These chapters offer a modern perspective on the legacy of the Mongols, covering aspects of cultural resilience, economic transformation, political developments, global interactions, and environmental stewardship. They highlight the ongoing relevance and influence of Mongolian history and traditions in shaping the nation's trajectory in the present day.

A nonstop maelstrom of combat action, leaving the reader nearly breathless by the end. The human courage and carnage described in these pages resonates through the centuries, from Borodino to the Bulge, but the focus here is on the Vietnam War, and a unique unit formed to take part at its height. The 199th Light Infantry Brigade was created from three U.S. infantry battalions of long lineage, as a fast reaction force for the U.S. to place in Indochina....

Hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in 1948. To Israelis, it was the War of Independence, to Palestinians it was 'Al Nakba' - the Catastrophe. Director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers as well as Palestinian residents in an effort to re-examine what happened in Tantura, the location of an alleged, Israeli-perpetrated massacre, and find out why 'Al Nakba' is still a taboo in Israeli society.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), um dos maiores filósofos da civilização ocidental, acreditava que o entendimento entre os homens levaria a uma pacificação entre as nações. A Paz Perpétua, que foi um enorme sucesso entre a intelectualidade da época, é uma verdadeira surpresa para o leitor atual devido à sua clareza e ao seu pragmatismo. Publicado inicialmente na Alemanha em 1795, é o resultado de toda uma vida de estudo e reflexão crítica...

The telephone has come a long way from the primitive "Lover's Phones" invented in 1667 to today's sophisticated cell phone and satellite communication systems.

Mercenaries have been with us since the dawn of civilization, yet in the modern world they are little understood. While many of today's freelance fighters provide support for larger military establishments, others wage war where the great powers refuse to tread. In War Dog, Al Venter examines the latter world of mercenary fighters effecting decisions by themselves. In the process he unveils a remarkable array of close-quarters combat action. Having...

"A través de la obra de distintos escritores afrocolombianos, se evidencia el papel que juega la ""naturaleza"" en el proceso de la creación cultural; su influencia en los mitos, leyendas, ritos, religión y cosmovisión de una cultura, y la forma en que contribuye a la construcción de la identidad étnica. En la obras de autores como Artel, Martán Góngora, Truque, Palacios, Zapata Olivella ─algunos de los más conocidos entre todos los estudiados─,...

Red Tobruk, the war memoir of the Captain of HMS Eridge from late 1940 until August 1942 is a superb account of wartime action at sea. Frank Gregory-Smith’s war started on the destroyer Jaguar and he saw action off Norway and during the Dunkirk evacuation, when she was hit by enemy air attack with 25 men killed. Command of the new escort destroyer HMS Eridge followed (he was to be her only Captain) and they deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean,...

This action packed military memoir tells of the exploits of a young Sapper officer during both the Second World War and in Korea. Tony Younger was in the thick of the action during the German Blitzkrieg of 1940 seeing desperate fighting as the beleaguered British Expeditionary Force struggled to escape at Dunkirk. He then became closely involved in anthrax experiments, before playing a full role in the Normandy Campaign and the conquest of Germany....

Cogito ergo sum. "Penso, logo existo." Tal proposição resume o espírito de René Descartes (1596-1650), sábio francês cujo "Discurso do Método" inaugurou a filosofia moderna. Em 1637, numa época em que a força da razão tal qual a conhecemos era muito mais do que incipiente, e em que textos filosóficos eram escritos em latim, voltados apenas para os doutores, Descartes publicou o "Discurso do Método", redigido em francês. Ele defendia o...