Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey, draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scott's legendary expedition. Cherry himself would be among the search party that discovered the corpses of Scott and his men, who had long since perished from starvation and brutal cold. It is through Cherry's insightful narrative and keen descriptions that Scott and the other members of the expedition are fully memorialized.

    Laura Ingalls Wilder -- beloved author of one of the world's most treasured children's series, the Little House books -- wrote articles on a dizzying array of topics; articles that sparkle with her timeless wit and wisdom. Her interesting and insightful views on the changes motor cars and highways brought to her small town; the need to conserve natural resources; the role of women in the work force and in politics -- nothing seemed to escape her keen observation. With a foresight that is astounding, Wilder's many articles examine in depth the ways of life in this country during the late 1800s and early 1900s with a wisdom that holds relevance for our lives even today.

    Because of his studies of the Eskimos, his discoveries of land, the application of new ideas and new methods of exploration, Stefansson was considered the foremost polar explorer of his day, and one of the few great explorers of all time. During a period of three or four years Mr. Stefansson has produced a creditable list of books about the Arctic. In some respects his service in publishing the results of his Northern studies has differed from that of earlier explorers. He has challenged our preconceptions about the Arctic. “Hunters of the Great North” gives details of Northern life such as have doubtless come within the experience of all Arctic explorers, but which are new to the average American reader. In short, it is an elementary text-book of the Arctic. Stefansson lived among the Eskimos of the Mackenzie River, studying their language and adopting their mode of life, and spending ten winters and thirteen summers in the polar regions. Among Stefannson's most famous discovery was that of a race of blond Eskimo on Coronation Gulf. Stefansson writes: "In the present book I have tried by means of diaries and memory to go back to the vivid impressions of my first year among the Eskimos for the story of what I saw and heard." In describing his confrontation with a polar bear, Stefansson writes: “I heard behind me a noise like the spitting of a cat or the hiss of a goose. I looked back and saw, about twenty feet away and almost above me, a polar bear. I had overestimated the bear's distance from shore, and had passed the spot where he lay. From his eye and attitude, as well as the story his trail told afterward there was no doubting his intentions: the hiss was merely his way of saying, "Watch me do it!" Or at least that is how I interpreted it; possibly the motive was chivalry, and the hiss was his way of saying Garde!” Contents I. PREPARATIONS FOR A LIFEWORK OF EXPLORATION II. DOWN THE MACKENZIE RIVER THROUGH 2000 MILES OF INDIAN COUNTRY III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE ESKIMOS IV. CAPTAIN KLINKENBERG—SEA WOLF AND DISCOVERER V. THE WHALING FLEET SAILS AWAY VI. LEARNING TO LIVE AS AN ESKIMO—ON A DIET OF FISH WITHOUT SALT VII. HOW AN ESKIMO SAILED THROUGH THE STORM VIII. AN AUTUMN JOURNEY THROUGH ARCTIC MOUNTAINS IX. THE SUN GOES AWAY FOR THE WINTER X. LOST IN THE MACKENZIE DELTA XI. AN ARCTIC CHRISTMAS WITH AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN XII. THE LIFE AT TUKTUYAKTOK XIII. LEARNING TO BUILD A SNOWHOUSE AND TO BE COMFORTABLE IN ONE XIV. TRAVELS AFTER THE SUN CAME BACK XV. WE GO IN SEARCH OF OUR OWN EXPEDITION XVI. A SPRING JOURNEY IN AN ESKIMO SKIN BOAT XVII. A RACE OVER THE ARCTIC MOUNTAINS IN SUMMER XVIII. ON A RAFT DOWN THE PORCUPINE RIVER SHORT STORIES OF ADVENTURE I. HOW I LEARNED TO HUNT CARIBOU II. HOW I LEARNED TO HUNT SEALS III. HOW WE HUNT POLAR BEARS

    Written by the priest-author who spent seven years in Fatima (1943-1950), this is the true story of the 1917 Fatima apparitions, including interviews with the three shepherd children, their parents and various family members, and other eye-witness accounts. Highlighting the lives of each of the three children (including the deaths of Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto), this book features various transcripts of interrogations made of the children, eye-witness accounts of the apparitions and of the Miracle of the Sun, the two consecrations made by Pope Pius XII, and affirms that the "Third Secret" of Fatima was to be released by 1960. Includes the updated 1952 Appendix, which features a critical examination of the "Great Miracle," and also corrects a popular but erroneous fiction regarding Blessed Francisco and the first apparition on May 13, 1917. With photos and linked Table of Contents and endnotes, this easily readable book which tells the true and beautiful story of Fatima is for everyone---children, teens, and adults.

