A study of the nineteenth-century German writer Friedrich Hebbel, concentrating on his tragedies in prose, and examining in particular the way in which the language is used to convey Hebbel's beliefs, attitudes and intellectual preoccupations and also the dramatic effects. The three tragedies Judith, Maria Magdalene and Agnes Bernauer are studied in turn.

Product Description: Describes the events, major figures, and significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution and discusses the factors that led to the war.

Product Description: The Battles of Lexington and Concord are often glossed over in history books as the beginning of the American Revolution in April 1777. However, how they fit in with the events before and after the war are well worth reading about...read more

Product Description: What if the year we have long commemorated as America’s defining moment was in fact misleading? What if the real events that signaled the historic shift from colony to country took place earlier, and that the true story of our nation’s emergence reveals a more complicated―and divisive―birth process?In this major new work, iconoclastic historian and political chronicler Kevin Phillips upends the conventional reading of the American Revolution by puncturing the myth that 1776 was the struggle’s watershed year...read more

Product Description: The first book in Don Brown's Actual Times series brings the start of the American Revolution to life.A 26-year-old King George II found himself in financial turmoil after crushing the French, Austrians, and Spanish in battle. Luckily money was no object since he could easily get it back by raising taxes on his American colonies...read more

Describes the beginnings of the American Revolutionary War, from Paul Revere's discovery of the approaching British Army and his ride to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock to the first shots fired at Lexington.

Provides information about Munich and its history, describes the most important sights throughout the city, and includes advice on dining, shopping, entertainment, and accommodations

Provides information about Munich and its history, describes the most important sights throughout the city, and includes advice on dining, shopping, entertainment, and accommodations