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This volume documents the drafting, negotiation and signature of the treaty that has been the cornerstone of European defence for the past sixty-five years: the North Atlantic Treaty signed in April……続きを見る

William Trevor is a master of contemporary fiction. He writes with equal authority about the frustrations of life in remote corners of Ireland, and the hollowness of life is prosperous London suburb……続きを見る

The tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are among the best-known stories in the world, but they are often relegated to the realm of legend. However, Arthur was a man, not a myth.……続きを見る

The Story of London spans two thousand years of history and traces the origins of London from its beginnings as a Roman fort to one of the world’s great cities. Alan Avery studied history at Kings ……続きを見る

Contains 10 maps, diagrams and illustrations. Arthur Pollen, was a famous British naval historian and inventor of naval warfare equipment, particularly noted for his computer based fire-control syst……続きを見る

102 Illus. "Oliver Hogue (1880-1919), journalist and soldier, was born on 29 April 1880 in Sydney … He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Sep. 1914 as a trooper with the 6th Light Horse Re……続きを見る

Sir James Rennell Rodd a key diplomat during the First World War holding the post as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Italy. It was through his influence that secured the adhesion of the Italians ……続きを見る

Two Kiwis recount their experiences of the Front at Gallipoli and France during the First World War. Included are a number of their own photographs. "THE authors of this book, father and son, have s……続きを見る

The short, but poignant and action filled diary of a public school officer who fought with the Irish Guards in the Ypres Salient. EDWARD HORNBY SHEARS was born in Liverpool On December 4, 1890. His ……続きを見る

A Kiwi surgeon recounts his experiences of life under fire tending to the wounded in the first year of World War One. Illustrated with more than 15 photos of the author, his unit and the locations o……続きを見る

Includes 16 photographs of the author and the planes in which he flew in. Perhaps the most influential journalist of his generation, Ralph Pulitzer was heir to a vast fortune and a publishing empire……続きを見る

The witty, bitter and caustic memoirs of an anonymous Canadian stretcher-bearer who served during some of the fiercest fighting on the Western Front in 1916 and 1917 before being invalided back to h……続きを見る

The sight of the kilted Highland regiment has always struck such fear into their Germans opponents of both World Wars; known to their Teutonic foes as the "Ladies from Hell" for their attire and fig……続きを見る

"A CAMPAIGN DIARY, do you say, Reader? If the original were before you, you would not find it, like these printed pages, clean and whole. On it are the marks of war - bloodstains and smears of mud, ……続きを見る

[World War One In The Desert Illustration Pack- Includes 92 photos and illustrations with 19 maps spanning the Desert campaigns 1914-1918] Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. Lawrence has often been pictured a……続きを見る

Illustrated with 54 photographs and portraits. The memoirs of the American Ambassador to Turkey during the First World War, covering the political dealing at the top of the Ottoman Empire and the ev……続きを見る

Clifford Almon Wells was born in Toronto, Canada, March 12th, 1892. His teaching career at Johns Hopkins University was bought to a end when he decided in the summer of 1915 that it was his duty to ……続きを見る

Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, a man greatly admired by his colleagues, popular with his fellow World War One fliers, possessed with great ability, flair and……続きを見る

A veteran Non-Commissioned Officer tells of his experiences among the shells, wounded and diseases of the Egyptian Campaign of World War One. Includes 32 illustrations. "THIS account of the work of ……続きを見る

The story of a renowned French painter who volunteered for the Army during the First World War paints a vivid picture of the horror at the front in his letters home written before his death in 1915.……続きを見る

A Short but very valuable memoir from a future General of the American Army who faced his first baptism of first in the trenches of the First World War. Includes a number of sketches of the men with……続きを見る

"Oliver Hogue (1880-1919), journalist and soldier, was born on 29 April 1880 in Sydney … He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Sep. 1914 as a trooper with the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Com……続きを見る

Illustrated with a number of photographs from the French Front Lines in and around Verdun. Also Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack - 57 photos/illustrations and 10 maps.……続きを見る

Illustrated with 6 portraits Even before the official entry of the United States of America into the First World War in April 1917, many of its citizens had already crossed over "The Pond" and alrea……続きを見る

[Illustrated with 10 plates of the battles and engagements detailed in the book] Colonel John Buchan, was a man of many talents, a politician of upright morals and forthright character, a novelist o……続きを見る

Previously published as My Uncle Charlie. Blood Line can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 2 of 3. You can read Part 2 two weeks ahead of releas……続きを見る

The 22nd French Dragoons have a long and glorious history on the field of battle since 1630 to the Napoleonic battlefield of Austerlitz, Eylau, Jena it was called again to duty in the First World Wa……続きを見る

The amazing story of a French American teacher who left his life at Stanford college to volunteer for the French Army, in the elite chasseurs-à-pied, during the First World War. Although born in Fra……続きを見る

"Trench sketches by well-known Irish nationalist MP Major 'Willie' Redmond. A memorial volume published after his death at Messines in June 1917 . This is much more than a run-of-the mill account of……続きを見る

An American with the British forces in France during the First World War recounts his experiences and how his exploits won him the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Alexander McClintock did not have any ……続きを見る