    The book's chapters include Advance and Use Our Liberties, Alternative to the Treaty, The Proof of Success, Four Historic Years, Collapse of the Terror, Partition Act's Failure, Why Britain Sought Irish Peace, Distinctive Culture, Building up Ireland, and Freedom within Grasp. Also included are notes by General Michael Collins, 1922.

    PART ONERussia’s Social Development and Tsarism Russian CapitalismRussian CapitalismThe Peasantry and the Agrarian QuestionThe Driving Forces of the Russian RevolutionThe SpringJanuary NinthThe Strike in OctoberThe Creation of the Soviet of Workers’ DeputiesOctober EighteenthWitte’s MinistryThe first Days of the “Freedoms”The Tsar’s Men at WorkStorming the Censorship BastiliesOpposition and RevolutionThe November StrikeEight Hours and a GunThe Peasant RiotsThe Red FleetOn the Threshold of Counter-RevolutionThe Last Days of the SovietDecemberSumming UpAnnexesThe Proletariat & the Russian RevolutionOur DifferencesThe Struggle for PowerOn the Special Features of Russia’s Historical DevelopmentPART TWOInstead of a Preface to the Second Part Trial of the Soviet of Workers’ DeputiesThe Soviet and the ProsecutionMy Speech Before the CourtThereBack

    The book came out in 1922 and has been in very low circulation ever since. In fact, until this printing, it has been very difficult to obtain in physical form.The narrative has incredible staying power. The burden of the book is to prove American war propaganda to be false. The purpose of the war was not to liberate Europe and the world from German imperialism and threats. Today most everyone knows and understands this, but this was not known in 1922. If there was a conspiracy, it was by the allied powers to broadcast a public message that was completely contradicted by its own diplomatic cables.Nock's book reminds us of what most everyone has forgotten, namely, that this was sold as a war for freedom and self-determination over imperial ambition. Along with that came some of the most rabid war propaganda ever fabricated until that point in time, all designed to make Germany into a devil nation. Nock's brave book took on that idea and demonstrated that there was fault enough to go around on all sides. All through the 1920s, a Nockian-style retelling of the facts behind the war led to a dramatic shift in public opinion against World War I.As the introduction by Anders Mikkelsen points out, "Nock makes the reader aware of the great extent to which the allied politicians continually lied to blame Germany and justify the war, or at least told stories with no regard for the truth. No wonder Hitler found British propaganda so inspiring. In fact the story at the time made it sound like Germany was trying to overrun Europe the way Hitler temporarily did a few decades later."What makes this book worth reading is not whether this is the best explanation for WWI. It is worth seeing how small groups of state officials engaged in secret actions that led to a catastrophic war, and continually lied throughout the whole process to provide themselves ideological cover."For lovers of Nock's work, this book is a fantastic addition. For those who have never encountered his writing, this book shows how he came to be such a powerful force in the world of literature and letters in the years between the wars. Copied From:http://mises.org/resources/6647

    

    Europe had descended to war. “…the firm lost no time in assuring us that we were not indispensable and we therefore went round to the Headquarters of the L.R.B. and craved permission to enlist…” In November 1914 the London Rifle Brigade was among the first of the Territorial battalions to set foot in France; after completing his training, Aubrey Smith and the detachment from Q Company made their way to reinforce the battalion in the January of 1915. Over the following years they were present at the Second Battle of Ypres, Gommecourt, the Somme, Arras, the Third Ypres and Cambrai, as well as facing the German offensive of 1918 and taking part in the final Allied advance. Serving first in the trenches and then in the transport section, Smith’s wartime experiences offers readers a vivid insight into an oft overlooked yet crucial branch of the British Army and the daily perils they faced. Originally published under the pseudonym of “a Rifleman” in 1922, “Four Years on the Western Front” is a classic private’s memoir from the First World War; conspicuously absent from Smith’s account however is his own awarding of the Military Medal in 1917, and subsequent Bar in 1918. Aubrey Smith (1893-1935) served four years with the London Rifle Brigade. After the war he left Europe and moved to China where he became a prominent businessman as well as playing the piano in the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra. He died in Hong Kong at the age of 42. Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

    He was untutored in the ways of the world.Caught by the enemy in the cove of a hill in the Forest of Argonne, he did not run; but sank into the bushes and single-handed fought a battalion of German machine gunners until he made them come down that hill to him with their hands in air. There were one hundred and thirty-two of them left, and he marched them, prisoners, into the American line.Marshal Foch, in decorating him, said, "What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe."His ancestors were can-cutters and Indian fighters. Their lives were rich in the romance of adventure. They were men of strong hate and gentle love. His people have lived in the simplicity of the pioneer.This is not a war-story, but the tale of the making of a man. His ancestors were able to leave him but one legacy - an idea of American manhood.In the period that has elapsed since he came down from the mountains he has done three things - and any one of them would have marked him for distinction.- Sam K. Cowan

    Paul Dukes was sent into Russia in 1918, shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution. His role was to keep British spy networks in place during the 'Red Terror'.

