Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, Paperback

Reducere. A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region...

Publisher: BookBabyAuthor(s): Derek McCannNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 32Cover type: HardbackIllustrator: Simo...

The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in historyPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Juliet NicolsonNumber of pages: 416Publicat...

An Everest Climb to Discover the Mystery of Mallory and IrvinePublisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Mark SynnottNumber of pages: 448Public...

Reducere. Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Sauliti...

Describes and analyses the campaigns that saw the rise of the Roman empire in the East.Illustrations: 17 black and white illustrations

On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found t...

In 1531, Pizarro led a small but well trained army along the Pacific Coast of the unexplored South America. With less than 200 men, he conquered th...

Reducere. Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold, Paperback

Reducere. In a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world. As Climbing Leader of the fame...

The Everest Files is the first title in Matt Dickinson's new series for teens and young adults. A thrilling journey to the dark side of Everest, it...

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 ...

Reducere. DescriptionAlfred Mallory Edgar was born on July 10, 1837, in Greenbrier County, West] Virginia, the son of Archer Edgar and Nancy Howe Pearis. The...

Reducere. The Croatian War of Independence: Serbia's War of Conquest Against Croatia and the Defeat of Serbian Imperialism 1991-1995 tells the compelling sto...

Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleans...

The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwat...

DescriptionThe Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell. ...

Generously illustrated with examples of this imperialist iconography, Sessions's work connects a wide-ranging culture of empire to specific policie...

Reducere. The French and Indian War was the world's first truly global conflict. When the French lost to the British in 1763, they lost their North American ...

First written in French and originally appearing as a series of articles in 1892, "The Conquest of Bread" is the most famous and enduring work by P...

DescriptionInto the Silence was written with the intent to motivate, challenge and educate God's servants regarding the needs and uniqueness of min...

A complete collection of Mallory's writings on climbing, which covers his expeditions in Britain, the Alps and to Mount Everest. With a foreword by...

Reducere. DescriptionMy eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest.Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain tha...

Contributor(s): Author: David E. StannardFor four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 149...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Jeffrey M. ShawIllustration(s): 8 colour plates, c 24 b/w illustrations, 12 maps, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 14...

Reducere. A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book Robert Merry's brilliant and highly acclaimed history of a crucial epoch in U.S. histor...

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of t...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Joanna HoNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 219 x 40Cover type: Hardback...

Reducere. Peter Kropotkin was born a Russian prince whose father owned 1, 200 serfs. As he aged, he came to hate the inequality in his society, and renounced...

Reducere. The Conquest of Bread is an 1892 book by the Russian anarcho-communist Peter Kropotkin. Originally written in French, it first appeared as a series...

Reducere. The Age Book of the Year 2012 'A first-class piece of historical writing' - The Sunday Age Shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the 2012...

DescriptionA thrilling World War One spy story from the author of the acclaimed Jack Haldean series. Working for the British Government as a secret...

Reducere. The American people overwhelmingly supported the nation's entry into the Spanish-American War of 1898, which led to U.S. imperial expansion into th...

Reducere. Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to ...

Reducere. Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn ...

In May 1790, the French National Assembly renounced wars of conquest. Two years later, France declared war on Austria and invaded Belgium and the R...