Symbol and Conquest
Symbol and Conquest

Author: Ronald L. Grimes

Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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Reprint of the work originally published by Cornell University Press in 1976. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Cycles of Conquest
Cycles of Conquest

Author: Edward H. Spicer

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2015-09-19

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 0816532923

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After more than fifty years, Cycles of Conquest is still one of the best syntheses of more than four centuries of conquest, colonization, and resistance ever published. It explores how ten major Native groups in northern Mexico and what is now the United States responded to political incorporation, linguistic hegemony, community reorganization, religious conversion, and economic integration. Thomas E. Sheridan writes in the new foreword commissioned for this special edition that the book is “monumental in scope and magisterial in presentation.” Cycles of Conquest remains a seminal work, deeply influencing how we have come to view the greater Southwest and its peoples.

The Conquest of Space
The Conquest of Space

Author: David Lasser

Publisher: Burlington, Ont. : Apogee Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781896522920

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David Lasser stands as one of the least-known but extraordinary pioneers of spaceflight. In 1930 he founded the American Interplanetary Society (AIAA) -- the same year he wrote this book -- the first book ever written in the English language to address the notion of spaceflight as a serious possibility. The book has not been in print since 1931 and yet it still stands up to scrutiny. The lucid style with which Lasser explains the basic concepts of rocketry make it a delight for anyone to read.

Conquest of Violence
Conquest of Violence

Author: Joan Valerie Bondurant

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0691218048

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When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His "experiments with Truth" were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than "passive resistance" or "civil disobedience." By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.

Annihilation
Annihilation

Author: Keith Giffen

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1302013882

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The next sci-fi epic blasts off here! In the grim aftermath of the Annihilation War, a devastated universe struggles to rebuild. Gripped by fear and paranoia, civilizations have collapsed and entire worlds are now smoking ruins. What is next for the battle weary heroes known as Nova, Peter Quill, and Quasar? What are Ronan's plans for the once-mighty Kree Empire? Which cosmic characters of the past are about to return? Who is the new hero approaching on the horizon? And what is the new threat that no one suspects? Collects Annihilation: Conquest Prologue, Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar #1-4, Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord #1-4, and Annihilation Saga.

Cortés and the Aztec Conquest
Cortés and the Aztec Conquest

Author: Irwin R. Blacker

Publisher: New Word City

Published: 2015-10-21

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1612309186

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In three years, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, leading a few hundred Spanish soldiers, overcame a centuries-old empire that could put tens of thousands of warriors on the field. Even after his god-like reputation had been shattered, and his horses and cannons were no longer regarded as supernatural, his ruthless daring took him on to victory. Yet in the end, his prize was not the gold that he had sought, but the destruction of the entire Aztec civilization.