A Stained Glass Tour in Italy (Classic Reprint)
by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
From the world-renowned authority on religion comes a completely revised and updated version of his masterpiece. Explore the essential elements and teachings of the world's most predominant faiths, including: Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism; Islam; Judaism; Christianity; the native traditions of Australia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Originally titled The Religions of Man, this completely revised and updated edition of Smith's masterpiece, now with an engaging new foreword, explo...
The menace of the millionaire or, if i had a million
by Richard D Kathrens
Naval Officers, Their Heredity and Development
by Charles Benedict Davenport
2008 Britannica Book of the Year
by Inc Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Christian Philanthropist. a Memorial of John Howard
by John Stoughton
Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point or Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life
by H Irving Hancock
Geschichte Des Krieges in Hannover, Hessen Und Westfalen Von 1757 Bis 1763. Dritter Band.
by C Renouard
Light and Water, a Study of Reflexion and Colour in River, Lake, and Sea
by Montagu Pollock
Many consider conscience to be one of the most important and fundamental qualities that distinguishes humans from animals and machines, but to this day it remains a largely unknowable concept. What is conscience? Is it a product of our biological roots, as Darwin thought, or is it a purely social invention? If so, how did it come to be? Beginning in ancient Egypt, Martin van Creveld explores conscience throughout history, ranging across numerous subjects from human rights to health. Along the wa...
"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story in a rollicking account of the golden age of piracy that is packed with history, anecdote, and above all adventure. Here are the true stories of such bloodthirsty legends as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, and the fearsome Mary Read. A...
Fridthjof's Saga; A Norse Romance
by Esaias Tegner, Thomas A E Holcomb, and Martha A Lyon Holcomb
The Oxford Handbook of World History presents thirty-three essays by leading historians in their respective fields. The chapters address the most important issues explored by contemporary world historians. These broadly fall into four categories: conceptions of the global past, themes in world history, processes of world history, regions in world history. Those chapters on conceptions deal with issues of space and time as treated in the field of world history as well as questions of method, e...
A Cultural History of Humour - From Antiquity to the Present Day
Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This important and highly original book sets out to explore the terra incognita of humour through the ages -- from jokes and stag...
The three voyages of Captain James Cook round the world (Volume I)
by Cook