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Chronicle Of World HistoryThe Chronicle of World History tells the story of mankind from its earliest beginnings to the present day. It includes over 2000 articles and 1000 illustrations. Written by a team of historians, with extended essays on great civilizations and historical turning points, this one volume provides a sweeping overview and carefully compiled details of the important events unfolding human saga. Numerous maps, highlighted points of interests and detailed chronologies help the reader place the events that have shaped history in the context of their own historical development and that of contemporaneous developments. |
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The Monuments of EgyptAs commissioned by Napoleon BonaparteDuring his 1801 invasion of Egypt, Napoleon commissioned a survey of the monuments and artifacts discovered there. The result was to significantly change the way scholars and scientists viewed the world and give rise to Egyptology. All of the meticulously drawn plates pertaining to Egyptian antiquities have been reproduced in this extraordinary volume. Temples, monuments, hieroglyphs and plans of sites have been rendered with remarkable detail. It was on this expedition that the Rosetta Stone, which turned out to be the key to decoding hieroglyphics, was discovered. Though the full story and meaning of this distant civilization has been veiled by the passing millennia, its richness and strangeness still live in the pages of this colossal work. Includes over 500 plates, 28 in color In stores August 2008 |
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Voices of ValorD-Day: June 6, 1944Donald J. DrezExperience the history of D-Day through the words of those who were there– the servicemen who risked their lives for the protection of freedom and democracy. Voices of Valor is a stirring tribute to the men who served their country and the world so bravely on that day. Douglas Brinkley is the director fo the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. Ronald J. Drez is a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, a historian, lecturer and research associate at the Eisenhower Center. With over 150 black and white photos. Includes 2 CDs of eyewitness accounts from those who were there. Originally priced $35.00
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384 Pages6 x 9ISBN: 1-56852-620-2
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The Boston IrishA Political HistoryThomas O’ConnorFascinating and entertaining, replete with indomitable, shady and altogether unforgettable characters. Publishers Weekly said of The Boston irish: “Viewing the Irish from the coffin ships of the famine years to the lace-curtain attitudes of today, O’Connor has written a scholarly yet colorful account of a breed he convinces us is vanishing.” Includes 30 photographs
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Secrets & LiesA History of CIA Torture and Bio-Weapon ExperimentationGordon ThomasKnow the truth and it shall make you free. This motto is emblazoned in the enterance to CIA headquarters in Langley, virginia. Yet as Gordon Thomas’s revelatory new book that clearly demonstrates from its inception the CIA has engaged in torture, brainwashing, biological and chemical weapons research. The best selling author’s extensive research unearthed never before published government documents and includes affidavits and transcriptions of interviews with the perpetrators and victims of CIA clandestine operations. With 32 pages of photographs and facsimiles of previously unpublished documentation. |



















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