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Aunque Nancy Pelosi tiene derecho a viajar a donde quiera, su posición de funcionaria de los EEUU, hace que su presencia en Taiwán sea una absoluta imprudencia y, un deseo de protagonismo opacando a Biden en su capacidad de liderazgo.
Desafortunadamente esta mujer octogenaria es una persona irreverente e impulsiva que no parece importarle la gravedad de sus actos, al fin y al cabo, por su avanzada edad ya no le interesa dejar al mundo en caos e...
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Introducing "1346: The Battle of Crécy," a gripping historical account that plunges you deep into the heart of one of the most pivotal battles of the Hundred Years' War. Immerse yourself in the tumultuous events of the 14th century as you follow the footsteps of knights, archers, and kings, all locked in a struggle for supremacy on the battlefield.In this meticulously researched and vividly written narrative, you'll be transported back in time to...
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Royalty would be an age old institution born of ancient ages. It was invented and consecrated to focus a state, to provide for government, and to maintain the order. It would thrive for ages but decline due to democracy and dictatorship. It survives on in many states as a legacy of national heritage, a link to the past, history come alive. Here in this book, we will explore the nature of royalty and its place in history and the world.
4) Chicago
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Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a "City on the Make." Carl Sandburg dubbed it the "City of Big Shoulders." Upton Sinclair christened it "The Jungle," while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it "the Second City."
At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial biography, historian Dominic Pacyga traces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet...
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When the Nazis invaded, they did not intend to govern fairly. Instead they stripped defeated nations of their treasures, industry and natural resources, with the aim of asserting German supremacy and imposing Hitler's New Order in Europe.
Paul Roland tells the story of daily life under Nazi rule - in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Guernsey and the Channel Islands- to be brought to heel...
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Popularizing the Past tells the stories of five postwar historians who changed the way ordinary Americans thought about their nation's history.
What's the matter with history? For decades, critics of the discipline have argued that the historical profession is dominated by scholars unable, or perhaps even unwilling, to write for the public. In Popularizing the Past, Nick Witham challenges this interpretation by telling the stories of five historians-Richard...
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"Martin King tells the human side of the story of the Battle of the Bulge better than anyone."
Commander Jeffrey Barta, US Navy (retired)
"I have walked the battlefields with Martin King, who has traversed them countless times with veterans of the Bulge. No one knows this story like Martin, and no one can tell it quite the way he does."
Rick Beyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Army of World War II
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A potent re-examination of America's history of public disinvestment in mass transit.
Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster, our transit networks are so bad for a very simple reason: we wanted it this way.
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9) Tulpengold
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Amsterdam, 1636. Pieter, der neue Lehrling von Rembrandt van Rijn, ist ein Sonderling. Vor allem seine Begeisterung für höhere Mathematik weckt Befremden. Seine Begabung kann er indessen unverhofft anwenden, als auf einmal die Preise für Tulpenzwiebeln in schwindelnde Höhen steigen und Pieter gewisse Gesetzmäßigkeiten erkennt. Doch dann werden mehrere Tulpenhändler tot aufgefunden, und Pieters Meister gerät selbst in den Sog dieser rätselhaften...
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Sie malen alte Schuppen bunt an, schmücken sich mit billigen Perlen und Blumen, sie tanzen und berauschen sich an Sex und LSD. Im Sommer 1967 findet die Hippiebewegung ihren Höhepunkt. Tausende junge Menschen strömen nach San Francisco, um non-konformes Leben, freie Liebe und anti-materialistische Prinzipien auszuleben. Es ist der Summer of Love, der die westliche Welt und ihre Jugend bis heute verändern wird ... Ein unterhaltsames Feature zu...
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A gripping look at the cadets of West Point whose dedication to duty was not honored by the country they served.
Young men who dream of heroes look to West Point and to a career of serving their country. The class of 1966 was no exception, but these cadets faced greater challenges than any earlier generation could have imagined. Thirty of them would be killed in Vietnam, but for those who did return, they resigned from the Army in records numbers-...
