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Twilight and History

Twilight and HistoryWiley | 2010-04-12 | ISBN: 0470581786 | 288 pages | PDF | 1.2 MBThe first look at the history behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series, timed to release with the third movie, Eclipse The characters of the Twilight Saga carry a rich history that shapes their identities and actions over the course of the series. Edward, for instance, may look like a seventeen-year-old teen heartthrob, but was actually born in 1901 and died during the Spanish Influenza of 1918. His adopted sister, Alice, was imprisoned in an insane asylum in 1920 and treated so badly there that even becoming a vampire was a welcome escape. This book is the first to explore the history behind the Twilight Saga's characters and their stories. You’ll learn about what life might have been like for Jasper Whitlock Hale, the Confederate vampire who fought during the Civil War, Carlisle Cullen, the Puritan witch hunter-turned-vampire who participated in the witchcraft persecutions in Early Modern England, and the history of the Quileute culture that shaped Jacob and his people —and much more.

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Twilight and History

Twilight and History

Wiley
2010-04-12
ISBN: 0470581786
288 pages
PDF
1.2 MB

The first look at the history behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series, timed to release with the third movie, Eclipse The characters of the Twilight Saga carry a rich history that shapes their identities and actions over the course of the series. Edward, for instance, may look like a seventeen-year-old teen heartthrob, but was actually born in 1901 and died during the Spanish Influenza of 1918. His adopted sister, Alice, was imprisoned in an insane asylum in 1920 and treated so badly there that even becoming a vampire was a welcome escape. This book is the first to explore the history behind the Twilight Saga's characters and their stories. You’ll learn about what life might have been like for Jasper Whitlock Hale, the Confederate vampire who fought during the Civil War, Carlisle Cullen, the Puritan witch hunter-turned-vampire who participated in the witchcraft persecutions in Early Modern England, and the history of the Quileute culture that shaped Jacob and his people —and much more.

* Gives you the historical backdrop for Twilight Saga characters and events

* Adds a whole new dimension to the Twilight novels and movies

* Offers fresh insights on vampires, romance, and history

Twilight and History is an essential companion for every Twilight fan, whether you've just gotten into the series or have followed it since the beginning.

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World War II: Almanac (World War II Reference Library)

George Feldman - World War II: Almanac (World War II Reference Library)

Publisher: U*X*L
1999-09
ISBN: 0787638323
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248 pages
11.06 MB

Between 1939 and 1945 a war was fought among all the major powers of the world. By the end of it, more than fifty countries were involved. It was a war in which more people died than had died in any previous war and it changed the political, social, and economic face of the entire world. World War II: Almanac provides a comprehensive range of historical information and current commentary on World War II. The set explores how events after World War I (1914??“18) led to World War II; the impact of the rise of dictatorial governments in Europe and of militarism in Japan; how world leaders attempted to avoid war; the relationships among the Allied countries and among the Axis countries; major battles and turning points; life on the home fronts and the nature of German occupations in Europe; scientific developments; art and entertainment during the war; and finally, how the world was changed.

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Atlas of World War II

Title: Atlas of World War II

Author: Richard Natkiel

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books New-York

Year: 2000

Pages: 191

ISBN: 0-7607-2043-6

Language: English

World War II was the greatest conflict in the history of mankind. The Military Atlas of World War II is a comprehensive visual guide to this complex conflict in a large folio edition that allows the fine detail of the maps to be seen clearly. It plots the exact course of the land, sea and air battles, enabling the reader to trace the ebb and flow of the fortunes of both sides. With the aid of 180 large full-color maps, every theater of war is covered. All the maps come with a key to help the reader decipher the action depicted.

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nVampire Forensics- Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend

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Author:Mark Jenkins

No of Pages: 256 pages

Press: National Geographic

Dated:February 16, 2010

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1426206070

ISBN-13: 978-1426206078

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Mark Jenkins’s engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the earliest whispers of eternal evil in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, vampire tales flourished through the centuries and around the globe, fueled by superstition, sexual mystery, fear of disease and death, and the nagging anxiety that demons lurk everywhere.

In Vampire Forensics, Mark Jenkins probes vampire legend to tease out the historical truths enshrined in the tales of terror: sherds of Persian pottery depicting blood-sucking demons; the amazing recent discovery by National Geographic archaeologist Matteo Borrini of a 16th-century Venetian grave of a plague victim and suspected vampire; and the Transylvanian castle of "Vlad the Impaler," whose bloodthirsty cruelty remains unsurpassed.

