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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T079324<Notes><imprintFull>London : printed for Allen and West, [1796?] <collation>viii,163,[1]p.,plates ; 8┬░

Mein Kampf, a controversial yet historical piece of literature written by Adolf Hitler, is a book that has been widely discussed and analyzed over the years. Published by Free Thought Books in 1922, it offers an insight into the mind of one of history's most infamous figures. The book, which falls under the genre of autobiography, presents Hitler's ideologies, political views, and his plans for Germany's future. It is a deep and complex work that gives readers a glimpse into the formation of a dictator's mind. Though the book is heavily criticized for its content, it remains a significant part of history. Reading Mein Kampf is like delving into a significant part of the 20th century's dark history.

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This book, written in a storytelling style, presents many of the abiding beliefs and traditions of the Hopi Native Americans.A compelling narrative steeped in the unique legacy of the Hopis, this text seeks to explain the tribal structures and practices of the tribespeople. We discover how the Hopi's hierarchy is deeply entwined with their cultural mores, ceremonies, and the oral tradition wherein stories traverse the ages. The history of Hopi interactions with outsiders such as the Spanish and the neighboring Navajo tribe are recounted with lively detail.Edmund Nequatewa was an ethnic Hopi, and we find here a book authentic in both information and tone. A man keen to respect his ancestors' old and deep-seated ways produced a work which displays the nature of the Hopi while being uninfluenced by established, scholarly methods of anthropology. Insulated from banality and instead brimming with human spirit, this work is a worthy read for those curious of Native American history and culture.

In The Discovery of Witches, Matthew Hopkins - the Witch Finder General of England during the early 1600s - details the process by which he found and captured suspected witches.Hopkins' treatise is comprised of answers to various queries he had received by members of the public curious about his investigatory techniques in finding witches. This book answers a total of fourteen queries, with replies ranging from a few sentences to a few paragraphs in length. The book is an illustrative portrayal of a society fervently given to superstitions about the powers of witchcraft. At three hundred women killed, the efforts of Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne were prolific.Accorded status, Hopkins encountered opposition to his witch finding. That his 'investigations' required scant evidence to secure death sentences dismayed figures in the Church of England. Today, historians judge Hopkins as an opportunist who took advantage of unfounded suspicions to advance his own fame.

Reason, the Only Oracle of Man is Colonel Ethan Allen's polemical treatise wherein he argues for the power of reason, and reason's nature as a God-given attribute of man.Received to a negative reception during its original publication in 1785, Reason, the Only Oracle of Man divided opinion on the grounds of its rejection of traditional, Christian religious beliefs. At the time, the fledgling nation of the United States was deeply devoted to the traditional Christian establishment, with many suspicious of the recent progress of science in many fields. Ethan Allen rejected many traditional beliefs of the Christian church. He considered much of the Bible to be mythical superstition, and held great contempt for organised religion which he viewed as corrupt and sinful, with the priesthood in particular targeted for its inadequacies. While not an atheist, Allen believed strongly in the power and capacity of reason, and considered its use to be virtuous.

This book contains the three most pivotal documents in American history, in easy-to-read large print:The United States Declaration of Independence, adopted at the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia in July 1776. The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the collective term of the first ten constitutional amendments, created in 1789 and ratified in 1791 at the Philadelphia Congress. The Constitutional Amendments - eleven through to twenty seven. The publisher humbly advances the notion that every American citizen should own a copy of these essential documents, in order to benefit from and reference the wisdom which went into their creation. Together with the principle text, this edition contains images provided courtesy of the United States National Archives as well as independent photographers. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the American Red Cross, which provides aid and relief in the United States during times of calamity or disaster.

Rumi's great book of wisdom-infused poetry contain myriad lessons on the importance of faith, with the culture and lessons of spiritual, Biblical and Islamic teachings featuring strongly.In authoring his masterwork, Rumi quoted the Qu'ran, the Bible and several spiritual forebears. Wishing to align his poetry in order to tell tales of man and man's place in the world, Rumi drew upon a variety of religious and spiritual sources to create a poetic compendium of supreme profundity and depth. The Masnavi was praised as one of the finest works of mystical literature ever seen.It is in the Masnavi that Persia's place between the spiritual cultures of Asia and the Middle East is evidenced. Rumi himself, while undoubtedly an Islamic scholar of great ability, did not feel confined to the faith; he saw spiritual value in a range of disciplines, and asserted that the light of Mohammed's prophecy does not leave faithful Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians or other denominations behind.

