Ancient, medieval and modern, this book is a critical account of the historical, political and cultural roots of Zionism.Scrutinising the roots of the myths of Zionism and mobilising recent scholarship, John Rose shows how many of these stories, as with other mythologies, have no basis in fact. However, because Zionism is a living political force and these myths have been used to justify very real and political ends - namely, the expulsion and continuing persecution of the Palestin...

Must Listen for Persons on Their Journey to Self-DiscoveryMaxwell Maltz once said, “You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.”We often ask ourselves various questions in our search to discover our purpose, questions like, ‘Who am I? Why did I come to this world? What for? How can I become the best version of myself?These questions, though intriguing, leave us in an unending sea of doubts and dismays as we struggle...

In Payback! Eric Esor, a former law enforcement agent, forensic specialist, and criminal  investigator, following serious career-ending on duty injuries, is forced to change careers. Eric learns that his seventeen-year-old daughter, Briana, was raped by a person who prefers "chubby girls". Briana's protection from the "boogyman" is to be thin. She turns to an unhealthy peer group, an eating disorder, and experimenting with illegal methamphetamines....

Must Read for Persons on Their Journey to Self-DiscoveryMaxwell Maltz once said, “you can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.”We often ask ourselves various questions in our search to discover our purpose, questions like, ‘who am I? Why did I come to this world? What for? How can I become the best version of myself?These questions, though intriguing, leave us in an unending sea of doubts and dismays as we struggle to come up...

“Daniel Malka began with nothing. He earned everything by blood, sweat and tears. He won many championships for his club and for the national team. However, unexpected misfortune ruined his life.”What a Footballer! tells the story of a poor boy named Daniel Malka who got the opportunity to represent a football club and moved from extreme poverty to great riches. With an enriched lifestyle of money, fame, luxurious rides, and everything he desired, Daniel lived his...

John Rose Ficklen was a professor of history at Tulane and an historian of Louisiana. His History of Reconstruction in Louisiana was a long term project that he was assembling when he unexpectedly died in 1907.The book was polished and published by Ficklen's protege, Pierce Butler, in 1911. Ficklen's original study was the first work focused on Louisiana's Reconstruction, which had started earlier than most Southern states and was identified by Nordhoff, Bowers, and others as the ...

Fancy Running is a guide to Fancy Dress Marathon Running written by Philip Rose, an experienced runner who has completed many marathons and holds a Guinness World Record for running the London Marathon. The book is a guide for novices and experienced runners and contains hints and tips on how to make the most of the experience of running in costume. It contains 13 chapters that take the reader on a journey from costume and race selection through training including both mindset and physical...

An apology seems to be called for from anyone who gives to the world a new Life of Napoleon I. My excuse must be that for many years I have sought to revise the traditional story of his career in the light of facts gleaned from the British Archives and of the many valuable materials that have recently been published by continental historians. To explain my manner of dealing with these sources would require an elaborate critical Introduction; but, as the limits of my space absolutely preclu...

The line of Virgil quoted on the title-page represents in the present case a sigh of aspiration, not a paean of achievement. No historical student, surely, can ever feel the conviction that he has fathomed the depths of that well where Truth is said to lie hid. What, then, must be the feelings of one who ventures into the mazy domain of recent annals, and essays to pick his way through thickets all but untrodden? More than once I have been tempted to give up the quest and turn aside to pat...

Bill Clinton. Bob Dole. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Newt Gingrich. For John R. Rose, it's politics as usual. His editorial cartoons illuminate, enlighten, and tickle the funny bone. His is a special brand of political cartooning: hilarious, yet oftentimes poignant and moving.In Cartoons That Fit the Bill: An Editorial Cartoon Collection about Washington and Beyond, he lampoons the antics of Pres. Bill Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich with equal f...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed hi...

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed hi...