A Violent History - Giacomo Macola - ebook

We are living, it is often said, in a golden age of stupidity, in which boneheaded, mendacious politicians get elected by voters who've become too mindless to realise their interests are ill-served by narcissists, while vapid social media influencers corrupt their no-less witless followers with groundless conspiracy theories and eye- wateringly foolish takedowns of scientific expertise. Our time, one might be forgiven for thinking,  is one in which the fool's gold of stupidity has become a desirable commodity, a must-have, with bumbling celebrities venerated more than those who have more than two brain cells to rub together.  In this book, Stuart Jeffries analyses how we got into this parlous state and wonders if Schopenhauer was right in contending the stupid, like the poor, are always with us, or if rather, stupidity is like Japanese knotweed,  difficult to root out but should be exterminated with extreme prejudice. He considers what some of the greatest of human minds - Socrates, B…

Meesterverteller Dan Carlin analyseert onze geschiedenis en geeft er een intrigerende en humoristische draai aan.

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.

Softcover 480 pagina tellend boek "Payphone History Book" geschreven door Ron Knappen. The book is divided into 3 main sections: I. The Payphone (321 pages), II. Booths (63 pages) III. Signs - 810 signs (74 pages). Uitgegeven in 2008

In navolging van het succesvolle History Great Battles Medieval. Een nieuwe turn based strategy game met een unieke combinatie van strategische en tactische elementen. Ervaar zelf de Tweede Wereldoorlog en kruip in de huid van generaal Patton, leider van het derde U.S. Army peloton.Leid je mankrachten van de stranden van Normandië naar de stad Berlijn door 35 uitdagende missies en 7 unieke operaties, en neem het op tegen de Nazi&rsquos. Legends of War is gebaseerd op waargebeurde historische veldslagen en biedt meer dan 50 uur pure gameplay met de mogelijkheid om het spel te herspelen.