〓 Explore the Foundations of Western Philosophy! 〓 Delve into the profound insights of Plato's "The Republic", a timeless philosophical masterpiece that has shaped intellectual thought for centuries. This eBook presents an in-depth exploration of justice, governance, and the ideal society, making it an essential r...

The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAF's first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American Eagles and Polish units were amongst the Fighter Command squadrons flying the Hurricane, and where s...

FROM BEGINNER TO BLACK BELT Current, 2017 edition: REPLACES the obsolete "Close Combat" manual. All-new photograph illustrations - not the old version with line drawings. Important: this is a reflowable ebook, not a low-quality fixed-layout edition. Reflowable books adapt to your device and your settings for a super...

A comprehensive guide to the armed conflicts that have shaped our civilizations and our lives. Aggression. Disruption. Violence. Mortality. The components of war are familiar to us all, but it's often hard to understand how these battles throughout history continue to affect us today. The story of our world, from it...

This work offers a groundbreaking exploration of the urgent need for creativity and innovation in contemporary military thought. In an era characterised by the ceaseless flux of global dynamics, traditional paradigms of warfare have become increasingly obsolete. The pursuit of victory no longer lies in the fixation ...

This book is dedicated to MiG-23 ''Flogger'',the first variable-geometry fighter of Soviet Union.The book covers the complete history of that amazing aircraft from the design to various editions and improvements that through the years made it a very capable fighter equal to the Western machines,such as F-4 Phantom i...

This volume brings together specialists from a broad demographic and professional range – academics, museum curators, students, and content creators – to discuss case studies, challenges, and potential future avenues for public scholarship on the history, archaeology, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, North...

Mahmoud Darwish (1942–2008), recipient of France’s Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres medal, the Lotus Prize, and the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom, is widely considered Palestine’s most eminent poet. State of Siege was written while the poet himself was under siege in Ramallah during the Israeli invas...

A look at Adolf Hitler's residences and their role in constructing and promoting the dictator's private persona both within Germany and abroad. Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes...

Alexander McKee and Simon Girty were colonial British Indian agents who preferred to remain loyal to the government which had long employed them when the colonies decided to sever connections with the motherland. While serving at Fort Pitt as Pennsylvania Militia officers, McKee and Girty were suspected of being inv...

Most modern discussions of the relationship of biological sex to gender presuppose that there are two genders, male and female, founded on the two biological sexes. But not all cultures share this essentialist assumption, and even Western societies have not always embraced it. Bringing together historical and anthro...

Le Classcompilé n° 80 contient l'intégrale des mémoires du duc de Saint-Simon en 20 volumes. Le texte source a été contrôlé et corrigé le cas échéant pour cette édition numérique. Les illustrations et tableaux présents dans les volumes physiques ont été insérés dans cet ebook. Les renvois de pages ont été liés dynam...

"Synagogues of the First Century C.E.", by Dr Deslee Campbell, discusses all of the archaeological sites so far discovered in Israel that were in-use in that period. It notes how recent finds contest previous scholars' conclusions. Interestingly, these finds support the New Testament's information that synagogues we...

貨郎是古代賣雜貨的小販，他們挑著貨擔或推著獨輪車，走村串巷，手搖撥浪小鼓，並且以悠揚宛轉的吟唱，介紹商品樣式和用法，賣力推銷，藉以吸引婦女、孩童為主的顧客上門。 「畫琳瑯ー貨郎圖特展」除了陳列古代形形色色的貨郎圖，貨郎擔上琳瑯滿目的貨品，與舊時台灣流動商販吆喝「話玲瓏賣雜細」的鄉村文化，也有異曲同工之妙。展覽分成「畫...

In this book, aviation expert Chris Thomas - inspired to research Typhoons by his own father, who flew numerous raids in a Typhoon during World War 2 - extols the great importance of the Typhoon wings in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe. The Typhoon was the RAF's heavyweight fighter-bomber of choice to support ...

Tous les fronts dans un seul livre. Prix du livre d'histoire contemporaine 2024. Cet ouvrage est né d'un constat paradoxal. Si nous croulons a priori sous les livres portant sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il existe en réalité peu de grandes synthèses sur le sujet – et aucune de l'envergure de celle que propose Oliv...