The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold, Paperback - Joy Goodwin

Reducere. It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in S...

A pictorial celebration of the world-famous sister ships: the Olympic-class liners A maritime expert tells the story of the sister ships using prev...

DescriptionMunich, 1972. In the men's 400-metre freestyle race, America's Rick DeMont beats Australia's Brad Cooper by a hundredth of a second. It'...

Considers how NATO and its member states used sport as a diplomatic arena during the height of the Cold War, and how international sport responded ...

Reducere. The action-packed Minecraft follow-up to Invasion of the Overworld Gameknight999, a real-life Minecraft user trapped inside the game he loves to pl...

Reducere. "Masterly . . . a heartbreaking, beautifully told story of wasted sacrifice." --Vince Rinehart, The Washington PostThe Allied attack of Normandy be...

With its winning mix of gripping narrative and easy-to-implement performance-raising tips, this book has become a best-selling classic. It's garner...

In 1942, the Solomon Islands formed the stepping stones toward Rabaul, the main base of Japanese operations in the South Pacific, and the Allies pr...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Battle of Wyoming: For Liberty and Life explores the infamous 1778 Revolutionary War battle in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The Bat...

Publisher: Charisma HouseAuthor(s): Mark A GabrielNumber of pages: 230Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 143 x 216 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softb...

This guidebook gives comprehensive information about: - Major battles and battlefields- Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues- How to get there...

Read about the life of Brian Boru and the battle that changed the course of Irish history in this exciting and accessible account.

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Elizabeth WilliamsonNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 238 x 46Cover type: Hardbac...

Reducere. DescriptionMax Hastings's "exceptional" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the famous World War II D-Day landings " will] stand with that ...

The spiritual being known as Michael has accompanied humanity on its path from the cosmos to the earth since the very beginning and in this regard,...

Reducere. Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As Chin...

Reducere. "Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with r...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Archie GoodwinIllustration(s): 4 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

This compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the Church of England and demonst...

Courage is not the absence of fear, says Osho. It is, rather, the total presence of fear, with the courage to face it. This book provides a bird's-...

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The Battle for Moscow - David Stahel

Reducere. "Read this man's book." --James EllroyA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels--th...

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Subtitled, }A New History In The Words Of The Men & Women On Both Sides{. The latest in the bestselling }Forgotten Voices{ series, this draws on ma...

Explores the history and legacy of Wong Kim Ark and the 1898 Supreme Court case that bears his name, which established the automatic citizenship of...

When TED, the global media platform, took down scientist Rupert Sheldrake's lecture, "The Science Delusion, " deeming it not scientific, it ignited...

Reducere. Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolution become its most scandalous general?​ In the spring of 1792, President George Washington cho...

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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 ...

Reducere. In California, a team of talented young men begin pursuing the most elusive dream in sports, the Olympic Games. The pressure steadily increases as ...

Reducere. An inspiring picture book biography of the first woman to win a gold medal in track and field. Young readers intrigued by the Summer 2021 Olympics ...

Dustin Rivenbark has dealt with addiction firsthand, seen the devastating effects of infidelity in a marriage, lost what he thought was his livelih...

Reducere. After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ph...

DescriptionA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An award-winning constitutional law scholar at th...

Description"A powerful polemic against agricultural technology."--Nature A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself...

In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-yea...

The visual chronicle of Joe Biden's eight years as vice president to Barack Obama, revealing in intimate detail who the presumptive 2020 Democratic...

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fig...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the extraordinary story of the author's twenty year quest to find gold coins which his father's family buried in their backyard ...

Reducere. It's a blustery December day in Springfield Massachusetts. The year - 1891. James Naismith, age 29 is a rare combination of violent rugby player an...

Reducere. The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South. During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving...

This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island off Ireland's Atlantic coast during the nineteenth ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of ...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the gre...

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the gre...

Reducere. DescriptionThe naval engagement often referred to as the 'Second Battle of Heligoland Bight', fought on 17 November 1917, between elements of the B...