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  • Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676-1677
    Paul Otto / Verdis LeVar Robinson
    In the early seventeenth century, Virginia’s Chesapeake region saw the emergence of a multiracial society centered around the profitable tobacco industry. While Native Americans, free and enslaved Africans, and Europeans coexisted and interacted, a hierarchical order formed with a small elite planting class, led by Governor William Berkeley, wielding power over land, labor, and...
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    39,05 €

  • The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
    A. N. Kuropatkin
    The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishin...
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    25,07 €

  • The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
    A. N. Kuropatkin
    The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishin...
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    25,46 €

  • The Silk Road
    Billy Wellman
    Journey on the Silk Road, and discover trade, cultures, and adventures from the ancient world!Step onto the fabled Silk Road, an epic network of ancient trade routes that spanned thousands of miles and linked the East and West for centuries. In The Silk Road, embark on a captivating voyage through time and terrain, where cultures converged, goods flowed, and history unfolded.Th...
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    21,03 €

  • Taipan Snake Pit
    Michael Guard
    TAIPAN SNAKE PIT discloses the tribulations of the Vietnam helicopter war, and provides deeply moving insight into the lives of those crewman who routinely flew combat assault missions. Written in narrative non-fiction, the book reveals the rarely told account of air to ground combat exposed for the first time to their mortality. In 1969 sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll dominated mo...
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    20,72 €

  • Troublemakers
    Rebekah Brewster
    Sometimes the only way to do right is to do wrong. Sometimes the only way to change the rules is to break them. Sometimes the only way to save lives is to disrupt them. These are true stories of people who broke the rules to protect the ones they loved. ...
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    11,85 €

  • The Creole Incident
    John Hyde Barnard
    The Creole Incident was more than a simple conspiracy of nineteen individuals seeking their freedom. The layers of history surrounding this event conceal a careful, step-by-step process of subterfuge, cunning and boldness taken by a select group of individuals who acted in concert to save the Union from the domination of slavocracy. The Creole Incident reveals an undeniable lin...
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    19,01 €

  • The Vote Collectors, Second Edition
    Michael Graff / Nick Ochsner
    In November 2018, Baptist preacher Mark Harris beat the odds, narrowly fending off a blue wave in the sprawling Ninth District of North Carolina. But word soon got around that something fishy was going on in rural Bladen County. At the center of the mess was a local political operative named McCrae Dowless. Dowless had learned the ins and outs of the absentee ballot system from...
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    28,88 €

  • 逍遙聖人--熊競超Blog
    Xiong Jingchao / 熊競超
    本書是輯錄作者熊競超開始籌備《大同世界文化中心》以來所寫的文章,從2022年六月開始,他開始在舊金山唐人街活動,發覺人們並不知道什麼是大同。故此,他決定寫點文章,以修身、齊家、治國平天下的方式,先籌建舊金山灣區家園,注冊為機構,出書加以解釋。幾個月後,《舊金山灣區家園》出版,同時英文版以AUTOMATED ERA的名稱,增添了一些內容,在美國出版此書。為了推廣大同世界的價值觀與管理架構,他寫信及傳真游說美國各級議會的議員立法,但是沒有效果。他還與台灣的一些政黨溝通,卻無法建立聯繫。為此他決定自己競選加州的州參議員,以推動大同家園的成長。《逍遙聖人--熊競超Blog》記錄著壹年來,他的思想變化,圍繞著介紹大同世界文化的內容,他還把消失兩千多年的百越民族構建出來,規劃東亞家園聯盟以和平演變共產主義造成的災難。讀了他的文章,可以了解一下聖賢的成長過程,見證...
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    33,24 €

  • Honoring Native Warriors
    Gary Robinson
    This exhaustive examination of American Indian service in the United States military includes a history of that service from the Revolutionary War to modern times and an in-depth look at Native America 'Code Talkers' in WWI and WWII. It also includes links to documentary films produced by the author that can be viewed on the Internet. ...
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    30,12 €

  • Convict Australia
    Jennifer Twemlow
    Where is the missing fortune that James Dingle and his convict crew stole in a huge bank heist in 1828 that equates to about 20 million dollars by today’s standards? How did a small group of convicts manage to steal a leaky ship and sail halfway across the world? How did Joseph Samuels become the man they couldn’t hang? From astonishing escapes to tragic shipwrecks, piratical s...
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    20,27 €

  • Li Dazhao
    Patrick Fuliang Shan
    Biography of a major figure in modern Chinese history. ...
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    126,71 €

  • The Origins of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics
    Martin Svensson Ekström
    Explores how China’s oldest poetry collection was interpreted in a Confucian exegetical text-the Mao Commentary-in the mid-second century BCE. ...
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    125,96 €

  • Tragedy and Triumph
    Christopher Feldt
    These mountains have their stories. All deal with the relationship between man, his relationship to the earth, and his cohabitation with others. Thousands of years before the Europeans found their way to the New World, pre-tribal Indians hunted the backbones of nascent mountains, using the atlatl and other weapons to harvest food. Thousands of years later still, their tribal ...
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    22,16 €

  • Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Across Faulkner County, Arkansas
    Bob O Crossman
    After twenty years of effort by the Heritage Trail Partners, and Arkansas Senator John Boozman, in December of 2022, the US Congress established this route as The Butterfield National Historic Trail. That historic decision brings up the task of determining exactly where that trail crossed Faulkner County. This book outlines the two year process the author followed to determine ...
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    25,90 €

