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ANCIENT ROME Playing Cards PC42
ISBN: 9788883958939
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An ancient civilization comes to life in these dramatic images. Brave warriors, proud emperors, skilled artisans and citizens show the wonders of Rome. Take a walk through Rome as it must have been and wonder at the its amazing achievements.
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BLACK LIKE YOU
Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781585425938
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Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture
A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel.
Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh's eagerness to tackle blackface-a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamefacedly erased from most modern accounts of American cultural history, Black Like You shows that the impact of blackface on American culture was deep and long-lasting. Its influence can be seen in rock and hiphop; in vaudeville, Broadway, and gay drag performances; in Mark Twain and "gangsta lit"; in the earliest filmstrips and the 2004 movie White Chicks; on radio and television; in advertising and product marketing; and even in the way Americans speak.
Strausbaugh enlivens themes that are rarely discussed in public, let alone with such candor and vision:
- American culture neither conforms to knee-jerk racism nor to knee-jerk political correctness. It is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. - No history is best forgotten, however uncomfortable it may be to remember. The power of blackface to engender mortification and rage in Americans to this day is reason enough to examine what it tells us about our culture and ourselves. - Blackface is still alive. Its impact and descendants-including Black performers in "whiteface"-can be seen all around us today.
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Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh's eagerness to tackle blackface-a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamefacedly erased from most modern accounts of American cultural history, Black Like You shows that the impact of blackface on American culture was deep and long-lasting. Its influence can be seen in rock and hiphop; in vaudeville, Broadway, and gay drag performances; in Mark Twain and "gangsta lit"; in the earliest filmstrips and the 2004 movie White Chicks; on radio and television; in advertising and product marketing; and even in the way Americans speak.
Strausbaugh enlivens themes that are rarely discussed in public, let alone with such candor and vision:
- American culture neither conforms to knee-jerk racism nor to knee-jerk political correctness. It is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. - No history is best forgotten, however uncomfortable it may be to remember. The power of blackface to engender mortification and rage in Americans to this day is reason enough to examine what it tells us about our culture and ourselves. - Blackface is still alive. Its impact and descendants-including Black performers in "whiteface"-can be seen all around us today.
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COLISEUM Playing cards PC41
ISBN: 9788883958458
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Evocative and colourful illustrations depicting scenes
from the ancient Roman Coliseum of gladiatorial conflict.
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EGYPTIAN ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY
ISBN: 9781577331520
ISBN 10: 1577331524
THE EGYPTIAN ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY focuses on the ceremonial parallels between the modern Roman Catholic Church and ancient Egyptian ceremony. While all forms of Christianity display strong parallels to the rituals of ancient Egypt, perhaps the strongest examples can be seen in Roman Catholicism.
Ancient travellers dispersed from North Africa, carrying with them their traditions and customs. The importance of the Egyptian sway can no longer be denied. It has prompted great thinkers like Siegfried Morenz, Director of the University of Liepzig Institute of Egyptology, to remark that "the influence of the Egyptian religion on posterity is mainly felt through Christianity and its antecedents. Egypt's contribution to the Old Testament is actually a product of that country's relationship with Syria; its contribution to the New Testament, indeed, even to early Christian theology, must be seen as a special instance of that general influence exerted by Egypt upon the Hellenistic world."
It is that influence which is explored in THE EGYPTIAN ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY in order that the true nature of religion as a whole may be elucidated.
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ENEMY WITHIN
2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World
ISBN: 9780670019991
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2,000 Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World
The term “witch-hunt” is used today to describe everything from political scandals to school board shake-ups. But its origins are far from trivial. Long before the Salem witch trials, women and men were rounded up by neighbours, accused of committing horrific crimes using supernatural powers, scrutinised by priests and juries and promptly executed. The belief in witchcraft - and the deep fear of evil it instilled in communities - led to a cycle of accusation, anger, and purging that has occurred repeatedly in the West for centuries.
Award-winning historian, John Demos, puts this cultural paranoia in context. He takes readers from the early Christians persecuted in Rome through the Salem witch trials, McCarthy's hunt for communists and the hysteria around child sex-abuse cases and satanic cults in the 1980s.
An original and fascinating look at the cultural, social and psychological practice of witch-hunts, THE ENEMY WITHIN illuminates the dark side of communities driven to rid themselves of “evil,” no matter what the cost.
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EPHRAIM'S FARM
A Memoir of Rural Pennsylvania
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A Memoir of Rural Pennsylvania
EPHRAIM'S FARM is a historical sketch of a western Pennsylvania working farm family of the early 1900s. Although this family may be ordinary in every detail, the totality of the lives so factually described, is extraordinary. The Romesbergs represent a single but strong thread in the fabric that was rural America. This American story of family, God, self-reliance and hard, physical work is now a memory and will not be repeated, and this book ensures that this story will never be forgotten.
