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A hilarious and entertaining compendium of historical trivia from Dan Snow and the creators of History Hit: the ultimate gift for fans of The Rest is History. Give to Dad this Fathers Day! History is a bottomless reservoir of all the bonkers, heroic, awful and weird things we eccentric humans have ever done. We cant help generating extraordinary stories . . . Most importantly, like all the best stories, they are true. - DAN SNOWHave you ever wondered who the third man on the moon was? Did you know that Dick Whittington really was the medieval Mayor of London? Why was a pigeon a hero to the American army? Whats the difference between a dolmen and a barrow? Who were the Wu, Wei and Shu Han? Was Napoleon really small? Who said Pardon me, sir, I didnt mean to just before they were executed? When was the oldest known shark attack?The answers to all these questions and so much more are contained within this wonderful miscellany of historical facts, figures and fascinating finds which will enthral, entertain and inform everyone who loves history and wants to know more about more. --------------WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:Full of facts . . . some eye wateringly funny and some jaw-droppingly astonishing Easy to pick up and hard to put down I learnt something new from almost every entry. Highly recommended reading for all history lovers and fact fans! Full of interesting historical facts and my husband loved this as a Christmas gift

À loccasion du 50 e anniversaire de la guerre du Kippour, deux spécialistes de lhistoire et de la politique israéliennes dévoilent leur enquête mêlant géopolitique, stratégie et espionnage, et révèle

Modern witchcraft refers to the revival and reimagining of the practice of witchcraft in contemporary times, characterized by a renewed interest in magic and a desire to reconnect with the natural world and spirituality.Encompassing a wide range of practices and beliefs, whether youre into crystals, tarot, astrology, spells, runes, mantras or candle rituals, The Little Book of Modern Witchcraft is the perfect introduction for those both new to the practice and those who wish to deepen their understanding of the mystical world of magic. Encompassing everything from hoodoo, a spiritual system rooted in traditional African religions, to New Age paganism, the one thing all witches have in common is an openness to the energy of the universe coupled with a badass, free-spirited attitude.Whether youre an experienced Wiccan practising in a coven, or exploring your spirituality alone for the first time, this concise little book provides a comprehensive overview of modern witchcraft that will help you to focus on personal empowerment, self-discovery, and the use of magic to bring about positive change.Embrace the power within you: connect to the natural world and follow the ancient path of magic and love."Whatever energy you put out into the world, positive or negative, will be returned to you threefold."Wiccas Rule of Three

A delightful odyssey through the history, nostalgia, fascination and British love of cake. Quirky, charming, and fun. PRUE LEITH The British take cakes seriously. We hold strong opinions about how to bake a brownie with the perfect squidge, the correct proportions of icing to sponge, and whether its jam or cream first on our scones. Now thanks to the success of a certain TV baking show our flirtation with flour, fruit and frosting has become a full-blown love affair. But how did the humble cake evolve from a simple combination of starch and fat to the show-stopping bakes of today, taking pride of place at every meaningful life celebration? Travelling the country from Dundee to the Isle of Wight, writer Andrew Baker (by name, not occupation) serves up the story of our national obsession with cake, one slice at a time. On this greediest of quests, Andrew seeks to discover the True Slice of each iconic cake. This enviable task sees him eat sponge sandwiched with jam and cream at Queen Victorias holiday home Osborne House, discover the illustrious yet scandal-filled history of the Battenbergs saccharine squares and learn how a caterpillar enrobed in chocolate became a party-starting birthday centerpiece. From King Alfreds oatcakes to The River Cafes revered Chocolate Nemesis, this is the crumb-spattered, buttercream-smeared story of the cakes that have claimed a place on British tables and in our hearts.

Um livro de poesias que é puro sentimento, cheio de versos para inspirar os apaixonados ou quem quer mensagens para encantar e encontrar uma paixão. Literatura brasileira para quem ama e quer express

Uma leitura indicada para quem está apaixonado e busca inspiração para expressar seu amor e sentimentos. Livro escrito por João Pedro Leal, para quem gosta de poesias e versos que inspiram. No poema,

Lautoportrait intime de la cheffe triplement étoilée.Lhistoire de Dominique Crenn ne ressemble à aucune autre. Née sous X en 1965 à Versailles, adoptée à lâge de 18 mois, elle décide à 21 ans de part

Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful readPETER FRANKOPANMarvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexitySATHNAM SANGHERAExcellent... his mastery of detail is impeccableDOMINIC SANDBROOK, Sunday TimesExtraordinary... [brings] the world of a century ago to fresh, vivid life ALEX VON TUNZELMANNTHE STORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AT ITS MAXIMUM TERRITORIAL EXTENTOn Saturday 29 September 1923, the Palestine Mandate became law and the British Empire now covered a scarcely credible quarter of the worlds land mass, containing 460 million people. It was the largest empire the world had ever seen. But it was beset by debt and doubts. This book is a new way of looking at the British Empire. It immerses the reader in the contemporary moment, focusing on particular people and stories from that day, gleaned from newspapers, letters, diaries, official documents, magazines, films and novels: from a remote Pacific island facing the removal of its entire soil, across Australia, Burma, India and Kenya to London and the West Indies.In some ways, the issues of a hundred years ago are with us still: debates around cultural and ethnic identity in a globalised world; how to manage multi-ethnic political entities; racism; the divisive co-opting of religion for political purposes; the dangers of ignorance. In others, it is totally alien. What remains extraordinary is the Empires ability to reveal the most compelling human stories. Never before has there been a book which contains such a wide spread of vivid experiences from both colonised and coloniser: from the grandest governors to the humblest migrants, policemen and nurses.

