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“If you don’t know history, it’s as if you were born yesterday. If you were born yesterday then any leader can tell you anything.”
Howard Zinn, American historian (1924-2010)
New York: Harper’s Weekly, 1869. Background Information:In 1868 the first war of Cuban independence, also known as the Ten Years' War, begins. It lasts until 1878.The Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of.....
Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2011. A Fine Hardcover. The interactive book describes the three most important pre-Columbian civilizations in Mesoamerica and how, despite advanced knowledge of mathematics, astronomy and architecture, they eventually disappeared. Topics include language, personal decoration, diet, architecture, city life, sacrificial rites, weaponry, the Maya and Aztec.....
Madrid: Photoengranving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898. Background Information:La Ilustración Española y Americana was a weekly Spanish magazine that was published from 1869 to 1921. The Cuban War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia cubana), fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba.....
Greece. Soft cover. 26 b/w photographs of the region around the Temple of Delphi, Greece. No date, c1900 - 1920 minimal text and no publishing information but Greek on rear of wraps. String tied wraps. 6.75 by 10 inches. Wraps worn, toned and chipped. The photos are all in good.....
USA: Christian History Institute, 2005. A Fine Hardcover. With its wealth of characters who shaped religious doctrine, science, missions, human rights and more, This Day in Christian History is a wonderful supplement for history and biography enthusiasts, teachers and homeschoolers, pastors and professors, and families and individuals.
![Item #16340 The Log of an Aeromarine. A Modern Adventure in Pathfinding. [Aviation History]....](/pictures/thumb/16340.jpg?v=1670008506)
New York: [The Schilling Press, Inc.], 1920. Near Fine in Stapled Wraps. An uncommon piece of early aviation history. We found 12 in institutions, though several may be digital copies.Published for the Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. of Keyport New Jersey to promote their plane with a history of a......
![Item #014726 [World War I] British Civilian Prisoners in East Africa. A Report by The Government...](/pictures/thumb/014726.jpg?v=1671139483)
London: Alabaster, Passmore & Sons, 1918. 1st Edition. A Very Good Soft cover. An anonymous narrative of the situation, treatment and numerous persons are named.
U.S.A. Stein and Day, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The Royal Society and the Royal Geographic Society sponsored this expedition and Hurley was trained in the elements of climbing by the famous explorer Eric Shipton, who made the first reconnaissance visit to K12 in.....
Germany: Halle, Joham, Gebauer, 1756. Background Information:The Massylier ( Massylioi , latin Massyli ) were an ancient tribe in eastern Numidia . To the east bordering their territory ( Massylia ) at Carthage.-----Numidia (202 BC - 46 BC) was an Ancient Berber kingdom in what is now Algeria and a......
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons at the Knickerbocker Press, 1924. Photographs by John Tee-Van. First Edition - Third Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Naturalist and explorer William Beebe followed in Darwin's footsteps. Published after Beebe's 1923 expedition. Illustrated with 24 Colored Illustrations by Isabel Cooper and 83.....
New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Interweaving mythology, history, science, and mystical cultures, an archaeologist offers a feminine approach to the study of world history, examining an array of female warriors, leaders, and heroines who have been left out of.....
New York: Doubleday, 1974. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Anthology of historic essays. Conceived and edited by David Ben-Gurion ; translated from the Hebrew by Mordechai Nurock, Misha Louvish. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which.....
USA: Xlibris, Corp. 2010. A Fine Soft cover. The Incomplete Traveler is a human story of strength and grit in the face of a series of historical events that lead to the loss of a homeland, and the need to adapt to life in exile.The history of the Fidel Castro.....
USA: Turquoise Moon Press, 2019. A Fine Soft cover. A Hastiness of Cooks is not just for chefs and cooks. Living-history interpreters, battle reenactors, writers of fiction and nonfiction, historical archaeologists, historians, artists, and just about anyone interested in how people cooked and ate in the past will find much.....
New York: Hill and Wang, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the historical atlas-explores the role, development, and nature of this important reference and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
Routledge, 1999. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. A detailed study of the material culture of the Frankish settlers in Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan, comprehensive coverage of the key topics connected to crusader archaeology, including an examination of urban and rural settlements, agriculture, industry, the military, the church.....
New York: Holmes & Meier Pub, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Matthew Cullerne Bown's fascinating and often provocative analysis focuses on the art of the Stalin era, from 1932 to 1953, and includes discussion of the pre- and post-Stalin years.The author illuminates the.....
Antwerp: Esco, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. The author, a published cardiologist describes his comprehensive collection of artifacts which relate to the symbolism and the iconography of the heart.
New York: Harcourt, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Klaus Brinkbäumer and Clemens Höges, journalists with the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and also amateur divers, were the first to assemble a team of experts to analyze the remains. They determined that it was not.....
United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1979. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Examines native texts and documents, revealing the everyday experiences of New World peoples throughout the Americas as they suffered war, famine, and the invasion of Old World soldiers and missionaries.
Georgria: Mercer University Press, 1996. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. As our only known legacy of the trip, this previously unpublished journal is unique in the annals of Georgia's colonial history.In August 1753, four colonists and their boat crew set out on a potentially dangerous passage of "discovery.....
Cape Town: Readers Digest Association South Africa, 1981. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal self handling; Still Gift Quality. 319 pages with index; fully illustrated with color photography.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Is it possible to connect two continents by a telegraph line through Bering Strait? Richard J. Bush thought it was possible even though he encountered challenges such as a sinking ship, shortage of supplies, annoying.....