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Davy Crockett was perhaps best known in Tennessee as a noted hunter and for his unique style of backwoods oratory. In Texas, however, he will always be remembered as a heroic participant in the Batt……続きを見る

Monroe Fox lost his eyesight when his ship was hit the night before D-Day. His life was changed forever. Learn how Monroe dealt with his rehabilitation, his transition back to civilian life and the ……続きを見る

Winston Churchill wrote history with an eye to his place in it.  His ideas of writing history as a historian also inspired his making of it.  Was his pen as a historain just as mighty as h……続きを見る

Die Geschichte ist eine Abfolge von Affären. Und schon die erste Beziehung zwischen einem Mann und einer Frau hatte weitreichende Konsequenzen: Adam und Eva brachten Verführung, Leidenschaft und Sün……続きを見る

Der Bergsteiger Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006) wird weltweit verherrlicht, sein Beststeller "Sieben Jahre in Tibet" machte ihn zum Helden einer ganzen Generation. Harrers Abenteuer in Tibet und zahlrei……続きを見る

Verfolgt vom eigenen Vater, stets am Rande des Ruins mit Schulden jonglierend, legendär hässlich von Gestalt, aber atemberaubend erfolgreich bei den Frauen, ein Vulkan an Energie und Kraft, beredsam……続きを見る

There are a vast selction of books about Buster Keaton.  This books is a short work that looks at his Revenge on Hollywood and the gap that was filled by his acting career from the 1940s to the……続きを見る

An eminent historian recounts the Nazi rise to power from his unique perspective as a young Jewish boy in Munich, living with Adolf Hitler as his neighbor. Edgar Feuchtwanger came from a prominent G……続きを見る

Cuando Pedro Lísperguer Wittemberg llegaba a América lo hacía con feudo imperial: "no embargante que es alemán y cualquier provisión que haya en contrario", siguiendo las propias palabras del empera……続きを見る

This edition does not include illustrations. Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Seventy years a……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom – Incredible Escape of William & Ellen Craft from Slavery" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of c……続きを見る

The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stu……続きを見る

On graduating from West Point in 1940, Lieutenant John Wright was assigned to Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Captured there by the Japanese, he endured three and a half years of POW conditions desc……続きを見る

On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted and hungry French officers reached a high plateau of the Moravian Mountain range in Austria. Prisoners of war of the Third Reich, they had arrived at Oflag XVIIA, a ……続きを見る

On December 8, 1941, Japanese troops methodically took over the U.S. Marine guard posts at Peiping and Tientsin, causing both to surrender. Imprisoned first at Woosung and then at Kiangwan in China,……続きを見る

On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant N……続きを見る

Is military history fact or fiction? Find out this work. That looks at the Foolish Assumptions of U.S. Military History.  Born Into Warfare Created The United States.  Historical Icons of ……続きを見る

Er war einer der Architekten des modernen Amerika und eine der prägenden Figuren des 20. Jahrhunderts: Woodrow Wilson inspirierte zu seiner Zeit weltweit jene Menschen, die nach einer gerechteren We……続きを見る

Frederick Douglass is one of the most celebrated writers in the African American literary tradition, and this, his first autobiography, is one of the most widely read North American slave narratives……続きを見る

My Battle with PTSD is Fred Rendon, Jr.’s story about how he lost the best years of his life trying to survive PTSD. Then his miracle happened. Fred takes us on a roller coaster ride to the outskirt……続きを見る

Dieser Roman handelt von Jürnjakob Swehn, einen von Gillhoff aus dem Urbild des tatsächlichen Auswanderers Carl Wiedow (1847–1913) entwickelten jungen Mann aus Mecklenburg, der sich auf die Reise in……続きを見る

Churchill on the Riviera by Nancy Smith tells the story of how a villa on the Riviera tied a world leader, a fashion icon, and a world renowned model together with many of the most famous people and……続きを見る

Raphael was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most important and influential in the entire history of art. His practice of 'synthetic' or 'critical' imitati……続きを見る

What is Trumpism? This short explanation sheds light on the question in California that centers around the Drug Cartels. 続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "Taking the Underground Railroad to Freedom – Selected True Stories from Former Slaves & Abolitionists (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional an……続きを見る

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, and Sam Riley! "Narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling.” ー Benjamin Wallace, New York Times bestselling author ……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crimeーand law enforcemen……続きを見る

In 1899, William Osborne Dapping was a Harvard-bound nineteen-year-old when he began writing down exploits from his rough childhood in the immigrant slums of New York City. Now published for the fir……続きを見る

A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State – now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century. ‘A masterpiec……続きを見る

Martyr, madman, murderer, hero: John Brown remains one of history's most controversial and misunderstood figures. In the 1850s, he and his ragtag guerrilla group embarked on a righteous crusade agai……続きを見る