  • Honoring Native Warriors
    Gary Robinson
    This compilation of the author’s previous works includes a history of American Indian service in the US military, an examination of the code talkers of WWI and WWII, plus links to documentaries produced by the author, and profiles and interviews with Native American men and women who served. ...
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    45,45 €

  • The Breath Of Life
    John Burroughs
    'The Breath of Life' is a 1915 book by American naturalist John Burroughs. It contains a number of essays related to his observations as he travelled around New England. Beautifully written and thought provoking, 'The Breath of Life' will appeal to lovers of nature writing. John Burroughs (1837 - 1921) was an American naturalist, essayist, and active member of the U.S. conserva...
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    14,33 €

  • Great Epochs in American History, Volume I - Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations
    Francis W. Halsey
    Schoolboys have been taught from their earliest years that Columbus discovered America. Few events in prehistoric times seem more probable now than that Columbus was not the first to discover it. The importance of his achievement over that of others lay in his own faith in his success, in his definiteness of purpose, and in the fact that he awakened in Europe an interest in the...
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    15,40 €

  • CHOSEN VESSELS
    Dr. Elizabeth Branch / Elizabeth Grady Branch
     Part 1 introduces CHOSEN VESSELS: PROMOTING THE UNITY OF AMERICA’S PROMISES BEFORE THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. I started our project by sharing and exploring a bit of historical information passed down through schooling, informally or formally.  Chapters 1-14 consist of lived experiences and real life 'learnings.' Quotes, discussions, conversations, primary firsthand and researche...
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    22,11 €

  • Tracy
    Cyclone Tracy demolished Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory when it struck during the night of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning, 1974. Over almost ten hours the small, intense, but slow-moving weather system left a swathe of destruction across the entire town. Few buildings escaped.Sixty-six people died, many of them on vessels which put to sea, while many hundreds we...
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    27,26 €

  • Indigenous Data Sovereignty
    Megan Dennis
    Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Empowering Indigenous Communities in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking exploration of the importance of Indigenous Data Sovereignty in the digital era, covering key concepts, challenges, and opportunities while providing practical guidance and inspiring case studies. This comprehensive book is a compelling call to action, urging readers to support...
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    103,88 €

  • History of American Abolitionism - From 1787 to 1861
    F. G. De Fontaine
    'The following pages originally appeared in the NEW YORK HERALD, of February 2d, 1861. By request, they have been reproduced in their present shape, with the view of preserving, in a form more compact than that of a newspaper, the valuable facts embraced. Without an extensive range of research it is almost impossible to acquire the information which is thus compiled, and, at th...
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    12,08 €

  • Temple in the Sand
    Marjorie Vernelle
    Seti I is most frequently known as the father of Ramesses II, but in fact, he was a great pharaoh himself, though with a relatively short reign of just eleven years. A great warrior king, a strategic thinker, and a man who knew the life of the ordinary people, he was an extraordinary ruler. His brand was excellence, and he used that in many forms to win his people to a king who...
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    15,90 €

  • Temple in the Sand
    Marjorie Vernelle
    Seti I is most frequently known as the father of Ramesses II, but in fact, he was a great pharaoh himself, though with a relatively short reign of just eleven years. A great warrior king, a strategic thinker, and a man who knew the life of the ordinary people, he was an extraordinary ruler. His brand was excellence, and he used that in many forms to win his people to a king who...
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    23,85 €

  • Death by Socialism
    J. M. Rock
    This book is a philosophical and pragmatic insight into the methods and disguises of socialism. It offers a set of remedies and an urgent call-to-action in response to the unique forms of socialism evolving today within the United States. The book combines historical and economic truths with a scientific approach to analyzing the tenets and the tragedy of socialism. Every year,...
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    15,00 €

  • Blowing up Ukraine
    Michael Stanchev / Yuri Felshtinsky
    Blowing up Ukraine is a first history of democracy in Ukraine since 1991 and the lethal methods Russia has used over a quarter of a century to regain Ukraine as a vazal state - culminating in a full-blown unprovoked war in 2022 and mounting war crimes. Over twenty years, the Kremlin skilfully manipulated Ukraine’s self-serving politicians and oligarchs, only to be thwarted time...
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    23,70 €

  • Mexico and Her People of To-day
    Nevin Otto Winter
    'Many books have been written about Mexico, but several of the best works were written a quarter of a century ago and are now out of print. This fact and the developments of the past few years leads the author to believe that there is a field for another book on that most interesting country; a book that should present in readable form reliable information concerning the custom...
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    19,78 €

  • The American Empire
    Scott Nearing
    The American Empire is a book written by Scott Nearing, an American economist and social activist, that explores the growth and impact of American capitalism.In this book, Nearing argues that the American Empire, characterized by its expansive economic and military power, has been built through the exploitation of labor and natural resources both domestically and abroad. He exa...
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    17,76 €

  • The Flag Revelation
    Christopher Maddish
    Unlock the hidden secrets of America’s soul inside the 50 American state flagsSome people may look at all 50 American state flags and see an amazing collection of US history woven in. But have you ever wondered if there’s more to America’s state flags than meets the eye? Beyond the colorful designs, a hidden realm awaits, where flags hold the keys to stories you never knew exis...
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    30,19 €

  • From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond
    Dave Markward
    Journey from the Heartland to the Heart of Racial Understanding: A True Story of Insight and Transformation. Embark on a transformative journey with Dave Markward as he transitions from an upbringing in an almost exclusively white community to a life enriched by diversity in From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond: My Journey to Understand Racism in America.Intertwining Dave’s persona...
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    24,24 €