Jenkins navigates centuries of lore and legend,freebooks4ever.blogspot.com, adding new chapters to the chronicle and weaving an irresistibly seductive blend of superstition, psychology, and science sure to engross everyone from Anne Rice’s countless readers to serious students of archaeology and mythology.

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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol.1

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol.1 by Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

Publisher: Librivox 2008
ISBN n/a
Language English
Audio CD in MP3 / 64 kbps
572 MB

Introduction The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. However some subjects, which it embraces, may have undergone more complete investigation, on the general view of the whole period, this history is the sole undisputed authority to which all defer, and from which few appeal to the original writers, or to more modern compilers. The inherent interest of the subject, the inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense condensation of matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy; the style, which, however monotonous from

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After the Rain - How the West Lost the East

Genre/Category: Memoir & Biography

Usage: Creative Commons

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File size: 2.5mb

Pages: 253

Shattered Crystals recounts the history of the escape of my mother, Mia, my father, Sal, and my two sisters Ruth and Lea, from Nazi Germany after Crystal Night in November 1938 and how we defied the odds and survived in France before and after German occupation until liberation.

During this period, husband and wife were forced apart, children were separated from parents and sisters from each other. For some of this time, my sisters and I were sheltered, along with other homeless Jewish children, by the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants [OSE], who became vital to the family's survival.

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Shattered Crystals by Mia Kanner & Eve Kugler

Genre/Category: Memoir & Biography

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Pages: 253

Shattered Crystals recounts the history of the escape of my mother, Mia, my father, Sal, and my two sisters Ruth and Lea, from Nazi Germany after Crystal Night in November 1938 and how we defied the odds and survived in France before and after German occupation until liberation.

During this period, husband and wife were forced apart, children were separated from parents and sisters from each other. For some of this time, my sisters and I were sheltered, along with other homeless Jewish children, by the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants [OSE], who became vital to the family's survival.

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Pretty Dukkys - The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

Genre/Category: History

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The words that gave rise to the tumultuous love affair that changed England forever. These famous love letters from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn were found in the Vatican Library; who stole them and how they came to Rome is a mystery that has puzzled historians for years. Unfortunately, Anne's replies to these letters have not been discovered.

Pretty Dukkys? Read Letter Fifteenth and Notes.

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The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary

The Essential Hitler: Speeches and Commentary

Bolchazy-Carducci
2007-01-15
ISBN: 0865166277
850 pages
PDF
4 MB

For readers interested in the Third Reich, the Holocaust, Nazism, and genocides. Taken from Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations, 1932 1945, a four-volume set, this 850 page abridgement is arranged by topic: I. Introduction and personal notes; II. Chronology; III. Hitler s ideology (general, race, Jews, religion); IV. Hitler's state (state and government, party and state, society people and function); V. Hitler s economy (public/private, major works); VI. Art (fine arts, buildings); VII. Army and state; VIII. War and diplomacy; IX. Road to war; X. Press; XI. Major speeches; and XII. Conclusions. A topical index is included. There is no other abridgement of Hitler's Speeches and Proclamations, 1932-1945. There is no larger commentary or more extensive notes. -Standard reference book on the Third Reich -Highly acclaimed by the international community -Carefully researched and documented -Outstanding commentary by Domarus, noted historian -Commentary places events in context and clarifies Hitler's ideology

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Hitler's Table Talk

Adolf Hitler, Norman Cameron, R. H. Stevens, Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper "Hitler's Table Talk"

Enigma Books
2000-10-01
ISBN: 1929631057
800 pages
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6,1 MB

Hitler's Table Talk 1941-1944 records the private, off the record, informal conversations of a man who, more than anyone else, came close to destroying the western world. On Martin Bormann's instructions, the secret conversations at Hitler's headquarters from July 1941 to November 1944 were all recorded. This is the real companion volume to Hitler's Mein Kampf, whereby what had been a project suddenly was reality, almost to the disbelief of its author.

Here is a startling account of Hitler freely talking about his enemies, his friends, his ambitions, his failures, his secret dreams voicing his thoughts to his intimate associates as the sun set at the end of each day of the war. We see here a conversational Hitler letting down his guard to his trusted henchmen. Miraculously, Martin Bormann persuaded Hitler to let these talks be taken down by a team of specially picked shorthand writers. Hitler had intended, after his famous tyranny, to use these notes as source material for the books he planned to write about the glory of the Thousand-Year Reich.

