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Reducere. Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague ...

The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study ...

A comprehensive, well-illustrated account of the emperor Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Colleen Taylor SenIllust...

Covers the dramatic 15 years of Japanese Empire expansion.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): N S NashIllustration(s): 120 B&W illustrations...

The epic story of the first Greco-Persian War and the Persian invasion of Europe and Greece.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Manousos E K...

Reducere. Born in the wake of World War II, RAND quickly became the creator of America's anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightes...

What is a curved blade? Why would I want to carry one? What are the differences between a curved blade and a straight edge? Why carry a curved edge...

DescriptionBritain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian an...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn scandals and power struggles obscured by time and legend, the wives, mistresses, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the Caesars have ...

Reducere. Set in Williams' New York Times bestselling fantasy world, the second book of The Last King of Osten Ard returns to the trials of King Simon and Qu...

Reducere. Determined to stake their claim on the dark waters, renegade Vampirates are expanding. But the Pirate Federation and the once-neutral Nocturnal Vam...

Reducere. More than any other political boss of the early twentieth century, Thomas Dennison, "the Rogue who ruled Omaha, " was a master of the devious. Unli...

Reducere. DescriptionClaims of Reincarnationis one of the foremost works to have been published in India during the latter part of the twentieth century. Dr....

Reducere. This excellent work, with more than 800 photos for ease of use, is designed to help students get the most out of the study and training of the five...

Reducere. Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Gra...

Reducere. The first comprehensive written history of Shotokan karate in any language In this completely updated edition of the classic bestseller, Randall Ha...

Christian Jacq, author of the international triumphs Ramses and The Stone of Light, brings the people and passions of ancient Egypt to life in an e...

How citizens became immigrants: Britain's failure to create a post-imperial nation.

Reducere. "Kings Dethroned" is a history of the evolution of astronomy from the Roman Empire to the early twentieth century. From Copernicus to Einstein, thi...

Reducere. The best one-volume history of the United States ever written (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidenciesIn America, E...

Reducere. Regarded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as holy scripture detailing God's revelation to Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon is one...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

Reducere. Sustained by a deep religious faith, Jason Harrow has built a stable family and become a pillar of principle and patriotism in the Midwest. Then th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles' death in 1558, the author brings to life ...

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, iron...

The Victorian era saw huge technological advances in civil engineering and transport, mass urbanisation and social change, as well as still-treasur...

Concluding part of John Grainger's unique trilogy narrating the rise and fall of the Seleukid Empire.

DescriptionThe publication of this book marks the first time that Hanshi Dometrich's story is being widely told. Students of all karate styles can ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Kris ManjapraIllustration(s): 1x8pp mono insetNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 24...

Reducere. The New Testament Gospels came into existence in a world ruled by Roman imperial power. Their main character, Jesus, is crucified on a Roman cross ...

Tells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had...

Description The mass killing of Ottoman Armenians is today widely recognized, both within and outside scholarly circles, as an act of genocide. Wha...

Reducere. Since the end of the Cold War so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America's "special relationship" with Britain. But as events ha...

Reducere. Since the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, traditional American foreign policy has proven inadequate to 21st Ce...

Reducere. War rages between the Confederation and the Union. Shattered fleets watch each other warily across a war torn frontier. Both sides are licking thei...

A narrative history of Roman Britain. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman mili...

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the West

Reducere. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where ...

Reducere. The surprising rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of how Michael Jackson grew a billion-dollar business. Michael Jackson is known by many as th...

Reducere. Moving from poison and treachery to war and witchcraft, Sam Hawke's Poison Wars continue with Hollow Empire, a fabulous epic fantasy adventure perf...

Reducere. She's off limits. He has none.There's a girl.Beautiful. Popular. Fake.And my obsession.My fall.Probably my damnation.Did that stop me? Do I care? N...

Reducere. On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What ...

As the "audacious and subversive"* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan's enemies is on...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extremely wide-ranging and well researched . . . In a tradition of protest literature rooted more in ...

Reducere. My Boss. My Sin.A woman on the run.A hard man with a dark past.A fateful encounter.How wrong could things go?From the internationally bestselling a...

Reducere. The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarte...

Reducere. A fresh and vivid narrative history of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the "barbarian" enemies of Rome. History is written by the victor...

DescriptionMASATOSHI NAKAYAMA, internationally famous Japanese master of Karate-do, was a key figure in the founding of the "Japan Karate Associati...

The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus Samue...

An epic history of how we became consumers, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years. Now in paperback. 'Utterly fasci...

Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South and South- East Asia and the hopes and fears of the dozens of armies' marching through the...

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balan...

Reducere. DescriptionA tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that epitomized an era of change While working at the Wall S...

Reducere. A great political divide exists today, but can we truly grasp the significance of that divide? It is very complex and carries such deep implication...

Reducere. The "Boy Scout Handbook" is a manual providing information about camping, signs and signaling, Scouting games, and more. The original edition of th...

The first ever travel guide to the Roman Empire.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Dr. Jerry (Fellow Teacher and Director of Studies in Classic...

Reducere. When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in t...

Reducere. The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe Nationa...

Reducere. A thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire. The evolution of...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Apsley Cherry-GarrardIn 1910 - hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and r...

DescriptionHow rebellious colonies changed British attitudes to empireInsurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were acti...

A magisterial history of the foundation of the British Empire, and the forgotten story of native resistance.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Richar...

Follows the paths taken through the eastern Mediterranean and its hinterland by an eminent 16th century Venetian-Albanian family, illuminating subj...

Reducere. The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our republic.Today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on t...

Reducere. Tasha Keeble's memoir, Call Me Freedom, A Black American Woman Breaks from Empire, tracks parallel journeys: one explores the narrator's life and f...

Mark Twain toured the British Empire in 1895, during which time he began concocting a travelogue about the experience that was published in 1897. T...

Reducere. Ever wonder what makes household names like Oprah, Ellen, or Beyonc so powerful?It's all about influencer branding, and Laura Bull will tell you ev...

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were...