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The Gutenberg Bible, which appeared about 1455, represents the invention of printing in the Western world. The Huntington Library holds one of three vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the United States. Color reproductions of several pages and initial letters from the Bible accompany this text, which details the early history of printing and the way the Gutenberg Bible was produced. The author also discusses Henry Huntington's purchase of the Bible in 1911 for the then-unimaginable sum of $50,000..
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Amid the Ravages of War, Will They All Discover True Peace?

The war-weary American captain faces a nation in ruins and a daunting assignment on the border between Germany and France. A fighter from the French Underground is appointed to help him and becomes a friend. When they stumble upon stolen Nazi treasure, they uncover a conspiracy at the highest levels on both sides of the conflict and mortal danger to themselves.

The lovely diplomat also assigned to the same border has lived through her own personal battle during the war years. She now guardedly lets down some inner barriers to reach out to the bands of impoverished German children left orphaned and abandoned by the war. Her compassion, seen in very practical ways, has far-reaching impact, and the two soldiers gradually are drawn into her humanitarian efforts. And then the two friends discover their common interest in her -

The first in an explosive new historical fiction series!

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The age of revolution challenged the ancien régime's political world, introducing Europeans to new ideals of citizenship German society was no less affected Following the Napoleonic era, a political culture of partisan choice undermined the official restoration of absolutism. Bourgeois and popular classes took part in the new political landscape of civil society, producing an impressive social base for participatory politics by the 1830s. Because of severe restrictions on speech and assembly, ordinary Germans formed political opinions in irregular ways. This book looks at the sites and forms of culture that facilitated political communication. With chapters devoted to reading, singing, public space, carnival, violence, and religion, James Brophy argues that popular culture played a critical role in linking ordinary Rhinelanders to the public sphere. Moving beyond conventional explanations of opinion formation, he breaks new ground by exposing the broad cultural infrastructure that enabled popular classes to join the political nation..
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DISCOVER THESE 23 GREAT PLACES ON YOUR OWN: Aschaffenburg, Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg, Bamberg, Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Koblenz, Limburg, Mainz, Marburg, Michelstadt, Miltenberg, Nürnberg, Rhine Cruise, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Rüdesheim & Bingen, Triberg, Trier, Wiesbaden, Worms, Würzburg

EACH ONE-DAY ADVENTURE IS COMPLETE WITH: a do-it-yourself tour, a detailed map, full travel directions, time & weather considerations, restaurant suggestions, background material & websites and a concise description of the sights. Additionally, the book is thoroughly illustrated with 27 maps for easy use..
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This major interpretation of the Revolution of 1848-1849 in Germany stresses its character as a mass political phenomenon. Building skillfully on the theme of the interaction of self-conscious radicalism and spontaneous popular movements, Jonathan Sperber analyzes the social and religious antagonisms of pre-1848 German society and shows how they were politicized by the democratic political opposition.

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