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Why? Get answers to all the questions you have about the solar system! This insightful, multi-volume series provides answers to the many questions churning in a young scholar's mind.

Toys and games have long been a part of childhood, but the 20th century saw the rise of an entire industry devoted to the business of play, one that would constantly evolve over the years. In the six lectures of The History of Toys, 1900 to the Present, consultant and toy industry expert Chris Byrne—also known as The Toy Guy®—will take you on a journey through the world of toys from the Edwardian era to our current moment. Beginning with the birth of the mass-market toy industry, you’ll trace the many transformations of toys and our shifting theories of play and childhood development.

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of Kings and Kaisers and Czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed...and how horrible it became.

Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon's Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature. He reports on more than 1,000 years of an empire which extended from the most northern and western parts of Europe to deep into Asia and Africa and covers not only events but also the cultural and religious developments that effected change during that time.

This is the story of the average Canadian who volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force told through the lens of one battalion - the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. This Highland Regiment fought in the Ypres Salient and in the Somme, at Vimy, Passchendaele, and Amiens. It suffered the first gas attack; its ranks were decimated as it fought at virtually every major battle in the European theatre.

I Rest My Case is a hard-hitting new podcast series that explores the world’s most intriguing true crime cases, hosted by two distinguished British and American criminal defence attorneys, Jonathan Goldberg KC and Dean Strang.Dean Strang is most famous as a key defence attorney for Steven Avery in Netflix's Making A Murderer. Jonathan Goldberg KC is one of the UK's leading trial advocates and defenders. He has defended in over a hundred murder trials and defended many high-profile defendants, from the infamous Charlie Kray to the innocent Marine A.From the headline-making cases of Jeffrey ...

This riveting history is a firsthand account of the long and arduous search for one of the greatest explorers of the 19th century. Journalist and adventurer Henry M. Stanley was known for his search for the legendary David Livingstone, and their eventual meeting led to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" A real-life adventure story, How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa tells of the incredible hardships - disease, hostile natives, tribal warfare, impenetrable jungles, and other obstacles - faced by a daring explorer. This must-have account also includes a wealth of information on various African peoples.

In Volume I of the History of the Papacy, Anglican Lord Bishop Mandell Creighton takes us on a riveting journey through the chaotic era of the Great Schism. Delve into the tumultuous reign of Pope Urban VI, the intrigues surrounding two rival anti-popes, and the desperate attempts by the University of Paris, the erratic king of France, and the inebriated Holy Roman Emperor Wenzel to resolve the crisis. This gripping narrative culminates in the dramatic deposition of Pope John XIII, who fled the Council of Constance disguised as a common groom, only to be captured and deposed. Join us as we ...

Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features last summers in grand aristocratic residences or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the fear of revolution, violence in the Balkans.

This essential volume captures the historic Trial of major German war criminals following World War II, as orchestrated by the International Military Tribunal comprising representatives from Great Britain, the USA, Russia, and France. It presents a comprehensive collection of official pre-trial documents, along with the Tribunal’s decisive judgment and sentencing of the defendants, laying the groundwork for a pivotal moment in legal history.

C’è un’Italia che non si trova sui libri di scuola. Un’Italia fatta di boschi silenziosi, sentieri dimenticati, e pietre scolpite che affiorano come testimoni muti di un passato sepolto. Sono i cippi di confine. Pietre di confine tra due mondi: lo Stato Pontificio da una parte, e il Regno delle Due Sicilie dall’altra. Segni incisi nella roccia per separare territori, ma anche per raccontare storie. Chi li ha voluti? Chi li ha temuti? E chi ha vissuto all’ombra di quei confini, tra dogane, contrabbandi e sospetti? In "I Cippi Raccontano", andremo alla scoperta di queste pietre ...

The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.

Set a decade after the pivotal Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, when Quebec transitions into a British colony, this captivating novel unfolds through a series of letters. The narrative delves into the intricate relationships among Edward Rivers, a British soldier; his roguish friend, John Temple; the spirited Emily Montague; and her vivacious confidante, Arabella Fermor. As readers navigate their personal dramas, they are also immersed in the alluring descriptions of Canadas frontier, a land ripe with discovery and adventure. This is the first volume in a four-part series, narrated by ...

This epic account of the events of 1918 is the first major reappraisal of the end of the war for more than 20 years, and describes what is in some respects a forgotten chapter in history. The soldiers who returned to Britain in November 1918 were not the martyrs or victims of popular memory - they were a victorious army and were greeted as heroes.

The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli. The Art of War (1521) is the only book published by Niccolo Machiavelli during his lifetime, and he saw it as one of his finest achievements. The Art of War develops many themes introduced in Machiavelli’s earlier works “The Prince” and “Discourses” and presents them as the collected wisdom of a fictional leader Lord Fabrizio Colonna. The book is constructed as a series of dialogues supposedly held during a summer afternoon spent in the Orti Oricellari gardens in Florence. The stated aim is “To honor and reward virtue, not to have ...

Era l’11 giugno del 1984 quando la notizia della morte di Enrico Berlinguer scuote l’Italia intera. A quarant’anni di distanza torniamo alle idee di Berlinguer per capire cosa resta di quella storia. Ci sono alcune parole chiave che meglio di altre riescono a condensare ciò che è stato Enrico Berlinguer nella politica italiana e non solo. Dialogo, Europa, Pace, Partecipazione, Donne sono le bussole con le quali raccontare la storia del comunista sardo e il suo pensiero.“I pensieri lunghi: Berlinguer tra passato e presente” è una serie podcast ideata, scritta, raccontata da Andrea ...

Cosa succede all'obbedienza quando viene meno la protezione? Dal 1860 a oggi, il rapporto tra il cittadino meridionale e lo Stato non è stato un contratto tra pari ma una ratifica imposta. In questo podcast, Louis Siciliano smonta la retorica risorgimentale e analizza il presente senza sconti: sicurezza inesistente, rappresentanza svuotata e una cittadinanza ridotta a "intermittenza". Ma non è solo una denuncia. È una mappa per uscire dalla resa. Scopri come la tecnologia blockchain, la democrazia diretta e un nuovo modello di responsabilità possono rifondare il Mezzogiorno.

In the summer of 1942, urgent intelligence reports revealed the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The imminent completion of this airfield posed a significant threat, potentially enabling a renewed Japanese offensive that could jeopardize the vital lifeline of American support to Australia and New Zealand. On July 23, 1942, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington recognized the need to secure communication lines in the South Pacific and halt the Japanese advance. This pivotal decision led to Operation Watchtower, the daring campaign to ...

Inchiesta sul Natale è un podcast di analisi storica e culturale dedicato ai Vangeli dell’infanzia. Attraverso testi, fonti e contesto storico, il professor Luigi Girlanda mette alla prova i racconti della nascita di Gesù, interrogandosi su ciò che è storia, ciò che è narrazione e ciò che è evento. Un’indagine rigorosa che rifiuta il mito consolatorio e restituisce al Natale la sua forza originaria: quella di un fatto che irrompe nel tempo.

Legge Fabio FabianoLa passione Isabella Silvestri per il mondo controverso dell’intelligence, l’ha portata a un lungo viaggio tra le informative declassificate, i memorandum riservati e le fredde valutazioni degli analisti americani che, durante gli anni di piombo, in Italia e all’estero, cercavano di capire chi muoveva i fili e se la democrazia italiana stesse per crollare.Un’epoca che abbiamo cercato a lungo di decifrare, concentrandoci sui nomi italiani: Brigate Rosse, Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari, P2, Gladio...