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Iain H. Murray. Spine Title: D.m. Lloyd-jones : The Fight Of Faith. Running Title: David Martyn Lloyd-jones : Volume Two. Includes Index. Bibliography Of D....

In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, a delta rich in fish, game animals, hard and...

Based on a landmark BBC2 series, The Rise and Fall of Rome follows a fast-paced, plot-driven narrative, focusing on the pivotal moments in Roman history, an...

A hundred years after William James delivered the celebrated lectures that became The Varieties of Religious Experience, one of the foremost thinkers in the...

A pithy collection of the best of Carl Trueman's articles on culture and the church. A compelling, challenging, and sometimes uproarious look at how the wor...

Life In A Medieval Castle. Originally Published: 1974 - Life In A Medieval City. Originally Published: 1969 - Life In A Medieval Village. Originally Publish...

Definitive New Account Of The Catalytic Events That Led To The Outbreak Of War. Thomas Otte Argues That Neither Martial Culture Nor The Alliance System Play...

"O, Almighty God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!"-wrote astronomer Johannes Kepler, 1619. Scientific Revolution astronomers Copernicus, Galileo, Bra...

Drawing on the explorers' and adventurers' own words, a detailed history of Antarctic discover chronicles the exploits and adventures of the courageous indi...

Nansen: The Explorer as Hero is a well-crafted, masterfully researched biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian doctor-scientist some consider the great...

Following on from the hit BBC series Victorian Farm, this book accompanies a new 12-part BBC series. This time, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, and Peter Ginn...

1. The State And Estate Of Nature. The Landscape Garden ; The Outdoor Conversation Piece ; Gainsborough's Rustic Landscapes -- 2. The Picturesque Decade. Th...

They included a multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeleine, who had eloped to escape the gossip-mongers. Only Madeleine and their unborn chil...

From the moment he was shot down to the final whistle, Jimmy James' one aim as a POW of the Germans was to escape.The movie, The Great Escape, describes his...

In early 1862, as the beginning of the Civil War marked its first anniversary, Major General George Brinton McClellan developed a plan for one of the most d...

Acclaimed historian Lynne Olson’s collective biography explores one of the most important turning points in 20th-century history – the months leading up...

as A North American Of European Ancestry, Victoria Freeman Sought To Answer The Following Question: How Did I Come To Inherit A Society That Has Disposses...

Jutland has produced more inconclusive controversy from historians and naval officers than any other modern sea fight, and yet no previous account has made ...

Discover both the hardships and fun experienced by girls and women in the past century. From work in the home to the laughter and merriment at social event...

Based mainly on the household roll of Eleanor of Montfort (sister of Henry III and Countess of Leicester) in 1265, this absorbing work offers insights into ...

Mark Curtis ; With A Foreword By John Pilger. A Vintage Original-cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Scie...

No nation on earth has a richer, more colourful, and more long–standing heritage of evangelical awakenings than Scotland – yet most people are unfamilia...

It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amid grief, the affirmation of life against the ste...

Come to know the house of the Virgin Mary which, according to numberless saints, scores of popes, and many official documents of the Vatican (and to protec...

Remzi Klark ... [at. Al.]. Translation Of The Original Title, Which Began As A Small Pamphlet In October 1995 Entitled Bosnia Tragedy--the Unknown Role Of T...

Some years before this book was written, H. Belloc wrote that R. Benson would be the man to write some day a book to give us some sort of idea what happened...

'It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fight in it, wade ...

Children's author Bobbie Kalman's new series Native Nations of North America is an ongoing series that looks at the lives of the indigenous peoples of Nort...

Readers Of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales - Just Think Of The Premature Burial - May Comfort Themselves With The Notion That Poe Must Have Exaggerated: Surely Peop...

1. January 1 To March 31 -- 2. April 1 To June 30 -- 3. July 1 To September 30 -- 4. October 1 To December 31. By George Poulos. Includes Indexes.Categories...

The real stories behind famous people and events from ancient to modern times.Anecdotal, thought provoking and organized by topic. Chapters will include: Yo...

Describes crafts made by early settlers, including quilts, candles, clothing, soap, and leather goods.Categories: Children's Books Geography & Cultures ...

Describes early techniques for grinding grain, the parts of a gristmill and how they worked, and the role of the mill in the communityCategories: Children's...

Lewis' Work On The Nature Of Love Divides Love Into Four Categories; Affection, Friendship, Eros And Charity. The First Three Come Naturally To Humanity. Ch...

First Across the AtlanticCategories: History EuropeIreland

"A remarkable man on many levels, Sam Brower is the real deal. Readers are apt to find his firsthand account of bringing Warren Jeffs to justice both extre...

For Great Britain, there were two pivotal battles in the Second World War. One was the Battle of Britain. The other was El Alamein. There, in October 1942, ...

A National bestseller, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy has been widely acclaimed for identifying and defining the core body of knowledge that no litera...

THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE COMPELLING AND CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S SECRET INTELLIGENCE AGENCY In the secret world of spies and covert operations,...

ISBN # 9780789154873-Red Tails: WORLD WAR II'S TUSKEGEE AIRMAN - In 1941, an experitmental training plan for black aviators began in Alabama. These men bec...

These Prison Diaries Of Hitler's Chief Architect And Minister Of Armament And War Production Couple A Record Of His 20 Year Incarceration In Spandau Prison ...

From Publishers WeeklyThe author, chair of the Canadian Council on Children and Youth, draws on her experiences living in the Soviet Union to inform this ov...

A Study of History [hardcover] Toynbee, Arnold Joseph [Oct 01, 1972]Categories: History WorldCivilization & Culture

In graphic novel format, presents three stories from Greek mythology. including tales about Jason and the Argonauts, Icarus and Daedulus, and the ten labors...

At Company's Coming, we never underestimate how humble garlic can truly transform a meal. We've combed our archives and come up with recipes for breads, con...

Meet some of the brave men and women who first settled the New World and helped found the colony of New France - Cartier, Marie La Tour, La Salle and Madele...

Kang Sheng held tremendous power in China for more than 50 years. As a member of Mao's inner circle, he created China's dreaded secret police, unleashed the...

Peter C. Newman’s poison pen has lodged itself in the viscera of the Canadian elite. In Mavericks, he has selected his most evocative writing about those...