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The Immortality Key
Brian C. Muraresku
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience!A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.The most influential religious... |
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Ten Days that Shook the World
John Reed
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"This book is a slice of intensified history—history as I saw it." So begins John Reed's first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Much anticipated when it was published in 1919, Reed's narrative remains as riveting today as when the events he describes were still reverberating... |
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8 Seconds of Courage
Flo Groberg
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In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to the US—becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.Florent "Flo" Groberg was born... |
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To Appomattox
Burke Davis
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A gripping account of the last nine days of the Civil War from the New York Times–bestselling author of Sherman's March. After four long years of fighting, the Army of Northern Virginia was irreparably broken in April 1865, despite the military brilliance of its commander, Gen. Robert... |
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Issues of Transnational Sovereignty
Giulia Massaro
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The evolution of institutions through history has proceeded through fits and starts. In those times between the collapse of one set of institutions and the rise of a new set of institutions anarchy meant far more than the lack of an overlord, it often meant war, death, destruction, depopulation,... |
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The Evolution of Woman's Life Cycle in Ancient Greek Society and Mythology
Katia Micha
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A woman in the Classical Greece of the fifth century moved through several pre-defined stages in her life. Each stage was signified biologically by a loss of blood from the woman and by social rituals which serve to highlight the transition into a new stage. The goddess Artemis seems to be active... |
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Refugees in the Classical Period
Katia Micha
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Ancient Greece of the Classical period during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. was never what one might call a peaceful land. The ancient world was a difficult place to live, and without aid services, anyone unable or unwilling to adapt and provide for themselves their families would... |
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Slavery through Ancient Literature
Katia Micha
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Literature of captivity with fictional representations of slavery is ubiquitous in Greek and Latin novels of the Roman Empire period, typically in the shadow of major protagonists and their heroic narratives. This volume through an interdisciplinary academic lens analyzes multiple ancient... |
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The Interconnection Between Eastern Roman Empire and Ancient China
Giulia Massaro
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In recent decades, studies on the relations of the Greco-Roman world with China have been paid more attention. The studies are mainly relied on the written sources from the Mediterranean world about the Far East and those sources from China about the Far West. Following this tradition,... |
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