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The s and the Supernatural is a gripping account of the magical thinking that dominated beliefs leading up to and including the Second World War.This book explores the obsession with the occult and symbols of arcane power, shedding new light on the most hated political movement in history, and revealing how occultism not only helped the s but also hindered them, as opposition movements utilized its techniques. Particularly intriguing sections include the Vril Society, the New Teutonic Knights, Black Camelot, the 'Occult Bureau', Atlantis and Aryan science.Illustrated throughout with informative photographs, and featuring a wealth of new facts and conclusions, The s and the Supernatural is a fascinating account of this hidden history.

This book is a revealing exploration of the lives of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians and painters including George Orwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andy Warhol and many others, in light of the recognized criteria for diagnosis of high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome (AS).

During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917 Britain would have been starved into surrender. Hitler's accession to power led to the rapid development of numerous military projects, including provision for submarines. Interestingly, the German navy was the branch of the German armed forces with the highest proportion of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. And this is the story of their part in the war, focusing in particular on the role of the wolf pack of U-boats in the Atlantic, whose stealthy presence beneath the waves ensured that British merchant ships were dicing with death every time they put out to sea

This handy pocket reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core components, from operators to reserved words to data structures to method syntax, highlighting those key features that you'll likely use every day when coding Ruby.

Since the civil rights era of the 1960s, revisionist historians have been sympathetic to the racial justice motivations of the Radical Republican Reconstruction policies that followed the Civil War. But this emphasis on positive goals and accomplishments has obscured the role of the Republicans in the overthrow of their own program. Rich with insight, Michael W. Fitzgerald's new interpretation of Reconstruction shows how the internal dynamics of this first freedom movement played into the hands of white racist reactionaries in the South. Splendid Failure recounts how postwar financial missteps and other governance problems quickly soured idealistic Northerners on the practical consequences of the Radical Republican plan, and set the stage for the explosion that swept Southern Republicans from power and resulted in Northern acquiescence to the bloody repression of voting rights. The failed strategy offers a chastening example to present-day proponents of racial equality.

Hitler's career remains one of the most extraordinary in world history. No one else has gone from sleeping on park benches to become a world leader. After the First World War he became involved in extremist politics - first on the far left and then the far right. It is often assumed that Hitler's ambitions were never realistic and his failure was inevitable. This book challenges that view and suggests a number of missed opportunities or misjudgements that might have led to a different result. Michael FitzGerald shows how Hitler's personal defects contributed considerably to Germany's defeat. In addition to the military mistakes he made a series of political, economic and foreign policy blunders were major factors in his failure to achieve his goals.

Nacisté svou nenávistnou ideologii postavili na mnoha okultních vlivech, od esoteriky přes starodávnou mystiku po, nejen germánskou, mytologii. Skrz snahu najít archu úmluvy, vypátrat Kopí osudu či spojit své germánské kořeny s předky původních obyvatel Severní Ameriky neváhali nacisté věnovat velké množství energie i finančních prostředků na to,…

Během druhé světové války se ztratila spousta důležitých událostí v mlze a chaosu konfliktu. Intriky, lsti a mrazivá spiknutí jako vražda Jane Hornové, zmizení Jantarové komnaty, tajemství zlatého vlaku nebo záhada Timurovy krypty byly před veřejností ukryty, doslova ututlány. Teprve zpřístupnění tajných archívů vrhlo na mnohé záhady světlo.

Nacistickému myšlení dominovaly už od počátku magické a iracionální ideje. Hitler vstoupil do Německé dělnické strany, politické odnože společnosti Thule, která se prostřednictvím okultních praktik pokoušela „stvořit nového člověka, jenž by vládl podřadným rasám“. Nacistická okultní válka odhaluje v celé nahotě, jak neuvěřitelně byli nacisté ovlivněni okultními a ezoterickými myšlenkami. Hitler a jeho stoupenci vložili miliony říšských marek do úsilí nalézt svatý grál, Atlantidu a ztracenou archu úmluvy. Dozvědět se, jak a proč se tak stalo, je opravdu fascinující. Z angličtiny přeložil Roman Tadič.