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FIETS VASE HB
And Other Stories of Survival Europe 1939-1945
ISBN: 9781585422593
ISBN 10: 1585422592
And Other Stories of Survival Europe 1939-1945
In "Fiet's Vase", Alison Leslie Gold links together harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of World War II. Meditating on such themes as kindness, love, and art, these stories shed light on the various strengths that people drew on during a dark period of human history. From a young Jewish woman who defied death to keep the promise she made to her dead mother to protect her baby sister; to a German boy, the son of a Nazi, who separated from his father to discover a lifelong passion for the theater, the experiences of the individuals recounted here offer a rare glimpse of the personal face of war. How was it possible to survive the terror of those years-what hidden reserves did people summon in order to carry on? The voices raised in this book offer powerful answers to these still deeply relevant questions.
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ISBN: 9781585422593
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FIRST AMERICAN
The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New World
ISBN: 9781564149428
ISBN 10: 1564149420
The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New World
Forty years ago an amateur historian discovered an engraved mastodon bone near Mexico City showing a virtual bestiary from the Ice Age. Harvard University took notice and excavated nearby sites around the Valsequillo Reservoir. They found perfectly buried sacrificial sites with the oldest spearheads in the world. Some archaeologists postulated their age at 40000 years three times older than the official 12000-year-old date for the first Americans. Then the shocker-United States Geology Survey (USGS) geologists came up with the date of 250000 years old! Even though these dates were published in peer-reviewed geological journals archaeologists wrote off the geologists saying they were mistaken and that their dates were too ridiculously old. Archaeologists never returned to the site and curiosity died out. Soon after this once world-class archaeology region became off-limits for official research a professional forbidden zone. The Valsequillo discoveries were legendary but regarded as fringe by professional archaeologists. Why this radical turn-about? What was found that was so unspeakable so impossible? What happened to these artefacts - America's earliest art and spearheads and why don't archaeologists seem to care? In the new book THE FIRST AMERICAN archaeologist Christopher Hardaker tries to unearth the mystery.
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ISBN: 9781564149428
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GLADIATORS Playing Cards PC44
ISBN: 9788865270127
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A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the arena. Most were despised as slaves, schooled under harsh conditions, socially marginalised and segregated even in death.
Irrespective of their origin, gladiators offered audiences an example of Rome's martial ethics and, in fighting or dying well, they could inspire admiration and popular acclaim. They were celebrated in high and low art and their value as entertainers was commemorated in precious and commonplace objects throughout the Roman world.
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Irrespective of their origin, gladiators offered audiences an example of Rome's martial ethics and, in fighting or dying well, they could inspire admiration and popular acclaim. They were celebrated in high and low art and their value as entertainers was commemorated in precious and commonplace objects throughout the Roman world.
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HISTORY OF FLIGHT Playing cards PC08
ISBN: 9788883952784
ISBN 10: 8883952782
On December 17th 1903 at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina USA the first motorised biplane left the ground: it was planned and constructed by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright owners of a bicycle shop. The dream of flying had finally taken off!
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HISTORY'S MYSTERIES
People, Places, and Oddities Lost in the Sands of Time
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People, Places, and Oddities Lost in the Sands of Time
HISTORY'S MYSTERIES is an absorbing and meticulously researched exploration of the archaeology, history and mysteries of 35 ancient places worldwide.
Haughton's book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, from the 8,000-year-old stone circle of Nabta Playa to India's magical Taj Mahal; from Rhode Island's controversial Newport Tower to the enigmatic Royston Cave in the UK; from the strange medieval castle-village of Rennes-le-Château to the massive ancient walled city of Great Zimbabwe.
Using the latest archaeological evidence, HISTORY'S MYSTERIES explores:
· The incredible archaeological discoveries at the 11,000 year-old sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey.
· The heated debate over the 47-million-year-old 'Ida Fossil'—could it be the missing link in our evolutionary history?
· The reality behind controversial ancient artifacts such as the Iron Pillar of Delhi, the Oak Island Treasure and Egypt's “Dendera Lamps.”
· What really happened to the Neanderthals?
"In the globe-trotting spirit of Indiana Jones, Brian Haughton has circled the earth, trying to get to the bottom of some of history's greatest mysteries."
—BBC Online
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Haughton's book takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, from the 8,000-year-old stone circle of Nabta Playa to India's magical Taj Mahal; from Rhode Island's controversial Newport Tower to the enigmatic Royston Cave in the UK; from the strange medieval castle-village of Rennes-le-Château to the massive ancient walled city of Great Zimbabwe.
