Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 'The Collected Works' is a comprehensive collection of the writings of one of the foremost figures in the women's suffrage movement.
Emile Zola's monumental work, The Complete Rougon-Macquart Series (All 20 Books in One Edition), is a literary masterpiece that delves deep into the social and political issues of 19th-century France.
Edward Gibbon's monumental work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, presents a comprehensive and meticulously researched account of the factors that led to the downfall of one of the greatest empires in history.
A bold new account of European imperialism told through the history of waterIn the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet.
Now revised and updated, World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles.
Im jungen schweizerischen Bundesstaat waren es die kirchlich Liberalen, die wesentlich daran beteiligt waren, dass der Artikel zur Glaubensfreiheit in der Bundesverfassung von 1874 angenommen wurde.
"e;Democracy in America"e; represents a world classic of the political thought which examines the democratic revolution that had taken place worldwide at the time.
Explores how the 1789 congressional election between two future presidents with differing views on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights influenced the destiny of the United States.
It was the Greatest Generation's greatest moment: when heroes at home and abroad, united in common purpose as soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marinesunder the leadership of generals like Patton, Eisenhower, Marshall, and Bradleyrescued Europe from the tyranny and genocide of Adolf Hitler.
»Eine großartige Darstellung des römischen Reiches« Peter FrankopanMit erzählerischer Brillanz erweckt der internationale Bestseller-Autor Tom Holland das Goldene Zeitalter Roms zum Leben: Spannend wie in einem Historienroman schildert er die große Politik in der Hauptstadt, das Leben der einfachen Menschen in den Provinzen und die großen militärischen Konflikte an den Grenzen des Imperiums: ein grandioses und stets fesselndes Porträt der ultimativen antiken Weltreichs auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Macht.
When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines.
In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole.
The Complete Works of Thomas Troward gathers the principal writings of one of the formative metaphysical thinkers of the early twentieth century, including his influential lectures on mental science, spiritual law, and the creative power of thought.
Battle-Hardened: An Infantry Officer's Harrowing Journey from D-Day to VE-Day tells the story of an American soldier's growth from a 2nd Lieutenant eager to prove his worth in battle to a skilled and resolute commander over the course of the Northern European Campaign.
From one of America s greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.
Die Geschichte von Atlantis – eine sagenumwobene Insel, die von einer fortschrittlichen Zivilisation bewohnt und durch eine Katastrophe zerstört wurde – fasziniert und inspiriert die Menschheit seit mehr als zweitausend Jahren.
The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custerfrom cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars.