Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541919866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and accomplishments of those who “made it” to history books will give you lessons that you can use to better your life. So what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Read this book today!
Did the Spanish Conquistadors Find Wealth and Treasure? Biography Book Best Sellers | Children's Biography Books
Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541919866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and accomplishments of those who “made it” to history books will give you lessons that you can use to better your life. So what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Read this book today!
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541919866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and accomplishments of those who “made it” to history books will give you lessons that you can use to better your life. So what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Read this book today!
Did the Spanish Conquistadors Find Wealth and Treasure? Biography Book Best Sellers | Children's Biography Books
Author: Baby Professor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541912311
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and accomplishments of those who "made it" to history books will give you lessons that you can use to better your life. So what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Read this book today!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541912311
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This book will introduce you to the Spanish Conquistadors. You will get to learn about their adventures in general, and the specific explorations of some of the most popular explorers. Reading about the life and accomplishments of those who "made it" to history books will give you lessons that you can use to better your life. So what are you waiting for? Be inspired. Read this book today!
Why Did the Spanish Government Send Missionaries to America? | History of America Grade 3 | Children's Exploration Books
Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541956117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A long time ago, the Spanish government also sent missionaries to the southwestern part of the United States. This book discusses the reasons why the Spanish government did that and where in the US the missions were located. There will also be a discussion on who Padre Junipero Serra was as well as a description of his life of mission. Begin reading today.
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541956117
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A long time ago, the Spanish government also sent missionaries to the southwestern part of the United States. This book discusses the reasons why the Spanish government did that and where in the US the missions were located. There will also be a discussion on who Padre Junipero Serra was as well as a description of his life of mission. Begin reading today.
Al Capone: Dangerous Existence - Biography 7th Grade | Children's Biography Books
Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541923030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Al Capone was a criminal but he was once loved by his community. Apparently, he is said to have lived the life of Robin Hood, in the sense that he was generous to the poor. Was that truth or fiction? Maybe reading about his life will help us realize if there’s any truth to the stories or not. Grab a copy of this book today!
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541923030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Al Capone was a criminal but he was once loved by his community. Apparently, he is said to have lived the life of Robin Hood, in the sense that he was generous to the poor. Was that truth or fiction? Maybe reading about his life will help us realize if there’s any truth to the stories or not. Grab a copy of this book today!
Over the Edge of the World
Author: Laurence Bergreen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061865885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself. Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061865885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself. Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.
Bolivar
Author: Marie Arana
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439110204
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman examines his life against a backdrop of the tensions of nineteenth-century South America, covering his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist, and diplomat.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439110204
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman examines his life against a backdrop of the tensions of nineteenth-century South America, covering his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist, and diplomat.
The Graphic
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Montaigne
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782271465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A brilliant and impassioned biography of one of the founding fathers of humanism, from one of its greatest defenders in the 20th century Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is also a heartfelt argument for the importance of intellectual freedom, tolerance and humanism. Zweig draws strong parallels between Montaigne's age, when Europe was torn in two by conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, and his own, in which the twin fanaticisms of Fascism and Communism were on the verge of destroying the pan-continental liberal culture he was born into, and loved dearly. Just as Montaigne sought to remain aloof from the factionalism of his day, so Zweig tried to the last to defend his freedom of thought, and argue for peace and compromise. One of the final works Zweig wrote before his suicide, this is both a brilliantly impassioned portrait of a great mind, and a moving plea for tolerance in a world ruled by cruelty.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782271465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A brilliant and impassioned biography of one of the founding fathers of humanism, from one of its greatest defenders in the 20th century Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is also a heartfelt argument for the importance of intellectual freedom, tolerance and humanism. Zweig draws strong parallels between Montaigne's age, when Europe was torn in two by conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, and his own, in which the twin fanaticisms of Fascism and Communism were on the verge of destroying the pan-continental liberal culture he was born into, and loved dearly. Just as Montaigne sought to remain aloof from the factionalism of his day, so Zweig tried to the last to defend his freedom of thought, and argue for peace and compromise. One of the final works Zweig wrote before his suicide, this is both a brilliantly impassioned portrait of a great mind, and a moving plea for tolerance in a world ruled by cruelty.
