Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of ......
Epitaphs of the Great War Passchendaele is an edited collection of headstone inscriptions from the graves of those killed during the Third Battle of Ypres - Passchendaele.
Adding Life to Years: The Wesleyan at Georgetown "The skill of science has added years to life-now we must add life to years." At the heart of The Wesleyan at Georgetown lies a profound truth: it is not just a place to live-it is a home. Any meaningful narrative of The Wesleyan must begin with the people who chose to spend their later years within ......
Adding Life to Years: The Wesleyan at Georgetown "The skill of science has added years to life-now we must add life to years." At the heart of The Wesleyan at Georgetown lies a profound truth: it is not just a place to live-it is a home. Any meaningful narrative of The Wesleyan must begin with the people who chose to spend their later years within ......
Jean Bethke Elshtain, the 1996 Hesburgh Lecturer on Ethics and Public Policy, challenges a powerful strand in western political thinking that separates the political and ethical realms. This is manifest above all in the claim that although the rule of justice might pertain between citizens, force is the ultimate arbiter between states and would-be ......
Reveals fundamental continuities between the contemporary War on Terror and earlier U.S. imperial conflicts Prehistories of the War on Terror examines the longstanding American project of classifying enemies who challenge U.S. power abroad as terrorists. To do so, the volume brings disparate episodes of U.S. military empire-building into dialogue ......
Help students discover what the American flag means to them! This nonfiction reader explores what the flag represents and why it's respected. Includes thought-provoking questions, colorful images, an extension activity, a related fiction piece, and more.
Family history, usually destined or even designed for limited consumption, is a familiar genre within Mormon culture. Mostly written with little attention to standards of historical scholarship, such works are a distinctly hagiographic form of family memorabilia.But in the right hands, many family sagas can prove widely engaging, owing to inherent ......
A guide to the methods and issues involved in carrying out biographical, life history or family history research. Robert Miller demonstrates that biographical research is a distinctive way of conceptualizing social activity. He covers the three main approaches to biographical and family history: realist - focused around grounded-theory techniques ......