    A sociological novel with a wide canvas, it shows the miserable lot of the Untouchables and the British system of village and judicial administration, which nurtured foul play. The innocent and virtuous suffer while the crooked thrive. But ultimately it is truth and rectitude that win. Solutions are found in love, rectitude and self-sacrifice.About The AuthorsUnnava Lakshminarayana (1877-1958) trained for legal professional in Ireland, was a patriot fired with zeal. He gave up practice and worked for the upliftment of the lowest of the low, the meek and the humble, widows, orphans and struggled hard in the days when freedom was not a very resounding cry even for the intellectuals. He was one of those firsts who thought of a separate state for the Telugus, a comprehensive Andhra.V.V.B.Rama Rao (b. 1938) is a creative writer, translator and biographer. Post-graduated form BHU in English, he took his Ph.D from Andhra University. A teacher in English and ELT specialist, he has published eight original works in English, eleven in Telugu and more than 17 translations besides several articles in popular journals. He is now living in Delhi.

    Their mission: to discover if an ascent to the peak were possible from Tibet, the Western world's only access at the time. This is the chronicle of the obstacles they surmounted, as well as early mountaineering techniques that paved the way for the 1922 expedition.

    His seven-volume book, first published in 1922, was suppressed under Stalin. This reissue of the abridged version is, as the editor's preface points out, one of the few things written about this most dramatic and momentous event, which actually has the smell of life, and gives us a feeling for the personalities, the emotions, and the play of ideas of the whole revolutionary period.This Princeton University Press edition was originally published in 1984.

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    IntroductionThe bronze ageThe middle ageThe city-stateColonial expansion & the rise of tyranny Sparta & the Peloponnesian league Athens & the triumph of democracy The civilization of archaic Greece The Persian wars The Delian leagueThe Greek world after PlataeaThe Athenian empire The Peloponnesian warThe Periclean age Sparta & Thebes Sicily & Magna GraeciaThe rise of Macedon Alexander the great Greece during Alexander's absenceGreek civilization in the fourth centuryThe new era The third centuryThe social & economic conditions of the Hellenistic ageEgypt & Asia under the successorsThe art & literature of the Hellenistic ageThe encroachment of RomeSelect BibliographyIndex

    A story like this of the age-long debate between East and West divides itself naturally into three main sections: 1. Christian Constantinople, 2. Early Islam and the Saracenic Kalifates, 3. The intrusion of the Turanian Turks into Nearer Asia and next into Europe, and then their retreat and practical expulsion from the continent. Such factors as the various "Balkan" races and kingdoms have, however, received all the space possible.Contents: Orientalism and Occidentalism in the Levant; the Founding of Christian Constantinople; the Origins of Byzantium. The Christian Empire of Constantinople; the East Roman Period Through Justinian (395-565 A.D.); Constantinople under Constant Attack. The Christian Empire at Constantinople; the Persian and Saracenic Perils (568-717 A.D.); Great Persian Attack by Chosroës II. Leo the Isaurian, Deliverer of Constantinople. The Transition to the Byzantine Period (717 to 740 A.D.); Leo the Isaurian Prepares for the Saracen Attack. The "Byzantine" Period of Christian Constantinople (717-1025 A.D.); the Emperors of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Christian Constantinople about 1000 A.D.; Survey of the City Vast Size and Magnificence of Constantinople. The "Greek" Period of the Empire of Constantinople (1071-1203); the Seljuk Invasion; Battle of Manzikert, 1071 A.D. The Calamitous Fourth Crusade (1203-1204) and the Greek Restoration at Constantinople; the Venetians Divert the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople (1203). The Prophet of Islam and the Consolidation of Arabia (571-632 A.D.); Genius and Historic Importance of Islam. Islam: The Last Great Oriental Religion. The Founding of the Saracenic Empire; Abu-Bekr, the First Kalif; His Election (632) and Success. the Omiad Dynasty at Damascus (661-750 A.D.); The Abbasside Kalifate at Bagdad (750-1258 A.D.); Destruction by the Mongols; the Saracenic Empire after its Establishment. Saracenic Culture, Nature of the Saracenic Civilization. The Turanian Turks in Nearer Asia; the Crusades and the Mongols; Origin of the "Turks": Barbarian Nomads. The Rise of the Ottoman Power in Asia Minor; the Origins of the Ottoman Turks; Ertoghrul in Asia Minor (about 1250 A.D.). The Turkish Advance into Europe (1353-1403); Timur the Tartar; Murad I (1359-1389); the Ottoman Capital at Adrianople. The Capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans (1453 A.D.); the Ottomans Survive the Defeat of Bayezid. The Turkish Settlement after Taking Constantinople; Cruel Character and Worldly Wisdom of Mohammed II. The Turkish Apogée under Solyman the Magnificent (1520-1566); Lepanto (1571); the Ottoman Empire, a Military Despotism. The Institutions of the Ottoman Empire; the Army; the Janissaries; the Christian Rayahs; the Organization of the Ottoman Armies. The Century of Stagnation. "High Tide" at Vienna (1683 A.D.); General Causes of the Ottoman Decline. The Ottoman Retreat before Austria and Russia (1683-1791 A.D.); Disasters to the Turks after Relief of Vienna. The Near East during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era; Evil State of the Turkish Empire about 1790 A.D. The Genesis of Serbian and Greek Independence (1804-1830); Serbia under the Ottoman Yoke. Mahmud II and Mehemet Ali. The "Eastern Question"; Mahmud II (1808-1839 A.D.), his Attempts at Reform and his Failures. The Crimean War (1853-1856) and its Aftermath. The European Powers and the Levant in 1850. The New Balkan Nations, 1830-1876. The Russo-Turkish War (1877); the Congress and Treaty of Berlin (1878); the Ottoman Empire after the Crimean War Period. The Balkan Lands after the Treaty of Berlin (1878-1908 A.D.). Abdul Hamid II and his Despotism (1876-1908 A.D.); the British Dominion in Egypt; Abdul Hamid II: his Character and Policy.

