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  • The Story of William of Orange

    by Ottokar Schup ...
    William of Orange, once a Catholic, converted to the Protestant cause and eventually rose to lead the Protestant rebellion against Spanish rule in Netherlands. He ultimately sacrificed his life, his wealth, and his family for the cause of religious toleration and inspired the Netherlands to revolt against Spanish rule. ... Read more

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  • The Story of William of Orange

    by Ottokar Schup ...
    To ascertain the origin and characteristics of a plant one must study it growing in the soil. So the bare description of one life is of little value in ascertaining the peculiar characteristics and qualities of the family to which it belongs. Family excellencies and defects exercise more enduring and far-reaching influences than is generally imagined, even though they may not always display ... Read more

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    'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.'Major Archibald Butt (1865-1912)The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 is one of the most dramatic stories in maritime history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, fitted with more advanced safety features than any of her rivals, she was proclaimed to be virtually unsinkable ... Read more

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  • A History of Holland

    by George Edmundson ...
    The last duke of the ancient Capetian house of Burgundy dying in 1361 without heirs male, the duchy fell into the possession of the French crown, and was by King John II bestowed upon his youngest son, Philip the Hardy, Duke of Touraine, as a reward, it is said, for the valour he displayed in the battle of Poictiers. The county of Burgundy, generally known as Franche-Comté, was not included in ... Read more

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  • The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom

    by Alfred Barnard, Aaron Barker ...
    In 1885, Alfred Barnard was charged with the task of visiting and reporting on every active whisky distillery throughout Scotland, Ireland and England. It took him two exhaustive years. In this book you will see the distilleries through his eyes. His detailed descriptions of every step in the distilling process is work that remains unparalleled to this day. But that's only part of the story. As he ... Read more

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  • The German Conception of History

    The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder to the Present

    by Georg G. Iggers ...
    This is the first comprehensive critical examination in any language of the German national tradition of historiography. It analyzes the basic theoretical assumptions of the German historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and relates these assumptions to political thought and action.The German national tradition of historiography had its beginnings in the reaction against the ... Read more

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  • Early European History

    by Hutton Webster ...
    This book aims to furnish a concise and connected account of human progress during ancient, medieval, and early modern times. It should meet the requirements of those high schools and preparatory schools where ancient history, as a separate discipline, is being supplanted by a more extended course introductory to the study of recent times and contemporary problems. Such a course was first outlined ... Read more

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  • STEFANO DELLE CHIAIE

    Portrait of a Black Terrorist

    by Stuart Christie ...
    Series series Black Papers
    The career of Stefano Delle Chiaie spans two continents and at least two decades. The history of Delle Chiaie is the history of nazism in our world today. Through it we see neo-fascist terrorist organisations in their true role: agents of an inner, oligarchic power sphere which sets itself above all law and morality.On 2 August 1980 a bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded at Bologna railway station ... Read more

    $5.14 CAD

  • Divine Art, Infernal Machine

    The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending

    by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein ...
    Series series Material Texts
    There is a longstanding confusion of Johann Fust, Gutenberg's one-time business partner, with the notorious Doctor Faustus. The association is not surprising to Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, for from its very early days the printing press was viewed by some as black magic. For the most part, however, it was welcomed as a "divine art" by Western churchmen and statesmen. Sixteenth-century Lutherans ... Read more

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  • The Netherlands

    Globalization and National Identity

    by Frank J. Lechner ...
    Series series Global Realities
    The Netherlands is the first concise, authored introduction available on the topic. The Netherlands has been a key entrepot in the world capitalist system for centuries, but because of relatively recent demographic changes, it has become symbolic of the clash of European and Islamic cultures. Perhaps the most secular nation in the world, it now houses a very large Islamic population. That ... Read more

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  • Waterloo 1815 (2)

    Ligny

    by Mr John Franklin ...
    Series Book 277 - Campaign
    The battle of Ligny saw the Prussians pushed back by the French Army in what was to be Napoleon's last battlefield victory.This title represents the second instalment of the captivating study of the Waterloo campaign, one of the defining events in European history. In particular it focuses on the desperate struggle for Ligny. With Wellington unable to assist his Prussian allies in time, the ... Read more

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  • Transnational Revolutionaries

    The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866

    by David Doolin ...
    Series Book 71 - Reimagining Ireland
    The organization of several thousand Irish American men into a military outfit, which then attempted to invade Canada from within the United States, is a significant historical event that remains largely unexplored from an Irish and Irish American perspective. This study offers a fuller exploration of the details behind the Fenian invasion, asking why Irish immigrants were motivated to shape ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD