When 28-year-old Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his band of 50,000 soldiers and sailors was accompanied by 151 Parisian scientists and artists, who laid the groundwork for what became Egyptology. Ten of these remarkable men are the focus of...
This lecture is dedicated to the memory of H. P. Blavatsky, Dr. Paul Brunton and Dr. I. K. Taimni, who showed mankind a path to his empyrean abode — for those who care to...
The many changing roles played by money in Europe throughout the Middle Ages are traced through war and trade and other political, economic, and ecclesiastical activities, regardless of national or international barriers.
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¿Necesitas el inglés para conseguir un trabajo? ¿Te sientes inseguro en las reuniones con clientes y proveedores extranjeros? ¿Quieres dar el salto a la internacionalización de tu empresa? Este segundo volumen de Business English para Dummies,...
Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Yet they are an...
Suffering a staggering loss of over 2 million troops by September 1941, Soviet forces were faced with the prospect of Hitler victoriously re-directing his powerful German armies toward the heart of Soviet Russia - Moscow. However, the season was...
Crime stories – both real and fictional – have had us gripped for centuries. Here we line up 15 of history’s most infamous villains, putting their crimes under the magnifying glass and weighing their wrongs from right. Could there be more to...