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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 LUTHER NAILS IT CHALLENGING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MINOAN MAGNIFICENCEFINDING THE LOST SPLENDOR OF CRETESHORE THING!MOCK SEA BATTLES OF ANCIENT ROMETHEYEAROFREVOLUTIONRUSSIA1917PLUS:Who Was That Masked Man?The Mystery Prisoner of Louis XIVFor over 25 years,The Great Courses has brought the worlds foremost educators to millions who want to go deeper into the subjects that matter most.No exams.No homework.Just a world of knowledge available anytime,anywhere.Download or stream to your laptop or PC,or use our free apps for iPad,iPhone,Android,Kindle Fire,or Roku.Over 600 courses available at www.TheGreatC.The American Civil WarCourse no.885|48 lectures(30 minutes/lecture)Explore Our Nations Most Dramatic ConflictBetween 1861 and 1865,the epic clash between the Union and the Confederacy turned places such as Gettysburg,Antietam,and Bull Run into names that will endure forever.In The American Civil War,leading Civil War historian and professor Gary W.Gallagher richly details the wars effect on our nations past.Professor Gallaghers recounting of these great battles is compelling.He brings complex patterns of events into focus,reveals the influential role of leaders such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E.Lee,and quotes memorably from a wealth of first-hand accounts.By the end of these fascinating 48 lectures,youll have a clear grasp of the Civil Wars front lines and home fronts.Off er expires 10/31/17THEGREATCOURSES.COM/8NGH1-800-832-2412The American Civil WarTaught by Professor Gary W.GallagherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIALECTURE TITLES1.Prelude to War2.The Election of 18603.The Lower South Secedes4.The Crisis at Fort Sumter5.The Opposing Sides,I6.The Opposing Sides,II7.The Common Soldier8.First Manassas or Bull Run9.Contending for the Border States10.Early Union Triumphs in the West11.Shiloh and Corinth12.The Peninsula Campaign13.The Seven Days Battles14.The Kentucky Campaign of 186215.Antietam16.The Background to Emancipation17.Emancipation Completed18.Filling the Ranks19.Sinews of WarFinance and Supply20.The War in the West,Winter 18626321.The War in Virginia,Winter and Spring 18626322.Gettysburg23.Vicksburg,Port Hudson,and Tullahoma24.A Season of Uncertainty,Summer and Fall 186325.Grant at Chattanooga26.The Diplomatic Front27.African Americans in Wartime,I28.African Americans in Wartime,II29.Wartime Reconstruction30.The Naval War31.The River War and Confederate Commerce Raiders32.Women at War,I33.Women at War,II34.Stalemate in 186435.Sherman versus Johnston in Georgia36.The Wilderness to Spotsylvania37.Cold Harbor to Petersburg38.The Confederate Home Front,I39.The Confederate Home Front,II40.The Northern Home Front,I41.The Northern Home Front,II42.Prisoners of War43.Mobile Bay and Atlanta44.Petersburg,the Crater,and the Valley45.The Final Campaigns46.Petersburg to Appomattox47.Closing Scenes and Reckonings48.Remembering the WarLIMITED TIME OFFERORDER BY OCTOBER 3170%offSAVE UP TO$390DVD$519.95 NOW$129.95Video Download$439.95 NOW$89.95+$20 Shipping&Processing(DVD only)and Lifetime Satisfaction GuaranteeCD$359.95 NOW$89.95Audio Download$249.95 NOW$49.95+$15 Shipping&Processing(CD only)and Lifetime Satisfaction GuaranteePriority Code:148252NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 1 F R O M T H E E D I T O RThis issue of History looks back at not one,but two monumental revolutions:the Reformation,which began in 1517,and the Russian Revolution of 1917.Separated by 400 years,these two events dont appear to have much in common,but at their core they are bound together by the power of great writing.Five hundred years ago Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-five Theses,which took on the Catholic Church.Thanks to the recent invention of the printing press,Luthers message spread,sparking the Reformation.In 1917,after returning to Russia from exile,Vladimir Lenin published his April Theses,in the Bolshevik newspaper,Pravda.His vision for the future of Russia would become the blueprint for the new government that would take power by the end of the year.Both Luther and Lenin wrote,and wrote well.The questions they asked were provocative.The answers,controversial.But their words struck a strong enough chord to bring many people together in revolutions that would transform the world.Amy Briggs,Executive EditorLUTHERNAILSIT CHALLENGING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MINOAN MAGNIFICENCEFINDING THE LOST SPLENDOR OF CRETESHORE THING!MOCKSEA BATTLES OFANCIENT ROMETHEYEAROFREVOLUTIONRUSSIA1917PLUS:Who Was That Masked Man?The Mystery Prisoner of Louis XIVEXECUTIVE EDITOR AMY E.BRIGGSDeputy Editor VICTOR LLORET BLACKBURNText Editor JULIUS PURCELL Editorial Consultants JOSEP MARIA CASALS(Managing Editor,Historia magazine),IAKI DE LA FUENTE(Art Director,Historia magazine)Design Editor FRANCISCO ORDUAPhotography Editor MERITXELL CASANOVASContributorsMARC BRIAN DUCKETT,SARAH PRESANT-COLLINS,THEODORE A.SICKLEY,IRENE BERMAN-VAPORIS,JANE SUNDERLAND VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGERJOHN MACKETHANPublishing Directorssenior vice president,national geographic