Compelling and dramatic insights into crucial moments inside the cockpit.
Discover the most sensational air disasters of recent years. Transcripts of actual black box recordings of conversations bet……続きを見る
Extreme Survivors tells the illustrated story of 60 of the most daring escapes, famous shipwrecks, and ultimate survival stories. These are astonishing stories of human endurance and endeavour.
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New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini is back with another enthralling historical novel set during the Civil War era, this time inspired by the life of “a true Union woman as true as……続きを見る
著者:Duane Schultz
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年09月14日
Custer presents a fresh portrait of the Civil War commander whose actions were credited with saving the Union at crucial times
Colorful, charismatic, and controversial, George Armstrong Custer becam……続きを見る
An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.
Three mont……続きを見る
Days after arriving in Kandahar, the Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron were in the thick of fierce fighting. Armed with rockets and bombs, the pilots were flying crucial danger-close attack mission……続きを見る
*Includes pictures of Grant, Sherman, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes an analysis of their careers before, during, and after the Civil War.*Includes an analysis of ……続きを見る
The Astonishing Autobiography of One of the Truly Great Native American Leaders. “In the beginning the world was covered with darkness. There was no sun, no day. The perpetual night had no moon or s……続きを見る
*Profiles the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln with a special focus on his debates with Stephen Douglas in 1858.*Explains the central issues of the 1850s, including the Missouri Compromise, th……続きを見る
'With his Diaries, he has written himself into the life of our times with a panache and candour that ranks him next to Boswell or Pepys' The Times
The first two volumes of Alan Clark's were irresist……続きを見る
著者:Kregg P. Jorgenson
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年12月18日
A gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism who had one last chance to make goodーand one helluva war zone to do it in.
The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry……続きを見る
著者:Kenneth Lawson
出版社: Ambassador International
発売日: 2013年05月22日
Brigadier General Gustavus Loomis served for almost six decades in the uniform of the United States Army. A veteran of five wars, Loomis was a professional soldier respected by his peers and feared……続きを見る
At last, a full-length biography of Clay Shaw, the prominent New Orleans man implicated in the assassination of President Kennedy during the investigation by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garris……続きを見る
Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation. She witnessed, participated in, and wrote diaries detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of history. From life in the Court of Versaill……続きを見る
著者:Edward Murphy
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年12月24日
**“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”ーSan Antonio Express-News
“A no-holds barred account . . . highly ……続きを見る
著者:Alex Storozynski
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年04月28日
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared co……続きを見る
Includes pictures of Porter Alexander and other Civil War generals, as well as maps of important battles.Includes Alexander's descriptions of important battles, including Gettysburg, and his analysi……続きを見る
The Wonderful Story of Lincoln and the Meaning of His Life for the Youth and Patriotism of America is a historical book by C. M. Stevens. Author of “The Wonderful Story of Washington”
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"Cortés and all of us captains and soldiers wept for him, and there was no one among us that knew him and had dealings with him who did not mourn him as if he were our father, which was not surprisi……続きを見る
*Includes a contemporary account of Drake's voyage around the world. *Includes pictures depicting Drake and important people, places, and events in his life. *Discusses the legends and controversies……続きを見る
Tony Blackman OBE, MA FRAeS was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honors degree in Physics. He learnt to fly in the RAF, trained as a test pilot, and then……続きを見る
A biography that puts you on the quarterdeck with history's greatest sailor
Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers in world history. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery ……続きを見る
The magisterial official life of Britain's complex and misunderstood former prime minister, which offers a fundamental reassessment of his reputation.
Edward Heath was at the centre of British polit……続きを見る
著者:C.S. Crawford
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年02月19日
These memoirs are not an attempt to answer, solve, or resolve the problems arising from or about the three-year-long Korean War or the much longer stalemate that followed. This story was written to ……続きを見る
The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrat……続きを見る
Operation Market Garden: a plan to capture the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem and outflank the German front.
In all twelve thousand airborne troops were to land, either by parachute or glider, at t……続きを見る
This book is an autobiography of the 1971 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. He details life in Oklahoma from when he was born in 1907, the year Oklahoma became a state and continues through his re……続きを見る
*Includes pictures of Douglass and important people, places and events in his life. *Includes a Table of ContentsA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of historys most influential figures……続きを見る