodox and Latin Christians, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Jews and Samaritans. It was the meeting-point for Arab, Turkish, Byzantine and Frankish culture, the latter itself a mixture of Western traditions adapted to circumstances in the crusader states by the Europeans who had settled in the Holy Land. While the Crusades have become a synonym for brutality and bigotry, the crusader states represented a positive example of harmonious coexistence across two centuries.

Название: The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them
Автор: Philip Parker
Издательство: Ivy Press
ISBN: ‎0711268053
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 450
Размер: 38,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

This beatutiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them.
Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by rulers, explorers, and adventures these books were used to build empires, wage wars, encourage diplomacy, and nurture trade.

Название: Arthur Plantagenet: Henry VIII's Illegitimate Uncle
Автор: Sarah-Beth Watkins
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: ‎1399000616
Год: 2022
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 210
Размер: 11,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Illegitimate son to Edward IV and the uncle of Henry VIII, Arthur Plantagenet's life is an intriguing story. Raised in his father's court, he then became a trusted member of Henry VII's household and after his death, was a prominent figure at the court of Henry VIII.

Название: The Letters of John F. Kennedy
Автор: John F. Kennedy, Martin W. Sandler
Издательство: Bloomsbury Press
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 10 Мб
Язык: английский / English

John Fitzgerald Kennedy led his nation for little more than a thousand days, yet his presidency is intensely remembered, not merely as a byproduct of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered the nation away from the brink of nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty, created the Peace Corps, and launched America on its mission to the moon and beyond. JFK inspired a nation, particularly the massive generation of baby boomers, injecting hope and revitalizing faith in the American project. 2013 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Kennedy's untimely death, a milestone to be marked by an avalanche of new books on his life and importance. Martin Sandler'sThe Letters of John F. Kennedywill stand out among them, as the only book that draws on letters from and to Kennedy, as collected at the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Название: H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil
Автор: Adam Selzer
Издательство: Skyhorse
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 20 Мб
Язык: английский / English

America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of a murderer who has become one of America’s great supervillains. It reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before, including legal documents, letters, articles, and records that have been buried in archives for more than a century.

Название: An Uncommon History of Common Things, Volume 2
Автор: National Geographic
Издательство: National Geographic
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 38 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This vivid, engrossing book reveals the fascinating stories behind the objects in your world, what you wear, what you eat, what entertains you, and more. Discover the history behind the world's tallest skyscrapers, find out when people first started drinking caffeine and why it wakes us up, and learn how GPS came to be. For those who loved the first installment of An Uncommon History of Common Things come even more short entries illustrated by full color photos. These incorporate quirky anecdotes about the history of everyday objects, including the personalities and pitfalls along the path to innovation and unusual facts behind things we frequently see and use. Smart, surprising, and informative, this book is the ultimate resource for history and trivia buffs alike. Dive into these entertaining pages and let your curiosity to run wild!