If I should die, think only this of me:That theres some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England.From The Soldier to Anthem for Doomed Youth Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brookes work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?from The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old.This superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.

Previously published as No Family is Perfect.Provides a fresh context for exploring issues that engage us throughout our lives ... It will change how we think and write about familiesTerri Apter, author of Difficult Mothers and The Sister KnotWhat makes a good parent?How can sibling relationships survive to adulthood?Should familial love really be unconditional?Dr Lucy Blake looks at how the expectations we have affect and hinder our interactions with family members. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of family members of all backgrounds she explores the unrealistic ideas many of us have. Exposing the truth of what a family really is, Blake explores how to better understand and appreciate our loved ones, whether we choose to do so from up close or from a distance.Home Truths is a fascinating examination of the messy and beautiful reality of family life.Blake examines the many aspects of family life and addresses the many ways that family relationships can be strained ... This book will be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about their own familiesDr Joshua Coleman, Council on Contemporary Families

Gonçalves Dias é um dos maiores nomes da literatura nacional e pioneiro do Romantismo no Brasil, tendo inspirado escritores como Machado de Assis e Manuel Bandeira. Primeiros Cantos, de 1847, é seu primeiro , conjunto de poemas.Apos um belo prologo, em que o poeta fala sobre o livro e sobre o que o inspira, somos de pronto brindados com a famosa "Canço do Exilio", em que ele canta as saudades de nossa terra cheia de maravilhas. E o que vem a seguir so poemas cujos temas variam entre a natureza enquanto paisagem, a morte, o amor e o indianismo.Esta ediço e enriquecida com textos introdutorios, explicaçes e notas da professora Leticia Malard. Sua intenço foi trazer para olhos e ouvidos tenço da atualidade textos de leitura dificil sobretudo pelo vocabulario e pelas inverses sintaticas , mas de valor inestimavel para a cultura e para a literatura brasileiras. Uma obra importante para estudantes, curiosos e amantes da boa literatura.

READ FORMER BRITISH ARMY SOLDIER SHAUN PINNERS EXTRADORDINARY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFor fans of Bravo Two Zero, Touching the Void, and No Way OutA hell of a story Sgt Dan Mills, Sniper OneA remarkable book Andrew Marr----Live. Fight. Survive, she said. So, he did . . .There are just two places Shaun Pinner has felt most at home: first, during his nine years in the British Army and, second, in Ukraine, where he settled after marrying. It was only natural then, that when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, he was on the front line leading a section of marines.Outnumbered and outgunned, Pinners troops staged a fighting retreat to Mariupol for that remarkable, defiant last stand against Putins war machine. But this was just the beginning of Shauns ordeal. When his troops were ambushed, Shaun was captured and his war shifted from the battlefield to the interrogation room, when the real fight for survival began . . .---A remarkable story from the frontline. Extraordinary descriptions [of] what its actually like to be in a trench fighting in the winter on the front line against the Russians ANDREW MARRAn extraordinary real-life story ENTERTAINMENT FOCUSI was mesmerised. Unforgettable COLONEL RICHARD KEMP, CO-AUTHOR OF ATTACK STATE RED

Una mirada imprescindible per entendre unes Balears que tendim a simplificar.La idealitzada calma de les Illes Balears va ser engolida fa dècades per una obstinada pugna sobre un país que nha sofert

El relat viu i sagnant de la revolta que va desembocar en la ruptura entre Catalunya i la monarquia espanyola.El dia 7 de juny de 1640 un gran avalot protagonitzat per una massa de segadors entrats a Barcelona, aixi com per nombrosos membres de les capes populars de la capital catalana, va acabar amb la vida de Dalmau de Queralt, comte de Santa Coloma i virrei de Catalunya. Les ja molt tenses relacions entre les institucions catalanes i la Cort de Madrid entraren des de llavors en un punt de fissio de no retorn, tot desembocant en un proces revolucionari que portaria a la separacio de Catalunya de la monarquia espanyola.Leminent historiador Antoni Simon ens ofereix un relat viu i detallista daquells dies de revolta que van culminar amb lassenyalada diada del Corpus de Sang, tot donant veu als nombrosos coetanis -pagesos, menestrals, jutges, nobles, eclesiastics- que a traves dels seus dietaris personals i epistolaris van deixar un testimoniatge directe dun dels episodis mes notoris de la Historia de Catalunya.

