History Man, Paperback

At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter from the wastepaper bin of the German military attache in Paris. Torn ...

The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan.

Reducere. From White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called Coyote Warriors--among them a Mandan/Hida...

Reducere. 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 ...

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and soci...

Focusing on the eight islands or chains that that form part of the British Isles, this book tells the often forgotten stories of Shetland, Orkney, ...

Reducere. Russian psychologist A. R. Luria presents a compelling portrait of a man's heroic struggle to regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky...

A fair-minded but highly critical interpretation of president Obama and his brand of "hope and change, " grounded in a reality that goes beyond the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. There have been...

The compelling biography of the man who wrote the best selling book Warrior, by his grandson Brough Scott.

Reducere. One week after the infamous June 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, when news of the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry...

Serially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, living in a bewi...

The first nomadic empire and the making of China has its story told with meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, weighing in on the ci...

DescriptionThis official NASA history chronicles the behind-the-scenes conflicts and cooperation during the Apollo expeditions. It shows how the sp...

*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Ni...

10, 000 years of history in one guide book. Engaging narrative style. Dramatic first-hand accounts.

Patrick O'Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland's most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the c...

Reducere. Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer whose team were the first to reach the South Pole - this is his astonishing story, in his own words.Amundse...

Published in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man argues that capitalist democracy is the final destination for all societies. Fukuyama believ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. Casting his expert eye over the rapidly diminishing areas of wilderness where predators still reign, the award-winning author ofThe Song of the Dod...

Reducere. In Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, historian Paul Gaston relates his grandfather's 1864 founding o...

The extraordinary story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring Americ...

An insight into the man at the heart of the world's most infamous maritime disasterPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Clifford IsmayIllustr...

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania PressAuthor(s): Patricia Tyson StroudIllustration(s): 11 color, 48 b/wNumber of pages: 292Publication date: 2...

In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe...

Reducere. "Bill DeYoung's story of the construction of the original and second span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, of the accident in 1980 that destroyed it,...

Reducere. In the beginning was Jamestown.... This is the wondrous story of the genesis of America told through this cradle to the grave account of the life o...

Reducere. DescriptionNot since the days of the Louisiana Purchase has America seen any bigger real estate transactions than those executed by William Zeckend...

Reducere. Rockefeller was the quintessential industrialist. He created an industry out of nascent oil and gas start-ups during a time when none existed. His ...

Reducere. No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with g...

This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling textbook provides an in-depth survey of current historical Jesus studies. Beginning with a brie...

The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief "Fascinating...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Don MorrisIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 44Cov...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Captivating Life of Martin Van Buren History chiefly remembers Martin Van Buren as the eighth president of the United States...