History: Why It Matters
The author is a historian from the United States, emeritus professor at Stanford University. With the perspective of years, she writes this essay with four chapters: why there is a growing interest in this...
Historiography
Daily Life in the Time of Jesus
Book somewhat similar to another title of the author ("Jésus en son temps"). However, this is written 15 years later, with more knowledge, and is dedicated to what the title indicates: the Jewish society of...
Novo Millennio Ineunte
At the conclusion of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.
The Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte (At the Beginning of the New Millennium) was promulgated by Saint John Paul II on January...
Tertio Millennio Adveniente
In preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000.
The Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente was promulgated by Saint John Paul II on November 10, 1994, with the purpose of spiritually...
Manam
At the beginning of the last century, almost the entire Armenian population of Manam (Turkey) was executed by the Turkish army, and the few who survived were deported to Syria.
Lea, a Canadian...
Joan of Arc
Excellent and simple biography of Joan of Arc written by Regine Pernoud, a guarantee of seriousness and reliability. The French medievalist reveals the richness of an era, although vilified and forgotten,...
Bible and Sword
"Bible and Sword" by Barbara Tuchman explores how Britain came to be the country that paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. It centers on the conquest of Palestine by Britain in the...
A Song for Nagasaki
A biography of the Japanese radiologist who survived the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. Takashi Nagai (1908-1951) was a married Japanese scientist with two children. He generously promoted modern medicine in his...
Decisive Moments in History
Stefan Zweig wrote this book in Salzburg in 1927, shortly after the First World War. His passages are narrated with great vividness, realism, and passion, making the reader feel as if they are present in...
The Historic Tragedy of the Island of Ceilao
Joao Ribeiro was nineteen when he came to Ceylon (current Sri Lanka) to serve in the Portuguese army. He spent the next eighteen years fighting both against the forces of the Kandyan king, and the...