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The story of archaeology: the 100 great discoveries
Par Paul G Bahn. 1997
Amazing discoveries such as the tomb of Tutankhamen and the caves at Lascaux are headline news but archaeology also reveals…
the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors, and constantly challenges our perception of the past. With an ever growing battery of scientific tools and techniques archaeology has transcended its origins as the pastime of gentleman scholars to become a twenty-first century science. 1997.The sleepwalkers: how Europe went to war in 1914
Par Christopher M Clark. 2012
Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing on the complex events and relationships…
that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. He traces the paths to war in a gripping narrative that examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914, and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Bestseller. 2013.The second line of defense: American women and World War I
Par Lynn Dumenil. 2017
In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising…
impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and industrial workers, Dumenil explores both the roadblocks and opportunities they faced. By using a gendered approach to the war, she offers a complex rendering of the ways in which the United States mobilized for the coming battle and how American women helped support the largest military endeavour in the nation's history. Arguing that in contrast to prevailing notions that military service defines citizenship, Dumenil shows how women activists staked their claim to loyal citizenship by framing women's war work as industrial workers, home-front volunteers, overseas nurses, and support personnel as "the second line of defense." 2017.The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands
Par Nicholas Clapp. 1998
A day-by-day account of two expeditions to Arabia in search of the site of the fabled city of Ubar. Inspired…
by a 1980 trip to return endangered Arabian oryxes to their native habitat, Clapp became intrigued with the legend of Ubar and obtained government radar imagery to help locate the ancient remains. Bestseller. 1998.The riddle of the Rosetta Stone: key to ancient Egypt
Par James Giblin. 1990
Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing -- composed of pictures of animals, birds, and…
geometric shapes -- was a mystery. For nearly 1400 years the meanings had been lost. The author chronicles the fascinating story of how the stone was discovered and, after countless attempts, finally deciphered by scholars. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1990.The recovering: intoxication and its aftermath
Par Leslie Jamison. 2018
A deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage, Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the…
stories we tell about addiction and examines what we want these stories to do, and what happens when they fail us. 2018.The origins of the First World War (Origins Of Modern Wars Ser.)
Par James Joll. 1984
James Joll re-examines the events of that fateful summer of 1914. His themes include strategic planning and the arms race,…
the pressures of domestic politics, and the cultural and psychological atmosphere of 1914. He relates these factors to the decisions taken at the time, and shows how each affected the policies of the belligerent powers. 1984.Sir Sam Hughes - Minister of Militia and Defence from 1911 until his dismissal in 1916 - is remembered as…
abrasive and unstable, while Sir Arthur Currie, a part-time soldier who rose to command the Canadian Corps in France and Belgium, is remembered as one of the most effective generals of the war and a national hero. But initially, Hughes drove the nation toward a war footing and fought to keep Canadian troops from being parceled out to the British, while Currie embezzled regimental funds, never connected with his soldiers, and was accused of wantonly squandering the lives of 60,000 Canadians on the road to victory. c2010.The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark
Par Tudor Parfitt. 2008
Historian-adventurer, author of "Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel", recounts his quest for…
the ancient sacred chest that once held the Ten Commandments. Parfitt begins among a remote African people who claim such a box lies in a mountain cave. 2008.The knock at the door: a journey through the darkness of the Armenian genocide
Par Margaret Ajemian Ahnert. 2007
Amid the chaos and violence of World War I, attacks began against the supposedly disloyal minority Armenian population within the…
Ottoman Empire. By the end of the war, high-end estimates place the death toll of Armenians at more than one million due to executions and deportations. Ahnert interviewed her 98-year-old mother, Ester, a survivor of the massacres, and intertwined her mother's recollections of the period with her own memories. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.The Jesus family tomb: the discovery, the investigation, and the evidence that could change history
Par Simcha Jacobovici, Charles R Pellegrino. 2007
Jerusalem, 1980. Following the accidental bulldozing of a tomb, archaeologists arrived to find ten ossuaries - limestone boxes that served…
as first-century coffins. Six had inscriptions, including Jesus, son of Joseph; two Marys; and Judah, son of Jesus, which the team concluded were merely coincidence. Twenty-five years later, journalist Jacobovici tracked down the ossuaries and the tomb, and soon found that the archaeologists were unaware of key evidence that made this the discovery of a lifetime. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007.A simple program: a contemporary translation of the book Alcoholics Anonymous
Par Bill W., J. 1996
This revision of Alcoholics Anonymous, first published in 1939, uses modern language without gender or relationship assumptions. Explains alcoholism and…
AA's twelve-step method of recovery. In AA tradition, the author remains anonymous. 1996. Uniform title: Alcoholics AnonymousThe Polar Bear Expedition: the heroes of America's forgotten invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
Par James Carl Nelson. 2019
In August 1918, the 339th regiment of the US Army-roughly 5,000 soldiers, most hailing from Michigan-sailed for Europe to fight…
in World War I. But instead of the Western Front, these troops were headed to Archangel, Russia, a vital port city 1,000 miles northeast of Moscow. There, in the frozen subarctic, amid the chaos of the Russian Civil War, one of the most extraordinary episodes of American history unfolded. 2019.Il n'y a pas de drogués heureux (Collection Vécu)
Par Claude Olievenstein. 1977
Touche par la misère morale que masque le recours aux drogues et par la dépendance sur laquelle il débouche, le…
Dr. Olivenstein tente, par une thérapeutique originale, de sortir les toxicomanes de leur prison. 1977.Coronel and the Falklands (British Battle series)
Par Geoffrey Bennett. 1962
Hidden treasure (Time detectives)
Par Geoffrey Trease. 1989
Trease demonstrates how archaeologists and historians piece together evidence of past civilizations to give us a picture of how people…
once lived. He discusses archaeological digs in such places as Troy, Sutton Hoo, and the tomb of Tutankhamen. 1989.Gallant Canadians: the story of the Tenth Canadian Infantry Battalion, 1914-1919
Par Daniel G Dancocks. 1990
This history of the "Fighting Tenth" follows the battalion from its formation in September 1914 through to the end of…
the First World War. The Tenth fought with distinction in every major Canadian battle of the war, and was one of the most decorated battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. 1990.Digs and diggers: a book of world archaeology
Par Leonard Cottrell. 1964
An introduction to the history of archaeology and the great archaeologists. The author discusses not only the well-known excavations in…
Egypt and the Near East, but also those in Russia, China, and the Western Hemisphere. 1964.Beyond the tumult
Par Barry Winchester. 1971
The true story of the greatest escape in the annals of wartime adventure. Three British airmen led the first escape…
from the German prison camp, Holzminden, during World War I. Faced with great handicaps, threatened with suffocation and exhaustion, they freed 26 prisoners. 1971.Le jeu excessif: comprendre et vaincre le gambling
Par Robert Ladouceur. 2000