The Vanished Kingdom

Author : Norman Davies
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670022731
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished Kingdoms written by Norman Davies and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of fourteen lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing narrative accounts of the rise and fall of nations ranging from Tolosa to the Soviet Union.

Author : James Charles Roy
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished Kingdom written by James Charles Roy and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1999-07-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining armchair travel, stunning photography, and a keen historical sense, James Charles Roy takes us on a moving journey through the tragic past, present, and, very likely, future of Eastern Europe.

Author : Jonathan Auxier
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 161312158X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes written by Jonathan Auxier and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick—a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat—and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny. Be sure to read the companion book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Praise for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes “Auxier has a juggler’s dexterity with prose that makes this fantastical tale quicken the senses.” –Kirkus Reviews

Author : H.W. Koch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317873076
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Prussia written by H.W. Koch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In little more than two centuries Prussia rose from medieval obscurity and the devastation of the Thirty Years War to become the dominant power of continental Europe. Her rulers rose from Electors to Kings, and from Kings to Emperors. It is a dramatic story, and H. W. Koch fills a major gap in English-language literature with this comprehensive account. It traces the origins and rise of the Prussian state from the thirteenth century to the causes and consequences of its incorporation into the German Empire.

Author : Norman Davies
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101545348
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished Kingdoms written by Norman Davies and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance. There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names may be unfamiliar-Aragon, Etruria, the Kingdom of the Two Burgundies-their stories should change our mental map of the past. We come across forgotten characters and famous ones-King Arthur and Macbeth, Napoleon and Queen Victoria, right up to Stalin and Gorbachev-and discover how faulty memory can be, and how much we can glean from these lost empires. Davies peers through the cracks in the mainstream accounts of modern-day states to dazzle us with extraordinary stories of barely remembered pasts, and of the traces they left behind. This is Norman Davies at his best: sweeping narrative history packed with unexpected insights. Vanished Kingdoms will appeal to all fans of unconventional and thought-provoking history, from readers of Niall Ferguson to Jared Diamond.

Author : Léna Mauger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510708286
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished written by Léna Mauger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu, or the “evaporated,” they are often driven by shame and hopelessness, leaving behind lost jobs, disappointed families, and mounting debts. In The Vanished, journalist Léna Mauger and photographer Stéphane Remael uncover the human faces behind the phenomenon through reportage, photographs, and interviews with those who left, those who stayed behind, and those who help orchestrate the disappearances. Their quest to learn the stories of the johatsu weaves its way through: A Tokyo neighborhood so notorious for its petty criminal activities that it was literally erased from the maps Reprogramming camps for subpar bureaucrats and businessmen to become “better” employees The charmless citadel of Toyota City, with its iron grip on its employees The “suicide” cliffs of Tojinbo, patrolled by a man fighting to save the desperate The desolation of Fukushima in the aftermath of the tsunami And yet, as exotic and foreign as their stories might appear to an outsider’s eyes, the human experience shared by the interviewees remains powerfully universal.

Author : Melinda Metz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 074343448X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished written by Melinda Metz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gone for good? Max is on a mission to save Alex, who is stranded on the home planet. Alex may be lost or wounded -- or worse. To get Alex back, Max knows he'll need one of the Stones of Midnight. If only he knew where to find one... Liz understands that Max can't rest until he finds Alex. And she's been busy herself -- spending time with Roswell newcomer Adam. She's been having so much fun with Adam that Max is in danger...of being forgotten.

Author : Lisbeth Campbell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982141301
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished Queen written by Lisbeth Campbell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover in 2020 by Saga Press.

Author : Celia Rees
Publisher : Marion Lloyd Books
ISBN 13 : 9781407110608
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished written by Celia Rees and published by Marion Lloyd Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dark stuff sent to Fraser and Cassie's student newspaper is disturbing. Old tales are being rewritten. Tales of plague graves, and forbidden woods where children vanish. Hidden steps leading to a decaying underworld. Old songs used to ensare the innocent. But they're just horror stories - aren't they? Then the first child is taken...

Author : Christopher Clark
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014190402X
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iron Kingdom written by Christopher Clark and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ... Iron Kingdom is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ... The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely the best history of Prussia in any language' Sunday Telegraph