The Pocket Guide to the Popes
This book contains the abridged profiles of all of the popes of the Catholic Church organized chronologically according to the dates of their respective terms of office.It consists of quick thumbnail sketches of each pope, one to three paragraphs detailing who they are, their history, the important events of their papacy, and their overall place in the history of the time.
For anyone who's just looking for a quick few facts on the popes.
The History of Classical Music
by Richard Fawkes UNABRIDGED
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years.
Chapters:
01 The Early, Middle and Renaissance Periods [1:13]
02 The Baroque and Classical Periods [1:18]
03 The Romantic Period [1:17]
04 The Twentieth Century [1:17]
Eyewitness: Civil War This illustrated history offers a stunning array of reproductions and photographs of the sites, people, and artifacts associated with the war. The book is divided into 29 two-page chapters covering such topics as the slavery debate, the election of 1860, raising armies, camp life, women during the war, Gettysburg, and the Confederacy surrender.
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