    Then some mention of the conquest of Morocco and North Africa has been given along with the details of Idrisia and Aghlabs rule there. After that detailed accounts of Ganghisid Mongols, Turks and Tartar Mangols have been produced.

    

    In this second volume, starting with the Caliphate of Banu Umayyah, the martyrdom of Imam Husain (R) and the Caliphate of the Abbasids, all areas have been covered as far as the expansion of Islam was.

    The fascinating plot and colorful characters bring enlightenment and inspiration even as they captivate the imagination. This book was originally written in German by Rabbi Zelig Shachnowitz, the famed German-Jewish author and editor who used his pen to fight against the Haskalah movement of his times. A timeless treasure, it has now been translated from the Hebrew translation, making it accessible to all who yearn to plunge into its richness and unique tapestry.

    Kennedy's The Constitution of Canada: An Introduction to its Development and Law, Martin Friedland - like Kennedy a past Dean of the University of Toronto Law School - notes that after much research, he is ending where he began, finding Kennedy to be distinguished, engaging, and enigmatic.Kennedy was indeed an enigmatic figure, in addition to being a brilliant historian. Emigrating to Canada from Ireland around 1913 - he was the eldest of ten children, and had run away from home at age fourteen - Kennedy made his way teaching and researching. There were several enigmatic adventures along the way, as recounted by Friedland. Kennedy's skill as a teacher was legendary, and his abilities as a scholar on a range of topics including Tudor history and constitutional history were exceptional. In 1922, Kennedy's large-canvas, ground-breaking study of the Canadian constitution was published (Kennedy was part of a wider renaissance at University of Toronto, where in 1922 two other important events took place: the discovery of insulin and the creation of the School of Graduate Studies). It was hailed as a success from the start, called a work of great accuracy and conspicuous fairness, alive, human, dramatic, an admirable and most readable book, and a book which will rank high in the literature of political science (respectively, the Times, the Observer, the Law Quarterly Review, and the New Statesman). Equally well-received in Canada (Saturday Night called it brilliant and a monumental work), it became and remained a classic text in both history and law until recently.Kennedy traces the development of Canada from the earliest days of the French explorers until 1922. The book is comprehensive in scope, covering the seigniorial system in Quebec, colonial policy, responsible government, federation, Canada as a dominion, the distribution of legislative power, the imperial tie and federalism. Kennedy describes all the key events: the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Quebec Act of 1774, the Constitution Act of 1791, Lord Durham's Report of 1840, the granting of responsible government in 1848, the British North America Act 1867, and later events up to and including 1922.Written by a scholar who had a profound knowledge of history, institution, and legal change, this book remains one of the best and most comprehensive examples of the process of nation-making. Martin Friedland's fascinating introduction sketches out Kennedy's life and times - a time of much intellectual ferment - as well as outlining the importance of this book in the larger context of Canadian constitutional history.

    Book on history of the Baptists

    A brilliant examination of the twentieth century predicament in the light of the shift in Rome from paganism to Christianity and the transition from the static world of the Middle Ages to the expanding one of the Renaissance.