E H Carr

From the late-fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering works - which often take surprisingly modern-sounding positions - grew from complex early modern debates about law, religion, and classical scholarship. In this book, based on the Trevelyan Lectures of 2005, Anthony Grafton explains why so many of these works were written, why they attained so much insight - and why, in the centuries that followed, most scholars gradually forgot that they had existed.

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late

Newly remastered! The voice of "Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra is one of those that has written history in pop music of the 20th Century. Almost five decades spans the career of this true "Titan" of entertainment: From the early days as a young and handsome danceband vocalist at the end of the Nineteen Thirties to the "Grand Old Man" of the Concert Stages worldwide. This collection unites not less than 3x24 of Sinatra's best songs: No matter if Swing, Jazz or Romantic Ballad - the "Sound of Sinatra" - the man with big blue eyes - will never be forgotten. Enjoy!