Flavius Vegetius Renatus was a Roman of high rank who collected and synthesized from ancient manuscripts and regulations the military customs and wisdom that made ancient Rome great.
Flavius Vegetius Renatus was a Roman of high rank who collected and synthesized from ancient manuscripts and regulations the military customs and w...
Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism. During the 1970s and 1980s, Africans and Westerners alike came to view dictatorship to be as much a part of the region's social landscape as its grinding poverty. Yet the end of the Cold War and the sharpening of the economic crisis at the end of the 1980s have breathed new life into campaigns for democracy in Africa, shaking the foundations of many long-standing autocracies. In some cases, dramatic transitions took place, though the fate of the new...
Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism. During the 1970...
Can the sky quake? Can sand play music? Have UFOs been sighted in your town? "Unnatural Phenomena" crosses the centuries and travels America to chronicle the strangest natural phenomena, the most bizarre scientific findings, and events from history that defy rational explanation.
Conveniently organized by region, state, and locality, this one-volume, illustrated encyclopedia maps a landscape straight out of "The Twilight Zone." From apparitions in the sky to inhuman skeletons rising from the earth--and everything in between--Jerome Clark, expert on strange phenomena and author of...
Can the sky quake? Can sand play music? Have UFOs been sighted in your town? "Unnatural Phenomena" crosses the centuries and travels America to chr...
