Empires of the Sea, Paperback

Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. the growth of Russia...

A new, epic work of narrative maritime history from the author of Empires Of The Sea, now in paperback. Tells the story of the Venetian ascent from...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Mongols emerged from obscurity to establish the largest contiguous empire in history. Although they are now no longer viewed as simp...

Reducere. Who are the Vlachs? For the first time, Mirela Roznoveanu has put Europe's original people-her people-on the map. Living for millennia hidden high ...

Reducere. This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resista...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

Reducere. How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world order What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the firs...

Reducere. The 'Estonian Sea Captain'Estonia's history has always been closely linked with the Baltic Sea, its trade and adventurous seafarers but this is mor...

Reducere. Duty before love; legacy before life.Six months have passed, and Tallora's nightmares are haunted by memories of Solvira and the woman she loves-Em...

Reducere. Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific East of Java, west of Tahiti and north of the Cape York peninsula of Australia lie the unknown...

Reducere. The Return of Robert Adams' Classic Horseclans Series for a New Generation!Milo of Morai, over 600 years old and immune to death by ordinary means,...

At the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial, military, and cultural players in world histo...

Reducere. Would you be the greatest pirate in the South China Sea or would you hang up your sword to be with the woman you love? Malaysia, 1849. The Tigers o...

With the advent of the steamship, repeated outbreaks of cholera marked oceanic pilgrimages to Mecca as a dangerous form of travel and a vehicle for...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Reducere. Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within ...

Reducere. Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has ...

Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing--not as spo...

Reducere. Long ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms. In the south the Star Towers fell...

Reducere. From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in...

DescriptionDesperate for the next Game of Thrones? Prince of the Spear continues the Sunsurge Quartet and delivers a full-on fix of epic fantasy. T...

Reducere. Brandy Erasmus is the daughter of the most feared pirate of the Caribbean in the early 19th century. Erick Erasmus aka The Plague and his infamous ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Korea, then keep reading...The Korean Peninsula today is divided into two, but there was a time ...