The Northern Wars

War still rages at the edge of empire while centurion Albinus Silus fights at its beating heart.Gone is the boy who joined the legions. What remain...

In-depth account of the wars Scotland's northern and western highlands in the early Middle Ages.Illustrations: 40 colour & black and white illustra...

DescriptionIn this "Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" novel, Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn must struggle to rebuild th...

DescriptionThis detailed study explains and illustrates the Russian, Scandinavian, Polish, and German armies of the crucial series of wars that saw...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Indian Wars, then keep reading...Tree captivating manuscripts in one book: American Indian W...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Indian Wars, then keep reading...Tree captivating manuscripts in one book: American Indian W...

Reducere. The first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Filling a substantial void in our understanding of the history of airpower in Vietnam...

Reducere. Relive the excitement of the first season of Star Wars: The Mandalorian After the fall of the Empire but before the emergence of the First Order, a...

Battles, revolution, and romance collide in Southern Sun, Northern Star, the conclusion to Joanna Hathaway's stunning, World Wars-inspired fantasy ...

Tells the stories of freeborn northern African Americans in Philadelphia struggling to maintain families while fighting against racial discriminati...

Reducere. Spur AwardsFrom a recognized authority on the High Plains Indians wars comes this narrative history blending both American Indian and U.S. Army per...

A vivid, groundbreaking history of the legacies of slavery in an elite Northern town as told by its Black residents I Hear My People Singing shines...

DescriptionUsing detailed color plates, this beautifully illustrated book describes the myriad of armies and navies that fought for control of Ital...

DescriptionDelusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan's Northern Frontier is the first in-depth study of state power and social st...

Reducere. "Life Among the Piutes" was written by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, daughter of Northern Paiute Chief Winnemucca. In her book, Sarah provides a fascin...

Reducere. The Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. People have long...

Reducere. In search of a new land--some place where they may be free of man's violence and wars--a colony of dragons sets out on a great journey across a vas...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always rai...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even ...

Reducere. During antebellum wars the Regular Army preserved the peace, suppressed the Indians, and bore the brunt of the fighting. The Civil War, however, br...

Part of the acclaimed "Special Campaign" series of works intended for serious professional students of military history, each volume is intersperse...

Reducere. Spurred first by the civil rights debates of the 1960s and 1970s, then by the culture wars of the following decades, the Chicago Historical Society...

A first-hand account of the complex, bloody history of Myanmar and the origins of the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas In 2011, Myanmar embarked i...

An epic introduction to Norse mythology for students of all ages. Based on the research of the 19th century Swedish poet and scholar, Viktor Rydber...

Reducere. An epic introduction to Norse mythology for students of all ages. Based on the research of the 19th century Swedish poet and scholar, Viktor Rydber...

Reducere. Just fifteen years from now, the world is polarised along ethnic and religious lines. Regional low-intensity wars have now been raging for thirty-f...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo co...

DescriptionThis fascinating book concisely tells the story of the birth of three Baltic nation states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.Immediately fo...

DescriptionFrom the army of Marc Antony in the 1st century BC, Roman generals hired Oriental heavy armored cavalry to serve in their military along...

DescriptionHow can a person come to understand wars and hatreds well enough to explain them truthfully to a child? The Bower engages this timeless ...

Reducere. Pearls have enthralled global consumers since antiquity, and the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella explicitly charged Columbus with finding p...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore European incursions began in the seventeenth century, the Western Abenaki Indians inhabited present-day Vermont and New Hampshire...

Reducere. The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to "catch the learning" after northern abolitionists founded Penn Scho...

or nearly 700 years debate has raged over the true nature of William Wallace and his role in Scotland's turbulent history. Was he the Braveheart of...

DescriptionA vivid new translation of a timeless classic: Kleist's tense, ambiguous novella about an unexpected pregnancy In a Northern Italian tow...

Reducere. DescriptionExcerpt from the Preface: "The text that follows embodies the four historical conferences that I delivered to introduce the 2018 Summer ...

Reducere. Though capable of staging spectacular attacks like 9/11, jihadist organizations were not a significant force on the ground when they first became n...

The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought.Western philosophy is now two-and-a-half millennia old, b...

Reducere. Thomas Blantz's monumental The University of Notre Dame: A History tells the story of the renowned Catholic university's growth and development fro...

Reducere. What is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a rest...

Reducere. The Great War that engulfed Europe between 1914 and 1918 was a catastrophe for France. French soil was the site of most of the fighting on the West...

Reducere. A hypnotic and "astonishingly inventive" (O, The Oprah Magazine) novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down--where ...

Reducere. "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exqu...

Reducere. On September 11, 1814, an American naval squadron under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough defeated a formidable British force on Lake Champlain u...

Reducere. Farid Younes makes his home in Byblos, a coastal town in northern Lebanon. He lived through both the Lebanese and now the Syrian civil wars. Like a...

Reducere. A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gave Archduke Max...

Reducere. The dawning of peace in Northern Ireland has not brought with it much truth about what happened during 'the long war'. Very few of the paramilitary...

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture In this National Book Award finalist set in the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees...

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Tom HanksIt is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings...

Reducere. In Fighting for Citizenship, Brian Taylor complicates existing interpretations of why black men fought in the Civil War. Civil War-era African Amer...

Volume Two of the new series sees Usagi return to his home province to pay his respects, but ghosts from his past have other plans. In Tatami, Usag...

DescriptionA highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of...