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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu
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And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown
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Politics and Conscience: Dag Hammarskjöld on the Art of Ethical Leadership
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Dag Hammarskjöld served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. During those
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When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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― Sayings Of Buddha
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Book club for the CoCovid Sub 18 group. Lots of books, history, and tea.
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I am shocked nobody has made a group such as this. The best Genre in reading Roman history. All …more
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Tante letture a tema e sfide sempre nuove e originali. Unisciti a noi e al nostro obiettivo: leg…more
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As the third oldest college in the United States, St. John's College has campuses located in Ann…more
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The Polar Poems (not a true title... more of a gesture)
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