Heroes Of Conquest And Empire Classic Reprint

Author : Etta M. Underwood
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0260374113

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Heroes of Conquest and Empire (Classic Reprint) by Etta M. Underwood Pdf

Excerpt from Heroes of Conquest and Empire Whenever girls and boys work and play to gether, some of them are sure to be leaders. One may be a leader in a game, in thinking of helpful acts, or in making lessons worth while. How may we know which leaders are good ones? How may a leader know when he is doing right? Perhaps this book will help. You in learning to choose good leaders, for it tells of heroes who were so splendid that for hundreds of years girls and boys, and men and women, have enjoyed learning about them. It may tell, too, What a leader needs to. Do. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Agnes C. Laut
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0282525645

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The Conquest of Our Western Empire (Classic Reprint) by Agnes C. Laut Pdf

Excerpt from The Conquest of Our Western Empire HE next time you are passing through the Grand Central Terminal of New York City, pause and look up at the Dome! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Glenn D. Bradley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0365393940

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Winning the Southwest by Glenn D. Bradley Pdf

Excerpt from Winning the Southwest: A Story of Conquest The expansion of empire is always fraught with romance. No literature of any race can sur pass ih human interest the story of the advance of the anglo-saxon across this continent. It is with the acquirement of that great area called the Southwest that this little book briefly deals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Miles Doleac
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502624543

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Alexander the Great by Miles Doleac Pdf

Alexander the Great explores the background, personality, and battle tactics of a legendary conqueror, whose prowess in battle cemented his name in human history. The engaging and comprehensive text depicts Alexander’s life, the lives of his soldiers, the stories of his battles, and the formations of cities and legends. Paintings, photos, and engravings illustrate Greek culture and historical figures. Maps and diagrams depict the brilliant strategy of a commander who fought with his men. Though Alexander reigned and conquered over two thousand years ago, his battle successes and political ambitions had an enduring impact on military strategy and on the regions and cultures he ruled.

Author : Maya Jasanoff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307425713

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Edge of Empire by Maya Jasanoff Pdf

In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate history of imperialism. Jasanoff delves beneath the grand narratives of power, exploitation, and resistance to look at the British Empire through the eyes of the people caught up in it. Written and researched on four continents, Edge of Empire enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than previous accounts have led us to believe were possible. And as this book demonstrates, traces of that world remain tangible—and topical—today. An innovative, persuasive, and provocative work of history.

Author : Thomas Henry Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000570988

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Ancient Rome. Reprinted from Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by Thomas Henry Dyer Pdf

Author : Zeynep Yürekli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317179405

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Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire by Zeynep Yürekli Pdf

Based on a thorough examination of buildings, inscriptions, archival documents and hagiographies, this book uncovers the political significance of Bektashi shrines in the Ottoman imperial age. It thus provides a fresh and comprehensive account of the formative process of the Bektashi order, which started out as a network of social groups that took issue with Ottoman imperial policies in the late fifteenth century, was endorsed imperially as part of Bayezid II's (r. 1481-1512) soft power policy, and was kept in check by imperial authorities as the Ottoman approach to the Safavid conflict hardened during the rest of the sixteenth century. This book demonstrates that it was a combination of two collective activities that established the primary parameters of Bektashi culture from the late fifteenth century onwards. One was the writing of Bektashi hagiographies; they linked hitherto distinct social groups (such as wandering dervishes and warriors) with each other through the lives of historical figures who were their patron saints, idols and identity markers (such as the saint Hacı Bektaş and the martyr Seyyid Gazi), while incorporating them into Ottoman history in creative ways. The other one was the architectural remodelling of the saints' shrines. In terms of style, imagery and content, this interrelated literary and architectural output reveals a complicated process of negotiation with the imperial order and its cultural paradigms. Examined in more detail in the book are the shrines of Seyyid Gazi and Hacı Bektaş and associated legends and hagiographies. Though established as independent institutions in medieval Anatolia, they were joined in the emerging Bektashi network under the Ottomans, became its principal centres and underwent radical architectural transformation, mainly under the patronage of raider commanders based in the Balkans. In the process, they thus came to occupy an intermediary socio-political zone between the Ottoman empire and its contestants in the sixteenth century.

Author : Firdawsī
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0670034851

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Shahnameh by Firdawsī Pdf

A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Nevra Necipoğlu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139478625

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Byzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins by Nevra Necipoğlu Pdf

This is a detailed analysis of Byzantine political attitudes towards the Ottomans and western Europeans during the critical last century of Byzantium. The book covers three major regions of the Byzantine Empire - Thessalonike, Constantinople, and the Morea - where the political orientations of aristocrats, merchants, the urban populace, peasants, and members of ecclesiastical and monastic circles are examined against the background of social and economic conditions. Through its particular focus on the political and religious dispositions of individuals, families and social groups, the book offers an original view of late Byzantine politics and society that is not found in conventional narratives. Drawing on a wide range of Byzantine, western and Ottoman sources, it authoritatively illustrates how late Byzantium was drawn into an Ottoman system in spite of the westward-looking orientation of the majority of its ruling elite.

