In 'Árminius Vambéry, his life and adventures', Ármin Vámbéry provides readers with a captivating account of his own life journey as a Hungarian scholar and traveler. The book is written in a descri……続きを見る
In Walter William Bryant's 'Kepler', readers are taken on a journey through the life and discoveries of the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. The book is a detailed and meticulously researched acco……続きを見る
Walter William Bryant's 'Galileo' is a captivating exploration of the life and discoveries of the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo Galilei. Bryant delves into the scientific achiev……続きを見る
In "The Captured Scout of the Army of the James" by H. Clay Trumbull, readers are treated to a profound and insightful account of a crucial period in American history. Trumbull's detailed and vivid ……続きを見る
William Barrett Cooper's 'The Life and Work of William Tindale' is a meticulous examination of the life and literary contributions of the influential English biblical translator William Tindale. Coo……続きを見る
In Frederick Douglass' autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom we can see the power of literacy and belief. Douglass transforms himself from slave to an abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of ……続きを見る
O trabalho do Padre Jesuíta Ambrósio Schupp é , apesar da sua parcialidade, o que temos de mais próximo dos fatos conhecidos como a Revolta dos Muckers, tornando-se assim, leitura essencial para con……続きを見る
Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and Strictly Come Dancing star, Ann Widdecombe.
In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe of……続きを見る
Through the diaries of nine men and women We Shall Never Surrender tells the story of the war as they experienced it, whether at home struggling simply to keep going, in high office with direct infl……続きを見る
This is a true story of 1930s Malaysia, of jungle operations, submarines and spies in WWII, and of the postwar Malayan Emergency, as experienced by an extraordinary man. Boris Hembry went out to Mal……続きを見る
著者:Eric Ambler
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年12月11日
Winner of the Edgar Award, Eric Ambler’s autobiography Here Lies is anintriguing look inside the mind of one of our greatest thriller writers. Here the famously recalcitrant Ambler peels back the la……続きを見る
A Giant to Remember is a retrospect of Ji-Tu’s career through the rise, peak and transition of the Black film era. He chronicles his film career during the 70’s, 80’s. and 90’s. A time when America ……続きを見る
The Next Chapter describes what it was like to live through the horrors of World War II in occupied Czechoslovakia, endure concentration and labor camps, and then try to resume a “normal” existence ……続きを見る
著者:Tom Brokaw
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年02月23日
The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years.
In this magn……続きを見る
Elizabeth Bathory was a sadistic, blood driven, noble woman in the 1600's. She tortured young woman for years until their death. This true-story would shock Hungary forever.
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Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval strategist and custodian of the nation's sea power ha……続きを見る
Laura Skandera Trombley, the preeminent Twain scholar at work today, reveals the never-before-read letters and daily journals of Isabel Lyon, Mark Twain’s last personal secretary.
For six years, Isa……続きを見る
著者:William Bush
出版社: ICS Publications
発売日: 2013年10月29日
This book recounts the dramatic true story of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, martyred during the French Revolution's "Great Terror," and known to the world through their fictional repres……続きを見る
This is the fourth in my series The Path Less Travelled and deals with the time I spent working on the Iraqi Advisor Task Force contract in Southern Iraq. This was a classic and effective non lethal……続きを見る
著者:Tom Brokaw
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2001年07月31日
A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war ー in such historic episodes as Guadalcan……続きを見る
'Fascinating . . . Shot through with fresh insights . . . No previous biography has attempted anything so comprehensive.' Observer
Nelson is a thrilling new appraisal of Horatio Nelson, the greatest……続きを見る
The gripping inside story of Gordon Brown’s rise to become Prime Minister.
Gordon Brown’s arrival at the Treasury in May 1997 was greeted with great excitement – not to mention anticipation. Officia……続きを見る
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...Newbern on the Neuse river, Washington on the Tar river, and Plymouth on the Roanoke river, lie in a circle which might be described from a point somewhere in Pamlico Soundーthe former an……続きを見る
Film and Photography on the Front Range will acquaint the reader with the stories of many photographers of this Colorado region. From the earliest Rocky Mountain daguerreotypist in 1851, landscape p……続きを見る
Diary and letters of Captain Henry Evelyn Arthur Platt including his time at Eton, Sandhurst and in the First World War where he served as a Captain in the 19th Hussars before transferring to the Co……続きを見る
著者:Kate Cambor
出版社: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
発売日: 2009年08月04日
They were the children of France's most celebrated men of nineteenth-century letters and science, the celebrity heirs and heiresses of their day. Their lives were the subject of scandal, gossip, and……続きを見る
At the age of fifteen Hortense Daman embarked on a secret career. In her German-occupied hometown of Louvain, Belgium, she joined the resistance, first as a courier, then as a fighter. She ran terri……続きを見る
On April 10, 1942, Captain Benjamin F. Stakes was taken prisoner on Bataan. For the next three and a half years, he would serve as a POW detained within five different camps and treated, along with ……続きを見る
The definitive account of the New Zealand air crews' heroic and often deadly role in the dramatic and dangerous invasion of Europe in 1944 to the fall of Berlin the folliwng year.
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On April 10, 1942, Captain Benjamin F. Stakes was taken prisoner on Bataan. For the next three and a half years, he would serve as a POW detained within five different camps and treated, along with ……続きを見る