Travel back in time to the ancient civilisations of the Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Israelites, Greeks and Romans to understand how these people lived. Discover the exhilarating work of archaeologists in the field both today and in the past. Learn of the thrill that comes with exciting discoveries of modern archaeology. Visit lost cities such as Petra and Pompeii, and walk in the footsteps of Jesus and the prophets in the Bible Lands.
A Global History of the Developing World takes a sweeping look at the historical foundations of the problems of developing world society. Encompassing Asia, Latin America and Africa, the book centralizes the struggle for self-determination in an attempt to understand how the current nation-states have been formed and what their future may hold. Although concentrating on the modern era, its scope is broad: it covers geography, ancient and modern history, economics, politics and recent events.
Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. His heirs, to no one's surprise--especially Troy's--are circling like vultures.
Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor. Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it's going to be murder.
This collection of stories, poems, scenes from hit plays, parodies, and feuds, lovingly compiled by a recognized authority in the field, happily intermingles the best humor of recent years with a few rib-ticklers from the past.Major wits and raconteurs too numerous to mention here enliven these pages.The pleasure is all yours.
Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World (48 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert Bucholz / Loyola University of Chicago / D.Phil., Oxford University
As Americans, we are rooted in different soils, in different lands. We draw on different philosophies and religions to sustain us. And we earn our livings in different ways. But no matter what our differences, there is one bond we share, says Professor Robert Bucholz. But how did the decentralized agrarian principalities of medieval Europe become great industrial nation-states? How and why did absolutism rise and then yield to democratic liberalism?
Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World (48 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
