European Studies

In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement.

Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by Vienna. Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of an extraordinary story of how one city made the modern world—and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.

So, 500 years is a lot of history to cover. Not only that, but you're super busy having a life and studying for all the other tests you have to take AND all the stuff you've got to do just to get in to college. But don't worry! We've got you covered... this audiobook is designed to walk you through everything that happened in the Old World from 1450 all the way through... well... right now!

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Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists have also been deeply religious people, and many of the laws and institutions that work to soften or prevent war have deep religious roots. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of religion and war, and a framework for analyzing it.

In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-European origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mythological, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent themes—god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water—give life to Comparative Mythology as both a general introduction and a detailed reference.

This program is read by the author. From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II as it’s never been told before BERLIN’S FATE WAS SEALED AT THE 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE: the city, along with the rest of Germany, was...

CIPP/E: Focused Preparation is a high-yield self-study guide for privacy professionals who want to pass the IAPP CIPP/E exam on the first attempt without wasting months on unfocused reading. It is built for real-world DPOs, privacy counsel, compliance leads, and security pros who need a clear roadmap through the exam blueprint, not another dense textbook. This book translates the current CIPP/E Body of Knowledge and five-domain blueprint into plain language, targeted explanations, and realistic exam-style questions. You will work through practice items that mirror the difficulty, structure,...

DISCOVER THE SECRET CHESS TRAINING METHOD FROM THE EARLY 1900S THAT COMBINED QUANTUM PHYSICS WITH ANCIENT WISDOM In 1923, a mysterious journal, was discovered in Vienna, ON AN ALTERNTE TIMELINE, containing an underground chess training method unlike anything in established literature. Between 1900-1925, while quantum physics revolutionized European science, a secret collective of chess masters applied these radical ideas about consciousness to chess mastery. They called it "The Hoodeeneey Drill." THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION MEETS CHESS CONSCIOUSNESS As Planck, Einstein, and Bohr discovered that ...

Must-Have Advice on Running Effective and Organized Meetings Easy, accessible, and to the point. Robert's Rules of Order gives you everything you need to know to conduct shorter, fairer, and more orderly meetings. In this new and improved update, you'll find: -The fundamentals of parliamentary...

Deep in the mist-shrouded mountains of Eastern Europe, where ancient castles crumble into forgotten valleys and village elders still whisper warnings after dark, lies the truth behind humanity's most enduring nightmare. Eastern European Shadows takes you on a chilling journey through newly discovered historical documents, archaeological evidence, and testimonies that will make you question everything you thought you knew about vampire folklore.

Historian Maurice Casey reveals the connections and disconnections of a group of forgotten communist activists whose lives collided in 1920s Moscow: a brilliant Irish translator, a maverick author, the rebel daughters of an East London Jewish family, and a family of determined German anti-fascists. Culminating in a queer love story that saw the daughters of the Cohens and Leonhards create an enduring partnership even as their parents' political visions crumbled, this is a rebel odyssey and a history of international communism, one which looks as much to the future as it does to the past.

Ireland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana, yet this small country boasts an extensive, rich, and fascinating history. Ireland's Forgotten Past is an alternative history that covers 13,000 years in 36 stories that are often left out of history books.

No partner? No problem! From economic independence to personal passions and everything in between, this guide profiles women who have had different reasons why they have chosen to remain single all throughout history that have nothing to do with the tragic trope of “spinsters.” What do...

Postmodernism has infiltrated the academy, including the Evangelical academy. Christians must not be intimidated or bullied when they are told they need to be less tied to dry things like "propositions" and "abstractions". But truth is truth. As Chesterton said, “Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.”

WINNER OF THE RABBI SACKS BOOK PRIZE A nuanced examination of the Israel’s past, present, and future, after reaching its seventy-fifth anniversary and enduring its most challenging year ever, from the two-time National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Israel. Revised and updated...

Georges Pompidou: The President of Modern France In the shadow of Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou rose from rural obscurity and the discreet boardrooms of Parisian finance to become the man charged with steering France into the modern age. Banker, intellectual, art patron, and reluctant politician, Pompidou’s presidency (1969–1974) was a bridge between the grandeur of Gaullism and the turbulence of the late twentieth century. Julien Peltier takes readers deep into the paradox of Pompidou — the cultivated former teacher who loved Mallarmé as much as motorways, the pragmatic ...

This book deals with the historical background (1997 to 2009), the process of creation and the first six years of existence (2009 to 2015) of the Covenant of Mayors, a European Commission initiative that aims to implement energy policy as close as possible to people daily lives. In order to do so it works mainly at the local level, usually with the help of provincial and regional organizations. Its main objectives are the promotion of energy savings among citizens and the diffusion of renewable energy sources. The subject is particularly suitable for the concept of multi-level governance, ...

G. K. Chesterton was a journalist, playwright, poet, biographer, novelist, essayist, literary commentator, editor, orator, artist, and theologian. Orthodoxy is his great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford.

Examines newer spiritual “systems” of the modern era, from spiritism and theosophy, to parapsychic research and anthroposophism, to psychoanalysis and the Church of Satan Compares these newer spiritual “systems” to the traditional spiritual path of the ancients and exposes the...