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El reino ptolemaico del antiguo Egipto: la historia y el legado de la dinastía Ptolomeo y el fin del imperio egipcio
* Inclui fotos* Inclui contas antigas* Inclui uma bibliografia para leitura adicionalA África pode ter dado origem aos primeiros seres humanos, e o Egito provavelmente deu origem às primeiras grandes civilizações, que continuam a fascinar as sociedades modernas em todo...
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El surgimiento del Imperio Otomano: La Historia del Establecimiento del Imperio Turco en el Medio Oriente y Europa del Este
En términos de geopolítica, quizás el acontecimiento más importante de la Edad Media fue el exitoso asedio otomano a Constantinopla en 1453. La ciudad había sido una capital imperial ya en el siglo IV, cuando Constantino el Grande cambió el...
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El Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes: La Historia y Legado del Centro de Milagros de la Iglesia Católica
Aunque es una admirable obra de arte creada por la acción de las aguas del otrora turquesa río Gave de Pau, la modesta gruta a sus orillas, escondida en el desfiladero al norte de la Massabielle (“Vieja Misa”) en la...
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El Vaticano y la Santa Sede: La historia y el legado del gobierno de la Iglesia Católica Romana
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El Vaticano y la Santa Sede: La historia y el legado del gobierno de la Iglesia Católica Romana
Cada año, millones de personas visitan un espectacular circuito compuesto por maravillosas agrupaciones de edificios interconectados y encantadoras casas coloreadas de beige, arena y demás matices terrosos. Al acercarse pueden ver el exterior renacentista de esas construcciones, y los exquisitos...
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Eli Whitney: The Life and Legacy of the American Inventor Whose Cotton Gin Transformed the Antebellum South
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingBetween the 18th and early 19th centuries, the West experienced massive leaps in technological, scientific, and economical advancement. This powerful period has since been immortalized as the great Industrial Revolution, during which Britain and...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Life and Legacy of Medieval Europe's Most Famous Queen
Laying next to the tomb effigy of King Henry II in France's Fontevraud Abbey is a curious coffin chiseled in the shape of a young woman in repose. The once-vibrant paint on the effigy is flaking, and several areas of...
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Ellington and Armstrong: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Jazz Performers
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Louis Armstrong once claimed that “Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine—I look right in the heart of good old New Orleans…It has given me...
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: A Romance Made and Broken in Hollywood
*Includes pictures. *Includes their own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. Hollywood is full of cautionary tales for child actors like Judy Garland, Jackie Coogan, and Macaulay Culkin, who...
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Ellis Island and Angel Island: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Immigration Stations
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Ellis Island and Angel Island: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Immigration Stations
On New Year’s Day in 1892, a young Irish girl named Annie Moore stepped off the steamship Nevada and landed on a tiny island that once held a naval fort. As she made her way through the large building on that island,...
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Emiliano Zapata: La vida y el legado del icónico líder de la Revolución Mexicana
Hace poco más de cien años un campesino mexicano llamado Emiliano Zapata reclutó un ejército rural de las plantaciones y pueblos del sur de México, tomó por la fuerza las tierras de los haciendas y comenzó a repartirlas entre los...
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Ellis Island: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Immigration Gateway
"So, anyhow, we had to get off of the ship and we were put on a tender, which took us across to Ellis Island. And when I saw Ellis Island - it's a great, big place - I wondered what...
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Emiliano Zapata: The Life and Legacy of the Mexican Revolution's Iconic Leader
*Includes pictures *Includes Zapata's quotes and descriptions of his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” – Emiliano Zapata A little more...
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Emily Dickinson: The Life and Legacy of the Famous American Poet
“Saying nothing...sometimes says the most.” - Emily Dickinson Like many writers of her day, Emily Dickinson was a virtual unknown during her lifetime. After her death, however, when people discovered the incredible amount of poetry that she had written, Dickinson...
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman: The Lives and Careers of 19th Century America's Most Famous Poets
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman: The Lives and Careers of 19th Century America's Most Famous Poets
Walt Whitman, the great American poet, is also in many ways a great American enigma, for more and less are known about him than other famous men in 19th century American history. As a young man, when most of his...
