Most of the following chapters were written some time since, at the request of the publisher, whose intention it was to present the readers of Irish history with a portable volume, which, while removing the necessity of wading through many tomes, would give an authentic account of the two leading events of a very important period,-the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim.
Explores the story of one star of the Silver Screen's role in the Second World War James Stewart was already a Hollywood star when the United States went to war in December 1941.
Rasputin's relationship with Russia's last Tsarina, Alexandra, notorious from the famous Boney M song, has never been adequately addressed; biographies are always for one or the other, or simply Alexandra and her husband Nicholas.
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrectionfrom acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.
A NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, and USA TODAY BESTSELLER This ';intimate and sympathetic portrait of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy that is as enthralling as she was' (Dana Thomas, New York Times bestselling author) reexamines her life and legacy as never before.
In this carefully researched and hauntingly written memoir, Lisa Gruenberg not only records her own life, but also that of relatives long lost to darkness, terror, and murder.
The daily robbing, bashing, drugging, extortion and murder of foreign tourists on Thai soil, along with numerous scandals involving unsafe facilities and well established scams, has led to frequent predictions that Thailands multi-billion dollar tourist industry will self-destruct.
La Couronne dérobée : Au cœur du règne éphémère de Jane GreyDans les méandres tumultueux de l'histoire anglaise, l'ascension de Jane Grey au trône évoque un chapitre aussi bref qu'intense.
In Biker Chicz of North America, Edward Winterhalder and Wil De Clercq have compiled in-depth profiles of twenty-two fascinating women who ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
With a warm, genuine voice, Provenzano draws you into her life in war-torn Liverpool, filled with air raids and blackouts, backyard shelters, incendiary bombs on parachutes, food rations and grade-school gas masks.
Jack Jefford shares stories of his gripping rescues, white-knuckle crackups, and wild adventures that come from flying the not always friendly skies of Alaska.
