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Arthur A. Schomburg (1874-1938) was a distinguished bibliophile and historian who influenced social dynamics of African and African American academic studies in the United States and throughout the ……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE B.C. NATIONAL AWARD FOR CANADIAN NON-FICTION The writings of Lucy Maud Montgomery are so familiar and captivating that ……続きを見る

*Includes accounts of Spartacus and the Third Servile War written by ancient historians Plutarch, Sallust, Appian, Osorius, and Florus. *Includes pictures of historic art depicting Spartacus and imp……続きを見る

Daring escapes, ingenious plans and heroic feats are revealed in Major Pat Reid’s classic Second World War history of Colditz, the infamous prisoner-of-war camp. The great fortress was supposed to b……続きを見る

A compelling insider's view of the modern RAAF. AIR FORCE tells the action-packed, inside story of the modern Royal Australian Air Force, from East timor and the Bali bombings to the wars in Iraq an……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Chief Joseph and other important people and places in his life.*Explains the events that led up to the Nez Perce War and comprehensively covers the tribe's legendary retreat*Di……続きを見る

The action-packed true story of Australia's very own top gun pilot, Matt Hall. "I would sit there at the controls and think: I'm going to go left, and I can. I want to go right, and I will. I don't ……続きを見る

In 1945, as Allied bombers continued their final pounding of Berlin, the panicking Nazis began moving the assets of the Reichsbank south for safekeeping. Vast trainloads of gold and currency were ev……続きを見る

Privileges of War is a collection of positive stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American history. While the stories told here are relatively ……続きを見る

'Her life and her death remain a beacon to all who love liberty' NELSON MANDELA An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activ……続きを見る

The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, LEGEND, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronald Kray ruled London's gangland during the 1960s with a ruthlessness and vic……続きを見る

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its ……続きを見る

2006 in Helmand saw British forces engaged in the most ferocious fighting since the Korean War. For much of the time they were hanging on by their fingertips, holed up in remote platoon houses, outn……続きを見る

"Get out here, now, or I'm gonna kill you!" he hollered. Little girls are hardwired to hold their daddies in high esteem, so it comes as a shock the first time a daughter feels the back of her daddy……続きを見る

In this second edition of Arthur Keaveney's classic biography, a fresh generation of students, scholars and readers are introduced to one of the most pivotal figures in the outgoing Roman Empire. A ……続きを見る

I was born in1930 in a town called Trencin, in what was then Czechoslovakia -- a country that no longer exists. It is now called the Slovak Republic. I was the only child of well-to-do Jewish couple……続きを見る

As of early 2010, more than two million U.S. troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the American public is neither much engaged in the issues of these two wars nor particularly knowledgeabl……続きを見る

Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how and where the D-Day landings were to be mounted. 'One of the most creative intelligence opera……続きを見る

The family trees contained within this ebook are best viewed on a tablet. A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother – t……続きを見る

In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his……続きを見る

James Wilson Morrice (1865–1924) was a Canadian painter of extraordinary passion and simplicity whose canvases and oil sketches are valued throughout the world and cherished in Canada as our first r……続きを見る

*Describes ancient accounts of Nero's reign, including the murder of his mother, the Great Fire of Rome, and his suicide.*Includes pictures of famous art depicting Nero and important people in his l……続きを見る

He was too unbending a person to compromise. Wanted by the Dutch, British, American and Japanese secret police, he was hunted down across 11 countries because of his dream: Indonesian independence. ……続きを見る

The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission. In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell – a decorated First World War pilot and tea plantation oversee……続きを見る

William D. Hall served as a Union soldier from August 1862 through June 1865 and left a detailed record of where he went and the battles he was in. Over the past two years, Dale, his great grandson,……続きを見る

They served across the globe; from the North African desert to the jungles of Burma, from the skies of occupied Europe to the icy Arctic Ocean. 'The Unknown Warriors', as Winston Churchill named the……続きを見る

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity. Shannon's time as a soldier saw him posted to the Falklands, N……続きを見る

Cyhoeddwyd Cartrefi Cymru yn wreiddiol ym 1896 ac mae yma gyfeiriadau at y Rhyfel Mawr ac at orsafoedd trenau nad ydynt yn bod bellach ond mae yma hefyd awyrgylch oesol. Wrth deithio o amgylch Cymru……続きを見る

If you have ever wondered what daily life is like for a deployed U.S. service member, Chronicles of an Airman: Discovering Purpose 6,500 Miles from Home is the book for you. Chronicles of an Airman ……続きを見る

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - American Revolutionary War hero, toast of liberal Europe, and a founder of modern France - started his illustrious life as a shy……続きを見る