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Attila, king of the Huns, conquered as far west as Italy during the 5th century, but was famously turned away from Rome by Pope Leo. This biography of Attila includes a table of contents. 続きを見る

Carryck's the Life of Sir William Wallace is a fascinating biography of the Scottish legend. 続きを見る

*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events in each man's life. 続きを見る

William A. Crafts was one of many authors to write a biography on the Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Crafts biography gives a great overview of one of the most famous America……続きを見る

William Henry Hudson was a well-respected author and naturalist. Hudson was born in Argentina to two English settlers and he would eventually settle in England where he produced many ornithological ……続きを見る

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820 - 1898) was a Southern Presbyterian pastor and Confederate Army chaplain. Dabney was most famous for being the chief of staff to General Thomas Stonewall Jackson during som……続きを見る

John Milton was a great English poet who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. With epic poems such as Paradise Lose and Paradise Regained, Milton remains ……続きを見る

Lord Byron was an English poet who became one of the leading figures in the Romantic Movement. Byron is still considered to be one of the most influential poets in history. This edition of May Clari……続きを見る

John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Keats was a peer of other great poets such as Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley and his poems have become more popular after his death. This edition of Lif……続きを見る

Ein nacktes Mädchen läuft weinend die Straße entlang. Hinter ihr die bedrohlichen Rauchwolken einer Explosion und bewaffnete Männer. Dieses Foto ging um die Welt - die Geschichte hinter dem Bild ste……続きを見る

A biographical history of the forefathers who shaped the identity of Alabama politically, legally, economically, militarily, and geographically While much has been written about the significant even……続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. "Nothing of Importance", Eight Months at the Front with a Welsh Battalion is considered one of the fin……続きを見る

This is a history of the author’s conversations and meetings with famous Americans of the 19th century from all walks of life, from Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie to Helen Keller and Teddy Roosev……続きを見る

This story is now a Major Motion Picture from 20th Century Fox. Twelve Years a Slave is the astonishing true story of Solomon Northup, who was a free black man who was kidnapped in Washington D.C. i……続きを見る

Charles Darwin was an English scientist best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution and his belief in natural selection. Darwin’s writings remain popular and influential in science t……続きを見る

Grant Allen was a prominent Canadian writer and scientist in the nineteenth century. Allen wrote on many different genres and was also a strong supporter of Darwin’s theory of evolution. This editio……続きを見る

Based on Gilbert's 1st-hand interviews, these remarkable true stories of the young Polish Jewish women who actively and successfully defied the Nazis provide a new perspective on women and the Holoc……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

For the first time in eBook: The memoirs of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis and subject of Charles Frazier’s bestselling novel Varina. From his days as a West Point Cadet, t……続きを見る

For the first time in eBook: The memoirs of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis and subject of Charles Frazier’s bestselling novel Varina. From his days as a West Point Cadet, t……続きを見る

I. LES MANUSCRITS. – Le « conte » de Guillaume d’Angleterre est conservé dans deux manuscrits. Le premier (P), le plus anciennement connu, est le fr. 375 (ancien 6987) de la Bibliothèque nationale, ……続きを見る

This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict. Lionel Giles' translation is the definitive edition and his commentary is indispensable. The Art of War can be used and adapt……続きを見る

Ein Leben wie ein Film, eine Biografie im Breitwandformat … Hasso Grabner, 1911 geboren, war kommunistischer Widerstandskämpfer, KZ-Häftling und Wehrmachtssoldat, er unterstützte Partisanen, wurde v……続きを見る

In the 19th century Australia went from struggling penal colony to a thriving community with a bright future. George Matcham Pitt's life spanned the greater part of this century. A larger than life ……続きを見る

Petrarch was not the first man to find a certain contradiction between his desires and the possibilities of life around him, and to pass many years under the pain of contrary attractions that could ……続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. The Life and Acts of Sir William Wallace is a biographical written in the 15th century about the famou……続きを見る

First published in 1917, “Rasputin the Rascal Monk” is a study of Rasputin and his influence over the Russian royal family during the latter years of the Romanov Dynasty. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin……続きを見る

'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me anot……続きを見る

“Riveting reading." ーGeorgia Historical Quarterly The Civil War diary of Hiram Smith Williams is extremely unusual. A carriage maker and native of New Jersey, Williams only arrived in the Deep Sout……続きを見る

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in thi……続きを見る