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James Douglas's story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver did……続きを見る

The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty – the most famous sea story of all time. More than two centuries have passed since F……続きを見る

"A devoted and brilliant achievement." The New York Review of Books In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyia……続きを見る

Gritty, but witty, description of life and death on the front line in Afghanistan, by the bestselling author of BULLET MAGNET. Now Zad, Afghanistan: a small unit of British soldiers are beseiged on ……続きを見る

Alexander never did what he said.Cesare never said what he did. Italian ProverbThere have been no shortage of controversial Popes who were accused by Catholics and other Christians of impropriety, ……続きを見る

"We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing … we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds … I did not have the blank." That is the voice of Deward Barnes, an unwilling but d……続きを見る

The Sinai and Palestine Campaigns took place in the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I. A series of battles were fought between British Empire, German Empire and Ottoman Empire forces from 26 Ja……続きを見る

Born in London of an English father and Australian mother and educated in Switzerland, Billy Drake was to become one of the most illustrious RAF fighter pilots of World War II, indeed of all time. H……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Buffalo Bill and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Describes Buffalo Bill's famous Wild West show and its famous participants. *Includes a Bibliography fo……続きを見る

Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, born a Creole on the island of Martinique in the French West Indies, became one of the best known and most envied women who ever lived. Sent to France to make an adv……続きを見る

Christopher Hibbert’s acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. In 1837 an eighteen-year-old girl, raised by a German mother, inherited the……続きを見る

Ce livre nous brosse un tableau de la vie et de l'oeuvre du grand prédicateur dominicain français. Une oeuvre lumineuse d'Antoine Albalat, basée les détails caract&eacut……続きを見る

In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades, to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. T……続きを見る

This Bybliotech anthology of Gaius Suetonius Tranquilus contains his most famous work - "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars", as well as the lesser known, "Lives of the Grammarians, Rhetoricians and Po……続きを見る

'Sarah Bakewell has written a scholarly biography that reads like a detective novel with a historical setting ... full of sharp pen-portraits, lively asides and quirky details ... every bit as colou……続きを見る

In this age of literary self-analysis a volume of autobiographical memoirs needs neither explanation nor apology. But a short time has elapsed since Mr. George Bernard Shaw heralded the advent in ……続きを見る

*Includes famous art depicting Nelson and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes detailed descriptions of Nelson's greatest victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar.*Includes……続きを見る

The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. It was led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who, having……続きを見る

John J. Robinette, Canada’s greatest trial lawyer, was admired and respected by the bench and his fellow lawyers alike. A quiet, unassuming man outside the courtroom, he was a consummate performer w……続きを見る

In the summer of 2003, a perilous helicopter descent delivered Ross Donaldson, an American medical student in his twenties, into Sierra Leone. With abundant schooling but little practical experience……続きを見る

At the time of his death, Julius Caesar was the most powerful man on earth. Beginning with the Gallic Wars, he had fought a series of epic campaigns, culminating in the brutal civil war that brough……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Pericles•Pericles Funeral Oration•The Life and Times of Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens by Evelyn Abbott•The Life of Pericles and Compari……続きを見る

"Is it a true story?" is the perennial query of children at their mother or father's knee. These well-told thrilling tales about real children by Mrs. Hayden will fascinate both young and old throug……続きを見る

This is a chapter from Alex Ross’s groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, ‘The Rest is Noise’. Further extracts are available as digital shorts, accompanying the London Southba……続きを見る

This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those involved. The compelling narrative draws on ……続きを見る

Aníbal Barca fue uno de los más grandes estrategas de la historia. En múltiples batallas dejó en claro sus dotes de general apasionado y racional a la vez. Napoleón, entre otros célebres guerreros, ……続きを見る

At the end of the nineteenth century European pimps and 'white slavers' established a hugely successful global market for commercial sex and for three turbulent decades before the First World War, J……続きを見る

A fascinating biography of Jeanne d’Arc, better known as Joan of Arc, the heroine of France. Said to have been guided by Divine providence, she led the French army to victory during the Hundred Year……続きを見る

We all know the first words proclaimed by Neil Armstrong when he got to the moon, but did you know the last words said by the last (the 12th of 12) astronaut were: "Let's get this mother out of here……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) Introduction. Chapter I. Arrival ー Little Missouri ー A game country ー Joe Ferris ー The t……続きを見る