Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli. The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather, Hardback - Mark Seal

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release.Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Scott CaneThe epic story of Australia's Aboriginal people, as told through astonishing archaeological discoveries, ancient ...

The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Lone Star Nation, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic ...

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 ...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Reducere. Award NameChristopher AwardsAward categoryBooks for AdultsIt was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

Award-winning historian Linda Colley shows the dawn of the modern world - through the advance of written constitutions.Illustrations: 1 x 16 pp pla...

Reducere. A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the ...

Reducere. From David Carr (1956-2015), the "undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist" (Entertainment Weekly) and author of the instant New York Times bests...

Reducere. "Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad...

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.Publisher: Profile Boo...

DescriptionThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revol...

Reducere. The first ever written Zulu history book covering 800 years of authentic history, written from the traditional Zulu perspective. This riveting and ...

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 ...

Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in hist...

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of ...

The dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition in 2022...

The first and only oral history of the beloved John Wick franchise. There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but no...

A fast-paced, fascinating and hard-hitting investigation of the gun's lifespan and into our hugely complex relationship with firearms and their und...

Reducere. From one of Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colo...

Reducere. On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found thems...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a team of leading architects established a new type of collective housing in the London Borough of Camden. In place of towe...

'Thrilling ... High-definition history: tight, thrilling and beautifully researched' SUNDAY TIMES 'This book is a triumph' DAN SNOW

A darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Paul Kenyon...

In 100 Miles to Freedom, U.S. Marine Bob Holland tells the story of the release of 3, 700 American civilian prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Toma...

An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the fac...

Reducere. Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary...

Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series....

Reducere. A gripping narrative of New Netherland a story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattan that transforms our understanding of early...

DescriptionA groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America o...

The story of Jensen favouring American V8 power began during the 1930s, with the building of their first prototype car. This book examines the C-V8...

This is the HARDBACK version. Think Pink The Depatie-Freleng Story In 1963, Warner Bros. closed down their long-running cartoon facility that had p...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Claude JohnsonNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 237 x 44Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Mark MazowerNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 166 x 240 x 44Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Paul TerryNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 289 x 406 x 85Cover type: Multiple copy packRedescopera...

Reducere. A story with so many twists and turns, you won't believe it's based on a true story.This book has it all. Romance. Mystery. Intrigue. Enterprise. D...