Silver, Sword, and Stone
Author: Marie Arana
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501105019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of Latin America and the three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). “Meticulously researched, [this] book’s greatest strengths are the power of its epic narrative, the beauty of its prose, and its rich portrayals of character…Marvelous” (The Washington Post). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation on earth. Like her late husband, she works the gold mines much as the Indians were forced to do at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Illiteracy, malnutrition, and disease reign as they did five hundred years ago. And now, just as then, a miner’s survival depends on a vast global market whose fluctuations are controlled in faraway places. Carlos Buergos is a Cuban who fought in the civil war in Angola and now lives in a quiet community outside New Orleans. He was among hundreds of criminals Cuba expelled to the US in 1980. His story echoes the violence that has coursed through the Americas since before Columbus to the crushing savagery of the Spanish Conquest, and from 19th- and 20th-century wars and revolutions to the military crackdowns that convulse Latin America to this day. Xavier Albó is a Jesuit priest from Barcelona who emigrated to Bolivia, where he works among the indigenous people. He considers himself an Indian in head and heart and, for this, is well known in his adopted country. Although his aim is to learn rather than proselytize, he is an inheritor of a checkered past, where priests marched alongside conquistadors, converting the natives to Christianity, often forcibly, in the effort to win the New World. Ever since, the Catholic Church has played a central role in the political life of Latin America—sometimes for good, sometimes not. In this “timely and excellent volume” (NPR) Marie Arana seamlessly weaves these stories with the history of the past millennium to explain three enduring themes that have defined Latin America since pre-Columbian times: the foreign greed for its mineral riches, an ingrained propensity to violence, and the abiding power of religion. Silver, Sword, and Stone combines “learned historical analysis with in-depth reporting and political commentary...[and] an informed and authoritative voice, one that deserves a wide audience” (The New York Times Book Review).
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501105019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Winner, American Library Association Booklist’s Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of Latin America and the three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region: exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). “Meticulously researched, [this] book’s greatest strengths are the power of its epic narrative, the beauty of its prose, and its rich portrayals of character…Marvelous” (The Washington Post). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level in the Andean cordillera of Peru, the highest human habitation on earth. Like her late husband, she works the gold mines much as the Indians were forced to do at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Illiteracy, malnutrition, and disease reign as they did five hundred years ago. And now, just as then, a miner’s survival depends on a vast global market whose fluctuations are controlled in faraway places. Carlos Buergos is a Cuban who fought in the civil war in Angola and now lives in a quiet community outside New Orleans. He was among hundreds of criminals Cuba expelled to the US in 1980. His story echoes the violence that has coursed through the Americas since before Columbus to the crushing savagery of the Spanish Conquest, and from 19th- and 20th-century wars and revolutions to the military crackdowns that convulse Latin America to this day. Xavier Albó is a Jesuit priest from Barcelona who emigrated to Bolivia, where he works among the indigenous people. He considers himself an Indian in head and heart and, for this, is well known in his adopted country. Although his aim is to learn rather than proselytize, he is an inheritor of a checkered past, where priests marched alongside conquistadors, converting the natives to Christianity, often forcibly, in the effort to win the New World. Ever since, the Catholic Church has played a central role in the political life of Latin America—sometimes for good, sometimes not. In this “timely and excellent volume” (NPR) Marie Arana seamlessly weaves these stories with the history of the past millennium to explain three enduring themes that have defined Latin America since pre-Columbian times: the foreign greed for its mineral riches, an ingrained propensity to violence, and the abiding power of religion. Silver, Sword, and Stone combines “learned historical analysis with in-depth reporting and political commentary...[and] an informed and authoritative voice, one that deserves a wide audience” (The New York Times Book Review).
A Country of Vast Designs
Author: Robert W. Merry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 074329744X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 074329744X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.