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The Very Last Day of the Eastern Roman Empire (And The 1,480 Years Leading To It) [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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May 29, 1453: one of the world's great empires breathed its last breath and died under a pounding by the world's first super siege gun. That empire was the ancient Roman Empire--its surviving Eastern half, which outlived the Rome of the West by a thousand years. The people of Constantinople wouldn't know what 'Byzantine' meant--they considered themselves to be Romans. Orban's great bombard, named Basilica, pounded the impregnable walls for weeks. It was capable of tossing stone balls weighing ne... more info>>
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Six Silent Men [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Reynel Martinez
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"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out there' with only six men."[pg. 13] In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the suicide unit. Whether conducting prisoner snatches, search and destroy missions, or hunting for the enemy's secret base camps, LRRPs depended on one another 110 percent. One false step,... more info>>
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Next Ice Age: Tomorrow [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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Global warming is a reality, not for the first time in the past 130,000 years. The only question is how much of it is caused by nature, and how much by mankind. We examine the counterintuitive possibility that global warming may lead to an ice age, starting as early as our lifetimes. Our current epoch, the Holocene, began about 12,000 years ago. The Holocene has witnessed at least two warming episodes and several coolings. The European Medieval Warming Period was an anomaly lasting from 850 to 1... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 9894 - Reading Time: 28-39 min.
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Flags of Our Fathers [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Ron Powers, James Bradley
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima--and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the ... more info>>
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God Page: Animism, Polytheism, and Monotheism as a Continuum [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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From ancient Roman religion, and from studies of Ice Age and Neolithic people, we learn that the great religions of history (and pre-history) have more in common than we thought. In many Christian churches, for example, the motifs of bread and wine along the communion rail directly relate to the Neolithic miracles of grain and fermentation. The earliest kings were scapegoats, ritually killed to atone for their people's sins. Ice Age caverns of more than 20,000 years ago were animist cathedrals i... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 16992 - Reading Time: 48-67 min.
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Six Days of War [Secure eReader]
by Michael B. Oren
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Six Days of War was a New York Times Bestseller and Washington Post Best Book Award Winner in 2002. The book has been widely recognized as the definitive telling of the Six Day War in a context which is relevant today.
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The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Thomas Keneally
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"Thomas Keneally recounts history with the uncanny skill of a great novelist whose only interest is to lay bare the human heart in all its hope and pain. As he was able to do in Schindler's List, he shows us in The Great Shame a people despised and rejected to the point of death, who in the face of all their sorrows manage to keep their souls. This story of oppression, famine, and emigration--a principal chapter in the story of man's inhumanity to man--becomes in Keneally's hands an act of ... more info>>
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Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by John Leppelman
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From Dak To to the Tet Offensive, John Leppelman saw it all. In three tours of duty, he made combat jumps, spent months of fruitless effort looking for the enemy, watched as his buddies died because of lousy leadership and lousy weapons. He saw the war as few others did, and lives to tell about the valor and sacrifice that outlived the dead.From the Paperback edition.
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Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Matthew Parker
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Before D-Day there was Monte Cassino, the desperate six-month struggle in the mountains of central Italy that left more than 350,000 men dead or wounded. Hitler had declared that the Allied drive toward Rome must be stopped at all costs, and in the winter of 1943-1944 the German commander Kesselring chose the fortresslike monastery of Monte Cassino as the centerpiece of the Gustav line, one of the most impressive feats of defensive engineering ever conceived. With months to prepare his position,... more info>>
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Erik Larson
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Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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The First Reich, or Holy Roman Empire [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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When Adolf Hitler promised the German nation he would make them in to a thousand year Reich, a Third Reich, he was not just chattering. He was a shrewd manipulator of public opinion, who recognized the suffering of his adopted people (he was Austrian, not German) after their massive losses and defeat in World War I. He made many promises, including a return to the original First Reich--the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. This article traces the history of the First Reich, and its surpris... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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The Professor of Secrets; Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy [Secure eReader]
by William Eamon
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In the tradition of Galileo's Daughter and Brunelleschi's Dome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance—in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy—through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor. Fioravanti's marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizement earned him the adoration of the people, the scorn of the medical establishment, and a reputation as one of the age's most colorf... more info>>
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The Race: The Complete True Story of How America Beat Russia to the Moon [Secure eReader]
by James Schefter
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In 1963, a young reporter for Time-Life named James Schefter was given a dream job: cover America's race to the moon. Since the astronauts were under contract to Life for their stories, Schefter was given complete access to the biggest players at NASA. But at the time, his primary role was to excite the public about the new, expensive, experimental space program, and he couldn't write about everything he saw. In The Race, he does.