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Die lustige, traurige, spannende, lehrreiche, herzzerreißende Geschichte von Juri Zipit, der ein paar Wochen in Stalins Datscha verbringt und sein Vorkoster Erster Klasse wird. "Mein Name ist Juri Zipit. Ich bin zwölfeinhalb Jahre alt und lebe in einer Personalwohnung im Hauptstadtzoo gleich gegenüber vom Seelöwenteich hinter der Bisonweide, direkt neben dem Elefantengehege. Mein Papa ist Doktor Roman Alexandrowitsch Zipit, Professor für Veterinärmedizin,...
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Die Berliner Mauer, in der DDR-Propaganda als "antifaschistischer Schutzwall" bezeichnet, wird "das" Symbol des Kalten Krieges und der Teilung Deutschlands. Unzählige Schicksale werden durch die Mauer geprägt. Ihr Fall im November 1989 bildet den spektakulären Auftakt zur deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Ein fesselndes Feature zu einem der Schlüsselmomente des 20. Jahrhunderts, inszeniert mit Musik, O-Tönen von Zeitzeugen und vielen Sprechern - diese...
14) The Wild West
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On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8,000 miles and two years later, after rafting up the Missouri and crossing the Rocky Mountains, they reached the far side of the world, the Pacific Ocean.
Fredrick Nolan explores the first US settlers of the American West, including the remarkable stories of unsung heroes and heroines, the bloody battles...
15) After Redlining
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Focusing on Chicago's West Side, After Redlining illuminates how urban activists were able to change banks' behavior to support investment in communities that they had once abandoned.
American banks, to their eternal discredit, long played a key role in disenfranchising nonwhite urbanites and, through redlining, blighting the very city neighborhoods that needed the most investment. Banks long showed little compunction in aiding and abetting blockbusting,...
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Descendiente de una familia de origen hispánico, Marco Aurelio nació en Roma el año 121 de nuestra era y, tras ser adoptado por Antonio Pío, lo sucedió como emperador, ocupando el cargo desde el año 161 hasta su muerte en 180. Su reinado estuvo marcado por las numerosas y dilatadas guerras que mantuvo contra los pueblos que habitaban en los límites del Imperio. Sin embargo, su devoción por las letras fue notoria y Marco Aurelio dedicó muchas...
17) Templo Montaña
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Reconocer la existencia de los templos-montaña tiene el potencial de maravillarnos y pausar la mente dual. La lectura de montañas es el desarrollo de la observación, la atención, la conciencia, así como cultivar una relación con los elementos y los principios divinos.
Durante los últimos 50 años, decenas de miles de personas y cientos de académicos, han visitado las cuevas de Oxtotitlán, en Zitlala-Chilapa, Guerrero. Sin embargo, ninguno...
18) Entraîner la culture générale Comment améliorer votre culture générale, votre intelligence et votre
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Vous est-il déjà arrivé de ne plus pouvoir participer à une conversation intéressante ? Avez-vous eu l'impression que tout le monde autour de vous participait à un débat passionnant dont vous ne compreniez que la moitié ? Ce n'est pas un sentiment agréable et cela peut conduire à des situations embarrassantes o vous avez l'air d'être mal informé et de ne rien savoir. Si vous ne savez presque rien des choses du monde, vous serez vite largué...
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Follow the line in the story to find out from where it was that life on planet really originated. Discover the secular reason with proof found in the historical details instructing us as to why it is that we should adamantly reject the entire theory of evolution and Darwin's Origin Of The Species. Find out the reason it is that we are all being lied to, and why it is that the world's most prestigious universities and scientist promote a theory that...
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The medieval town of Old Winchelsea was destroyed by a great storm in 1287. Remarkably, it lasted for several hundred years on a shingle bank in the middle of Rye Bay in Sussex, England. This book describes the formation of the town, its incredible history of seaborne heroism, privateering and piracy, and its final destruction along with Dunwich in Suffolk, Old Romney and Broomhill in a hurricane-like tide of massive proportions. The book describes...
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