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  Martin Luther King: A short...

  5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies,...

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  Martin Luther King, human rights activist: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Tracing Time - Seasons of Rock...

  Craig Childs

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  "An engaging glimpse into a world both fascinating and fundamentally unknowable to those who aren't born into it." —R. E. BURRILLO, author of Behind the Bears Ears 
   
   
   
  Craig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau—bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in stone, human figures with upraised arms shifting with the desert light, each one a portal to the open mouth of time. With a spirit of generosity, humility, and love of the arid, intricate landscapes of the desert Southwest, Childs sets these ancient communications in context, inviting listeners to look and listen deeply.

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  Queen of Scots - The Full Life...

  Anónimo

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  An intimate, myth-shattering new biography of Mary Queen of Scots by a premier historian that draws on a trove of newly discovered sources.Queen of Scots, the first full-scale biography of Mary in more than thirty years, offers a singularly novel, nuanced, and dramatic portrait of one of history’s greatest women. 
  John Guy draws on sources -- many previously unstudied -- as varied as the secret communiques of English spies and Mary's own letters.  
  Dispelled is the ingrained popular image of Mary as a romantic leading lady, achieving her ends through feminine wiles, driven by love to murder, undone by passion and bad judgment. We come to see her as an emotionally intricate woman and an adroit diplomat, maneuvering ingeniously among a dizzying array of factions who sought to control or dethrone her. Guy's investigation of Mary's storied downfall throws sharp new light on questions that have baffled historians for centuries, and offers convincing new evidence that she was framed for the murder for which she was beheaded.

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  China and the 20th Century - The...

  Charles River Editors

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  In 1937, the fledgling Empire of Japan once more went to war with China, which by then had become a nation broken into petty warlord fiefdoms and wracked by civil war. The Japanese enacted a brutal campaign over the fragmented realms that made up China, committing atrocities just as horrendous as their Axis allies in Europe. Despite this, the sheer size of China, coupled with Japan’s overextension, allowed the larger, less developed nation to endure throughout World War II. 
  At the same time, China was experiencing an equally brutal civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces, which became inextricably intertwined with the fighting raging across the globe. In fact, the sheer scale of the horrors of the civil war remain hard to believe today, even as action in that theater is often overlooked because of events in Europe. What most people remember about the civil war is that it was ultimately won by Mao Zedong and the Communists, ushering in a new era of Communism in China and exiling the Republic of China’s government to Taiwan. Political tensions between Taiwan and China remain precarious to this day.  
  The Republic of China’s most famous leader and general was Chiang Kai-Shek, who rose from humble origins as the son of a local trader to become, as he liked to remind visitors, the ruler over more people than any other world leader. He certainly became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, yet today, he is considerably less well-known than many other figures from that period, which was so rife of chaos and tumultuous change. Chiang had come to power at a time when China was rebuilding itself after a period of internal conflict and turmoil, attempting to unify the nation in the face of the Japanese and the man who would become his arch-rival: Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communists.  
  These ideological - and military - conflicts would decide the fate of Asia's biggest country going forward.

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  Doorway to Artistry - Attuning...

  Esther Lightcap Meek

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  Your artistry involves you intimately with the world around and beyond you. So your artistry involves profound but simple philosophical matters. As a human person, you are artful and philosophical, at the core of your being. Doorway to Artistry offers a playful, everyday philosophical approach necessary for life, integration, healing, and thriving in artistry. It reflects on the real and how we are involved with it, especially in our creative effort. In short, the real hospitably welcomes us, and in our artistry we reciprocate in noble courtesy. Human persons were made for this communion with the real. Find in this book a hospitable welcome to belong at home beyond where you are.

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  A Short History of the World

  H. G. Wells

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  "A Short History of the World" is a book written by H.G. Wells that covers the history of humanity from the earliest civilizations to the start of the First World War. 
  The book begins with the emergence of early human societies and goes on to cover the major events and developments of ancient civilizations, including those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. It also discusses the rise of Christianity, the spread of Islam, and the medieval period in Europe. 
  Moving into the modern era, Wells covers the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. He also discusses the Age of Exploration and the colonization of the Americas, as well as the rise of European empires and the impact of colonialism on the rest of the world. 
  The book concludes with a discussion of the political and social changes that led up to the outbreak of World War I, which was ongoing at the time of the book's publication in 1922. 
  Wells' writing style is concise and accessible, making the book an excellent introduction to world history for readers of all ages. Despite its brevity, "A Short History of the World" covers a vast amount of material and provides a broad overview of the major events and developments that have shaped human civilization.

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