World War II was the greatest conflict in human history, involving over 100 million people serving in the forces of the Axis and the Allies and resulting in 50 to 70 million deaths.
Reporting from war zones around the globe, acclaimed journalist William Shawcross gives us an unforgettable portrait of a dangerous world and of the brave men and women, ordinary and extraordinary, who risk their lives to make and keep the peace.
Told largely in the words of people who lived through this extraordinary time, The Forties: GoodTimes Just Around the Corner is a vividly remembered account of the most important decade of the twentieth century.
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation.
'Most [Freemasons] have been ordinary men who have attempted to live their lives by the practical lessons of morality, duty and service which they have learned in their lodges.
In ›Die Erfindung der Freibeuter‹ tauchen Leserinnen und Leser in eine faszinierende Welt ein, in der die Grenzen zwischen Legende und Realität verschwimmen.
“Here at last is the perfect read for anyone who ever picked up a copy of Guinness World Records and asked, ‘Who are these people and why do they do this?
A riveting, indispensable history of the Civil War, told chronologicallyfrom the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender in the summer of 1865a conflict that James McPherson in the Foreword calls "e;the most dramatic, violent, and fateful experience in American history.
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.
In ›Die Erfindung der Namen‹ taucht der Leser in eine faszinierende Welt ein, in der die Bedeutung von Namen nicht nur eine kulturelle Nuance ist, sondern eine grundlegende Rolle im menschlichen Dasein spielt.
Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war.
Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay off his massive debts.
This authoritative and fascinating introduction to the legends of history will reintroduce readers to the cyclopes, Minotaur and centaurs of the Ancient Greeks, as well as shedding light on the wider world of mythology.
