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  Colony of Virginia The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Nearly 20 years before Jamestown was settled, the English established one of the earliest colonies in North America around the Chesapeake Bay region, until the colony had over 100 inhabitants. Like other early settlements, Roanoke struggled to survive in its infancy, to the extent that the colony’s leader, John White, sailed back to England in 1587 in an effort to bring more supplies and help. However, the attempts to bring back supplies were thwarted by the Spanish in the midst of the Anglo-Spanish War going on at the time, and it was not until 1590 that White reached Roanoke again.  
  What White found when he came back to Roanoke led to one of the most enduring mysteries in American history. Despite the fact he had left over 100 people in Roanoke in 1587, White returned to literally nothing, with all traces of the settlement gone and no evidence of fighting or anything else that might have explained the disappearance of the inhabitants. The fate of Roanoke has fascinated people for over 400 years, and there is no shortage of theories regarding the disappearance of the colony. In addition to the possibility that the settlers moved to Croatoan Island, most theories speculate that they were either wiped out by nearby Native Americans or assimilated among a tribe. 
  Jamestown is remembered today because the settlement did survive through the hardships and go on to serve as the capital of the English colony for much of the 17th century. At the same time, one of the biggest reasons for its survival and fame today can be attributed to the local Native Americans, particularly Pocahontas, who has added both a human and romanticized, mythological element to Jamestown. She was the daughter of the paramount chief (mamanatowick) Powhatan, leader of an Algonquian-speaking native group in eastern Virginia.

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  The Sprint - A day-to-day feel...

  Julian Cambridge

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  The Sprint reflects an experience from life on a scrum team. Walking through the mandatory and optional scrum ceremonies as documented in The Scrum Guide. Experiences of scrum team life will differ across the world, but for people who have never been on a scrum team; you will get a clear insight of a singular experience to the everyday running’s. And for those scrum team regulars, you will relate to and perhaps chuckle at what you are about to read.

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  The Sky Is Changing -...

  Eonje Right

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  From Kemet to NYC; ancient keys to positive social change. The African American Family is in disarray due to an unworkable social contract. Causing confusion in the home and anarchy in the streets. The problems are complex, but the answers are simple. Misguided policies keep the answers from implementation. However, many of the solutions are evolving on their own, but in the worst ways and will make things worse before policies are forced to change. Change is inevitable, it is the only thing promised in life. Everything will change. We must get ahead of the change and shape it to our advantage. Change or be crushed by the wheels of change. Change your mind, change your strategy, change your tactics and change your circumstance!!! The sky IS changing.

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  Systematic Theology

  Paul Tillich

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  “A great voyage of discovery into a rich and deep, and inclusive...vision and understanding of human life in the presence of the mystery of God.” -- H. Richard Niebuhr, author of Christ and Culture   This is the first part of Paul Tillich's three-volume Systematic Theology, one of the most profound statements of the Christian message ever composed and the summation and definitive presentation of the theology of the most influential and creative American theologian of the twentieth century. In this path-breaking volume Tillich presents the basic method and statement of his system—his famous “correlation” of man's deepest questions with theological answers. Here the focus is on the concepts of being and reason. Tillich shows how the quest for revelation is integral to reason itself. In the same way a description of the inner tensions of being leads to the recognition that the quest for God is implied in finite being. Here also Tillich defines his thought in relation to philosophy and the Bible and sets forth his famous doctrine of God as the “Ground of Being.” Thus God is understood not as a being existing beside other beings, but as being-itself or the power of being in everything. God cannot be made into an object; religious knowledge is, therefore, necessarily symbolic.   “Beyond doubt the richest, most suggestive, and most challenging philosophical theology our day has produced.” --John Herman Randall Jr., author of The Making of the Modern Mind

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  Our History Their History Whose...

  Romila Thapar

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  An overview of nationalism and its impact on the study of history from one of India's most prominent historians.
  
  In this timely book, historian Romila Thapar delves into the complex world of nationalisms and its impact on the interpretations of the past and on the discipline of history itself. History, she expounds, is no mere collection of information and chronology and its purpose extends well beyond storytelling.
  
  Recognizing nationalism as a powerful force that gives rise to various narratives that provide ancestry to communities and shape the direction of societies, Thapar explores how, in India, two conflicting notions of nationalism have evolved and shaped the idea of the nation. Today, one such nationalistic theory claims the victimization of one religious community by another through centuries of 'misrule'. Such a claim willfully ignores ample evidence to the contrary to suit a particular political and ideological purpose. Thapar counters such attempts at misrepresentation by citing several historical instances of the nuanced interface and intermingling of cultures, as well as by showing how today's conflicts have their roots in the British colonial construction of India's history. She also addresses the recent controversy surrounding the deletions of sections of Indian history textbooks published by NCERT, the Indian educational council and suggests that the intention is more likely to be the promotion of a particular reading of history that conforms to the ideology of those in power.
  
  Engaging and thought-provoking, Our History, Their History, Whose History? invites readers to question the authenticity of historical narratives touted by one group of nationalists and it explores the clash between professional historians who study the past to understand our inherited present and fabricators who wield history for political gain.

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  The Witches of Scotland - True...

  Eliza Lynn Linton

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  Witch-hunting plagued much of Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but Scotland’s witch hunts were among the most severe. Combining eyewitness accounts with actual trial transcripts, British journalist Elizabeth Lynn Linton provides a fascinating glimpse into the black magic and fairy lore behind Scotland's infamous witch trials.

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