The Almost King

Reducere. Albertus Magnus has long been recognized as one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages; his contemporaries conferred upon him the title Doctor Un...

Henry V saw his reign and military efforts in France as a holy crusade to reclaim the French throne for his ancestors. Almost everything he did was...

Reducere. This is the first full-length study of the final war between Rome and the ancient Macedonian monarchy and its last king, Perseus. The Roman victory...

Reducere. A classic novel of the 'Maid of Orleans' Mark Twain's famous fictional account of the life of the 15th century French heroine and patron saint, Joa...

Reducere. What a time! Philadelphia from the Roaring 20s to the boom years of the 1950s and 60s, when cash was king and there were always sharpies and racket...

Reducere. The October Testament is the combined work of three people: William Tyndale: This is Tyndale's last New Testament, his 1535 revision, as it was tak...

Reducere. King of PancraseWWE SuperstarUFC Hall of FamerLegendFrom his fights inside the cage with Hall of Famers Royce Gracie and Dan Severn to his even mor...

Reducere. "People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marc CushmanThe startling and endearing stories behind the Moodies rich musical past are now in your future. This meticulou...

Reducere. "Who's the scariest guy in America? Probably Jack Ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from Ov...

Reducere. Later, toward the end of his career, Dumas wroteThe Red Sphinx, another direct sequel to The Three Musketeers that begins, not twenty years later, ...

Reducere. DescriptionEric knows it's not easy, being King. Fortunately, he has a Queen for that.Eric--or King Halar, or Vlad, or any number of aliases--doesn...

Based on in-depth research and interviews - including with Alan King Jones, Bill Leslie and 'the father of Australian diamonds', Ewen Tyler - Argyl...

Reducere. With evil rising, every secret can change the course of history.The curse is broken. The Fae are free. And so is Gandrett-at least to walk away fro...

Reducere. THAT'S RIGHT. THE LOST FILMS IS BACK. And like a Heisei era Godzilla foe, it's mutated into its second, bigger, badder form. And it's got it all: A...

DescriptionFrom the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, the English Old Poor Law was waning, soon to be replaced by the New Poo...

DescriptionThe three-thousand-year-old rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel and the story of their rescue from the rising waters of Lake Nasser in the 19...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationOf profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is almost completely unkno...

Reducere. The Most Complete Collection of Impossible Crime Stories Ever Assembled, with puzzling mysteries byStephen King, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this second printing, we are proud to bring the highly acclaimed collection Dennis Etchison's It Only Comes Out at Night, previously ...

Reducere. "Deeply researched, valuable." -The New York Times Book Review "A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic. . . . A world of beautiful hous...

Reducere. Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost single-handedly transformed the bankrupt village of San Diego into a thriving...

Reducere. Master story-teller and renowned Egyptologist, Aiden Dodson, reveals the secrets of Rameses III, in this fully-illustrated, accessible history, the...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: PriscusTranslator: John GivenAttila, king of the Huns, is a name almost universally known even 1, 500 years after his death...

Reducere. The philosophy of the blues From B.B. King to Billie Holiday, Blues music not only sounds good, but has an almost universal appeal in its reflectio...

Reducere. The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller.'They have left here today ' he calls to the...

Reducere. Think quickly on your feet: be smooth, funny, and clever - all at once. Goodbye awkward silences, hello conversational agility.In any interaction, ...

Reducere. DescriptionWise and practical prescriptions for how to live with an honest perception of realitycan become a companion for your own spiritual journ...

Reducere. "We read The Three Musketeers to experience a sense of romance and for the sheer excitement of the story, " reflected Clifton Fadiman. "In these vi...

Reducere. An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettli...

Reducere. The October Testament is the combined work of three people: William Tyndale: This is Tyndale's last New Testament, completed in 1535 just before he...

It was a warm afternoon; I was riding in the car. I'd been going through numerous challenges so much so that I started to ponder if it was God. I w...

Reducere. Maybe it's the king who spills honey, and then says it is not his problem - until it causes a war. Or maybe it's some sandpipers and whales who get...

Reducere. DescriptionThe twelfth installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England--"sup...

The eeriness of the copy: Sugimoto's portraits of wax figuresAt first glance, Hiroshi Sugimoto's photographic portrait of King Henry VIII of Englan...

