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  Trojan War The: An Enthralling...

  Enthralling History

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  Epic story or historical fact? Historians disagree whether the Trojan War was either – or both! Around 1,200 BCE, war raged between the Ancient Greeks and their rivals in Troy. It’s the oldest story in the world, and its account was captured by the Greek poet, Homer. In this amazing and intriguing audiobook, you’ll learn just why this story is still studied in high schools and universities worldwide! 
  Who were these Greeks, and what drove them to fight for so long, so far from home? Who were the Trojans, and how were they able to fend off the mighty Greeks for ten long years? Perhaps even more important, what has caused us to tell and retell this story for thousands of years? 
  This audiobook takes its audience on a journey into Homer’s Iliad and beyond; you’ll be surprised at the workings going on between gods and humans, royalty and commoners, soldiers and their captives. For an exciting ride that ends inside of a wooden horse, come along! You’ll learn:       Why the war started       How one face launched a thousand ships       About the tricksters – and the tricked!       Myth or history – which parts are which?       Who were the Trojans? 
  Despite its numerous interpretations, Homer’s Iliad remains one of the world’s most discussed and most studied works of all time. Many say the war itself was not as important as Homer’s work; even Alexander the Great kept a copy under his pillow! 
  Join us on this amazing and inspiring trek through the history of the Trojan War as depicted in this awe-inspiring and entertaining work. Get ready for quite a historical rollercoaster ride! 
  Get this audiobook now to learn more about the trojan war!

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  Tao Te Ching

  Lao Tzu

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  The Tao Te Ching is a Taoist philosophical treatise. Lao Tzu, a great Ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher, is considered to be the author of this book. We owe this book to an unnamed guardian who kept safe the far western borders of a country, Zhou in the fifth century BC. The legend says that exhausted from misunderstanding Teacher with a tired heart went on his last journey – to die in a dessert. The guardian recognized great Lao Tzu, called him by name and, nobody knows how, persuaded the wise man to tell a world about Dao and De. "When you said Dao, you said nothing", the teacher replied. And you were wrong: five thousand words, that contains this book, have been existing for two and a half thousand years...

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  Sahih Al Bukhari English...

  Imam Bukhari, Translator - Dr....

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  Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī is a collection of hadīth compiled by Abu Abdullāh Muhammad Ibn Ismā`īl al-Bukhārī(rahimahullāh). His collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him). It contains roughly 7563 hadīth (with repetitions) in 97 books. The translation provided here is by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan. 
  Volume 2 contains hadith 876-1772 of 7563 in book 11-25: 
  11 The Book Of Al-Jumuah (Friday) I Jumma Prayer Hadith 876-941 of 7563 English 
  12 The Book Of Fear Prayer Hadith 942-947 of 7563 English 
  13 The Book Of the two Eid (Prayers and Festivals) Hadith 948-989 of 7563 English 
  14 The Book Of Witr Prayer Hadith 990-1004 of 7563 English 
  15 The Book Of Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa) Hadith 1005-1039 of 7563 English 
  16 The Book Of Eclipses Hadith 1040-1066 of 7563 English 
  17 The Book Of Prostration During The Recitation of the Quran Hadith 1067-1079 of 7563 English 
  18 The Book Of abridged or shortened prayers (at-taqsir) Hadith 1080-1119 of 7563 English 
  19 The Book Of Night Prayer (Salat-ut-Tahajjud) Hadith 1120-1187 of 7563 English 
  20 The Superiority of Offering Prayer in the Sosque of Makkah and al-Madinah H 1188-1197 of 7563 English 
  21 The Book Of Dealing with Actions in the Prayer (As-Salat) Hadith 1198-1223 of 7563 English 
  22 The Book Of Forgetfulness in Prayer (As-Sahw) Hadith 1224-1236 of 7563 English 
  23 The Book Of Funerals (Al-Janaaiz) Hadith 1237-1394 of 7563 English 
  24 The Book Of Zakat (Obligatory Charity Tax) Hadith 1395-1512 of 7563 English 
  25 The Book Of Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) Hadith 1513-1772 of 7563 English

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  Opium Wars and Sino-Japanese...

  Editors Charles River

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  The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network included China, a reclusive Asian kingdom closed off from the Western world that desired none of its goods. Unfortunately for China, the British had the might of an empire and economic force, not to mention modern arms, on their side. Breaking into China’s lucrative trade markets nearly destroyed the nation, severely discredited the Chinese dynasty, wreaked havoc on its people, and further propelled Britain’s empire into a dominant economic and military position. The collision of these two empires took many years and caused much bloodshed. In fact, the troubles started well before the eventual hostilities, festering as frustration mounted until finally boiling over. 
  Though both nations modernized, and China far outweighed Japan in terms of men and materiel potential, the island nation handily won its first modern war. The conflict resulted in Japan’s short-term gains in the wake of victory, and the long term disaster for both sides’ new roles in Asia, for with the end of Chinese dominance in East Asia came a new era for the region as a whole.  
  In 1937, the Empire of Japan once more went to war with China, a nation broken into petty warlord fiefdoms and wracked by civil war. The most modern Asian nation enacted a brutal campaign over the fragmented realms that made up China, committing atrocities just as horrendous as their Axis ally in Europe. Despite this, the sheer size of China, coupled with Japan’s overextension, allowed the larger, less developed nation to endure.

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  Middle Ages - European History...

  Kelly Mass

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  In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or middle ages time period lasted around from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, likewise to the Post-classical period of worldwide history. It started with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the 3 conventional departments of Western history: classical antiquity, the middle ages period, and the contemporary period. The middle ages period is itself partitioned into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. 
  Population decrease, counter-urbanization, the collapse of central authority, invasions of countries, and mass moves of tribe, which had started in Late Antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The massive movements of the Migration Period, including but not limited to numerous Germanic tribes, formed new kingdoms in what stayed of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East-- once part of the Byzantine Empire-- came under the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate, an Islamic empire, after conquest by Muhammad's followers. 
  Explore more about this long time in history, a dark time when people faced countless challenges to their survival.

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  Country Capitalism - How...

  Bart Elmore

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  The rural roads that led to our planet-changing global economy ran through the American South. That region's impact on the interconnected histories of business and ecological change is narrated here by acclaimed scholar Bart Elmore, who uses the histories of five southern firms—Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Walmart, FedEx, and Bank of America—to investigate the environmental impact of our have-it-now, fly-by-night, buy-on-credit economy. Elmore explores the historical, economic, and ecological conditions that gave rise to these five trailblazing corporations. He then considers what each has become: an essential presence in the daily workings of the global economy and an unmistakable contributor to the reshaping of the world's ecosystems. Even as businesses invest in sustainability initiatives and respond to new calls for corporate responsibility, Elmore shows the limits of their efforts to "green" their operations and offers insights on how governments and activists can push corporations to do better. 
   
   
   
  Our lives are built around businesses that connect far-flung rural places to urban centers and global destinations. This "country capitalism" that proved successful in the US South has made it possible to satisfy our demands at the click of a button, but each click comes with hidden environmental costs.

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