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SORROW AND DISMAY is an illustrated meditation on the horror and stupidity of the Great War**.** The selected poems are by Siegfried Sassoon, a British officer. Sassoon documented trench warfare in ……続きを見る

A legendary Senator advises our next President on the commonsense values necessary to lead our nation United States Senator Robert C. Byrd is the longest-serving member of the United States Senate i……続きを見る

The Gallipoli campaign has been written about by many authors. However, few have been as well placed to offer eyewitness testimony of the higher echelons of command as the famed War Correspondent El……続きを見る

As one of the original Thirteen Colonies and birthplace of the American Revolution, Massachusetts has continued the rich tradition of liberty throughout its storied history, becoming a primary contr……続きを見る

Originally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Robert Black presents a complex and fascina……続きを見る

This is a charming work of fiction set durimg the First World War. It follows our hero, Ken Carrington, on his heroic adventures in and around the Dardanelles. This book is part of the World War One……続きを見る

First published in 1994. This book is an outstanding product of St Helens, as remarkable in its way as sheetglass and Beechams pills. It is the first full scale nineteenth century history of a small……続きを見る

First published in 1960, "Kings and Camels" is a straightforward account of how an American went to work in Saudi Arabia and came home to America to realize how little the average American appreciat……続きを見る

Excerpt: "Corruption is repulsive. It deserves the scorn and hatred which all straightforward men feel for it and which nearly all writers on the subject have expressed. Conviction of its vileness i……続きを見る

Published in 2005, Economic History of Transport Britain is a valuable contribution to the field of Economic History. 続きを見る

The Park View neighborhood, nestled in the northeastern corner of Washington�s Ward One and bordering the Soldiers� Home and Howard University, is historically linked to its main thoroughfare, Georg……続きを見る

A fascinating history of nationalistic policies in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Both Germany, France and Italy experienced huge nationalistic political reforms and they helped create the mo……続きを見る

The book begins by introducing the complicated events leading to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and then offers a detailed analysis of the political experimentation which followed. Toby Barnard ……続きを見る

Brigadier James Hargest was a decorated New Zealand officer who served during World War I and II. Having fought in the bloody battles of the Invasion of Crete, he went on to lead the 5th Brigade in ……続きを見る

Timeless comedies on resisting tyranny from one of history’s greatest comic playwrights. Against Demagogues presents Robert C. Bartlett's new translations of Aristophanes' most overtly political wor……続きを見る

On the early morning of the last day of the year 1921 the dead body of a little girl of 12, named Alma Tirtschke, was found by a bottle-gatherer in an L-shaped right-of-way off Little Collins Street……続きを見る

Today, Peru is recognized as one of the top food destinations on the planet. But twenty-five years ago, the world’s foodies focused their attention elsewhereーexcept for wine merchant–turned–archaeo……続きを見る