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In tracing the legacy of Achilles in connection with the Trojan war, this book follows the lines of Homer's Iliad. The author gives a graphic picture of the stirring events in the ten years' siege m……続きを見る

The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoo……続きを見る

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people……続きを見る

YACA-MUNDA, Aboriginal for Work For Your Tucker. Hello, readers, I’m the author of this biographyー Nick Thomas…nice to virtually meet you. I’m an Australian male, bred in the bush, and this is my j……続きを見る

An accessible and authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, published after the third and final book, The Mirror and the Light. Wolf Hall Companion gives an hist……続きを見る

The memoirs of the last British Admiral to lead an aircraft carrier into active battle A story that covers Britain's most remarkable battleships and naval events of the recent past A unique view fro……続きを見る

'There followed a blue flash accompanied by a ver y bright magnesium-type flare … Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which was followed by a blast of hot air … All this was fo……続きを見る

Dudley Buck was a brilliant scientist who developed or invented several early pieces of now-common technology (e.g. microchips, flash drives)in the 1950s. Like his Nobel-winning colleagues, he might……続きを見る

The heroine of this fascinating story (described only as 'I') is compelled to visit a mysterious uncle, a black magician who lords over a kind of Prospero's island that exists out of time and space.……続きを見る

When the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a mystery. The di……続きを見る

He was a respected cabinetmaker and councillor by day – but Deacon William Brodie changed into a sinister, thieving monster when darkness fell on the old city of Edinburgh. Cleverly employing his re……続きを見る

Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the course of history from the decks of his ships, hailed as a saviour of the nation, a hero killed in action at the……続きを見る

In 2007, journalist Nick Allen quit a secure job in Pakistan as a news agency writer to experience the life of foreign troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Over several years he journeyed as ……続きを見る

Oswald Mosley decided he could carry on where Hitler and Mussolini had left off. On street corners his fascist speakers would proclaim 'not enough Jews were burned at Belsen'. Enter the 43 Group. In……続きを見る

In 1937, Ursula Bower visited Nagaland at the invitation of a friend, and on a dispensary tour encountered the Naga people. She was so taken was with their striking dignity, tribal pride and unique ……続きを見る

Once called the greatest charlatan of his age, the Marquis was a fascinating Victorian 'renaissance man'. Born to an artistic family, he became a renowned poet and adventurer. A crack shot and excel……続きを見る

Duke Robert Curthose of Normandy was rebellious, but the fact remains that the throne of England was meant to pass to him on the death of William the Conqueror. William Rufus and Henry I were thus u……続きを見る

Forest Yeo-Thomas GC was one of the bravest of the brave. A fluent French-speaker, he joined SOE and was parachuted into occupied France three times to work with the Resistance. Appalled by the lack……続きを見る

Mary Queen of Scots is perhaps one of the most controversial and divisive monarchs in regal history. Her story reads like a particularly spicy novel, with murder, kidnap, adultery, assassination and……続きを見る

GG Alcock's parents, Creina and Neil, were humanitarians who gave up comfortable lives to move to rural Zululand. In a place called Msinga, a dry rock-strewn wilderness and one of the most violent p……続きを見る

In 1933 the Admiralty banned 'Blinker' Hall from publishing his autobiography, but here, for the first time, those chapters that survived are presented in full. See what the renowned spymaster had t……続きを見る

A vivid portrait of 18th century life, through the life and times of Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester. 続きを見る

This is the eventful story of the nurses who since 1918 have worn the grey-blue uniform of the RAF, from the Great War to D-Day; through the Falklands, in Bosnia and on to Afghanistan. These brave p……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered why God brought you into this world? I have. Have you ever wondered what the purpose of your life is? I have. Have you ever wondered why certain things always happen to you? I……続きを見る

April 11, The reservoir had growth of tall grass and reeds around the edge and masses of Vietnamese lotus floating on top of the water. A thin layer of fog was suspended over the watery milieu. Emil……続きを見る

Spain is a country with a rich and diverse history that spans thousands of years. From the ancient civilizations of the Iberians, Celts, and Romans, to the Muslim rule of the Moors and the Christian……続きを見る

Nevada, 2001: Mitka Kalinski führt ein scheinbar perfektes Familienleben - doch was niemand weiß: Er trägt ein düsteres Geheimnis in sich, das er seit vielen Jahren vor der Außenwelt verbirgt. Mitka……続きを見る

Dad's eyes peer into an infinite black hole. He's lost ... and I with him. When E.M. Liddick, a legal advisor to a special operations task force, returns from another tour in Afghanistan, he finds h……続きを見る

A collection of 5 feature articles that were published in newspapers, magazines, and a book, Fenway, Football, Heroes, and God showcase ordinary people whose experiences and accomplishments are rema……続きを見る

La versione per ragazzi dell’appassionante autobiografia del giovane uomo diventato il quarantaquattresimo presidente degli Stati Uniti. Rivolgendosi direttamente ai ragazzi in questa nuova edizione……続きを見る