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"The Strenuous Life" is a collection of essays and speeches by American President Theodore Roosevelt including the title speech 'The Strenuous Life' in which he argues that strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of the nation. Also included are the following essays and speeches: Expansion And Peace, Latitude And Longitude Among Reformers, Fellow-Feeling As A Political Factor, Civic Helpfulness,...
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Thirty years have passed since Cornel West's book “Race Matters” rose to the top of the bestseller lists in 1993. Yet his book remains as relevant as ever to American culture-even more so, if one considers its influence on contemporary racial justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, prison justice, and the fight for police reform. Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope looks back to the original 1993 text and forward into the future of racial...
3) History of New York State: A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About
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Explore the history of New York State, the Empire State!
Do you know the WHOLE story of the State of New York, from the first human inhabitants to the years it was a Dutch colony? The state produced four presidents, was the first in many areas, and created its own state of mind.
What made New York into the state it has become? Was there something unique about Manhattan Island? Was there something about the people that made them so successful? Why...
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An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics
In “The Performer”, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than on words. Sennett is particularly attuned to the ways in which the rituals of ordinary life are performances.
The book draws...
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Le 8 janvier 2020, le vol 752 d'Ukraine International Airlines reliant Téhéran à Kiev s'écrase six minutes après le décollage entraînant la mort des 176 passagers et membres d'équipage. Ce crash survient dans un contexte de tensions extrêmes entre l'Iran et les États-Unis.
À travers l'histoire de sa cousine Niloufar Sadr, présente sur ce vol, Négar Djavadi relate cette tragédie. Traumatisme national, la chute du PS752 est l'un des événements...
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“Peace in the US Republic of Letters, 1840-1900” explores the early peace movement as it captured the imagination of leading writers. The book charts the rise of the peace cause from its sources in the works of William Penn and John Woolman, through the founding of the first peace societies in 1815 and the mid-century peace congresses, to the postbellum movement's consequential emphasis on arbitration. The Civil War is the central axis for the...
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Did you know that Egyptians mummified beef ribs for their dearly departed to enjoy in the afterlife? That Roman gladiators were relegated to a vegan diet of grains and beans? That the fast-food hamburger was a result of a postwar, high-efficiency work ethic? This is not a cookbook; instead, How Would You Like Your Mammoth? is a chronological journey through the culinary history of humankind, with fifty short, snackable essays packed to the brim with...
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In the Editor's Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there...
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Josephine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Terezia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Recamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Josephine and Terezia shed the underwear cages and massive, rigid garments that women had been obliged to wear for centuries....
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Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside.
Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a passenger on the train with her family. They spent their final moments together on the platform in Auschwitz before their horrific fates were sealed. Sara's mother and baby brothers were sent straight to...
13) American Flygirl
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In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot's license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling...
14) El arte de amar
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Gratis por lanzamiento!
-En español neutro, narración humana-
El Arte de amar (en latín, Ars amatoria) es un poema didáctico escrito por el poeta romano Ovidio. Escrito en latín y publicado entre los años 2 a. C. y 2 d. C. consta de tres libros o cantos en los que facilita una serie de consejos sobre las relaciones amorosas: dónde encontrar mujeres, cómo cortejarlas, cómo conquistarlas, cómo mantener el amor, cómo recuperarlo, cómo...
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Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome, Julian fought to return Rome to the old gods who had led his ancestors to build their vast empire.
As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving...
16) Founding Fathers: Biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben
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This audiobook includes biographies on the following men: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
The Founding Fathers of the United States led the American Revolution against the Kingdom of Great Britain. Most were descendants of colonists settled in the Thirteen Colonies in North America.
Historian Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin...
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When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age-until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest.
Christina Crawford's book was an immediate bestseller, combining the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse with the draw of Hollywood drama.
But when Paramount Pictures released the film version, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was panned, and it remains one of the...
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