While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made hi...

DescriptionIn 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, c...

The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger beca...

THAT'S RIGHT. THE LOST FILMS IS BACK. And like a Heisei era Godzilla foe, it's mutated into its second, bigger, badder form. And it's got it all: A...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Minoans, then keep reading...The Minoans continue to be an intriguing subject for modern aud...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Inscrutable Exchange Sacrifice The exchange sacrifice, giving up a rook for a bishop or knight, is one of the more mysterious concep...

Reducere. Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books' most popular super heroes, including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four...

Reducere. DescriptionA descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee chronicles his story of growing up with the South's most honored name, and the moments...

Reducere. Laura Sebastian is the next Madeline Miller. . . . a fierce, fresh, lyrical tale that will enthrall until the last page.--Kate Quinn, New York Time...

Reducere. In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race...

The Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his Department's involvement in Afghanistan from...

Reducere. In White's 1973 classic, terrifying matriarch Elizabeth Hunter is facing death while her impatient children--Sir Basil, the celebrated actor, and P...

Reducere. A fast and easy way to write winning white papers Whether you're a marketing manager seeking to use white papers to promote your business, or a cop...

Reducere. DescriptionA unique volume of information and colorful anecdotes about historic ranches, located throughout the American West. In all, almost sixty...

Reducere. David Moody presents the final book in the acclaimed AUTUMN series. The human race is finished. Mankind is all but dead and only a handful of frigh...

Reducere. DescriptionThe book began as a series of twelve articles published between 1922 and 1923 in The Saturday Evening Post. It is written as first-perso...

Reducere. In a time when many agreed with Aristotle that women were incomplete males, Marie's birth was a bitter disappointment to her royal parents, French ...

Reducere. "The finest writer of paperback originals in America." - Stephen King "Readers of weak constitution should beware." - "Publishers Weekly" "McDowell...

Reducere. For almost 30 years, Ole Dammeg rd has spent a lot of his awake time searching for the truth behind some of the worst conspiracies in the history o...

Humanity has moved on after the Benson Disaster. In the decades following the loss of the space station along with almost its entire crew a new kin...

DescriptionThe activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in AmericaAt the age of five, Megan...

Cathy is a suburban mom and television writer whose long term marriage has come to an end. She's been told that it's impossible to find a good man....

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lori WickWhen the king commands Bracken to marry, high-spirited Megan is chosen to fulfill the edict. Unskilled in the ways...

Reducere. Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius CaesarThe assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in his...

DescriptionThe year 1187 is one of the most fateful for the Christian crusades in the Holy Land, and one of the most disastrous. With an act of sav...

Praise for Sheldon Jacobs Sheldon Jacobs is a level-headed gentleman who is a cross between Albert Einstein, the Dalai Lama, and Vanguard founder J...

Reducere. Can the legendary trickster be out-tricked?All the young men had gathered in the village courtyard to hear the Chief's pronouncement: Whoever guess...

Reducere. Side A: Born Under A Bad Sign - 2: 45Crosscut Saw - 2: 31Kansas City - 2: 29Oh, Pretty Woman - 2: 45Down Don't Bother Me - 2: 13The Hunter - 2: 43S...

DescriptionFrom one of the most popular project channels on YouTube comes a how-to book on building things that go boom. Grant Thompson, "The King ...

DescriptionThe Blue Absolute's prose poems are hot boxes of lyrical language combusting with daily life. Shurin's sentences turn and leap in a cont...

In La Vaud re's first venture into exotic erotica, the Java-set Three Flowers of Sensuality (1900), we follow St phane, a French artist abroad, and...

Reducere. Book 2 (of 9) in the bestelling, multi-award winning BEYOND series.Alexa Parrino fought to escape the gilded cage of Orchid House, the training gro...

Reducere. The heart-pounding conclusion to the daring Smoke Thieves trilogy. In this conclusion to the epic Smoke Thieves trilogy, the world has erupted into...

Reducere. Think quickly on your feet: be smooth, funny, and clever - all at once. Goodbye awkward silences, hello conversational agility.In any interaction, ...

Reducere. In this second novel in Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Jericho and November are locked together in pain from...