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a Fascinating And Accessible Guide To The Gods And Goddesses, Heroes And Heroines, Magical Weapons, Fabulous Beasts, And Otherworld Entities Of Celtic Myt...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a cou...

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop cr...

Holder of the Knights Cross with Oakleaves and Swords, Otto Weidinger was the last commander of SS-Regiment Der Fhrer. Among the best field officers of the ...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manc...

The explosive love story and full details behind Diana and Charles's relationship have never been revealed ... until now. Their breakup sent shock waves aro...

the Women Who Wed Henry Viii Are Remembered Mainly For The Ways Their Royal Marriages Ended: Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. This B...

'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than fro...

The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Thi...

From Finland To Newfoundland And Jelling To Jerusalem, Follow In The Wake Of The Vikings -- A Transformative Story Of A People That Begins With Paganism And...

A kind of meditation on Welsh history, past and future, from Owen Glendower to the 21st century, centred on the town of Machynlleth.Categories: ReferenceLan...

An Account Of The Worst Cholera Outbreak In Victorian London--and An Exploration Of How Dr. John Snow's Solution Revolutionized The Way We Think About Disea...

The complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America's unique historical experience from the first c...

The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and profession...

Looks At The Causes And Impact Of The Great Famines In Nineteenth Century IrelandCategories: Science & Math Nature & Ecology EnvironmentNatural Disa...

Privileged access to both the Queen and Prince Philip is the key to this revealing and engrossing royal biography.This is the first major biography of the ...

This is a memoir for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris. PARIS: A LOVE STORY is for anyone who has ever had their heart broken or t...

Resoundingly acclaimed, this brilliantly detailed historical account vividly presents the famed fighting force. Resoundingly acclaim...

Looking at the historical evolution of the central political institutions, and the social milieu surrounding them, this book helps to explain Britain's pree...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." ―Daily Express (UK) In Foundation...

From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles—just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Gran...

Discusses the abdication crisis, his relationship with Churchill, his role in World War II, and the women in his lifeCategories: History Europe Great Britai...

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. The Victorians are of...

This Text Focuses On A Selection Of Case-studies Drawn From Events In The Habsburg, Romanov And Ottoman Empires, As Well As The Nation-states That Arose Fro...

Written Directly After Combat, Rommel Critiques His Own Battle Strategies And Tactics During World War I In An Attempt To Learn Further From His Losses And ...

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Excerpts From The Author's Diary, Begun When She Was Eleven, Describes Life In Sarajevo Under Siege. Zlata Filipović ; With An Introduction By Janine Di Gi...

The Most Profound Characteristic Of Western Europe In The Middle Ages Was Its Cultural And Religious Unity, A Unity Secured By A Common Alignment With The P...

The De Doctrina Christiana ("On Christian Teaching") is one of Augustine's most important works on the classical tradition. Undertaken at the same time as...

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exa...

Book by Pirenne, HenriCategories: History EuropeWestern

Jedwin Smith. Includes Index.Categories: Science & Math Earth SciencesGeography

A tour through the centuries and through a bizarre Italian town in search of an unbelievable relic: the foreskin of Jesus Christ In December 1983, a pri...

1. War And Peace -- 2. The Fight For Peace -- 3. On The Brink -- 4. Trials By Fire -- 5. Pushing The Envelope -- 6. Hitting The Fan -- 7. Doubling The Stake...

Profiles three ordinary people--a German SS officer, a nineteenth-century lifeguard, and a contemporary therapist working with ex-convicts--who lit a candle...

Elio Costa And Gabriele Scardellato. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Historical EuropeItaly

Take a brief and introductory journey to the romantic land of Italy and meet the artists, warriors, and leaders who forever left their mark on Western cultu...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

Jessica Warner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-262) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance offers material drawn from the fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries surveying the social, economic, polit...

Takes a detailed look at each ruler, revealing their life, achievements and failures, as well as their impact on the wider world. Now in a new handy-forma...

Explore the changing nature of the West Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, t...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway will lead you straight to the best attractions this breathtaking country has to offer. Explore Norway region by region, ...

Dispatches From The New Britain: A Slyly Funny And Compulsively Readable Portrait Of A Nation Finally Refurbished For The Twenty-first Century. Naughty Boys...

"[Julian Barnes] reinvents the wheel; I'm always fascinated to see what shape it's going to be next."—Jay McInerney With the same brilliant style and idio...

Algernon Percy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 230-233) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

Discover the captivating history of Europe's second-oldest dynasty-the Habsburgs The Habsburg family ruled central Europe since the early medieval times ...

The true story behind the award-winning movie of the same name, The King's Speech is written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue...