Women at War in the Classical World, Paperback - Paul Chrystal

The first full treatment of women and warfare in Classical Greece and Rome. Addresses the neglected subject of the role of women in war in the Clas...

A lavishly illustrated overview of the history of Greek warfare by historian and broadcaster Simon Elliott.Publisher: Casemate PublishersAuthor(s):...

How can we attempt to understand the experience of those involved in ancient battles, sieges and campaigns? What was the visual impact of seeing th...

Reducere. While scholars have often cited the influence of medieval texts and society on J.R.R. Tolkien's seminal fantasy creations, the role of the classica...

Reducere. ANCIENT GREEK MARTIAL ARTS: Warfare and Combat Sports in the Classical World is a fully-illustrated guide to the battlefield tactics of the hoplite...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times Notable Book - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, the Spectator, t...

Reducere. Now available in paperback Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of Americ...

Reducere. DescriptionFlying combat missions in wartime is always dangerous. But imagine doing so in a slow, rickety biplane, at night, with no lights or navi...

War is a very common theme in Greek myth and central to the Greeks' understanding of their mythic past. Paul Chrystal describes the wars between Ol...

Reducere. World War II was a total war, devouring the military and civilian resources of nations. Women in Minnesota--like women across the country--made bol...

The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughou...

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A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s...

Highly topical - reveals the 100 (or so) most significant pandemics, plagues and epidemics in world history, from prehistory to Covid-19.Illustrati...

Travel writer Julia Cooke's exhilarating portrait of Pan Am stewardesses in the Mad Men era.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Julia CookeIllustration...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncTranslator: Max L. GoldmanNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 23Cover type: Pape...

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Reducere. This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the ...

From pre-war murmurings to postwar memorials, John Fidler's engaging account of Lancaster in World War II draws on first-hand recollections, newspa...

Travel writer Julia Cooke's exhilarating portrait of Pan Am stewardesses in the Mad Men era.Illustrations: 8 Plates, black and white

An illustrated tour of the great centres of classical civilisation featuring 120 specially-drawn maps tracing the major sites and features of each ...

First-hand account of the operations undertaken by the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre during the Falklands WarIllustrations: 30 co...

'Sam Willis has pulled off another notable coup in bringing to light these original dispatches, which add so much knowledge, and so much colour and...

Reducere. Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during ...

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Reducere. DescriptionNorman tells the dramatic story of fifty women--members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps--who went to war, working in milita...

DescriptionAs many as 20, 000 women worked in Union and Confederate hospitals during America's bloodiest war. Black and white, and from various soc...

Publisher: State House PressAuthor(s): John A. PearceNumber of pages: 300Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 30Cover type: Paperback / so...

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Sec...

Featuring a collection of comic book stories, this book chronicles the work of various Golden Age artists.

Reducere. When World War I began, war reporting was a thoroughly masculine bastion of journalism. But that did not stop dozens of women reporters from steppi...

Reducere. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architect...

This book tells the story of the Jewish community, of its individuals and its groups, who contributed to the First World War.

Reducere. DescriptionThe events of World War 2 are often associated with male endeavor, particularly in war books however extraordinarily brave and courageou...

Reducere. ``Pearce's engrossing story successfully juxtaposes the volatile atmosphere of early twentieth-century Cairo against a tale full of culture, histor...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Paul ChrystalIllustration(s): 23 black and white; 23 black and whiteNumber of pages: 128Publication date: ...

Reducere. With the exception of a few iconic moments such as Rosa Parks's 1955 refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, we hear little about what bla...

Publisher: Destinworld Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Paul ChrystalIllustration(s): 100+ photographsNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its most hellish the Battle of the Bulge. In this pl...

Publisher: Manchester University PressAuthor(s): Corinna (Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural History) Peniston-BirdIllustration(s): Illustratio...

Reducere. From the beginning of California's statehood, adventurers, scientists, and writers reveled in its majestic landscape. Some were women, though few g...

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A fascinating tour of Hull's pub scene, charting the city's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.Publish...

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For fans of Century Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopNumber of pages: 384Publicati...