Transnationale Geschichte als Schlussel zur nationalen Geschichte.Amerikanisierung und Antiamerikanismus sind in Deutschland und Europa im 20. Jahrhundert allgegenwartige, sich wandelnde und umstrittene Phanomene gewesen. Sie haben die einzelnen Nationen und die transatlantischen Beziehungen tiefgreifend gepragt. Mary Nolan, Expertin fur deutsche und transnationale Geschichte, untersucht, wie die Europaer von amerikanischen Wirtschafts-, Kultur- und Politikmodellen beeinflusst wurden und mit ihnen umgingen. Dabei entstanden hybride Gesellschaften und politische Systeme, die sich manchmal deutlich von den Vereinigten Staaten unterschieden, in jungerer Zeit aber, angesichts von Wirtschafts- und Migrationskrisen und rechtsradikalem Populismus, die dortigen Entwicklungen widerspiegeln.Wie die Aufsatze von Mary Nolan zeigen, waren die diplomatischen Beziehungen und die Visionen von der globalen Ordnung eine standige Quelle transatlantischer Konflikte. Das Gleiche gilt fur Fragen zu Frauen, Geschlecht und Sexualitat. Die transatlantischen Beziehungen werden haufig auf sehr geschlechtsspezifische Weise erzahlt. Nolan zeigt, dass die transnationale Geschichte neue Einblicke sowohl in die nationale Geschichte als auch in die internationalen Beziehungen bietet.Transnational history as a key to national history.Americanization and anti-Americanism have been pervasive, shifting and contested phenomena in twentieth-century Germany and Europe. They have profoundly shaped individual nations and transatlantic relations. Mary Nolan, a scholar of German and transnational history, investigates how Europeans were influenced by and negotiated with American economic, cultural and political models, creating hybrid societies and polities that sometimes looked markedly different from the United States, but more recently, with economic and migration crises and right-radical populism, mirror developments there. As Mary Nolans essays show, diplomatic relations and visions of the global order have been a persistent source of transatlantic conflict. So too have been questions of women, gender and sexuality. Transatlantic relations are frequently narrated in highly gendered ways. Nolan demonstrates that transnational history offers new insights into both national histories and international relations.

Esta obra é um apanhado de textos produzidos em setembro de 2013... Sim, eu sei que há dias em que o sol não brilha E ainda bem que é assim. O que seria de nós se assim não fosse? O mundo seria um de

Il libro e tratto dal manoscritto dove Nicola racconta la sua storia vissuta al fronte orientale in Jugoslavia nella Seconda guerra mondiale dal 1942 al 1945, prima come militare e, subito dopo, come partigiano. Il racconto e caratterizzato da varie vicissitudini: la leva, dove Nicola conosce la realta dellItalia fascista; il fronte orientale jugoslavo; la prigionia nel campo tedesco; la fuga; il rifugio e lospitalita, in cambio della prestazione lavorativa, nei villaggi delle famiglie slave dove Nicola e stato accolto come un figlio; la guerra partigiana; la liberazione di Belgrado e di Zagabria, dove Nicola ha combattuto come partigiano nella "Divisione dassalto Garibaldi". Il racconto ha un impatto emotivo che ti catapulta nella scena dei fatti. Il manoscritto Nicola lo ha consegnato al figlio Angelo come il passaggio di testimone, prima di morire. Il libro ha un linguaggio chiaro e scorrevole. Un libro utile e importante da avere in ogni biblioteca pubblica e di famiglia, affinche la memoria abbia il riconoscimento del valore che merita e che sia ereditata, soprattutto, dalle giovani generazioni. Nicola, con la sua testimonianza, ci fa capire che il destino e uguale per tutti gli uomini, perche nella sofferenza e nel dolore esiste il collante che unisce gli esseri umani; inoltre, non importa il colore della pelle e lorigine delle persone, perche esistono persone che fanno del Bene e persone che fanno del Male: "il Male che nasce nel vuoto del pensiero", per dirla con Hannah Arendt.

Soigner les pauvres, telle est la vocation de milliers de jeunes femmes qui, tout au long du xixe siècle, prennent le voile en France et concrétisent ainsi un désir de vie religieuse et de service. C

De laffaire des poisons (La Brinvilliers) a celle de Marie Besnard, en passant par lempoisonneuse des Chartrons (Henriette-Blanche Canaby), logresse de la Goutte dor (Jeanne Weber) et lanarchiste (Germaine Bertin), 16 affaires composent ce recueil. 16 criminelles qui, a quelques exceptions pres, userent du poison pour donner la mort. Ressort, en filigrane de ces drames personnels, le role des pharmaciens, les limites de la medecine, les enquetes policieres sans oublier le traitement de ces affaires fait par la justice et la presse. Miroir de leur temps, chaque affaire interroge les murs dune epoque et la place des femmes dans un monde ou la mort etait parfois perçue comme seule issue.

A rebours de la morosité que lon associe généralement aux cimetières, lauteur décrit des lieux de vie, dhistoires et de partage. Des lieux dans lesquels se jouent une touchante humanité. Des lieux em