From drunken astronaut escapades to near disasters to feroc... more info>>
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The Second World War: Volume 5: Closing the Ring [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Winston Churchill
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One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Told through the eyes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, The Second World War is also the story of one nation's singular, heroic role in the fight against tyranny. Pride and patriotism are evident everywhere in Churchill's dramatic account and for good reason. Having learned ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Understanding Titles and Ranks of Nobility [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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Why does Marie von Reibnitz Kent go by the monicker of Princess Michael? If you've ever wondered what the difference is between a duke, a grand duke, or an arch duke--and how and why such things came to be, here are some answers. It turns out that the ranks and titles of nobility follow a strict hierarchy that cuts across national boundaries and dates back to medieval and ancient times. As to military ranks, what is a field marshal? What's a five star general? Who is the second highest military ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Virginal Huntress/Warrior: Her Undying Ice Age Cult [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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Fierce and beautiful, she still today brings with her a breath of Ice Age mystery. With minor variations, she is Athena, Joan of Arc, Marianne of the Barricades, and Rosie the Riveter. The Ionians worshipped her since at least Neolithic times. When the Greeks founded the chief city of Attica during the Iron Age, they named their city after her: Athens. Atop the city's high hill, they created a sanctuary dedicated to her, and named its chief temple the Parthenon, which means Temple of the Virgin.... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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1001 People Who Made America [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Alan Axelrod
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Who are the pivotal figures in American history, the men and women who have helped shape us as a people and have influenced how we perceive ourselves as Americans? In this companion to his popular 1001 Events That Made America, Alan Axelrod looks into all areas of our collective past and highlights the famous as well as the infamous, the virtuous as well as the notorious, from the nation's earliest days to the present. Serving up history in lively, accessible bites, the book presents a Who's Who... more info>>
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Charles C. Mann
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In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, which had running water, immaculately clean s... more info>>
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33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
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Guess what? The Indians didn't save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. Thomas Jefferson thought states' rights--an idea reviled today--were even more important than the Constitution's checks and balances. The "Wild" West was more peaceful and a lot safer than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years didn't involve an intern in a blue dress. Surprised? Don't be. In America, where history is riddled with misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and fl... more info>>
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914-1918 [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by G.J. Meyer
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The First World War is one of history's greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe's mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today.
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Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Jack Beatty
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A brilliant reconsideration of the Gilded Age in America, when an oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy, when dreams of freedom and equality died of their impossibility. Jay Gould, the "Mephisto of Wall Street," never runs for office, but he rules. This was his time (and John D. Rockefeller's and Andrew Carnegie's), and this was his country. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down and slavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln's "plain people." But "government of the peop... more info>>
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Alexander [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Guy Maclean Rogers
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For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend--and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god; in our day he has been reviled as a mass murderer, a tyrant as brutal as Stalin or Hitler. Who was the man behind the mask of power? Why did Alexander embark on an unprecedented program of global domination? What a... more info>>
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American History Revised: 200 Startling Facts That Never Made It into the Textbooks [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Seymour Jr Morris
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This spirited reexamination of American history (1776-2000) digs deep into our past to expose 200 startling facts that never made it into the textbooks, and highlights how little-known individuals and events played surprisingly influential roles in the great American story.
We tend to think of history as settled, set in stone, but American History Revised is filled with evidence that American history is filled with ironies, surprises, and misconceptions. As author Seymour Morris, Jr. colorf... more info>>
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At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Mariners Turned the Tide of World War II [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF/Adobe EPUB]
by Sam Moses
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In this gripping, page-turning account, Sam Moses has told a story in the tradition of Sebastian Junger's A Perfect Storm, Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers, and Hampton Sides's Ghost Soldiers. It's a story about the heroism of two men in battle at sea during World War II, and one woman fleeing Nazi Norway with her child. It's about how courage can change the course of history. At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Marines Turned the Tide of World War II is the astonishing unto... more info>>
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Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Kate Williams
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In her lauded biography England’s Mistress, Kate Williams painted a vivid and intimate portrait of Emma Hamilton, the lover of English national hero Lord Horatio Nelson. Now, with the same keen insight and gift for telling detail, Williams provides a gripping account of Queen Victoria’s rise to the throne and her early years in power—as well as the tragic, little-known story of the princess whose demise made it all possible.
Toward the end of the eighteenth century, monarchies across Europ... more info>>
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