THE AFTERLIFE. Voices And Screams From Hell And Heaven. How the Dead Talked To Us And Described Life After Death. 425 Pages + 62 photos and drawings. A publication of TIMES SQUARE PRESS¿. This book is the result of the authorÕs 50 years of investigation, study, observation, findings and rapports with the occult, mediumistic sZances, materialized spirits, and the worldÕs most honest and authentic mediums and channelers.Unquestionable, it is the most powerful, the most documented, the most convincing book ever written about life after death, the afterlife, spirits, and mediumistic sZances. It will without any doubt change forever your perception and understanding of the afterlife, and convince you that there is a life after death. Every single aspect and stage of the afterlife is described and explained.

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IMAM JA`FAR AL-SADIQThe sixth Imam in the line of the Twelve Imams descended from the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ja`far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (702-765 C.E. or 17th Rabi` al-Awwal 83 AH - 15th Shawwal 148 AH) was the founder of the Ja`fari School of Islamic Law and a renowned scholar of his age. His father was the Imam Muhammad al-Baqir and his mother, Farwa, was a great-granddaughter of Abu Bakr. He lived in Arabia in the eighth century. He devoted his attention to interpreting divine utterances and applied himself to such controversial subjects as iraadah (free will) and qadr (the power to direct one's own actions). He is regarded as one of the greatest of the imams and is also revered by the Naqshbandi Sunni Sufi chain.THE LANTERN OF THE PATHThe Lantern of The Path comprises ninety-nine chapters. Each one is a threshold to the next, guiding the reader through the broad spectrum of ageless wisdom, like a lantern along the path of reality. The author illuminates the inner meanings of outer practices which range from practical everyday acts of behavior, to the practices of worship, morals and ethics, and the pillars of religion.Practical and profound, this concise volume is a useful guide for those who wish to cultivate their inner being. accompanying commentary, students and adepts alike can now gain a profounder understanding of these timeless teachings from the wellspring of the heart of Islam.

This book contains the 20th century's most common translation of the Koran, re-arranged into the chronological order accepted by Western scholars and devout Muslims alike. The book also shows how later verses (particularly The Verse of the Sword) abrogate (cancel) all the "peaceful" verses of the Koran. The principle of abrogation has been accepted by Islamic scholars for over 1000 years. When seen from the perspective of abrogation Islam is anything but "a religion of Peace". This is the only Koran in history which denounces the scores of commands to violence contained within the Koran. Yet from the first day of publication the elite have attempted to censor this book, to prevent you from seeing the evidence with your own eyesThe 100 page Introduction shows the public have been deceived by the Grand Lie: "Islam is a religion of peace". Before that day in September 2001 when devout Muslims killed 3,000 innocent Americans, no-one described Islam as "a religion of Peace". Before that fateful date no experts recognized any distinction between "Islam" and "Islamism". All these concepts exist to deceive you, so you cannot understand why Muslims kill for Islam. But throughout history Western experts have known that Islam is a religion of war.We show how the most authoritative Islamic texts say that Mohammed was killed as a result of leading his army on one of his genocidal raids on the Jews of Arabia. The tolerant multiculturalism of Arabia permitted Mohammed to create a "new religion", a doctrine which opposed multiculturalism and which justified the most brutal violence against non-Muslims. Moreover, the mainstream translations of the Koran throughout the 20th century preface the translation with explanations that the Koran only came to be transcribed because Mohammed's apostles were also dying in battles to impose Islam upon non-Muslims! This stark evidence by these apologists for Islam shows it was accepted throughout the 20th century that Islam was imposed by the sword and that Jihad is the foundation of Islam.This book contains the clearest explanation and the strongest proof of the true meaning of the Koran. Politicians, clergy, journalists and academics are able to provide you with no logical explanation for more than 30,000 terrorist attacks by "the religion of Peace" since 2001. After reading this book you will be left in no doubt that the West is never going to stop the growth in Islamic terrorism until the fundamentals of Islam are exposed and criticised by the public. As you will see from this book, Mohammed and his "rightly guided Caliphs" (devout followers) were more like ISIS than they were like Jesus or Buddha.When Mohammed's Koran was first published it immediately became a No.1 best-seller, a first for a self-published book in the 21st century. Extraordinary measures of censorship were deployed to prevent others from reading this book. The launch events were forcibly closed down by police (who threatened the venues with bankruptcy should they permit the book to be launched there). Internet giants were persuaded by the British state to silence the authors.Why would there be such extraordinary efforts to censor Mohammed's Koran, a book which denounces violence and hatred? Would they go to these lengths if the book failed to prove its argument? They cannot refute the evidence contained in the book so instead they censor the book. We fully expect that in the coming years the British state will pass legislation to make this book illegal.This new edition contains an additional Appendix, documenting how this book was censored by global corporations. The extensive Index to the Koran enables the reader to see for themselves the all-pervasive hostility which Islam has for non-Muslims.