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1) The prince
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Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
2) Silence
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"Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times "Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."-The New York Times Book Review. Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith,...
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How customs and heritage shape communities: Drawing from historical and community resources students will discover how people all over the world have left their mark on the land they settled.
U.S. celebrations: Learn that holidays and celebrations are special days to remember important people or events. See how and why holidays like Presidents' Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day, Veterans...
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