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Emma Goldman: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Feminist Icon
*Includes pictures *Includes Goldman’s own quotes about her life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "To the daring belongs the future… when we run out of dreams, we die.” –...
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Emperor Hirohito: The Life and Legacy of Japan's Ruler during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading “It was not clear to me that our course was unjustified. Even now I am not sure how historians will allocate the responsibility for the war.” – Emperor Hirohito The man known...
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England's Greatest Queens: The Lives and Legacies of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria
*Includes pictures of the queens and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Discusses the Elizabethan era and Victorian era in depth and looks at their legacies and depictions in pop culture.*Includes a Table of Contents"Video et taceo." ("I see,...
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England in the 17th Century: The History of England from King James I to the Glorious Revolution
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England in the 17th Century: The History of England from King James I to the Glorious Revolution
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading 17th century Europe, particularly its latter years, is often hailed as the beginning of the Enlightenment as nations across the continent experienced a surge in innovation...
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Enigmas da América do Norte: Mistérios, Lendas e Fenómenos Inexplicados nos Estados Unidos, no México e no Canadá
O Canadá tem fama de ser um lugar aborrecido. Mais tranquilo do que o seu vizinho do Sul, preserva descansadamente uma das democracias mais prósperas e estáveis do mundo, e fá-lo sem dar nas vistas. Não é frequentemente referido pelos...
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England's Most Famous Palaces: The History of Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace
*Includes pictures *Includes historic accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading “I’m glad we’ve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.” - The Queen Mother in 1940 after Buckingham Palace had been...
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Eridu: Die Geschichte und das Vermächtnis der ältesten Stadt im antiken Mesopotamien
“Nachdem die Königsherrschaft vom Himmel kam, war die Königsherrschaft in Eridu.” – Auszug aus dem ersten Absatz der sumerischen Königsliste Man kann sehen, wie sich in der Wüstenlandschaft Südiraks die Überreste eines großen Walls abzeichnen, die eine ungefähre Größe von...
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Eridu: The History and Legacy of the Oldest City in Ancient Mesopotamia
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts and legends about Eridu*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridu.” – Excerpt from the opening paragraph of the Sumerian King...
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Eridu: Historia y legado de la más antigua ciudad de Mesopotamia
“Cuando el reinado bajó del cielo, el reinado estaba en Eridu.”—Sacado del primer párrafo de la Lista Real sumeria. Sobresaliendo de las llanuras desérticas del sur de Iraq se pueden ver los restos de un montículo largo, de un tamaño...
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Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald: America's Greatest 20th Century Novelist
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Includes some of the authors' most famous quotes.*Analyzes the real life inspirations behind their work and relationships.*Explains the relationship and rivalry between Hemingway and Fitzgerald.*Includes a Bibliography of each for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Erwin Rommel and Heinz Guderian: The Lives and Careers of Nazi Germany's Legendary Tank Commanders
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Erwin Rommel and Heinz Guderian: The Lives and Careers of Nazi Germany's Legendary Tank Commanders
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes about their lives and careers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents One of his biographers called him “a complex man: a born leader, a brilliant soldier, a devoted husband, a proud...
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Ernie Pyle: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Journalist Killed in Battle During World War II
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Ernie Pyle: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Journalist Killed in Battle During World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes Pyle's accounts of the war*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Their life consisted wholly and solely of war, for they were and always had been front-line infantrymen. They survived because the fates...
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Erwin Rommel: The Life and Career of the Desert Fox
One of his biographers called him "a complex man: a born leader, a brilliant soldier, a devoted husband, a proud father; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant." As that description suggests, every account of Erwin Rommel's life must...
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Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps: The History of Nazi Germany's Most Famous Commander and Army during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents One of his biographers called him “a complex man: a born leader, a brilliant soldier, a devoted husband, a...
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Escaping Alcatraz: The History of the Prisoners' Attempts to Get Off the Rock
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Alcatraz written by prisoners *Profiles the most famous escape attempts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “You were a number, you weren’t a name; I wasn’t Jim...
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Establishing the Elizabethan Age: The Lives and Legacies of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I
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Establishing the Elizabethan Age: The Lives and Legacies of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I
*Includes pictures of Henry, Anne, Elizabeth and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Analyzes their legacies and discusses popular legends about them. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents. Over 450 years after his...
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