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  Struggle for Constantinople The:...

  Charles River Editors

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  The Byzantine Empire was the heir to two great cultures that cradled and nurtured European civilization: Greece and Rome. Constantinople, now called Istanbul, became a center of power, culture, trade, and technology poised on the edges of Europe and Asia, and its influence was felt not only throughout Europe but the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and the Far East. Coins dating from the reign of Emperor Justinian I (r.527-565) have been found in southern India, and Chinese records show that the “Fulin,” as the Chinese named the Byzantines, were received at court as early as 643. For nearly a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire protected Europe from Islamic powers, allowing it to pursue its own destiny, and Byzantium was a polyglot society in which a multitude of ethnic groups lived under the emperor prizing peace above war.  
  	Of course, it wasn’t an accident that Constantinople survived for so long. Walls have protected great civilizations and occasionally been their downfall, and the Byzantine Empire relied on Constantinople’s extensive, sophisticated walls, among the greatest engineering achievements of the ancient world and Early Middle Ages, to survive as long as it did.  
  	The Umayyad Caliphate constantly fought the Byzantines, and on August 15, 717, their formidable army, under the command of General Maslama ibn 'Abd al-Malik, arrived in Thrace and laid siege to the imposing walls of Constantinople. This event, which lasted a full year until August 15, 718, represented the apex of the Islamic expansionist project aimed at definitively eradicating the Byzantine Empire and subjugating its seemingly impregnable capital. 
  The Fourth Crusade from 1202-1204 was significant in medieval history because it was the first time a crusade was directed against another Christian group. It was also significant since it encompassed two of the four major sieges of Constantinople, and it also sparked a third in 1235 (an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the Latin gains in 1204).

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  The Book of Five Rings

  Miyamoto Musashi

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  The Book of Five Rings is a text on Kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. There have been various translations made over the years, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than only that of martial artists and people across East Asia: For instance, some foreign business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work in a business context. 
  Musashi establishes a "no-nonsense" theme throughout the text. For instance, he repeatedly remarks that technical flourishes are excessive and contrasts worrying about such things with the principle that all technique is simply a method of cutting down one's opponent. He also continually makes the point that the understandings expressed in the book are important for combat on any scale, whether a one-on-one duel or a massive battle.

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  America’s Worst Maritime...

  Charles River Editors

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  There have been countless numbers of shipwrecks over the course of history, but few have had as great an impact as the sinking of the SS Central America in a hurricane in September 1857. The California Gold Rush was in full swing, state of the art steamer ships were used to transport the discovered gold back east, and the Central America was one of them. On its fateful voyage, the ship was carrying nearly 600 passengers and a huge haul of up to 20 tons of gold worth an estimated $2 million at the time. The loss of life was a big enough calamity, but the Central America had gone down with so much gold that it scared the American public, which was already beginning to deal with a financial downturn that culminated in the Panic of 1857.  
  While it might have generated the type of publicity and reaction of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 or the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 under normal circumstances, the explosion and sinking of the Sultana on April 27, 1865 has become something of a historical footnote. Perhaps the cruelest irony of the disaster is that the Sultana was packed full of men who had survived every conceivable trial and tribulation of the war, from wounds and sicknesses to being prisoners. Having lost hundreds of thousands, America was almost numb to the loss of a couple of thousand more, especially when many of the dead were soldiers themselves, and in a sense, it was left for future generations to try to unravel what went wrong and to pay tribute to the men who died on that dark night. 
  On June 15, 1904, an annual gala in New York City was held on the passenger ship General Slocum as it steamed up the East River, with about 1,400 people from St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Consisting mostly of German immigrants, the boat was packed with women and children, and when a small fire started on the ship shortly after the trip began, faulty equipment was unable to put it out.

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  Six Short Papers on Causality

  John-Michael Kuczynski

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  These essays concern the different kinds of causation and their respective explanatory functions. Each of the following topics is  discussed, in a clear and precise manner: *The relationship between causation and prediction *The relationship between causation and explanation*The relationship between prediction and explanation*The nature of counterfactual truth *The relationship between counterfactual conditionals and the corresponding past-tense indicatives *The relationship between counterfactual conditionals and the corresponding future-tense indicatives *Program causality and its explanatory virtues *The different kinds of causes involved in the development of mental illness. *Singular causation*The nature of causal laws These topics are analyzed clearly, incisively and originally, by the world authority on the topic of causation. This book is a fascinating adventure, to be cherished and listened to over and over.

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  The Forgotten Slave Trade - The...

  Simon Webbe

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  Everybody knows about the transatlantic slave trade. A century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women, and children to Africa where they were sold. This is the forgotten slave trade; one which saw over a million Christians forced into captivity in the Muslim world. 
   
   
   
  Starting with the practice of slavery in the ancient world, Simon Webb traces the history of slavery in Europe, showing that the numbers involved were vast and that the victims were often treated far more cruelly than black slaves in America and the Caribbean. Castration, used very occasionally against black slaves taken across the Atlantic, was routinely carried out on an industrial scale on European boys who were exported to Africa and the Middle East. Most people are aware that the English city of Bristol was a major center for the transatlantic slave trade in the eighteenth century, but hardly anyone knows that 1,000 years earlier it had been an important staging-post for the transfer of English slaves to Africa. 
   
   
   
  This book will forever change how you view the slave trade and show that many commonly held beliefs about this controversial subject are almost wholly inaccurate and mistaken.

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  Emotional Manipulation Tactics -...

  Alan Castillo

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  Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How to Master Dark Psychology, Analyze People, Recognize Narcissistic Abuse, and Defend Against Mind Control 
  The most dangerous prison is one you can't see. 
  Behind charming smiles and convincing words, master manipulators are quietly reshaping reality—making you doubt your memories, question your worth, and surrender your power. This book is your key to breaking free. 
  You'll uncover:The 7-second microexpression that exposes a liarHow narcissists weaponize empathy against their victimsThe chilling "love bombing" tactic used by cults and toxic partners alikeWhy gaslighting works (and the 3-phrase antidote to stop it)The dark triad personality traits hiding in your social circle 
  And Much More!... 
  Real-world survival skills include:Analyzing strangers like an FBI profiler within minutesTurning a manipulator's tactics against them with strategic reverse psychologyRebuilding self-trust after psychological sabotage 
  From boardrooms to bedrooms, these psychological defenses work wherever human nature operates. The question isn't whether you'll encounter manipulation—it's whether you'll be prepared when you do. 
  For those ready to see through the illusions and reclaim their mental sovereignty, the truth begins here.

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