"Ancient Rome" is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Focusing on six momentous turning points that helped to shape Roman history, Simon Baker's gripping narrative charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower - a political machine unmatched in its brutality, its genius, its lust for power. From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we di...
Argues that geographical, agricultural, and social factors shaped the civilizations which developed in various climatic regions, and explains how the success of civilizations depends on environmental resources.
The Bank of England's Charters, the Cause of Our Social Distress
by Thomas W Huskinson
The Book of Truth, in Honour of Love and the Apostles of Life
by Thomas O'Donoghue
List of Books Suggested for Public School Libraries of the State of North Dakota
by Helen M Crane
Jessie Alexander's Platform Sketches. Original and Adapted
by Consultant Jessie Roberts
History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Volume III)
by J Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott
The Great Events by Famous Historians; a Comprehensive and Readable Account of the World's History, Emphasizing the More Important Events, and Presenting These as Complete Narratives in the Master-words of the Most Eminent Historians. Supervising...; 5
by Rossiter 1840-1931 Johnson
A landmark, radically uplifting account of our species' progress from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers - with breakthrough insights into the power of diversity and our capacity to tackle climate change. “Unparalleled in its scope and ambition…All readers will learn something, and many will find the book fascinating.”—The Washington Post 'Completely brilliant and utterly original ... a book for our epoch' Jon Snow, former presenter Channel 4 News 'Astounding in scope and insight ... p...
McKay Hist West Society Voli 2ed (History of Western Society, #1)
by University John P McKay, University Bennett D Hill, and University John Buckler
The Story of the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Pittsburgh, July 4, September 27 to October 3, and November 25, 1908
by Sidney A King
The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow (Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
by Adam Czerniakow
The Nazi-sponsored mayor of the Warsaw Ghetto illuminates his dealings with German authorities and testifies to the agonies suffered by the Ghetto's half-million Jews.
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable. Widen the focus, though, and Christianity's enduring impact upon the West can b...
