In The Last Fire-Eater, renowned historian of the American South William A. Link examines the life of Roger A. Pryor, a Virginia secessionist, Confederate general, and earnest proponent of postwar s……続きを見る
It is a tale of defeat, but when defeat is characterised by valour of a certain pitch and quality, its memory may outlast a tale of victory. And like the Burghers who came with ropes about their nec……続きを見る
Much has been written about the lives of male physician psychoanalysts, but little has been recorded about their wives and families who travel with them through their long medical training experienc……続きを見る
“Niemand, der diesen Text gelesen hat, wird ihn vergessen können.“ Carolin Emcke Im März 1944 wird Ginette Kolinka zusammen mit ihrem Vater, ihrem Bruder und ihrem Neffen von Avignon nach Auschwitz-……続きを見る
An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of t……続きを見る
The Highland Territorials were made up of the 51st Division, who had fought bravely in the Great War, and entered WWII with a fearsome and loyal reputation. Here Erik Linklater draws from letters an……続きを見る
The Northern Garrisons visits the soldiers of WWII in some of the most barren and inhospitable of outposts. Eric Linklater, in his mission to document the lives, trials and achievements of these men……続きを見る
著者:Andro Linklater
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年02月25日
For fifty years, Pamela Kirrage longed to unlock the secrets of her husband’s encrypted war diary. She was on the verge of giving up when she at last found a mathematician who became as obsessed wit……続きを見る
Joe Boy House did not have to go to war. As the only son in a farming family, he could have gotten a deferment and stayed safely at home. That's certainly what his parents hoped for. But after Japan……続きを見る
The life of seven generations is an incredibly interesting process to write about. I have discovered that each generation went thorough more hard and sad times than happy times. Wars, hunger, consta……続きを見る
Het boek 'Het leven van Hugo de Groot' geschreven door Jacob Klinkhamer is een belangrijk historisch werk dat de levensgeschiedenis van de beroemde Nederlandse rechtsgeleerde en filosoof Hugo de Gro……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