Category: History 1

By Maurice Goguel.

Stable hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library with traditional markings. Pages are fresh and unmarked. Covers convey mild aspect put on. Bindings tight, hinges robust.

By Michael Scheibert

By Even Hovdhaugen, Fred Karlsson, Carol Henriksen and Bengt Sigurd

ISBN-10: 9516533051

ISBN-13: 9789516533059

By H. G. Wells

ISBN-10: 040303082X

ISBN-13: 9780403030828

E-book can have various typos, lacking textual content, pictures, or index. dealers can obtain a loose scanned reproduction of the unique ebook (without typos) from the writer. 1920. Excerpt: ... XXVII the 2 WESTERN REPUBLICS1 § 1. The Beginnings of the Latins. § 2. a brand new type of country. § three. The Carthaginian Republic of wealthy males. § four. the 1st Punic battle. § five. Cato the Elder and the Spirit of Cato. § 6. the second one Punic conflict. § 7. The 3rd Punic battle. § eight. How the Punic struggle Undermined Roman Liberty. § nine. comparability of the Roman Republic with a latest country. it really is now essential to take in the historical past of the 2 nice republics of the Western Mediterranean, Rome and Carthage, and to inform how Rome succeeded in retaining for a few centuries an empire even more than that accomplished through the conquests of Alexander. yet this new empire was once, as we will try and clarify, a political constitution differing very profoundly in its nature from any of the nice Oriental empires that had preceded it. nice adjustments within the texture of human society and within the stipulations of social interrelations were occurring for a few centuries. the flexibleness and transferability of cash was once turning into an influence and, like every powers in inexpert palms, a hazard in human affairs. It was once changing the kin of wealthy males to the kingdom and to their poorer fellow electorate. This new empire, the Roman empire, in contrast to the entire previous empires, used to be no longer the construction of a very good conqueror. No Sargon, no Thothmes, no Nebuchadnezzar, no Cyrus nor Alexander nor Chandragupta, used to be its fountain head. It used to be made through a republic. It grew by way of a type of necessity via new concentrating and unifying forces that have been gradually amassing strength in human affairs. 1 a truly handy instruction manual for this and the following chapters is Matheson's Skeleton define of Roman background. yet first it can be crucial to provide a few inspiration of the kingdom of affaire in Italy within the centuries instantly previous th...

By Patricia Cornwell

ISBN-10: 0399152830

ISBN-13: 9780399152832

ISBN-10: 0786564873

ISBN-13: 9780786564873

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the nationwide Forensic Academy in Florida, takes cost of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowboundBoston, one as unnerving as any she has ever confronted. The teasing mental clues lead Scarpetta and her team-Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and Lucy Farinelli-to suspect that they're looking anyone with a crafty and malevolent brain whose secrets and techniques have saved them within the shadows, beforehand. Predator is facts once more that Patricia Cornwell has few friends together with her striking skill to entertain and enthrall.

By Susan Rose

ISBN-10: 0203206568

ISBN-13: 9780203206560

ISBN-10: 0203206592

ISBN-13: 9780203206591

How have been medieval navies prepared, and the way did strong rulers use them? Medieval Naval struggle, 1000-1500 presents a wealth of knowledge concerning the method and strategies of those early fleets and the level to which the chances of sea strength have been understood and exploited. This attention-grabbing account brings vividly to lifestyles the risks and problems of medieval seafaring. particularly, it unearths the exploits of the Italian city-states, England and France and examines how battles have been fought from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. With accompanying maps and illustrations, this much-needed account will attract army historians medievalists and the final reader alike.

By Mao Tse Tung

ISBN-10: 0765607948

ISBN-13: 9780765607942

By Laura Lippman

ISBN-10: 006119347X

ISBN-13: 9780061193477

ISBN-10: 0380798468

ISBN-13: 9780380798469

Tess Monaghan has eventually made the stream and frolicked her shingle as a p.i.-for-hire, whole with an place of work in Butchers Hill. probably it isn't the simplest handle in Baltimore, yet you gotta commence someplace, and Tess's greyhound Esskay has no hassle taking marathon naps anyplace there is a roof. Then in walks Luther Beale, the infamous vigilante who 5 years in the past shot a boy for vandalizing his vehicle. simply out of felony, he says he desires to make reparations to the children who witnessed his crime, so he wishes Tess to discover them. yet as soon as she begins snooping, the witnesses commence loss of life. Is the "Butcher of Butchers Hill" at it back? love it or now not, Tess is embroiled in a case that encompasses the powers that-be, a heartless procedure that has destroyed the lives of youngsters, and a bad path of cash and lies top all of the as far back as Butchers Hill.

By R.P. Hunnicutt

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