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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 11:43pm CEST
The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity (Studies in the History of Sexuality) By George L. Mosse
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 1998-10-08 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0195126602 | PDF | 13.8 MB
What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has our notion of masculinity changed over the years? In this book, noted historian George L. Mosse provides the first historical account of the masculine stereotype in modern Western culture, tracing the evolution of the idea of manliness to reveal how it came to embody physical beauty, courage, moral restraint, and a strong will...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 11:36pm CEST
Antisemitism in America By Leonard Dinnerstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 1995 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 019510112X | PDF | 25.6 MB
Is antisemitism on the rise in America? Did the "hymietown" comment by Jesse Jackson and the Crown Heights riot signal a resurgence of antisemitism among blacks? The surprising answer to both questions, according to Leonard Dinnerstein, is no--Jews have never been more at home in America...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 11:12pm CEST
Herbert A. Grueber "Handbook of the coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum"
London: Printed by of the Trustees of the British Museum | 1899 | English | djvu | pages 397 | 31,4 Mb
Собрание монет Англии, Шотландии и Ирландии, охватывает период от англо-саксонских монет до времен королевы Виктории (600-1899 гг.) из фондов Британского музея. Издание содержит 64 фотопластины с изображением...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 10:46pm CEST
Janson Hector Carlos "Amonedacion de la Republica Argentina 1881-2007"
Buenos Aires | 2008 | Spanish | PDF | pages 75 | 9.63 Mb
Каталог монет Республики Аргентина выпушенных с 1881 по 2007 гг. Данный каталог выпускается регулярно. Дана стоимость монет на различные степени сохранности.
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 10:14pm CEST
Robert Hinde and Joseph Rotblat"War No More Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age"
Publisher: Pluto Press 2003 | 238 Pages | ISBN: 0745321917 | PDF | 1 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:50pm CEST
The Hitler Youth 1933-45 (Warrior)
Osprey Publishing; (March 28, 2006) | ISBN: 184176874X | 114 pages | PDF | 25 Mb
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.,."does a fine job in all aspects, the art is well done, the detail is fantastic, and the information, regarding a subject that could be seen as so tought as to be difficult, fairly done." -Alex Ness, "popthought.com"
.,."an informative study of the youth arm of the Nazi part." -"Military Trader
""The Hitler Youth was not the same as other youth movements during the same period. No other youth movement at that time pushed their wards into front line combat... Dearn's use of photographs in the book is very well done...provides the reader a good introduction to the Hitler Youth and a firm base to support more in-depth study if desired." -Sergeant Gary I H Kett CD MA, "Canadian Army Journal "(Summer 2006)
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:49pm CEST
J.Remick, S.James, A.Dowle, P.Finn "British Commonwealth coins 1649-1971"
Lindsay | 1971 | English | PDF | pages 568 | 50.73 Mb
Подробный каталог монет английских колоний.
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:45pm CEST
Michael Johnson"American Indians of the Southeast "
Publisher:Reed International Books Ltd. 1995 | 48 Pages | ISBN: 1855325667 | PDF | 15.8 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 9:15pm CEST
Peter Pantzer, "Was ist was?, Bd.94, Samurai: Ritter des Fernen Ostens"
Tessloff Verlag | 2006 | ISBN: 3788606363 | 48 pages | PDF | 26,4 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:59pm CEST
Arthur Goldschmidt, Arthur Goldscmidt "Concise Hist Middle East 7e, Vol. 7"
Westview Press | 2001-07 | ISBN: 0813338859 | 504 pages | PDF | 36 MB
This new edition of Arthur Goldschmidt's well-researched history includes a refined discussion of the life and mission of the Prophet Muhammad, updated scholarship on the 19th-20th century Persia/Iran, as well as clarification and exploration of the aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:58pm CEST
Rethinking Architectural Historiography By Dana Arnold
Publisher: Routledge 2006-10-24 | 251 Pages | ISBN: 041536082X | PDF | 3.1 MB
Rather than subscribing to a single position, this collection informs the reader about the current state of the discipline looking at changes across the broad field of methodological, theoretical and geographical plurality. Divided into three sections, "Rethinking Architectural Historiography" begins by renegotiating foundational and contemporary boundaries of architectural history in relation to other fields, such as art history and archaeology...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:55pm CEST
Rome, Season One: History Makes Television
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell | ISBN: 1405167769 | edition 2008 | PDF | 272 pages | 1,50 mb
Rome, Season One: History Makes Television examines the first season of the HBO-BBC collaboration, Rome, in a collection of thought-provoking essays by some of the world’s most influential scholars in the fields of classical antiquity and popular culture.
