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Autori: Franz Valery Marie Cumont (Author) | Editura: BIBLIOBAZAAR | Anul aparitiei: 2009 | ISBN: 9781103538799 | Numar de pagini: 360 | Categorie: History
Chris Scarre, Toby A. Wilkinson
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome
These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.
William Stafford
Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time
From 1942 to 1945, William Stafford was interned in camps for conscientious objectors for his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Stafford's memoir of these years offers a rich glimpse into a little-known aspect of World War II and a fascinating look at the formative years of a major American poet.
Tom Gjelten
Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The company Facundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought worldwide fame to the island, and in the decades that followed his Bacardi descendants participated in every aspect of Cuban life. With his intimate account of their struggles and adventures across five generations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba's fight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.