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  • The Riddle of the Jews’ Success
    Theodor Fritsch
    Jewish power derives from Jewish money. But how do Jews become so wealthy? What, exactly, is the secret to their remarkable success? Over 100 years ago, a prominent German critic of the Jews, Theodor Fritsch, began to closely observe Jewish business practices and methods, with the aim of truly understanding how this foreigner on German land could manage to acquire so much wealt...
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    19,06 €

  • The Final Solution
    Gerald Reitlinger
    The Final Solution, first published in 1953, is an authoritative account of the Nazi’s systematic plan to exterminate Jews (and other groups) in the 1930s until the end of World War II in 1945. The book traces the beginnings of the Holocaust and the Nazi pogroms against the Jews-the Nuremburg Laws, the Week of Broken Glass, the ghettos and deportations-to the extermination camp...
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    25,84 €

  • In the Shadow of the Golden Thirteen
    Gerald A. Collins
    In 1970, Elmo Zumwalt became the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). At forty-nine, he was the youngest CNO to that time in United States Navy history. A search of the many quotes attributed to the admiral revealed a remark, from Edmund Burke, which said, 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'Many African Americans who served in the aftermath o...
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    18,42 €

  • The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem and the Fall of Masada
    Alfred J. Church / Brian Hirsch
    'For those seeking a heroic story, an expression of idealism, self-sacrifice, and resistance against tyranny, the story of the fall of Jerusalem and Masada remain two of history’s epic events.' - from the new introduction.A dramatic and engrossing English prose retelling of the story of two pivotal events on Jewish history-the sieges of Jerusalem and Masada during the Roman-Jew...
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    22,12 €

  • Prison as a Mirror of Society
    Klára Pinerová / Kristýna Haluzíková Bušková / Michal Louč
    Socialist prisons have always been associated with repression, violence and bullying of political prisoners. However, our book shows something very surprising. The Czechoslovak prison system had been undergoing radical changes since the 1950s. New tendencies were promoted in various periods that aligned with the social and political situation. The prison system as a whole was n...
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    41,46 €

  • Boudica
    History Nerds
    Boudica, Queen of the Iceni is a name that many have heard in passing. Thrown into horrific circumstances at the hands of the Romans, we trace the steps of Boudica as she stands up to an Empire and ultimatly lays down her life for revenge and freedom. Delve into the captivating story of one of history’s most iconic warrior queens, Boudica, as she rises against the Roman Empire...
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    8,20 €

  • The Paradise Paradox
    James Peterson
    From large-scale conflicts to our own private search for meaning, the quest for Paradise lies at the heart of human anxiety. We see it in the religious conflicts of the Middle East, the imperial ambitions of Russia, the Marxist promise of the Workers’ Paradise, and in Western progressive dreams of perfected societies. Wherever we look, this seductive promise of Paradise drives ...
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    23,31 €

  • As We Remember
    Najmah Thomas
    This book documents the remarkable story of a Woman’s Relief Corps (WRC) chapter in Beaufort, South Carolina. The WRC is a national organization established as an official auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. A Woman’s Relief Corps post has existed in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina, in various forms since 1892 when GAR Post David Hunter No. 9 was est...
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    29,54 €

  • As We Remember
    Najmah Thomas
    This book documents the remarkable story of a Woman’s Relief Corps (WRC) chapter in Beaufort, South Carolina. The WRC is a national organization established as an official auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. A Woman’s Relief Corps post has existed in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina, in various forms since 1892 when GAR Post David Hunter No. 9 was est...
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    39,93 €

  • 'A Link in the Great American Chain'
    Ira Robinson
    This book collects Robinson’s articles on the development of the Orthodox Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a first attempt to deal comprehensively with the story of Cleveland Orthodox Judaism, and presents events, persons, and institutions of great importance to the community’s historical development. ...
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    200,95 €

  • The Issei of the Salinas Valley
    Mae Sakesagawa
    In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which ordered 120,000 Japanese/Japanese Americans to be compulsorily incarcerated in concentration camps (often referred to as war relocation camps) during World War II. This evacuation affected all Japanese Americans and Japanese living on the West Coast, including men, women, children, the elderly, and the ...
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    47,42 €

  • President Ronald Reagan
    Jensen Cox
    Ronald Reagan is overwhelmingly elected president of the United States on November 4, 1980. It’s an avalanche: jimmy carter, the outgoing president and a democrat, who was running for re-election, suffers a humiliation as Ronnie, as his friends refer to him, wins in 45 of the 50 states. Despite the odds, Reagan’s election to the white house was greeted with surprise: a former H...
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    31,79 €

  • Giants and Dwarfs
    Edward J. Wood
    Discover the world of Giants and Dwarfs in this revised and first illustrated edition of the classic 1868 book by Edward J. Wood. This fascinating and rare collection of accounts brings to life both mythical and many historical figures, including the infamous Gogmagog and Polyphemus. Explore the chapter entitled 'Bible Dwarfs' featuring the biblical hybrid giants known as the N...
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    30,16 €

  • Black Men Who Have Made A Difference
    Minnie L. Ransom
    These brave and resilient modern men such as George Floyd, Tyler Perry, President Barack Obama, Steve Harvey, Mahammad Ali, standing on the shoulders of men like Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Jackie Robinson, Dr. Ralph Bunch, Bill Pickett, Dr. Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshall, Elijah McCoy, Benjamin Banneker, and many more of our past who in the face of adversity and ine...
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    25,41 €

