Modern States

In Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic, historian Peter C. Mancall reveals how Europeans and Native Americans thought about a natural world undergoing rapid change in the century following the historic voyages of Christopher Columbus. Through innovative use of oral history and folklore maintained for centuries by Native Americans as well as original use of manuscript atlases, paintings that depict European representations of nature, and texts that circulated across the ocean, he reveals how the encounter between the old world and the new changed the fate of millions.

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a world-renowned scholar, professor of history and geography at Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the Faculty of Modern History of Oxford University. The Americas, part of the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles series, offers an intriguing history of the world's western hemisphere.

Surviving This Babylon is an instruction manual for overcoming the current forms of this incessant beast that is Babylon. The formula is here, in this book, and it's clear. The axis of global governance and a universal religion of apostasy is emerging and may just be the final form of Babylon. It is threatening and dangerous but can be overcome. The lions of Babylon are fierce, but the ancient secrets revealed in Scripture will help you to roar back with a perfect boldness.

In "Amerika: een moderne geschiedenis" zet prof. dr. Maarten van Rossem op humoristische wijze de ontwikkeling van de VS in de laatste eeuw uiteen. In een lezing van zes hoofdstukken rijgt Van Rossem moeiteloos verschillende onderwerpen als de emancipatie van de zwarte burgerbevolking, de New Deal en de periode van de Koude Oorlog aaneen. Een boeiende reis door de geschiedenis van de enige overgebleven supermacht.

How did America become the superpower that it is today? If you have ever wondered this, then this book is for you. It presents the main events that shaped the American culture: how it developed from a group of colonists into the most prominent nation in the world. How did everything start? Who were the invaded and the invaders? This book will reveal each step that "constructed" America, aiming at addressing the most common questions concerning the difficulties of this "free land."

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th president of the United States of America, serving from 1981 to 1989. He was the Republican political party's 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a profession as a Hollywood star and labor organizer. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, to a low-income family. In the year 1932, he finished from Eureka College and went to work in Iowa as a radio sports analyst.

As fathers of nations, presidents have a huge role in the socioeconomic progress of countries. Because of that, presidents help kids secure a better future. But among the many presidents, there are those that have created the most impact to the youth. This book lists down the best of them. Encourage your child to listen today!

En la actualidad, China constituye una de las economías más grandes del mundo, y, según diversos analistas, en las próximas décadas será la primera potencia del globo.