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The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major Americ……続きを見る

An unbearably moving, intensely passionate, deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America’s best-loved novelists. ‘When I began writing this history, I let go of my doub……続きを見る

Lytton Stratchey’s 1918 biography of four eminent figures from the Victorian era (Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon) established his unique style of irreverenc……続きを見る

I must tell you, though, that this is not a history lesson, but a story-book. There are many facts in school histories, that seem to children to belong to lessons only. Some of these you will not fi……続きを見る

**From the bestselling author of Kane and Abel, Hell is the first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries – the author's daily record of the time he spent locked inside. 'A haunting and compel……続きを見る

_____________________________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE JQ WINGATE PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essenti……続きを見る

"Deserting To Canada, Living Underground 1969-1973", tells the story of living and working in a country that did not know I existed. After leaving the US military, ("Losing My Country, Keeping My So……続きを見る

Biographical account of "Shorty", a young married soldier, just before and during his tour of duty in "Sunny Vietnam". He spends a great deal of time in preparation for going overseas to help preven……続きを見る

Matthew Henson : A Negro Explorer at the North Pole (A Short Biography for Children) Matthew Henson started as valet to explorer Robert Edwin Peary, and ended up as one of the first men to reach th……続きを見る

The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wro……続きを見る

During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form n……続きを見る

The Royal Navy's dramatic race to save the crew of a trapped Russian submarine. 5 August 2005. On a secret mission to an underwater military installation 30 miles off the coast of Kamchatka, Russian……続きを見る

No one is more qualified to give a fully rounded, objective portrait of our forty-first president than Tom Wicker. A political correspondent for The New York Times for more than thirty years, Wicker……続きを見る

They have one mission? and they accomplish it with one bullet. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breed of hunter for whom the prey is the enemy?and every day is hunting season. This sol……続きを見る

Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most succe……続きを見る

Henry the Lion (1129 1195) was the Duke of Saxony, and one of the most powerful German princes of his era. He is also well known for being the cousin of Frederick I Barbarossa. Henry the Lion is a w……続きを見る

*The New York Times Bestseller* A dazzling reassessment of the most iconic - and maligned - woman in history. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wro……続きを見る

Iraq, late 2007. Lieutenant Matt Gallagher arrives just as US policy shifts from lethal operations to counter-insurgency. He encounters a world where nothing is as it seems. Friends are enemies, rec……続きを見る

American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson by Peter Kurth (197,000 words, 83 illustrations) Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) was America’s first internationally famous female foreign correspondent……続きを見る

Dit is slegs my persoonlike ervaring met my Saligmaker, Jesus en word nie as ‘n christelike kunswerk uitgebeeld nie. Wonderlik om te weet dat aan my is huidiglik meer as sewentien jaar verlengde ……続きを見る

"Richardson never pulls his punches in these vivid descriptions." --Publishers Weekly Caught in the Chinese counterattack at Unsan-one of the deadliest American battles of the Cold War Era-Colonel B……続きを見る

A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of The Path to Power and The Downing Street Years; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-t……続きを見る

“You have to react instinctively. In this game there’s no second place, only the quick and the dead.” In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and……続きを見る

The Great Frozen Sea A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the “Alert” during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index……続きを見る

National bestseller: the ultimate insider account about what really is going on in Iraq. It's the most controversial conflict of our time: a war which has divided citizens, politicians, and militari……続きを見る

*Includes famous portraits depicting Richelieu and other important people and events in his life.*Analyzes his legacy in modern politics and foreign policyDeception is the knowledge of kings. Cardi……続きを見る

*Includes 25 pictures of Sherman and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Table of Contents*Includes footnotes and a bibliographyWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 Fe……続きを見る

`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences……続きを見る

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An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery. Animals have accompanied man into battle since war first waged. Gander, faithful friend to WWII Canadian soldiers, was smug……続きを見る