Now they have come to us, indisputably authentic, a raw, fascinating, unretouched look at the inner recesses of the mind of Adolf Hitler. Der Fuhrer's mind was crude and narrow; he had little education and, as we see here, no humanity; but we can also see that he was (as he himself knew) a political genius, a terrible simplifier, a man who, with no equipment except his own will power, personality and ideas, attempted to bring mankind into a terrible darkness.

As Trevor-Roper says in his brilliant introduction if we are to discover the mind of Hitler, we must penetrate behind the thick curtains of superficial evidence which conceal it the repellant character which formed its expression, and for which no power of thought can compensate, and the unreliable intermediaries who have commented upon it. We must go directly to Hitler's personal utterances: not indeed to his letters and speeches these, so valuable, are too public, too formalized for such purposes to his secret conversations, his table talk.

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Corporal Hitler and the Great War 1914-1918: The List Regiment

Hitler and the Great War 1914-1918: The List Regiment (Cass Military Studies) By John Williams

Publisher: Frank Cass 2005
238 Pages
ISBN: 0415358558
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Adolf Hitler enlisted in the Bavarian Army in August 1914 as a war volunteer. Fanatically devoted to the German cause between 1914 and 1918 Hitler served with distinction and sometimes reckless bravery, winning both classes of Iron Cross. Using memoirs, military records, regimental, divisional and official war histories as well as (wherever possible) Hitler's own words, this book seeks to reconstruct a period in his life that has been neglected in the literature. It is also the story of a German regiment (16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry, or List Regiment), which fought in all the main battles on the Western Front. As a frontline soldier Hitler began his 'study' of the black art of propaganda; and, as he himself maintained, the List Regiment provided him with his 'university of life'.

This is not only an account of the fighting, however. Some of the most profound influences on Hitler occurred on home leave or as a result of official wartime propaganda, which he devoured uncritically. His conversion from passive pathological anti-Semitism began while invalided in Germany in 1916-17. The language of anti-Bolshevik 'Jewish virus' propaganda became Hitler's language, confirmed, as he saw it, by the 'infected' recruits to the List Regiment in 1918
Hitler is here presented less as the product of high-cultural forces than as an avid reader and gullible consumer of state propaganda, which fed his prejudices. He was a 'good soldier' but also a 'true believer' in fact and practice. It is no exaggeration to say that every military decision made by Hitler between 1939 and 1945 was in some way influenced or colored by his experiences with the List Regiment between 1914 and 1918.

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Hitler's Crusade: Bolshevism and the Myth of the International Jewish Conspiracy

Lorna Waddington, "Hitler's Crusade: Bolshevism and the Myth of the International Jewish Conspiracy"

Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies
2008
ISBN 1845115562
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305 pages
11 MB

In the early hours of 22 June 1941 units of the Wehrmacht began to pour into the Soviet Union. They were embarking on an undertaking long planned by Adolf Hitler. Since the 1920s National Socialist doctrine had largely been determined by an intense hatred and hostility towards not only the Jews but also towards Bolshevism. This ideology, Lorna Waddington argues, had been identified by Hitler and his acolytes as the political poison concocted by the Jews in an attempt to impose, as he saw it, their own tyrannical domination across the globe. ‘Hitler’s Crusade’ provides a detailed analysis of this crucial dimension to Hitler’s Weltanschauung, exploring the little-known activities of the Antikomintern, as well as offering fresh interpretations and new insights on well-documented events. ‘Hitler’s Crusade’ provides the definitive analysis of Hitler’s attitude towards Bolshevism, the destruction of which he was still describing in early 1945 as the raison d’être of the Nazi movement.

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Hitler-Youth, 1922 1945.

Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage, "Hitler-Youth, 1922 1945".

Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786439351
2008 edition
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183 Pages
6,25 MB

During the Nazi regime's swift rise to power, no single target of nazification took higher priority than Germany's young people. Well aware that the Nazi party could only thrive through the support of future generations, Hitler instituted a youth movement, the Hitler Jugend, which indoctrinated the easily malleable students of Germany's schools and universities. Along with its female counterpart in the Bund Deutscher MA¤del (The League of German Girls), the Hitler Youth produced thousands of young Germans who were deeply and fanatically indoctrinated into the Nazi racist ideology. This illustrated book outlines the history and development of the Hitler Youth from its origins in 1922 until it was disbanded by the allied powers in 1945. Topics include: early German non-Nazi and religious youth movements which were adapted and absorbed by the Hitler Youth; Baldur von Schirach and other Reich youth leaders; the Hitler Youth's organization, structure, uniforms, ranking system, flags, and regalia; sports and other common training activities; the place and role of women and girls in the Third Reich; the appearance of German youth opposition groups such as the Swing Youth and the Edelweiss Pirates; and the origins, structure, and combat records of the 12th Waffen SS division, which consisted primarily of Hitler Youth members. The book also includes appendices providing a chronology and the Hitler Youth's song "VorwA¤rts! VorwA¤rts!" (Forward! Forward!).

