The Gates of Europe

From award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe is the definitive history of Ukraine that helps us understand the country's past an...

People of Europe are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Visit the Akershus Fortress in Norway, wh...

The Frontline collects essays in a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. The essays present further analysis of key event...

Reducere. The year is A.D. 1565 and the tiny island fortress of Malta, defended by an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John Hospitalle...

From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-cen...

From the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau, no World War II infantry unit in Europe saw more action or endured worse than the one commanded ...

Reducere. How Christendom defeated the Ottoman Turks. Historian Diane Moczar pulls back the curtain on one of the most important acts in the drama of Muslim ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating life of Hannibal Barca, then keep reading...One of the names most synonymous with brilliant military strate...

Reducere. The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "...

Reducere. General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the ...

DescriptionThe German Panzerartillerie was one of the key components of the Panzer divisions that were the spearhead of the German forces in the ye...

From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped hist...

Reducere. The Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal was the most bitterly fought contest of nineteenth-century Europe. From 1808 to 1814, Spanish regulars and...

Reducere. Filled with quizzes, stats and little known facts, plus illustrated and told with all the fun of a Tom Gates novel, the Soccer Superstars series is...

Reducere. "A triumph." --Philip Pullman, bestselling author of the His Dark Materials saga Four young lives across Europe are forever changed in the dawn of ...

DescriptionThe first two volumes of the History of the Panzerwaffe covered the story of this legendary fighting force throughout World War II: this...

Reducere. A fast-paced, genre-blending adventure--now in paperback The Tapestry series continues to weave threads of fantasy, mythology, science fiction, and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert M. CitinoFor Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ("short and lively")--wars...

The peace that followed the First Punic War was shallow and fractious, with the resumption of hostilities in 218 BC sparked by Carthaginian expansi...

Reducere. Fionn M r was once a high king of Ireland; a fierce warrior who led his tribes against the invading fae. It was a war he couldn't win and to save h...