A Soldier of the Great War

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory-let the theory go.Emily Inglethorp, the elderly and wealthy owner of Sty...

Reducere. With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War, and his father prone to sudden rages, 14-year-old Stanley devotes himself to taking care of ...

Reducere. Imagine a German Jew who was a decorated German soldier in World War I, a resister in Cologne at the start of Hitler's reign of terror, and a Silve...

1921: in the sleepy village of Charlton Ambrose, eight ash trees stand as a timeless memorial to the men killed in World War I. On a dark and chill...

Reducere. This is a story of how one young soldier recalls the events of war. He remembers the men he served with who had such a great impact on his life dur...

Reducere. A British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, ...

Reducere. A British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, ...

On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense destru...

Reducere. DescriptionA Washington Post Best Book of 2018A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2018An NPR Great Read of 2018National Bestseller"The Winter So...

One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore...

Reducere. Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus--after serving his country with distinction in World War II--responded to the appeal of a beleaguered country in the ...

Reducere. DescriptionSergeant Lionel "Chooch" Pinn was an American warrior, an Osage Indian whose career as an army sergeant met the high standards set by hi...

DescriptionMalleson's essential text enhanced with many maps and illustrationsMany English language readers may have discovered Prince Eugene of Sa...

Reducere. DescriptionMalleson's essential text enhanced with many maps and illustrationsMany English language readers may have discovered Prince Eugene of Sa...

Written by Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family archive, this book presents a portrait of a man h...

Reducere. "It's not a war is happening now is an extermination of men, " written at the front, the soldier Papillon Marcel in January 1915. That's how contem...

A snow leopard biologist becomes the prey when Cold War secrets threaten to expose a modern-day spy ring, and an elite British soldier is forced to...

WinstonChurchill was far more than a just successful wartime leader. International war correspondent, WWI soldier and Nobel Prize winningwriter, Ch...

A staggering 3.5 million men served in the British Army during WWII, but very few had experience of soldier life. Allport explores the social histo...

Reducere. What hope has one forgotten soldier of bringing an emperor to justice?Winter, 382 AD. The Gothic War is over. After years of bloodshed, the Eastern...

A young soldier is fighting in the trenches of wartime France when he finds a hen, skinny, scruffy, and starving. He tucks her into his jacket and ...

Reducere. The early military career of a great American soldier and patriotStudents of the history of the American War of Independence will be familiar with ...

Reducere. The early military career of a great American soldier and patriotStudents of the history of the American War of Independence will be familiar with ...

Reducere. Widely acclaimed when first published in the 1920s, Ford Madox Ford's sequence of four novels, known collectively as Parade's End, is one of the ou...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shirley HazzardAuthor: Shirley Hazzard SteegmullerAuthor: More than twenty years after the classic The Transit of Venus, Sh...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the award-winning author of Washington's Immortals, The Unknowns takes readers into the heart of combat in the Great War to tell th...

Reducere. When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only c...

A Moment of War is the powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy that began with Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee was still a ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer D. KeeneWorld War I explores the daily lives of the men and women who served the United States in the Great War. R...

Reducere. From the moment his first novel was published, Larry Heinemann joined the ranks of the great chroniclers of the Vietnam conflict--Philip Caputo, Ti...

Praised as an "unforgettable love story" by Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this is the real-life,...

DescriptionNever-before-published fiction by one of the finest war authors of the twentieth century In 1943, a young soldier named James Jones retu...

Reducere. As men with a background in combat sports began returning from night raids at greater number than those lacking, it soon became obvious to both the...

Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is considered by many to have been one of the greatest writers on war. His study On War was described by the Americ...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefanos GeroulanosAuthor: Todd MeyersThe injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How ...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of The Guardian Angel Set against the turbulent years of The Great War, A Girl Called Rose is a deeply moving story of ...

Engraved shell-cases, bullet-crucifixes, letter openers and cigarette lighters made of shrapnel and cartridges, miniature airplanes and tanks, tali...

Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of General George Patton's death, a gripping firsthand account of World War II written by a ...

Reducere. In rural Clayton, North Carolina, during the Great Depression, life was secure and ordered by hard work, love of family, and respect for oneself an...

Reducere. Europeans came to the American colonies in the 1600s and 1700s in search of a better life. They worked hard and built farms, homes, and towns. But ...

The first translation of painter and writer J zef Czapski's inspiring lectures on Proust, first delivered in a prison camp in the Soviet Union duri...

Reducere. A QURANIC FANTASY ADVENTURE The hoopoe lives in the blessed land of Sham. He is a soldier in the miraculous army of Prophet Sulaiman. It seems like...

Reducere. 1777 The Battle of Saratoga, a turning point of the Revolutionary War, gives the American Continental Army its first great victory. But there seems...

Reducere. A dark and addictive fantasy read for fans of Graceling and Sarah J. Maas. The life of an orphan soldier becomes entwined with that of the mysterio...

George S. Patton is one of the most controversial, celebrated, and popular military leaders in American history, and his accomplishments and victor...

Reducere. This book written by James Madison Page, a Northern soldier, represents an important narrative of Andersonville prison in Georgia. Madison brings h...

Reducere. When author Edward Lee Smith set out to write about his life as an African American soldier and teacher in America during the tumultuous twentieth ...

Reducere. The Indian wars on the Central Plains the area roughly between the Arkansas River to the south and the Platte River to the north " emanates at the ...

Reducere. This history of the Rainbow is a record of the accomplishments of every man who served in the Division. It is the story of his contribution to the ...

Reducere. This well-researched work is built around the first diary written by Pvt. William J. McLean, 34th New York Infantry, beginning with his enlistment....

Reducere. "[Readers] are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford . . . While her sensibility is as crisp as her narrative voice, Bess is a c...

"[Readers] are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford . . . While her sensibility is as crisp as her narrative voice, Bess is a c...

Reducere. In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today's London that is as rich and lively as the city itself. In...

Reducere. In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military ...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Thomas GreenshieldsNumber of pages: 536Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 170 x 244 x 26Cover type: Paperback ...

Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspi...

1918 was a year of triumph for the Australian Corps in France yet today this is seldom recognized by most Australians. Our perceptions have been cl...

Reducere. "Brilliant and surprising at every turn."--Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great Believers A heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel b...

Tolstoy's powerful semiautobiographical stories based on his time spent in the Russian army, part of our series of fresh new Tolstoy translations I...

DescriptionSir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, is best known for his exceptional military career. He was one of the Duke of Wellington's ablest lieut...

Reducere. One woman faces danger, intrigue, and love in the aftermath of World War II in this unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling author ...

Reducere. One woman faces danger, intrigue, and love in the aftermath of World War II in this unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling author ...

Reducere. "John Wayne remains a constant in American popular culture. Middle America grew up with him in the late 1920s and 1930s, went to war with him in th...

DescriptionAs brilliant as Sherlock Holmes. As daring as James Bond. Sexton Blake, the adventuring detective, is back This first volume of a new se...

Reducere. DescriptionBuffalo Bill: Last of the Great Scouts is the entertaining and fascinating story of William F. Cody, known to millions for over a centur...

Reducere. In one remote detonated explosive instant of murder, an act of National Service and family duty befalls the youngest sister of a killed-in-action s...

This Great War period guide to the art of flag semaphore was original published by Gale & Polden and formed part of their respected "Military Serie...

Reducere. If one man could be said to exemplify in his character the promise of America's greatness, that man was Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania frontiersman of...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Dmitry Leonidovich ChugainovIllustration(s): 33 b/w ills, 9 b/w photos, 61 colour ills, 55 colour photosNumbe...

Reducere. The small things that had great historical consequences..."Heart-stopping, compelling, and fun!" Win Blevins, New York Times Bestselling AuthorHow ...