Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
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Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
What makes a written work eternal—its message still so fundamental to the way we live that it continues to speak to us, hundreds or thousands of years distant from the lifetime of its author?
Why do we still respond to an ancient Greek playwright's tale of the Titan so committed to humanity's survival that he is willing to endure eternal torture in his defiance of the gods? To the cold advice of a 16th-century Florentine exiled from the corridors of power? To the words of a World War I German veteran writing of the horrors of endless trench warfare?
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The compelling story of American history since reconstruction: The American Vision, Modern Times presents the rich saga of American history after the Civil War. Adapted from the modern history portion of The American Vision, this program features the same exceptional scholarship, accurate maps, peerless resources, and unique strategies found in The American Vision.
History in Dispute, Volume 11: The Holocaust, 1933-1945
During the 1980s and 1990s, Holocaust studies gained unprecedented funding and attention from scholars, governments, and the media. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened a few blocks from the Washington Monument in 1993, the same year Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List opened in theaters around the country
At the same time, Internet websites, academic sounding journals, and talk-show regulars began to challenge the fundamental historicity of the Holocaust.
Charting the Future of Translation History (Perspectives on Translation)
Over the last 30 years there has been a substantial increase in the study of the history of translation. Both well-known and lesser-known specialists in translation studies have worked tirelessly to give the history of translation its rightful place. Clearly, progress has been made, and the history of translation has become a viable independent research area.
Ok: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke . It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"-- the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the secret history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence.
