General and world history

When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild.

One little two, little three American Indians!

Desde sus orígenes, los seres humanos han reflexionado sobre la posibilidad de que su destino estuviera escrito.

After the fall of the Parthians, the Sassanids came into power.

Ever wondered how to brew your own beer?

A Guardian best history book of 2016 Eccentric, shy aristocrat or mad, bad and dangerous to know?

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ESPAÑA 1900 arranca de la meditación nacional promovida por la pérdida de las últimas colonias y recorre la trayectoria española hasta la dictadura de Primo de Rivera.

La guerra fría constituye un período turbulento en las relaciones internacionales que situó a la humanidad varias veces al borde del abismo nuclear.

Historia de Occidente acompaña a la civilización occidental desde los albores de la humanidad misma, en los comienzos de la Prehistoria, al presente, y culmina con una reflexión sobre los principales retos que plantea el futuro.

Did you know that slaves played a big role in the ancient African society?

The age of the biblical warrior was one of both great technological development and innovation in warfare, and clashes between competing cultures in the ancient Middle East.

Jane was a wartime phenomenon.

An acclaimed WWII historian presents a provocative reassessment of the Eastern Front battles that turned the tide against Hitler’s advance.

A humorous and informative guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive.

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The Babylonian Empire was known to be the most powerful state in the ancient world during the 612 BCE.

William St Clair is perhaps the only soldier to have left a continuous account of his experiences day by day from the moment of joining up in 1914, through the years of horror in the trenches, to the march into Germany in 1919 and the long aftermath of trying to make sense of what had happened.

The Battlefield General game books put you in command of the forces engaged in some of history's most famous battles.

Home Brewing: 70 Top Secrets & Tricks To Beer Brewing Right The First Time: A Guide To Home Brew Any Beer You Want is the definitive book on making quality beers at home.

The tenderly funny story of a modern girl's growing up.

Did you know that slaves played a big role in the ancient African society?

The year 1957 marked the publication of Robert Ruark's best seller, The Old Man and the Boy, a tale of "e;infinite warmth and wisdom, love and understanding "e; It told of the Boy, Ruark himself, and the Old Man, his grandfather, as they roamed the North Carolina outdoors together, savoring the sights, sounds, and smells of the earth.

The celebration of the Holy Qurbana is the central and focal point of the faith life of the Holy Church.

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A Soviet bomber pilot who flew more than 300 missions behind enemy lines offers a rare firsthand account of life on the Eastern Front in this WWII memoir.

This is the autobiography of an American who ran away to sea at the age of 11 and charts his rise from the lowliest seaman (berthed under the forecastle) to the command of his own ship and the occupation of the luxurious after cabin.

La guerra de España es la única ocasión histórica en que nuestro país ha desempeñado un papel protagonista en la historia del siglo XX.

As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit.

My Life in the Maine Woods recounts Annette Jackson's North Woods experiences during the 1930s when she, her husband and their children lived in a small cabin on the shore of Umsaskis Lake.

Die Antike lässt uns auch nach 2000 Jahren nicht los.

Enter the world of Modern History and meet the people who braved the open seas in search of new lands and adventures.

The North African campaign, the struggle of the Italians and Germans against the Allies in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia between 1940 and 1943, was a war of movement and maneuver, of dramatic changes of fortune, and it was a war in which mechanized forces-tanks in particular-excelled.

Why is it important to go back to the past?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1992 GOLDEN DAGGER AWARD'This novel is so hot, it burns the fingers' Evening Standard'Mosley's second novel confirms him as one of crime writing's finds of the 1990s' Daily TelegraphIt's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins.