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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Who was Jesus of Nazareth? A radical preacher? A political revolutionary? A mythical figure invented by early Christians? For two millennia, scholars, theologians, and skeptics have clashed over one of history's most explosive questions. The Historical Jesus: Separating Man from Myth cuts through centuries of legend, devotion, and political manipulation to examine what archaeology, ancient texts, and modern scholarship actually tell us about the man behind the myth. You will discover: - What Roman and Jewish historical sources actually say about Jesus, and what they deliberately leave out - How the Gospels contradict each other on key details, and what those contradictions reveal - The shocking gap between the Jesus of history and the Christ of theology - What Dead Sea Scrolls, ossuaries, and archaeological digs have uncovered about first-century Judea - Why Jesus probably never intended to found a new religion, and what he actually preached - The political forces that shaped early Christianity into the institution it became - What the lost gospels reveal about the diversity of early Christian belief This is not an attack on faith. It is a rigorous investigation into one of history's most influential figures, drawing on two thousand years of scholarship, archaeology, and textual analysis. Whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or simply curious about the man who changed the world, The Historical Jesus will force you to question everything you thought you knew. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Science has given us vaccines, electricity, and space travel. But the road to progress wasn't always clean. Behind many of the discoveries we celebrate today are stories of unethical experiments, stolen credit, and human suffering that rarely make it into the textbooks.This book looks at the darker chapters in the history of science: the moments when the pursuit of knowledge came at a real human cost. From Nazi medical experiments and Cold War radiation tests to the exploitation of marginalized communities in the name of research, it covers the cases that shaped modern ethics rules for a reason.What's inside: the Tuskegee syphilis study and other experiments conducted without consent; Nazi doctors, Unit 731, and the research programs of World War II; Cold War-era radiation experiments on soldiers and unsuspecting civilians; scientists who falsified data or buried inconvenient results; and how these abuses led to the ethical frameworks that govern research today.If you're interested in the side of scientific history that doesn't get talked about enough, this book lays out the facts clearly. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Talmud is one of the most studied texts in human history. Most people only know one side of it. This investigation goes where mainstream scholarship rarely does. Behind the revered commentaries and oral law traditions lies centuries of controversy: rulings that scholars quietly debated, passages that sparked inquisitions, and interpretations that divided Jewish communities from within. What you will find inside: - The Talmudic debates that religious authorities tried to suppress - How heretical sects broke from Talmudic law and why they were erased from official history - The historical roots of anti-Talmud campaigns and what they actually found - Internal Jewish critiques of Talmudic authority across the centuries - The Karaite rebellion and its challenge to rabbinic power - How Talmudic law shaped and sometimes clashed with secular society Drawing on over 50 academic and primary sources, this book separates historical fact from centuries of distortion on all sides, giving readers the full picture of a text that has shaped civilization far beyond its intended audience. What the Talmud says, what critics claim it says, and what the historical record actually shows are three very different things. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Bible is the most printed book in human history. Most people who own one have never been told the full story of how it was actually assembled, what was left out, or what the original texts said before centuries of translation and political editing got to them.This book examines the scandals, contradictions, and suppressed debates that have surrounded scripture from the very beginning. The books that were voted out of the canon. The manuscripts that contradict each other. The religious power struggles that determined what made the final cut. The passages used to justify slavery, persecution, and conquest throughout history.You'll find out how Yahweh started as a regional storm deity before being rewritten into the universal God. How copyists quietly changed passages to support their theology. How the early church destroyed or banned dozens of competing gospels. And why the version of the Bible most people read today reflects the politics of specific people at specific moments in history, not some unbroken chain of divine transmission.This isn't an attack on faith. It's an honest look at the human history behind the world's most influential book. If you've ever wondered what they didn't teach you in Sunday school, this is where you find out. