The Great West
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Northwestern States
ISBN :
The American Heritage Book of Great Adventures of the Old West
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Twenty true adventure stories by noted Western authors on the Alamo, the gold rush, Geronimo and the Lincoln County War, etc.
Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Macedonian Heritage
Author : W. Lindsay Adams
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People
Author : Suzanne McIntire
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780471217107
Book Description
The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as: Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr. These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American.
Great World Wonders
Author : Michael Turtle
Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 25,74 MB
Release : 2021-08-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781741177312
Book Description
In Great World Wonders, travel enthusiast and writer Michael Turtle offers a curated guide to the best UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, each with a fascinating tale and insight into our shared humanity. Opulent palaces let us peek into the lives of the rich and famous, while the centers of great empires show the evolution of civilizations. There's the surprising beauty in industrial sites from the past century, and the dazzling buildings that were constructed in the name of love. And through it all is the inescapable influence of human behavior, with many of the World Heritage Sites directly linked to important historical events and people. From icons like the Egyptian Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, to undiscovered gems like gold mines and ancient rock paintings, Great World Wonders is a beautiful collection and exploration of the best (and sometimes worst) of history. Featuring stunning photography, this selection of the most interesting World Heritage Sites is not just a source of travel inspiration, it's an incredible journey through the amazing story of our world.
The Silence of Great Zimbabwe
Author : Joost Fontein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1315417200
Book Description
This book examines the politics of landscape and heritage by focusing on the example of Great Zimbabwe National Monument in southern Zimbabwe. The controversy that surrounded the site in the early part of the 20th century, between colonial antiquarians and professional archaeologists, is well reported in the published literature. Based on long term ethnographic field work around Great Zimbabwe, as well as archival research in NMMZ, in the National Archives of Zimbabwe, and several months of research at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, this new book represents an important step beyond that controversy over origins, to focus on the site's position in local contests between, and among individuals within, the Nemanwa, Charumbira and Mugabe clans over land, power and authority. To justify their claims, chiefs, spirit mediums and elders of each clan make appeals to different, but related, constructions of the past. Emphasising the disappearance of the 'Voice' that used to speak there, these narratives also describe the destruction, alienation and desecration of Great Zimbabwe that occurred, and continues, through the international and national, archaeological and heritage processes and practices by which Great Zimbabwe has become a national and world heritage site today.
Peter the Great
Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Russia
ISBN :
Book Description
Heritage of Evidence
Author : Peter Masters
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781870855396
Book Description
An unofficial tour of the ancient Near Eastern exhibits at the British Museum which relate to the Bible. Includes floor plans of the Museum which would allow the reader to follow the tour and find the items discussed in the text.
The Story of Russia
Author : Van Bergen R. Van Bergen
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1421845652
Book Description
When we think of our country, we feel proud of it for other and better reasons than its great size. We know how its extent compares with that of other nations; we know that the United States covers an area almost equal to that of Europe, and, more favored than that Grand Division, is situated on the two great highways of commerce, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Europe is as far from the latter, as Asia is from the former; and these highways, powerful means toward creating prosperity, remain at the same time barriers whereby nations that find greater delight in the arts of war than in those of peace, are restrained from disturbing our national progress. At the beginning of this twentieth century the nations upon which depends the world's peace or war, happiness or misfortune, are the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, Japan, and in the near future China. Here we see that Europe, although little larger in area than the United States, is represented by seven nations, Asia by two, and the Western Hemisphere by one which by its institutions stands for peace and progress, for law and order. Hence we, its citizens, are known all over the world as Americans.
Our Great Seal
Author : E. Raymond Capt
Publisher : Artisan Pub
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780934666008
