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_________________________ A****n intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II, with an introduction by Michael Caine _________________________ '……続きを見る

In his heyday, Paul Robeson was one of the most famous people in the world; to his enemies he was also one of the most dangerous. From the 1930s to the 1960s, the African-American singer was the voi……続きを見る

Born in 1871 on Maine’s Penobscot Indian reservation and nephew of a chief, Louis Sockalexis became professional baseball’s first American Indian player. Ultimately, his prowess on the diamond inspi……続きを見る

It is regrettable that this work is unsuitable for younger readers - laden as it is with erotic episodes, frankly told - because it is far more than the inventory of conquests which has made it most……続きを見る

Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, “I know of no other account that sheds as muc……続きを見る

Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year's conversion convinced him that killing was against God's will, a……続きを見る

the highest Commonwealth military decoration for gallantry is the Victoria Cross, and this book examines the history of the award, telling the stories of those New Zealanders (or those with strong N……続きを見る

Norman Thomas and his brothers' upbringing prepared them for a life of service-but their calls to conscience threatened to tear them apart Conscience is Louisa Thomas's beautifully written account o……続きを見る

Cleopatra VII : Queen of Egypt (A Short Biography for Children) Name of seven pharaohs. The most famous is Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She came to power at age 15, married to her broth……続きを見る

'Simultaneously frightening and hilarious' - *The Times The Men Who Stare at Goats* **reveals the extraordinary – and completely nutty – national secrets at the core of America's government. Often f……続きを見る

First to Last is the true story of a soldier's life through the motorcycles he has owned and the most prominent action events that have occurred on those bikes and during his lifetime. It is a ……続きを見る

Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall - though second cousins - were opposites. Jefferson believed in states' rights - that the colonies that ratified the Constitution did so as sovereign states. He wa……続きを見る

How Hitler's spy chief sabotaged the German war effort. Wilhelm Canaris was appointed by Hitler to head the Abwehr (the German secret service) 18 months after the Nazis came to power. But Canaris tu……続きを見る

Philip II of Macedonia (382–336 BCE), unifier of Greece, author of Greece's first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with a centralized administrative structure in Europe, ……続きを見る

A story of heroism, friendship, and courage in World War 2ーas seen in the award-winning HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 1944, the U.S. Marines were building the 5th Marine Divisionーalso known as “T……続きを見る

Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view. These essays show us how far race ……続きを見る

With the Eurozone engulfed in an unprecedented crisis, one political figure looms largest of all, Angela Merkel, the leader of its most powerful economy. While foreign affairs have become the centra……続きを見る

From the Introduction: Have you found your niche in the legal profession and love it? Congratulations! This book is not for you. For the rest of us - law students, former law students, attorneys in ……続きを見る

Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage. Tommy tells the story of an epic and terrible……続きを見る

Hidden for 2,000 years in the basement of Saint Peter Dom, the most important story of religious history. The Gospel of Jesus Christ makes the character of Jesus Christ clear for everyone. Jews, Chr……続きを見る

Of the three surgeons who accompanied Custer’s Seventh Cavalry on June 25, 1876, only the youngest, twenty-eight-year-old Henry Porter, survived that day’s ordeal, riding through a gauntlet of India……続きを見る

Before becoming one of the longest-ruling dictators of the twentieth century, Francisco Franco commanded troops in the kinds of wars that have since become all too familiar. He not only waged viciou……続きを見る

The biography of the Roman scholar Ibidus (486-587) by the master of horror fiction H.P.Lovecraft first published in 1938 on O-Wash-Ta-Nong続きを見る

"Astonishing Luck" is the oral biography of F/L Howard Leonard Wainman, D.F.C. who flew Beaufighters with the anti-shipping Coastal Command R.C.A.F. 404 "Buffalo" Squadron. The book includes numerou……続きを見る

Taken from the first published biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, this text takes a fascinating look at the life and works of the eminent English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. 続きを見る

In this comprehensive biography, Christine Mander depicts the life and times of Emily Murphy with a refreshing candor and vitality. A true Canadian heroine – pioneering feminism, writer (under the a……続きを見る

In this masterful portrait of the poet who dazzled an era and prefigured the modern age of celebrity, noted biographer Benita Eisler offers a fuller and more complex vision than we have yet been aff……続きを見る

On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople’s Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire’s systematic attempt to elimina……続きを見る

Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens a……続きを見る

Richard Austin Butler remains the great enigma of post-war British politics. Independent, indiscreet and never anything but irreverent, Butler commanded the respect of both sides of the Commons and ……続きを見る