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. What do you really know about Japan? The samurai code, cherry blossoms, and bullet trains are the postcard version. This book goes somewhere else entirely. THE UNKNOWN HISTORY OF JAPAN pulls back the curtain on a civilization that has spent centuries controlling its own narrative. Inside, you will find the atrocities buried in official silence, the power structures that survived in plain sight, and the suppressed truths that complicate every story you have been told. Each chapter cuts through the curated version of Japanese history to expose what actually happened: the Unit 731 experiments that were quietly traded for immunity, the feudal shadow networks that restructured into postwar corporations, the state-sanctioned violence against minorities that never made it into textbooks, and the way Japan packaged its war memory for international audiences while keeping a very different version at home. This is not an attack on Japan. It is a serious examination of how power works and how history gets written by those who win. If you want to understand Japan beyond the myths, this is where you start. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Romans gave us aqueducts, roads, and the alphabet you are reading in. They also crucified an estimated 6,000 men along the Appian Way, fed Christians to lions for political theatre, and assassinated 60 of their own emperors in two centuries. This book is the version that got cut from the textbook.What the Pax Romana actually cost the conquered provinces between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius. Caligula in 39 AD, his senate sessions, the sister rumors, the bridge of boats across the Bay of Naples, and the cause of his madness reconstructed from surviving sources. Nero and the Great Fire of 64 AD, what Tacitus actually said about the Christian persecutions, and what modern archaeology has confirmed. The Praetorian Guard auctioning the empire to the highest bidder in 193 AD, with named bidders and the price they paid. The Crisis of the Third Century, a fifty year stretch with 26 emperors, most assassinated by their own troops, named one by one. Caracalla's massacre at Alexandria in 215 AD, court testimony from Cassius Dio, and the named neighborhoods his cavalry sacked. The end of paganism under Theodosius I, the closing of the temples, and the burning of the Library of Alexandria's daughter library.Investigative ancient history, not a defense of Rome. Named emperors, named conspirators, named victims. Drawn from Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, modern excavation reports, and the imperial documents that survived. What modern Roman archaeology has uncovered in the past 20 years that Gibbon never knew. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Greek mythology is often presented through its heroes, quests, and epic battles. This book looks at the other side: the cruelty, punishment, betrayal, and moral ambiguity that run through the original myths. From gods who punish humans for minor offenses to stories of murder, transformation, and revenge, Greek mythology has always contained a dark current that modern retellings tend to soften.This book stays close to the ancient sources and presents the myths as they were originally told, including their most disturbing elements. It examines the cultural logic behind these dark themes and what they reveal about how ancient Greeks understood fate, justice, divine power, and human suffering. The result is a more honest and complete picture of one of history's most influential mythological traditions.Reader review: "Much better than the sanitized versions. The original myths are genuinely dark and this book doesn't flinch from that -- very well done." -- S. PapadopoulosOrder now. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. They were the most feared conquerors in human history. In less than a century, the Mongol Empire swallowed more land than Rome took 400 years to build. Under Genghis Khan and his successors, entire cities were erased from the map, millions were killed, and civilizations that had stood for millennia collapsed overnight.But the full story is darker and stranger than most history books admit.This book pulls back the curtain on the brutal reality behind the Pax Mongolica: the engineered terror tactics, the systematic massacres, the siege weapons built from the bones of conquered peoples, and the plague corridors that may have sparked the Black Death across Europe and Asia. You will discover how Mongol expansion reshaped the genetic makeup of entire populations, why Baghdad's fall in 1258 ended an Islamic golden age that never fully recovered, and what the Secret History of the Mongols reveals about a warrior culture built on loyalty, cruelty, and cosmic destiny.This is not a celebration of conquest. It is a reckoning with one of history's most consequential and most misunderstood empires. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Why do so many autoimmune conditions take years to diagnose, and why do researchers still disagree on what causes the immune system to attack the body in the first place? What does the evidence actually show about the relationship between inflammation, genetics, gut bacteria, and environmental triggers?The Autoimmune Truth is a citizen's investigation into the science behind immune dysfunction, drawing on peer-reviewed research, clinical trial data, and the documented experiences of people living with conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and Crohn's disease.This book examines how autoimmune conditions are classified and diagnosed, what the research says about the root mechanisms driving immune dysregulation, the contested role of diet and the microbiome, why women are disproportionately affected, and what the evidence shows about current treatment approaches and their limitations.This is not a treatment guide. It is an investigation into what the science actually says, written for anyone who wants to understand the research before deciding what questions to ask. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …