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Télécharger le livre :  Land of Tears
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Land of Tears


Robert Harms


A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa In just three decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the heart of Africa was utterly transformed. Virtually closed to outsiders for centuries, by the early 1900s the rainforest...

Parution : 2019-12-03
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Télécharger le livre :  America for Americans
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America for Americans


Erika Lee


This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist) The United States is known as a nation of...

Parution : 2019-11-26
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Télécharger le livre :  The Little Ice Age
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The Little Ice Age


Brian Fagan


Only in the last decade have climatologists developed an accurate picture of yearly climate conditions in historical times. This development confirmed a long-standing suspicion: that the world endured a 500-year cold snap -- The Little Ice Age -- that lasted roughly...

Parution : 2019-11-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Walter Ralegh
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Walter Ralegh


Alan Gallay


From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English EmpireSir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He...

Parution : 2019-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Are Men Animals?
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Are Men Animals?


Matthew Gutmann


"Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigatesWhy do men behave the way they do? Is it their male brains? Surging testosterone? From vulgar locker-room talk to mansplaining to sexual harassment, society is...

Parution : 2019-11-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Barrio America
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Barrio America


A. K. Sandoval-Strausz


The compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities. We are commonly told that it was a "creative class" of young...

Parution : 2019-11-12
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Télécharger le livre :  The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll  Ever Need
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need


Arlen Sue Fox , Ellen Karsh


From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writingWritten by two expert authors who have won secured millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need is the classic book on grant seeking, providing a...

Parution : 2019-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Give Me Liberty
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Give Me Liberty


Richard Brookhiser


An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of thirteen essential documentsNationalism is inevitable: It supplies feelings of belonging, identity, and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But...

Parution : 2019-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  The Accursed Tower
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The Accursed Tower


Roger Crowley


From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a...

Parution : 2019-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  The Other Side of Sadness
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The Other Side of Sadness


George A. Bonanno


In this thoroughly revised and updated classic, a renowned psychologist shows that mourning is far from predictable, and all of us share a surprising ability to be resilientThe conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial,...

Parution : 2019-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  The Mutual Admiration Society
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The Mutual Admiration Society


Mo Moulton


A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights Dorothy L. Sayers is now famous for her Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane detective series, but she was equally well known during her life for...

Parution : 2019-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Heirs of an Honored Name
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Heirs of an Honored Name


Douglas R Egerton


An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation's first political dynastyJohn and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams...

Parution : 2019-10-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Dreams of El Dorado
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Dreams of El Dorado


H. W. Brands


From the New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West – from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our...

Parution : 2019-10-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Music
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Music


Ted Gioia


"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created...

Parution : 2019-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  The First Cell
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The First Cell


Azra Raza


With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience of When Breath Becomes Air, a world-class oncologist examines the current state of cancer and its devastating impact on the individuals it affects -- including herself.In...

Parution : 2019-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  The Story Factor
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The Story Factor


Annette Simmons


Fully revised, updated, and expanded, this modern classic will teach you to use the art of storytelling to persuade, motivate, and inspire in life and businessAnyone seeking to influence others must first know their own story, and how to tell it properly. Whether you're...

Parution : 2019-10-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Double Crossed
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Double Crossed


Matthew Avery Sutton


The untold story of the Christian missionaries who played a crucial role in the allied victory in World War II What makes a good missionary makes a good spy. Or so thought "Wild" Bill Donovan when he secretly recruited a team of religious activists for the Office of...

Parution : 2019-09-24
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Télécharger le livre :  The Irony of Modern Catholic History
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The Irony of Modern Catholic History


George Weigel


A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectualsThroughout much of the nineteenth century, both secular and Catholic leaders assumed that the Church and the modern world were locked in a battle...

Parution : 2019-09-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Mad in America
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Mad in America


Robert Whitaker


An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recoverySchizophrenics in the United States currently fare...

Parution : 2019-09-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Conceptual Blockbusting
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Conceptual Blockbusting


James L. Adams


A thoroughly revised edition of the classic on creativity, essential for individuals and teams who want to think outside the box.Some people are naturally creative and others aren't, right? Wrong. In this classic book on creativity, James Adams takes a unique approach...

Parution : 2019-09-03
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