Author : Ian Worthington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134435920

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Alexander the Great by Ian Worthington Pdf

This exciting new volume includes a selection of the most significant and representative published articles and chapters about Alexander and covers all the main areas of debate and discussion in Alexander scholarship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781134435937

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Alexander the Great by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. C. Howatson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191073014

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by M. C. Howatson Pdf

The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader with all the essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myth and literature, but it also places these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of the Greek and Roman worlds. With an extensive web of cross-references and a useful chronological table and location maps (all of which have been brought fully up to date), this volume traces the development of literary forms and the classical allusions which have become embedded in our Western culture. Extensively revised and updated since the second edition was published in 1989, the Companion acknowledges changes in the focus of scholarship over the last twenty years, through the incorporation of a far larger number of thematic entries such as medicine, friendship, science, freedom (concept of), and sexuality. These topical entries provide an excellent starting point to the exploration of their subjects in classical literature; after all, for many aspects of classical society the literature we have inherited is the primary (and sometimes the only) source material. Additions and changes have been made taking into account the advice of teachers and lecturers in Classics, ensuring that current educational needs are catered for. In addition to newly covered topics, the Companion still plays to its traditional strengths, with extensive biographies of classical literary figures from Aeschylus to Zeno; entries on a multitude of literary styles from biography and rhetoric to lyric poetry and epic, encompassing everything in between; and character entries and plot summaries for the major figures and myths in the classical canon. It is the ideal guide for students in Classics, and for all who are passionate about the vast and varied literary tradition bequeathed to us from the classical world.

Author : Wolfgang Haase,Reinhold Meyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110870244

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European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition by Wolfgang Haase,Reinhold Meyer Pdf

Author : Sam W. Haynes,Gerald D. Saxon
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623493097

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Contested Empire by Sam W. Haynes,Gerald D. Saxon Pdf

To a large degree, the story of Texas’ secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive focus on the region served to reinforce popular notions of a unique Texas past. Disconnected from a broader historiography, scholars have been left to ponder the most arcane details of the revolutionary narrative—such as the circumstances of David Crockett’s death and whether William Barret Travis really did draw a line in the sand. In Contested Empire: Rethinking the Texas Revolution, five distinguished scholars take a broader, transnational approach to the 1835–36 conflict. The result of the 48th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, held at the University of Texas at Arlington in March, 2013, these essays explore the origins and consequences of the events that gave birth to the Texas Republic in ways that extend beyond the borders of the Lone Star State.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 9538 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027219995

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H. G. WELLS: 120+ Sci-Fi Classics, Dystopian Novels & Time Travel Tales by H. G. Wells Pdf

An ultimate collection of novels, short stories and essays, by the visionary author, the "father of science fiction" - H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The Undying Fire The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The World Set Free A Modern Utopia When the Sleeper Wakes Ann Veronica Bealby In the Days of the Comet The Chronic Argonauts The First Men in the Moon The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau The New Machiavelli The Passionate Friends The Prophetic Trilogy The Research Magnificent The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Soul of a Bishop Tono-bungay Collections of Short Stories Short Stories: A Catastrophe A Deal in Ostriches A Dream of Armageddon A Slip Under the Microscope A Story of the Days to Come A Story of the Stone Age A Tale of the Twentieth Century A Talk with Gryllotalpa How Gabriel Became Thompson How Pingwill Was Routed In the Abyss Le Mari Terrible Miss Winchelsea's Heart Mr. Brisher's Treasure Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland My First Aeroplane Our Little Neighbour Perfect Gentleman on Wheels Pollock and the Porroh Man The Empire of the Ants The Flying Man The Grisly Folk The Inexperienced Ghost The Land Ironclads The Lord of the Dynamos The Loyalty of Esau Common The Magic Shop The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Man with a Nose The Moth The New Accelerator The New Faust The Obliterated Man The Pearl of Love The Presence by the Fire The Purple Pileus The Rajah's Treasure The Reconciliation The Red Room The Sea Raiders The Star The Stolen Body The Story of the Last Trump The Story of the Stone Age The Temptation of Harringay The Thing in No. 7 The Thumbmark The Treasure in the Forest The Wild Asses of the Devil Through a Window Under the Knife Walcote Wayde's Essence Essays and Articles: A Short History of the World Floor Games Little Wars New Worlds for Old Russia in the Shadows The Misery of Boots The Outline of History Zoological Retrogression What Is Coming...