Using the latest archaeological evidence, HISTORY'S MYSTERIES explores:
· The incredible archaeological discoveries at the 11,000 year-old sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey.
· The heated debate over the 47-million-year-old 'Ida Fossil'—could it be the missing link in our evolutionary history?
· The reality behind controversial ancient artifacts such as the Iron Pillar of Delhi, the Oak Island Treasure and Egypt's “Dendera Lamps.”
· What really happened to the Neanderthals?
"In the globe-trotting spirit of Indiana Jones, Brian Haughton has circled the earth, trying to get to the bottom of some of history's greatest mysteries."
—BBC Online
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JOURNEY OF THE MAGI
The Truth About the 'Three Kings' and the Historical Jesus
ISBN: 9781577331643
ISBN 10: 1577331648
The Truth About the 'Three Kings' and the Historical Jesus
As a student of archaeology and ancient history, with a Master's Degree in comparative religion besides a Ph.D., Hans Holzer is just the person to answer these questions. He, also, calls on the exacting scholarship of the University of Chicago and The Interlinear Translation of the New Testament and his knowledge of ancient numismatics, especially pertaining to the coins of the first century A.D. issued in Kabul and Petra.
Pinpointing the real date of the birth of Jesus, Holzer concludes that the experience of the shepherds and of the Three Kings was separated by an interval of two years. He became convinced that the Journey of the Kings took a long time and that they came a long way. THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI takes you along on his quest to uncover and understand the evidence that reveals the journey of the Three Kings and the journey of humankind to follow the Light that will lead them out of darkness.
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Pinpointing the real date of the birth of Jesus, Holzer concludes that the experience of the shepherds and of the Three Kings was separated by an interval of two years. He became convinced that the Journey of the Kings took a long time and that they came a long way. THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI takes you along on his quest to uncover and understand the evidence that reveals the journey of the Three Kings and the journey of humankind to follow the Light that will lead them out of darkness.
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JOURNEYS TO THE MYTHICAL PAST HB
ISBN: 9781591430803
ISBN 10: 1591430801
In JOURNEYS TO THE MYTHICAL PAST, the sequel to The Earth Chronicles Expeditions, the renowned researcher of antiquity, Zecharia Sitchin, tells his own story of an indefatigable dedication to finding the truth that almost cost him his life - accidentally or otherwise - when uncovering secrets of the Giza pyramids and Sphinx. Exposing hidden artefacts that contradict establishment assumptions dedicated to preserving the status quo or that baffled scientists when forced to show them, Sitchin's firsthand accounts of his explorations take the reader into the inner workings of the Vatican, the enigma of a futuristic computer from millennia ago and the secret handiwork of a Divine Architect at Stonehenge, at Malta and at a site in the Americas.
Looking deep into antiquity, Sitchin offers astounding evidence that links the Nazca lines and a baffling adjoining site to the Departure from Earth of the Anunnaki, the ancient Gods who, he believes, vowed to return.Zecharia Sitchin reveals for the first time how his life was at risk inside the Great Pyramid and documents the existence of a secret chamber.
Reports on Vatican encounters, the Iceman of the Alps, the Antikythera computer, the temples and Ruts of Malta - and offers a solution to the enigma of the Nazca lines.
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KAISER Playing Cards PCH3
ISBN: 9788883954122
ISBN 10: 8883954122
The Emperor Wilhelm II became known in history as 'The Kaiser'. To satisfy his passion for playing cards this beautiful deck was produced. The figures depicts personalities fro the german nobility from mediaeval times to the 1800's
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LORDS OF THE SEA
The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
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The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
The Athenian Navy was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world. It engineered a civilization, empowered the world's first democracy, and led a band of ordinary citizens on a voyage of discovery that altered the course of history. With LORDS OF THE SEA, renowned archaeologist John R. Hale presents, for the first time, the definitive history of the epic battles, the fearsome ships, and the men-from extraordinary leaders to seductive rogues-that established Athens's supremacy. With a scholar's insight and a storyteller's flair, Hale takes us on an unforgettable voyage with these heroes, their turbulent careers, and far-flung expeditions, bringing back to light a forgotten maritime empire and its majestic legacy.
