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The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups Christians claimed that there was not one God but two, or twelve, or thirty. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine; others that he was divine but not human. Eherman offers an enlightening study of these early forms of Christinaity, and how they came to...

1789-1850 A History of US Book 4Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the freshly formed United States faced. Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territories (bought from France at a mere four cents an acre!), Lewis and...

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Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold        for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and        endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the        North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would eventually throw...

Based on the highly successful Oxford revision course, this book helps candidates        prepare for the viva section of the FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedics exam. Drawn from        questions asked in the Oxford revision course, this title provides a tried and        tested revision tool, ideal for this high-pressure examination....

Andres Bello was a towering figure in nineteenth-century Latin America, as influential and as famous there as Thomas Jefferson is in the United States. Poet, politician, educator, essayist, philosopher, he wielded astonishing influence and played a major role in shaping the national identities of newly independent Latin American countries. He held...