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  Development of Nuclear Weapons...

  Charles River Editors

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  Tens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While the war raged in Europe and the Pacific, a dream team of Nobel Laureates was working on the Manhattan Project, a program kept so secret that Vice President Harry Truman didn’t know about it until he took the presidency after FDR’s death in April 1945.  
  The Manhattan Project would ultimately yield the “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” bombs that released more than 100 Terajoules of energy at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but as it turned out, the Axis were not far behind with their own nuclear weapons program. When the Nazis’ quest for a nuclear weapon began in earnest in 1939, no one really had a handle on how important nuclear weapons would prove to war and geopolitics, so the Germans were hesitant to expend resources on it. Moreover, they were hampered by the fact their policies had compelled Jewish scientists like Liz Meitner and Albert Einstein to flee before the war. 
  Although their project is typically overlooked given the American use of the bombs and then the Soviets following suit early on in the Cold War, the Japanese avidly pursued nuclear weapons as well. As with the Nazis, the lack of research and the general course of the war prevented them from making the necessary technological advancements that would result in a usable bomb.  
  	For their part, Stalin’s regime had been working on a nuclear weapons program since 1942, relying greatly upon successful Soviet espionage to help lead the way. With intelligence sources connected to the Manhattan Project, Stalin was able to keep abreast of the Allies’ progress toward creating an atomic bomb, so that by 1945, the Soviets already had a working blueprint of America’s first atomic bombs. 

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  The Library of Ancient Wisdom -...

  Selena Wisnom

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  A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity. The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned to the ground, and its contents, clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing, lay buried for thousands of years until a team of Victorian archaeologists discovered the remnants in modern-day Iraq. The clay had baked and hardened; the very fire that consumed the library had helped its texts to survive for millennia. In The Library of Ancient Wisdom, scholar Selena Wisnom, one of only a few hundred experts able to read cuneiform script today, guides us inside this important collection and, through its contents, brings ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life. Introducing us to Ashurbanipal and his family, scribes, astrologers, physicians, and more, Wisnom explores the library’s tablets and the details they divulge about how these ancient people thought about the world. Like us, they had concerns about job security, jealous rivalries, and profound friendships, and questions about the meaning of life. Wisnom ushers us into a world where magic was commonplace, where the gods spoke to you in dreams, and where the secrets of the universe were revealed through puns—taking us to the heart of what it means to be human. Offering a close look at a major historical landmark as well as a readable account of the world’s earliest civilizations, The Library of Ancient Wisdom lays bare the ideas, hopes, fears, and desires that survive on humble clay.

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  Medieval Bosnia: The Turbulent...

  Editors Charles River

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  Much has been written about Western intervention during the breakup of Yugoslavia, and whether it made matters worse, prevented worse atrocities, or was simply ineffective. In early 1992, however, what was clear was that Europe was hopelessly divided over the best course of action to take towards Yugoslavia, and after several years of fighting, the Bosnian War was one of the most violent conflagrations in Europe since the end of World War II.  
  That war had been the byproduct of centuries of tensions in the Balkans, and an attempt in the wake of World War I to redraw the political boundaries of Europe and the Middle East. That included forming the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, initially known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, a particularly fragile enterprise, and there was almost constant tension between the majority Serbs and the other Yugoslav nationalities, especially the Croats.  
  Depending on the source, many authors have focused on different catalysts for Yugoslavia’s demise, but Vesna Drapac may have succinctly summed the situation up when he wrote that by the end, the state “lacked a reason to exist.” There is certainly something in this sentiment, but the disintegration came at an enormous cost. 
  Given what happened in Yugoslavia, it should be little surprise that Bosnia did not have its fully-established borders until the 19th century, and even in modern times, in many respects the people distinguished and defined Bosnia as a polity more than its shifting borders, and regardless of whether Bosnia operated as an independent state or kingdom. It was during the Middle Ages that Bosnia’s culture and ethnic makeup truly began to coalesce, despite the politically rocky nature of the era in the Balkans. 

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  Safe Harbor - Navigating the...

  Well-Being Publishing

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  "Safe Harbor: Navigating the Depths of Trauma with Informed Therapy" is an essential guide for therapists, counselors, and anyone involved in the healing processes of trauma. This book offers an insightful exploration into the nature of trauma, its profound effects on the mind and body, and the principles of trauma-informed therapy. It provides detailed methodologies for effective intervention, including somatic approaches, attachment theory, and cognitive-behavioral strategies, along with the therapeutic use of narrative and expressive therapies. The guide also emphasizes the importance of self-care for therapists and looks forward to future advancements in trauma therapy. With its comprehensive coverage, "Safe Harbor" serves as a crucial resource, equipping professionals with the knowledge and tools to foster resilience and recovery in those experiencing trauma, ultimately acting as a beacon of hope and a safe harbor in the tumultuous journey of healing.

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  Herodotus: The Life and Legacy...

  Charles River Editors

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  An ancient Greek in a traveling cloak stood on the plain at Giza, in the shadow of the pyramids, and had many questions. He wanted to know how the great stones had been raised, how many men had labored on them and for how long, what the workers had eaten, and what the marks carved into the casing recorded. Egyptian priests gave him answers, an interpreter turned their words into Greek, and the traveler wrote everything down, the plausible and the fantastic side by side, because he had come a very long way to learn it. He had no intention of leaving anything out. 
  	His name was Herodotus, and he had come all the way from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, a harbor city on the coast of what is now southwestern Turkey. He lived in the mid-5th century B.C., decades after a coalition of Greek city-states had repulsed two invasions by the largest empire the world had yet produced, and he gave himself the task of explaining how those wars had come about. The book he made out of that task, the work now known as Histories, is the oldest history book that survives in the Western tradition. Almost everyone who studies the ancient world knows of Herodotus’s work, and almost no one knows anything about his life. 
  	That is the odd truth at the heart of any biography of Herodotus. He preserved the memory of kings, armies, and whole nations so that the passage of time might not blot them out, and the passage of time very nearly blotted him out instead. He is universally known as the “Father of History,” but what can be stated about his life with real confidence fills only a handful of sentences. He was born at Halicarnassus around 484 B.C. to a wealthy family that was probably aristocratic. A tyrant drove him into exile, so he spent years abroad, eventually traveling farther than almost any Greek of his generation. He lived for a time in Athens, joined a new colony in the west called Thurii, and died sometime around 425 B.C.

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  Unleash Your Reading Potential...

  Orson Vale

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