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Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay.
Stories, facts and photographs of 60 beautiful and eerie abandoned places from throughout the world. Time has stopped and nature is taking resident in these places mainly due to natural disasters, war or economic reasons.
Places include:...
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Get the Summary of Toby Lester's The Fourth Part of the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Fourth Part of the World" by Toby Lester delves into the history of cartography and exploration, focusing on the evolution of the world map and the discovery of the Americas. The book begins with the medieval mappaemundi and the work of Brother Matthew Paris, who created maps that combined geography with Christian...
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Reconocer la existencia de los templos-montaña tiene el potencial de maravillarnos y pausar la mente dual. La lectura de montañas es el desarrollo de la observación, la atención, la conciencia, así como cultivar una relación con los elementos y los principios divinos.
Durante los últimos 50 años, decenas de miles de personas y cientos de académicos, han visitado las cuevas de Oxtotitlán, en Zitlala-Chilapa, Guerrero. Sin embargo, ninguno...
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Get the Summary of Sarah Raymond Herndon's Days On The Road in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Days on the Road" by Sarah Raymond Herndon is a detailed account of a journey across the plains in 1865. Herndon, part of the McMahan train, vividly describes the experiences and challenges faced by her group as they travel from Missouri to Montana. The narrative begins with the group's departure in May, filled with hope...
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This book focuses predominantly on the examination of Hindu temples that were destroyed, desecrated, and converted into mosques and khanqahs, shedding light on the underlying ideology of iconoclasm within the Muslim context. While Ayodhya maintains significance within the narrative, it does not serve as the central focus of discussion. The text diligently adheres to truth, distinguishing itself from secularist and Marxist writers by refraining from...
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A family epic laced with authenticity, wit and unforgettable characters. Liz O'Reilly has a husband in Vietnam, 4 kids under the age of 12 (and one on the way), and a burgeoning crush on the family priest. An unconventional love story.
It's Summer 1967 and Mike O'Reilly's just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids – 6 year old Deb–Deb (who believes she is an otter), 8 year old Angus, Kathie,...
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What has Christianity ever done for us? A lot more than you might think, as Nick Spencer reveals in this fresh exploration of our cultural origins.
Looking at the big ideas that characterize the West, such as human dignity, the rule of law, human rights, science, and even, paradoxically, atheism and secularism,he traces the varied ways in which many of our present values...
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This is an account of an investigation into the mystery behind Hoia Forest in Transylvania. Transylvania belongs to Romania, which is in the southeastern part of Europe. Romania is rich in its culture, history, myths, legends, and artefacts. It is one of the places where we can see parts of mediaeval periods and the wildness of nature as well. However, people tend to associate the region with vampires. The place's association with vampires stems from...
15) Las siete maravillas del mundo moderno: Una guía fascinante sobre la Gran Muralla China, el Colis
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¿Sabía que Sha Jahan planeó una vez construir otro Taj Mahal en su imperio?El Taj Mahal es famoso por su excepcional arquitectura, en la que se mezclan elementos de diversas influencias de todo el mundo, como la magnificencia de los estilos arquitectónicos mogol, persa e islámico.Sha Jahan, emperador reinante del Imperio mogol, estaba sumido en la tristeza tras la muerte de su amada esposa, Mumtaz Mahal. Como regalo de despedida, el emperador...
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"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...
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World War I was a bloodletting so vast and unprecedented that for a generation it was known simply as the Great War. Casualty lists reached unimagined proportions as the same ground -- places like Ypres and the Somme -- was fought over again and again. Other major bloody battles remain vivid in memory to this day: Gallipoli and the Battle of Jutland are but two examples. Europe was at war with itself, and the effect on Western civilization was profound,...
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The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was born in 1917. And it was implemented in full force in 1922.The USSR flag is hoisted for the last time in Moscow on December 25, 1991, the USSR disappears from the world map, the Soviet Union was once considered the largest country in the world, the Soviet Union was an expanse of 22 million kilometres. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, new 15 countries are born, it is a matter to think that what...
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This new study, drawing on the latest research, tells the story of the decline and fall of the pharaoh Akhenaten's religious revolution in the fourteenth century BC. Beginning at the regime's high-point in his Year 12, it traces the subsequent collapse that saw the deaths of many of the king's loved ones, his attempts to guarantee the revolution through co-rulers, and the last frenzied assault on the god Amun.
The book then outlines the events of...
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A readable and entertaining introduction to aerial combat in the series that "would be excellent for someone with an early interest in military history" (Army Rumour Service).
Just over a decade after the first successful powered flight, fearless pioneers were flying over the battlefields of France in flimsy biplanes. Though the infantry in their muddy trenches might see aerial combat as glorious and chivalric, the reality was very different and...
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