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:42pm CEST
Plutarch Lives, VI: Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus
Publisher: Loeb Classical Library | ISBN: 0674991095 | edition 1954 | PDF | 496 pages | 16,0mb
Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 , was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:40pm CEST
Luftwaffe Squadrons 1939-45: The Spellmount Aircraft Identification Guide By Chris Bishop
Publisher: Spellmount Publishers Ltd 2006 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1862273308 | PDF | 33 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:40pm CEST
Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs By Len Masterman
Publisher: Routledge 1987-05-18 | 152 Pages | ISBN: 041503700X | PDF | 1.1 MB
Roland Barthes wrote Mythologies between 1954 and 1956. His sharp and elegant studies of such aspects of popular culture as striptease, wrestling, toys, tourist guides, etc., were produced at a time when most of the contributors to this volume were still at school. Such is the insularity of British culture that Mythologies was not translated into English until 1972....
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:36pm CEST
Hitler's U-Boat Bases By Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press 2002 | 198 Pages | ISBN: 0750926066 | PDF | 30 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:26pm CEST
In the Shadow of the Swastika: Life in Germany Under the Nazis 1933-1945 By Matthew Seligman, Elizabeth Hurren, John McDonald, Matthew S. Seligmann
Publisher: Spellmount Publishers Ltd 2003 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 1862272042 | PDF | 62 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:21pm CEST
Operation Nemesis. Die Türkei, Deutschland und der Völkermord an den Armeniern
Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH | ISBN: 3462034685 | edition 2005 | PDF | 351 pages | 1,95 mb
Juni 1921 wird das Berliner Landgericht zum Schauplatz eines Pro-zesses, der die Welt aufrüttelt. Der Angeklagte hat den Verant-wortlichen für den Völkermord an den Armeniern, den ehemaligen türkischen Großwesir...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:13pm CEST
Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers War 1914-1918 By Peter Barton, Peter Doyle, Johan Vandewalle
Publisher: Spellmount Publishers Ltd 2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 186227357X | PDF | 60 MB
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:11pm CEST
The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | ISBN: 0742551725 | edition 2007 | PDF | 320 pages | 1,40 mb
From the establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the fall of Richmond in 1865, the James River has been instrumental in the formation of modern America. Over the course...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 8:08pm CEST
Edward J. Petuch, Charles Roberts. "The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas"
Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press | 2007 | ISBN: 9781420045581 | 250 pages | PDF | 6 Mb
Painting a complete picture of the history of the Everglades, The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas brings together theperspectives of various geoscientists to provides an overview of the geology, paleontology, and paleoceanography of the Everglades region.
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 7:58pm CEST
Teaching from the Heart and Soul: The Robert F. Panara Story
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press | ISBN: 156368358X | edition 2007 | PDF | 232 pages | 1,37 mb
The Sixth Volume in the Deaf Lives Series Robert F. Panara lost his hearing from spinal meningitis in 1931 at the age of ten. However, he could read and write, and...
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 7:43pm CEST
Ethan Bier. "The Coiled Spring: How Life Begins"
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | 2000 | ISBN: 0879695625 | 273 pages | PDF | 5 Mb
Since the beginnings of conscious thought, human beings have looked with wonder at the world around them. Perhaps the most significant part of the development of consciousness was self-awareness, and with it came the profoundest of biological questions: “Where did I come from?”
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 7:22pm CEST
Squadron Signal-Walk Around-B-52 Stratofortress
Squadron/Signal Publications | ISBN :0897473582 | 1996 | PDF | 82 pages | 19.0 MB | RS.com
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Posted: April 9th, 2009, 7:16pm CEST
Persians: An Introduction By Maria Brosius
Publisher: Routledge 2006-05-01 | 217 Pages | ISBN: 0415320895 | PDF | 5.6 MB
The Persians provides a comprehensive introduction for the student and general reader interested in the history of the three dynasties of Pre-Islamic Iran, the Achaemenids, the Arsacids (or Parthians), and the Sasanians, covering the period from c. 700 BC to c. AD 650...
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