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LUCIFER'S COURT
A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers
ISBN: 9781594771972
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A Heretic's Journey in Search of the Light Bringers
Otto Rahn's lifelong search for the Grail brought him to the attention of the SS leader Himmler, who shared his esoteric interests. Induced by Himmler to become the chief investigator of the occult for the Nazis, Rahn traveled throughout Europe - from Spain to Iceland - in the mid 1930s pursuing leads to the Grail and other mysteries. LUCIFER'S COURT is the travel diary he kept while searching for “the ghosts of the pagans and heretics who were [his] ancestors.” It was during this time that Rahn grasped the positive role Lucifer plays in these forbidden religions as the bearer of true illumination, similar to Apollo and other sun gods in pagan worship. This journey was also one of self-discovery for Rahn. He found such a faithful echo of his own innermost beliefs in the lives of the heretics of the past that he eventually called himself a Cathar and nurtured ambitions of restoring that faith, which had been cruelly destroyed in the fires of the Inquisition. His journeys on assignment for the Reich - including researching an alleged entrance to Hollow Earth in Iceland and searching for the true mission of Lucifer in the caves of southern France that served as refuge for the Cathars during the Inquisition - also led to his disenchantment with his employers and his mysterious death in the mountains after his break with the Nazis.
· First English translation of the author's journeys in search of a Nordic equivalent to Mt. Sinai
· Explains why Lucifer the Light Bringer, god of the heretics, is a positive figure
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MACY'S
The Store. The Star. The Story
ISBN: 9780757003097
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The Store. The Star. The Story
On October 28, 1858, Rowland H. Macy, a native of Nantucket and a former seaman, opened a ladies' and gentlemen's emporium in New York City. The businessman had experienced several failed ventures and many felt that his new enterprise wouldn't last very long. But Macy firmly believed that his "Fancy Dry Goods" store would captivate New York's bustling crowds - and he was right.
MACY'S traces a hundred and fifty years of one of the country's premier retailers. The story begins with Rowland Macy's colourful roots in Massachusetts. It then details the founding of the store, including the innovative advertising and pricing practices that made the fledgling business stand out from its competitors. Later chapters describe how Macy's made history by being the first retailer to promote a woman to an executive position, how Isidor and Nathan Straus created the beautiful flagship store on Herald Square, how the once-cluttered lower level became the famous Cellar and much more.
Throughout, lively text, rare photographs and colourful illustrations highlight the people and events - the trends, tragedies and traditions - that transformed Macy's from a modest storefront into the 'World's Largest Store.'
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MILANO COLLECTION Playing Cards PC47
ISBN: 9788865270158
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Milan is recognised as a world fashion and design capital, with a major global influence in commerce, industry, music, sport, literature, art and media. The city has a rich cultural heritage and legacy, as well as a unique cuisine. Milan is, also, well kown for being home to several important museums, universities, academies, theatres, churches and Libraries, as well as two renowned football teams!
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NEANDERTHAL LEGACY
Reawakening Our Genetic and Cultural Origins
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Reawakening Our Genetic and Cultural Origins
In THE NEANDERTHAL LEGACY, eminent psychologist and paranormal researcher Stan Gooch brings together the wide-ranging investigative strands of his lifetime of study of the human brain. One of the world's leading experts on the influence of Neanderthal Man on the cultural and biological development of humanity, Gooch contends that the Neanderthals' enlarged cerebellum was a source of deep connection with the psychic and dream worlds, which remains extant in modern man in paranormal phenomena that conventional science cannot explain.
Gooch offers new scientific evidence of the crossbreeding between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons that is responsible for the dichotomous nature of our feelings, thoughts, impressions, beliefs and even our cultural mores and politics. The “hybrid vigour” produced by this mating has gifted modern man with abilities and sensibilities that the scientific establishment and conventional educational system entirely ignore. The author explores the legacy of our Neanderthal ancestors in an effort to awaken their virtues and qualities, which are so needed in our modern world.
· Examines the genetic evidence for Neanderthal/Cro-Magnon crossbreeding and the dual-nature effects this hybrid cross produced
· Explains the influence of the Neanderthal's enlarged cerebellum on our modern brain function and psychic and paranormal abilities
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SAMURAI
The Philosophy of Victory
ISBN: 9789654941259
ISBN 10: 9654941252
The Philosophy of Victory
The concept of the Samurai resembles that of the medieval Knight. The Samurai were warriors who fought for Japan and their warlords over a period of hundreds of years leading to the creation of a period of stability peace and prosperity. The Samurai code of honour is deeply engrained in the Japanese culture and influences it to this day. This book presents extracts from Samurai manuals such as A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS CODE OF THE SAMURAI and HAGAKURE as well as extracts from Samurai literature such as COMRADE LOVE OF THE SAMURAI by Ihara Saikaku. All of these combine to form a general picture of the Samurai. This book contains many full colour art reproductions making it a perfect gift book for anyone who is interested in Japanese culture Eastern culture martial arts and arts in general.
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