wired - Historical 7

From CNN’s official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon’s heartー……続きを見る

When I was a little girl, I sat with my mother on the sofa of our most recent home and listened to her stories of her travels during World War II, one of the most significant events in her life as t……続きを見る

Few books in publishing history created such excitement in advance of publication as did "My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy." As a #1 Best Seller, it was originally published in September, 1969, thoug……続きを見る

Mere Christianity is one of the best books of Christian apologetics ever written. Arguably, no book other than the Bible itself has had as much influence for the cause of the gospel over the past 60……続きを見る

From acclaimed journalist Walter Shapiro, the true life story of how his great-uncleーa Jewish vaudeville impresario and exuberant con manーmanaged to cheat Hitler’s agents in the run-up to WWII. Al……続きを見る

Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent men whose rose up from slavery to greatness. Essential reading for anyone interested in African American Her……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to conti……続きを見る

Henry Ossian Flipper (21 March 1856 - 3 May 1940) was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, ear……続きを見る

Als die Südtiroler 1939 vor die Option gestellt wurden, die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft anzunehmen und ins Reich abzuwandern oder im faschistischen Italien zu verbleiben, entschloss sich der streng ……続きを見る

Take a trip down memory lane and read about the life of Britain's most beloved vet, who charmed us all with his bestselling tales of veterinary life in Yorkshire. 'A wonderful, glorious insight into……続きを見る

THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geo……続きを見る

It is November, 1860. Anne Alger Craven leaves her home at Abingdon Square, Manhattan, prepared to enter the lion’s den that is Charleston, South Carolina; Anne is an abolitionist. In Charleston the……続きを見る

Example in this ebook CHAPTER XI. FURTHER SOJOURN IN VIENNA. THE JOURNEY TO MUNICH. Frederic Chopin to Elsner. Vienna, January 16th, 1831. Dear Monsieur Elsner, I much regret that your kindness, of ……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte autobiografische und politische Schriften: Meine ersten Erinnerungen + Eine Schande + Zur Frage von der Freiheit des Willens + Satirisches Gedicht + Meine Beichte + Briefe"……続きを見る

'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves' Slavomir Rawicz Slavomir Rawicz was ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • linked Footnotes FOREWORD. IN the year 1770, a bright little girl ten years of age, Anna Green Winslow, was sent from her far away home in Nova Scotia to Bost……続きを見る

Fletcherism has become a fact. A dozen years ago it was laughed at as the "chew-chew" cult; to-day the most famous men of Science endorse it and teach its principles. Scientific leaders at the world……続きを見る

"When I was growing up, I thought all children spent their childhood living on a carnival. It wasn’t until I was taking an English class in college that I realized my early years were unique." This ……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Klabund: Rasputin (Komplettausgabe)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Grigori Jefimowitsch Rasputin (1869……続きを見る

A fifty-three-year-old Anglican priest and poet when the First World War broke out, Frederick George Scott was an improbable volunteer, but also an invaluable war memoirist about life at the front. ……続きを見る

Olga Greenlaw kept the War Diary of the American Volunteer Group--the Flying Tigers--while those gallant mercenaries defended Burma and China from the Imperial Japanese Army during the opening month……続きを見る

As a 16-year old schoolboy from a Parisian banlieu, Jean-Pierre Duteuil became politicised in 1960 over France’s bitter and bloody Algerian war of independence. Already an anarchist, he studied at t……続きを見る

続きを見る

The Act of Killing is a documentary film on the Indonesian genocide that took place between October 1965 and March 1966, during which time an estimated 500,000 to 2.5 million accused communists, inc……続きを見る

Contrary to modern myth, medieval people lived in an era of innovation more than of superstition. This beautifully illustrated, highly readable book will appeal to all those who want a truer picture……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘I've worn that mask so long I don't feel safe without it.‘ The Man in the Iron Mask sees D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Ar……続きを見る

A publishing sensation, the publication of Victor Klemperer's diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. 'A classic ... Klemperer's diary deserves to rank al……続きを見る

When Wallis & Edward was first published in 1986, weeks after the death of the Duchess of Windsor, it caused a sensation: this was the story the world had been waiting for. For the first time, the s……続きを見る

A unique collection of essays accompany Wilfred Thesiger’s own personal photographs of the Africa he experienced as one of the world’s most celebrated explorers. While Wilfred Thesiger’s own classic……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of ‘Fighter Boys’, the true story of two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the modern world. On a cold, bright morning in February 1942, fugitive Avra……続きを見る