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101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada»rank: 29701par: Key Porter Books Limited, Rudyard Griffiths
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power»rank: 34928par: Niall Ferguson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ... |
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Discovery Of France»rank: 25351par: Graham Robb
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ... |
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Africa»rank: 13094par: Sebastiao Salgado, Mia Couto
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ... |
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Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945»rank: 9276par: Terry Copp
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ... |
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Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition»rank: 34421par: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ... |
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Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy»rank: 22276par: Benjamin Barber
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As soon as you hear the conceit of this book--that there are two great opposing forces at work in the world today, border-crossing capitalism and splintering factionalism, and that they are the two biggest threats to democracy--you know it rings true enough to be worth reading. Although capitalism could have only grown to current levels in the soil of democracies, Benjamin Barber argues that global capitalism now tends to work against the very concept of citizenship, of people thinking for themselves and with their neighbors. Too often now, how ... |
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Inside the Third Reich»rank: 25935par: Albert Speer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From 1946 to 1966, while serving the prison sentence handed down from the Nuremburg War Crimes tribunal, Albert Speer penned 1,200 manuscript pages of personal memoirs. Titled Erinnerungen ('Recollections') upon their 1969 publication in German, Speer's critically acclaimed personal history was translated into English and published one year later as lnside the Third Reich. Long after their initial publication, Speer's memoir continues to provide one of the most detailed and fascinating portrayals of life within Hitler's inner circles, the rise and fall of the third German empire, and of ... |
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72»rank: 15422par: Hunter S. Thompson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic! |
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin»rank: 11888par: Benjamin Franklin
Chroniques et points de vue:From :With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic! |
