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The frozen continent of Antarctica has always captured the imagination of explorers and adventurers from around the World, most especially in the first few decades of the 20th Century, when the race……続きを見る

In late 2008, piracy around the Horn of Africa escalated dramatically, threatening the passage of international merchant ships through a critical waterway. Not only were ships carrying goods to Nort……続きを見る

The eldest of the Pandava brothers, the heroes of the great epic, the Mahabharatha. Yudhishtira lived for justice, and patiently suffered humiliation and exile. 'A man should live virtuously because……続きを見る

The first historical appraisal of the astonishing life and times of a controversial twentieth-century saint Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy figures, more popular in Italy than the ……続きを見る

"Anyone who survived the exterminations camps must have an untypical story to tell. The typical camp story of the millions ended in death ... We, the few who survived the war and the majority who pe……続きを見る

TO HELL AND BACK For the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles……続きを見る

Unsere Eltern und Großeltern gehören zu einer Generation, die am meisten unter dem Zweiten Weltkrieg leiden musste, einem Krieg, der ungefähr 73 Millionen Menschen das Leben kostete. Für uns heute i……続きを見る

Two gangs dominated smuggling in South East England in the first half of the Eighteenth Century – the Men of Mayfield and the Seacocks of Hawkhurst. One smuggler rode with both. He was Gabriel Tomki……続きを見る

Nikola Tesla was born to Serbian parents in the village of Smiljan, Austrian Empire near the town of Gospi?, in the territory of modern-day Croatia. His genius changed our world forever. Read stori……続きを見る

In the early 1900s, Charles Noble Lewis and his family were prominent members of St. John’s high society. A chief engineer who worked for Bowring Brothers, Charles fraternized with many of the key p……続きを見る

desc ahora el hombre no estara mas tranquilo hay un dolor en ele alma de sus recuerdos como los olvido  続きを見る

The Year of Magical Thinking meets Fifteen Days in this literary exploration of one Canadian's decision to enlist and go to war. What compels a young, affluent Canadian to put on a uniform and risk ……続きを見る

Reading the stories of a Navy SEAL is very powerful. It’s even more powerful in the form of a journal or diary. Earl and Irene Jenkins discovered such writings while cleaning their attic one day of……続きを見る

Over the two centuries since his appointment, commentators have been as surprised at the choice of Arthur Phillip as some were at the time (the First Lord of the Admiralty, to mention only the most ……続きを見る

Elibron Classics. Digitized replica of 1898 edition by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This is an illustrated edition. Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner (Gordana Khan) (1785–1877……続きを見る

The author spent a month's holiday each year staying with his grandmother in rural Suffolk from the time he was ten to when war broke out when he was fifteen. This is a collection of six true short ……続きを見る

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams,' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about t……続きを見る

My literary efforts covering my experiences as a National Serviceman in the 1950s (A Reluctant Recruit) generated such a favourable reception. So much so that I embarked on a second, more or less t……続きを見る

Beryl Markham, like Karen Blixen, could only have come out of Africa. Pioneering aviatrix, flamboyant beauty, brilliant race-horse trainer, unscrupulous seducer - her life story is for every reader ……続きを見る

*Includes art depicting Hannibal and other important people in his life.*Discusses the debate over which route Hannibal took to cross the Alps*Includes a Table of ContentsGod has given to man no sha……続きを見る

Richelieu and Mazarin by Geoffrey Treasure compares these two striking, but very different, statesmen and evaluates their careers and achievements in the light of modern research. It explores all as……続きを見る

Ralph H. Nutter was the lead navigator for Eighth Air Force raids over Germany when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis the Eagle LeMays group navigator. Later, as the strategic air war over Europe ……続きを見る

General George S. Patton. His tongue was as sharp as the cavalry saber he once wielded, and his fury as explosive as the shells he’d ordered launched from his tank divisions. Despite his profane, po……続きを見る

This is the captivating story of the four Raw brothers, all of whom served with the Royal Air Force. The eldest three flew during WW2 and all three died. The youngest, not old enough to see wartime ……続きを見る

“What does it take to make a great general or a great leader in any field? . . . An excellent contribution to the study of leadership among those who make life-and-death decisions in the most challe……続きを見る

Once I Had a Comrade is the story of the author's German father-in-law, Karl Roth, who grew up during the tumultuous 1930s in the Franconian town of Schweinfurt, located in northern Bavaria, and of ……続きを見る

In late April 1904, newspaper editors started sending reporters to St. Louis to report on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A few weeks later, editors were invited for Press Day. Some of those who ……続きを見る

Memoirs of James Inglis (1845-1908) who ran an Indigo Plantation on the borderlands between India and Nepal in the years 1863-1875. The book describes the everyday lives of the Planters and the Indi……続きを見る

The birth of the modern world as told through the remarkable story of one eighteenth-century family They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicia……続きを見る

Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so ubiquitous. Now acclaimed author of The Man Who Made Lists, Joshua Kendall sheds new light on Web……続きを見る