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  • The Ancient History of the Near East

    by Henry Hall ...
    SOME thirty years after the defeat of Xerxes, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who had travelled much in the lands of the barbarians as well as in Greece, set himself to write down for the men of his own time and for posterity the events of the great struggle and also to describe, as completely as he could, the long series of events, cause upon cause, effect after effect, which had led up to the final ... Read more

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  • Ethan Allen, the Robin Hood of Vermont

    by Henry Hall ...
    Ethan Allen, the Robin Hood of Vermont, is a captivating biography that explores the life of one of America's most intriguing revolutionary figures. The book delves into Allen's role as a leader in the Green Mountain Boys, his fierce advocacy for Vermont's independence, and his complex personality that blended bravery with a touch of rebellion. Through vivid storytelling, the author paints a ... Read more

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    Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio (Unabridged)

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    Each summer, in the ancient hill town of Siena, Italy, there erupts one of the most extraordinary, exciting, and dangerous horse races in the world— the Palio. So furious is the rivalry that it is often said the Palio is more battle than race, and that "Fate is the Queen of the Palio." This magnificent book is a true story of the Palio —a thrilling, heart-stirring tale of a boy and a beautiful ... Read more

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  • Days Before history (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Illustrated Edition

    Days Before History is a lucid introduction to the prehistoric world: the long human past before written records, reconstructed through tools, bones, burial sites, cave art, and early settlements. Written in an expository yet imaginative style, the book belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of popular archaeology, translating specialist discoveries about the Stone Age, the rise of ... Read more

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  • Ethan Allen: The Robin Hood of Vermont and The Green Mountain Boys: A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont

    Ethan Allen is the Robin Hood of Vermont. As Robin Hood's life was an Anglo-Saxon protest against Norman despotism, so Allen's life was a protest against domestic robbery and foreign tyranny. As Sherwood Forest was the rendezvous of the gallant and chivalrous Robin Hood, so the Green Mountains were the home of the dauntless and high-minded Ethan Allen. As Robin Hood, in Scott's "Ivanhoe," so does ... Read more

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  • The Ancient History of the Near East (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. From the Earliest of Times to the Battle of Salamis

    The Ancient History of the Near East offers a sweeping synthesis of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine, and Persia, tracing their political fortunes, cultural exchanges, and religious institutions from remote antiquity to the classical threshold. Written in a lucid yet densely informed Edwardian scholarly prose, the book belongs to the formative era of Near Eastern ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Deleuze

    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Gilles Deleuze (1925–95) was an influential and provocative twentieth-century thinker who developed and presented an alternative to the image of thought found in traditional philosophy. This volume offers an extensive survey of Deleuze's philosophy by some of his most influential interpreters. The essays give lucid accounts of the fundamental themes of his metaphysical work and its ethical and ... Read more

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  • Jacques the Fatalist

    by Denis Diderot ...
    Translated by Michael Henry ...
    Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though he is truly free in a world of dizzying variety and unpredictability. Characters emerge and disappear as the pair travel ... Read more

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  • The Deleuzian Mind

    Series series Routledge Philosophical Minds
    Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. As with other French philosophers of his generation, such as Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, Deleuze’s work and his collaboration with Félix Guattari has also had huge influence in other disciplines, particularly literature, film studies, architecture, and science and mathematics.The ... Read more

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  • The Ancient History of the Near East

    Enriched edition. From the Earliest of Times to the Battle of Salamis

    In "The Ancient History of the Near East," Henry Hall meticulously chronicles the intricate tapestry of civilizations that flourished in this geographically and historically significant region. With a narrative style that deftly combines rich historical detail with scholarly precision, Hall weaves together the contributions of various cultures, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and ... Read more

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