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Partez à la découverte de Leo Strauss avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Né à Kirchhain dans la Hesse en Allemagne, Leo Strauss fut élevé comme juif orthodoxe et reçut par ailleurs l'éducation du Gymnasium. Il fit ses études aux universités de Marbourg et de Hambourg. Après son doctorat consacré à Jacobi, il passa une année à Fribourg, o Husserl enseignait, tandis que ...
Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d'en...
71043) Taming Fruit: How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary and Inspired Creativity
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A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, perfect for readers of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Mark Kurlansky's Salt
Throughout history, orchards have nourished both body and soul: they are sites for worship and rest, inspiration for artists and writers, and places for people to gather. In Taming Fruit, award-winning writer Bernd Brunner interweaves evocative illustrations with masterful prose to show that the story of...
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Located in the center of the Delmarva Peninsula on the Wicomico River, Salisbury is a town steeped in history. Formed by an act of provincial legislature in 1732, Salisbury lies on the east bank of the river on the original land of William Winder. Salisbury developed into the commercial center of the peninsula by the time of the Civil War--it was the southernmost point at which all goods were shipped north. This strategic location also made Salisbury...
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In 1912, Norland children’s nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the bases commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the crme-de-la-crme of Edwardian children’s nurses...
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A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman.
By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the trademark swagger that women pined for and men wanted to emulate....
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Commemorating the Rideau Club's 150th anniversary, this richly illustrated book celebrates the history of Ottawa's premier private club since its founding in 1865. Co-founded by Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, the history of Ottawa's premier private club - the Rideau Club - is intertwined in so many ways with the development of Canada over the past 150 years. Commissioned for the Club's sesquicentennial, this work by Canadian...
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Here is the only modern biography in English of Albrecht von Wallenstein, the great Habsburg general of the Thirty Years War.Against the background of war and destruction, of tortuous intrigue, biographer Francis Watson has limned the enigmatic Wallenstein, tracing skillfully his furious, dramatic life from an indigent Protestant nobleman, through Catholic glory and prestige, to the day of his tragic assassination. The thrilling climb to almost unexampled...
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The historian and author of The Army in British India analyzes the British Indian Army's devastating loss to the Imperial Japanese during WWII.
The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the World War II Battle for Malaya an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India. Japan's successful tactics...
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The Gold Rush era was an amazing time in our country's history. California had just been occupied during the Mexican-American War and wasn't officially a U.S. territory yet when gold was discovered in 1848. Suddenly the whole world was electrified by the news and tales of men digging vast amounts of wealth out of the ground, even finding gold nuggets just lying around. Within five years, 250,000 miners dug up more than $200 million in gold-about $600...
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The rip-roaring story of baseball's most unlikely champions, featuring new interviews with Henry Aaron, Bob Uecker and other members of the Milwaukee Braves, Bushville Wins! takes you to a time and place baseball and the Heartland will never forget.
In the early 1950s, the New York Yankees were the biggest bullies on the block. They were invincible: they led the New York City baseball dynasty, which for eight consecutive years held an iron grip on...
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"Este libro, de carácter documental, narra el viaje de la autora a Rusia, donde vivió en una comuna creada por el movimiento Esencia de Tiempo (Sut Vremeni), inspirado por Serguei Kurginyan, y asistió a la Escuela de verano en la que participaron seiscientas personas venidas de todas las regiones de Rusia, así como de Alemania, Canadá, Francia o Australia.
Pero en absoluto estamos ante la simple visión de unos utópicos. En sus testimonios no...
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Dinosaurs have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike since the first fossil discoveries mapped them onto our general body of knowledge. This book journeys to an era long before humans, where dinosaurs were once masters of land, sky, and sea. In addition to accounts of significant dinosaur species and their extinction, readers will learn about the major life forms, both plant and animal, alongside whom dinosaurs dwelled, as well as...
71054) Botany Bay
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Written by Australia's 'first native born novelist' John Lang, this is a fascinating tale of the early years of Australian colonisation. It has been reprinted many times over the years, sometimes appearing as 'Clever Criminals' or 'Remarkable Convicts'.
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Toutânkhamon en moins d'une heure!
Qui ignore encore ce qu'est la malédiction de Toutânkhamon, qui précipitera le décès de certains membres de l'équipe ayant découvert le tombeau du pharaon? Quels merveilleux trésors son tombeau renferme-t-il? Mais surtout, qui était vraiment Toutânkhamon, ce pharaon à la santé fragile décédé prématurément?
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71056) Industrial Baltimore
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Over the course of several centuries, Baltimore evolved from a Colonial-era port city to a thriving and dynamic city of nearly a million people at the conclusion of World War II. As the city grew, a wide variety of industries were established. Railroads, ports, manufacturing sites, and public infrastructure, such as power plants, fundamentally transformed large swaths of Baltimore's landscape. However, the second half of the 20th century saw a dramatic...
71057) Eyewitness Korea: The Experience of British and American Soldiers in the Korean War, 1950–1953
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Today the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time it was the focus of international attention.
It threatened to lead to a third world war, and although fought on a limited scale, it still involved over a million men under UN command and even more on the Communist side. It left the American and British troops who took part with a range of intense recollections that...
71058) Amazing U.S. Marine Facts
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The U.S. Marines are a powerful military force. But there is more to these elite fighters than you might imagine. These surprising facts about the U.S. Marine corps will amaze you.
71059) Michigan
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Take readers on a journey to the great state of Michigan. Students learn that it has 40 major rivers and more than 35,000 lakes and ponds. They also learn about the wild, cold land of the past and the climate of today. They'll take a look at Native Americans who lived on the land, the Europeans who explored and settled there, and Michigan's entry into the Union. Readers will examine the workings of the state's government and the changes in the economy...
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Lake Bomoseen- the largest lake entirely within Vermont's borders- once attracted thousands of visitors each year. Its resorts and restaurants welcomed travelers of all stripes, from Walt Disney and Harpo Marx to humble groups of workers and families. Crowds flocked to beaches and picnic areas during the daytime, and headliners like Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong kept the Casino at the lake buzzing late into the night. Donald H. Thompson describes...
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