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Hitler

Hitler

Routledge; 1 edition (November 1, 1998)
ISBN: 1857285093
123 pages
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1 MB

This work presents the historiographical debate surrounding Hitler and his role in the Third Reich. By focusing on the personality of Hitler and the nature of his power, the author tackles questions that are central to any understanding of National Socialism. Using a chronological framework, the basis of Hitler's authority and its endurance throughout the Third Reich is examined. In addition, his role in bringing about the Second World War and his responsibility for the Holocaust are explored and debated.

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Those Years Without

Those Years Without

by James Welsh

We find ourselves in northern England during the medieval ages. Peter de Vere a young noble who deserted the crusader army while in Africa makes his way back home to find that he doesnt have a home any longer. His father dead and his mother having no legal rights, the family castle is snatched up by the tyrannical King Humphrey. Peter manages to put the castle back under his familys good name, but he faces a heavy cost: incurring the wrath of the fierce English army, which is led by the brilliant general Benedict Marshall. Armed with just a band of ragtag rebels and his childhood friends Milo and Isabella the defiant Peter must do all he can to prove that these are not the dark times that everyone thinks they are. As Peter dives into the fight, however, he finds that loyalty is a fluid idea and that treachery abounds everywhere. He has to keep his direction while everyone around him becomes lost.

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U.S. History For Dummies

By Wiegand

Publisher: For Dummies

Pages: 408, Date: 2009-06-02

ISBN-10 : 0470436395, Rar'd PDF 3.8 MB's Full

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Now revised — the easy-to-understand guide to the story of America

Want to better understand U.S. History? This friendly book serves as your tour guide through the important events of America's past and present, introducing you to the people who helped to shape history. From pre-Columbus to the American Revolution, from Watergate to Iraq toBarack Obama, you'll discover fascinating details that you won't find in dry history texts!

* They're coming to America — explore early civilizations, meet Native Americans, and see how the development of the English colonies led to slavery and the American Revolution

*From Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Lincoln — examine the contributions of great Americans as well as the discovery of gold, the birth of California, the Civil War, and Manifest Destiny

*America grows up — be there during the conquering of the West, industrial development, and the invention of the light bulb and the telephone

*The impact of the World Wars — understand the sweeping changes these epochal events brought to America and the rest of the world

*The Cold War, Camelot, and Clinton — take a closer look at the Korean War and communism, the fabulous '50s, JFK, Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate, Reaganomics, and the Clinton years

*From the '90s to now — witness the birth of the microchip, the impact of hanging chads in a presidential election, the largest terrorist attack on American soil, and the growing economic crisis

Open the book and find:

* Ten important events that defined American culture

*Interesting Americans, from presidents to gangsters to sports heroes

*How America fought to win independence from England

*Details about all the major wars and their long-term effects

*Insight into the roots of slavery

*Inventions that changed life for Americans

*The impact of the atomic bomb

*The Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence

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Ancient India (Myths of the World)

Ancient India (Myths of the World)

Publisher: Benchmark Books
ISBN: 0761442138
edition 2009
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97 pages
14.6 mb

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Looks at the culture and people of ancient India. Topics explored include religious practices and the roles of Brahman priests in society. This title also covers several important eras, including the Indus Valley civilization and Vedic periods

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The New Cambridge History of India

The New Cambridge History of India

Cambridge University Press
January 12, 2004
ISBN-10: 0521267277
328 pages
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9.1 MB

Barbara Ramusack describes the pre-colonial origins of the Indian princes, frequently portrayed as synonymous with oriental luxury, and how they adapted their public activities and personal lifestyles to survive as political leaders and cultural icons. Their collaboration enabled the British to govern India with relatively limited manpower from the late 1790s to 1947. The book is intended for students of colonial history and visitors to the princely states.

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Hypnotism and Mysticism of India

Hypnotism and Mysticism of India

Westwood Publishing Company
June 1979
ISBN-10: 0930298012
208 pages
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14.86 MB

Hypnotism and Mysticism of India

BY: O. McGill (Author)

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