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Understanding Christian History    by Basil Fisk
Price: $2.99 USD. 161890 words. Language: English. Published by M-y Books on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

History can only be understood if first we have a date for the happening of the historical event, and for this reason this book begins with a chronological listing of all the principal dates of the events which have led up to, and have had influence on, Christian History.
Forgotten Power: Byzantium, Bulwark of Christianity    by Roger Kean
Price: $9.99 USD. 75350 words. Language: English. Published on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

For centuries, the Byzantine Empire was the center of Christendom, mistress of the Mediterranean, and the symbol for all the rest of the world of splendor, wealth, and cultural ascendancy until it fell to the Ottoman Turks. This book vividly brings to life the glittering emperors, the hotbed of religious controversy, the politics, art, military action, and the lives of ordinary citizens.
A Brief History of Human Behaviour and How to Become an Enlightened Global Citizen    by John Preece
Price: Free! 119580 words. Language: English. Published on February 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

this book studiously avoids the plethora of conjectural theories and poorly substantiated opinionation on which so much psychological and sociological research depends and thrives. instead, it reverts to the bedrock evidence of human history, and prehistory as mirrored in primatology, to construct a succinct and very user friendly text which teenagers, parents and globalists can readily understand
A History of Imperial Bullshit, Volume 4: The Old Testament    by Peter Dudink
Price: $3.99 USD. 112810 words. Language: English. Published on January 18, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

This is a devastating read. The most challenging re-evaluation of the Bible I know. A History of Imperial Bullshit, Volume 4, makes a thoroughly compelling argument that the Old Testament is a devious work of propaganda designed to profit wealthy European war mongers and fraudsters. Moreover, the author makes a strong case for the O.T.'s ongoing corrupting influence.
Putting Away Childish Things: A New Synthesis    by Jon Mercurio
Price: $0.99 USD. 103220 words. Language: English. Published on December 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Social.

We compare the intellectual growth of mankind to the maturation of an individual and suggest that mankind is nearing the end of its adolescence. Without a paradigm shift mankind like an unsophisticated child is doomed to continue repeating fatal errors. Religion and science are part of our intellectual growth one being the original thesis, the other the antithesis. Synthesis requires a sorting.
GODCHURCH: A Theistic Survey of Church History    by Edwin Walhout
Price: Free! 54980 words. Language: English. Published on November 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christian Church / History.

What role does the Christian church play in human history? If you take the sovereignty of God seriously, what role should the church play? Here is an interpretive survey of church history that attempts to answer those questions. It’s written for serious Christians who may be just a little uncertain about church.
Factions and Pyramids    by Nicholas Abson
Price: $2.00 USD. 50030 words. Language: English. Published on October 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Government.

The world order is structured in three levels; factions, authorities and collectives. Symbolically, it is a triangle, but more accurately a Pyramid. Factions are the power at the pinnacle, the authorities the instrument of power beneath and the collectives the builders of value at the base. It is a feudal arrangement, little different from the past, merely of greater sophistication.
El observador. La solucion al Genesis. La ciencia detrás del relato de la Creacion.    by Alberto Canen, Sr
Price: Free! 29430 words. Language: Spanish. Published on July 21, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Evolution.

El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación... ¿Que hay detrás de sus palabras? El autor ha descubierto la solución al relato del Génesis. Ciencia y religión al fin unificadas en una sola teoría. Un observador y su ubicación. Claves de un apasionante rompezabezas.
1ed, Un único Dios - La biblia y el motivo de ser del pueblo elegido    by Alberto Canen, Sr
Price: Free! 111240 words. Language: Spanish. Published on July 2, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Bibles.

EL PORQUÉ DE LA CREACIÓN DEL PUEBLO JUDÍO El pueblo elegido, ¿elegido para qué? Adán y Eva, ¿los primeros de la humanidad o simplemente los primeros del pueblo hebreo? Los judíos, ¿fueron el ejército de Dios? Si hay un sólo Dios, ¿qué pasó con los otros dioses de la antigüedad? Jesús: ¿es Dios o un profeta? ¿Para qué un Mesías? ¿Llegó el Mesías? ¿De qué libera Jesús a la humanidad?
Les femmes chez Herodote    by Jean-Claude Sestier
Price: $2.99 USD. 21770 words. Language: French. Published by Rhetorical Ratatouille  on June 27, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

Globe-trotter avant la lettre, Hérodote nous a laissé bien plus un immense reportage qu'une œuvre historique proprement dite, quoique le but qu'il se fût fixé au départ eût été de relater les guerres médiques. Et, paradoxalement, c'est justement ce qui fait l'intérêt historique de son œuvre. Découvrons, à travers ses récits, le sort des femmes de l'antiquité.