  • Black Men Who Have Made A Difference
    Minnie L. Ransom
    These brave and resilient modern men such as George Floyd, Tyler Perry, President Barack Obama, Steve Harvey, Mahammad Ali, standing on the shoulders of men like Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Jackie Robinson, Dr. Ralph Bunch, Bill Pickett, Dr. Charles Drew, Thurgood Marshall, Elijah McCoy, Benjamin Banneker, and many more of our past who in the face of adversity and ine...
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    18,92 €

  • The 7 Deadly Myths
    Alex Ryvchin
    Investigating the diabolical conspiracy theories behind antisemitism and uncovering the villains who created them, The 7 Deadly Myths reveals where antisemitism comes from, how it is used, and how it can be defeated.  ...
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    172,89 €

  • The 7 Deadly Myths
    Alex Ryvchin
    Investigating the diabolical conspiracy theories behind antisemitism and uncovering the villains who created them, The 7 Deadly Myths reveals where antisemitism comes from, how it is used, and how it can be defeated.  ...
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    18,88 €

  • Summary of The Oqual Cycle
    Amjad Farooq
    This book is a summary of The oqual Cycle without an in-depth analysis. Briefly, almost every nation today is teetering on the brink of a societal meltdown as it finds itself in the midst of a sociopolitical upheaval, the like of which has not hitherto been witnessed in our lifetime.Yet, hardly anyone realizes that like a winter that returns every year, such a concerted turmo...
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    16,70 €

  • Cleophas Williams My Life Story in the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10
    Cleophas Williams
    Cleophas Williams tells the reader of his significant and historic journey in his own words. His story includes his early years in rural Camden, Arkansas, his arrival in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his rise in the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10, within the greater context of the Black liberation movement. 'Cleophas Williams My Life Story in t...
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    28,23 €

  • Strikers
    Jane Staff
    Much has been written about the beautiful game of football and, to paraphrase Bill Shankly, for some, football is more serious than life and death.The 1926 General Strike in Britain and the impact on coal mining communities, has been researched thoroughly and has, rightly, highlighted the deprivation, famine, and hardships endured. Here we find the official minutes, written con...
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    17,49 €

  • War Stuff
    Joan Cashin / Maria Bykova
    In this prize-winning work on the American Civil War, Joan E. Cashin explores the struggle between armies and civilians over the human and environmental resources necessary to wage war. This war 'stuff' included the skills of white Southern civilians, as well as such material resources as food, timber,and housing. At first, civilians were willing to help Confederate or Union ...
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    40,99 €

  • WHAT JERUSALEM MEANS TO US
    Saliba Sarsar / Yael S. Aronoff
    WHAT JERUSALEM MEANS TO US: JEWISH PERSPECTIVES AND REFLECTIONS Jerusalem is a distinctive city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their adherents. It is equally special for Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians, having been their home for decades, if not centuries and millennia.What Jerusalem Means to Us: Jewish Perspectives and Reflections addresses the intimate and...
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    29,67 €

  • Remembering Spain
    Joshua Newmark
    This collection, selected from the pages of the magazine of the International Brigade Memorial Trust, explores different aspects of British and Irish solidarity with Spanish democracy and the fight against fascism during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), along with the legacy of that struggle up to the present day. It brings together first-hand accounts and contributions from ...
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    43,57 €

  • Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O
    Elizabeth Aldrich
    An 'all-you-can-eat' tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved. ...
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    120,95 €

  • Darwin
    Derek Pugh
    The last decade of the nineteenth century was a tough time for South Australia’s Top End settlement of Palmerston. The major industries of mining, pastoralism, and agriculture suffered from downturn, disease and distance. The South Australians had had enough of their ’white elephant’ and, when Palmerston blew away in the Great Hurricane of 1897, the calls for the Northern Terri...
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    33,17 €

  • 1717-2017 Druide
    Jean-Claude Cappelli
    La tradition des druides historiques était strictement orale. Elle n’a donc pas pu se transmettre intégralement jusqu’à nos jours. Pourtant, en 1717, un nouveau courant de pensée, prétendant s’en inspirer, allait tout de même surgir, en Angleterre, à Londres, avec la fondation du Druid Order, par John Toland, philosophe irlandais, disciple de Spinoza. Mais qu’avait donc à voir ...
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    45,13 €

  • Saddle Up & Color
    Sharon Willis
    Greetings and welcome to our coloring book collection celebrating the beauty and strength of African Americans and their history in the rodeo Arena! As a designer, I am thrilled to share with you the story of my upbringing and the inspiration behind our latest series.Growing up in the small town of Okmulgee, Oklahoma I was fortunate to be surrounded by a rich African American c...
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    22,82 €

  • Strange Facts and Wonders
    Kobus Fourie
    Journey through a captivating realm of the extraordinary in ’Curiosities Unveiled.’ This book explores the fascinating tapestry of our world, unveiling rare animals, peculiar phenomena, and bewildering oddities. Delve into the unknown as you discover the hidden wonders that defy explanation, leaving you in awe of the mysteries that exist within our very own planet. Prepare to b...
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    10,46 €

  • White America, Black Perspective
    J. Louis PhD Hill
    White America, Black Perspective provides honest assessment of some of the nation’s most harmful policies since its’ lopsided efforts for a free and just society have repeatedly failed.  Two decades into the twenty-first century, the political and social systems of the United States continue wearing away and are in danger of collapsing.  Since the election and failed re-electio...
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    24,14 €

  • Images of Otherness in Russia, 1547-1917
    Defining the Others, 'them', in relation to one’s own reference group, 'us', has been an essential phase in the formation of collective identities. This volume examines the development and contexts of various images, perceptions and categories of the external and internal Others in Russia from the 16th century Muscovy to the collapse of the Russian empire. ...
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    228,52 €


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