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.
When John Wilkes Booth diedshot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincolnall he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women.
"e;There are few sensations I prefer to that of galloping over these rolling limitless prairies, with rifle in hand, or winding my way among the barren, fantastic and grimly picturesque deserts of the so-called Bad Lands.
In 'Imperial Germany & the Industrial Revolution' by Thorstein Veblen, the author delves into the economic and social changes brought about by industrialization in Germany during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In Hermann Löns Buch 'Dahinten in der Heide' taucht der Leser in die malerische Landschaft der norddeutschen Heide ein, während er die Geschichte von jungen Liebenden verfolgt, die gegen gesellschaftliche Konventionen kämpfen.
Winner of the 2024 Investigative Reporters and Editors Book Award Winner of the 2024 Commodore John Barry Award for Excellence in Maritime Literature #1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock's ';masterly investigation into one of the Navy's worst scandals' (The New York Times).
Se presenta en estas páginas la crónica histórica de las principales batallas que marcaron uno de los momentos más difíciles en la historia del México independiente: la invasión norteamericana.
Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany.
John Fiske's 'The American Revolution' is a comprehensive and insightful analysis that explores the causes, events, and consequences of one of the most pivotal periods in American history.
What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "e;what if"e; scenariosmoments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.
Everything you've been taught about the World War II "e;internment camps"e; in America is wrong:They were not created primarily because of racism or wartime hysteriaThey did not target only those of Japanese descentThey were not Nazi-style death campsIn her latest investigative tour-de-force, New York Times best-selling author Michelle Malkin sets the historical record straight-and debunks radical ethnic alarmists who distort history to undermine common-sense, national security profiling.
Winston Churchill's 'The Gathering Storm: The Origins of the Second World War' is a compelling and meticulously researched account of the events that led to the deadliest conflict in human history.
On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War.
In 'Die schwarze Spinne' des Autors Jeremias Gotthelf wird die idyllische Dorfgemeinschaft von einem mysteriösen Fluch heimgesucht, der in Gestalt einer schwarzen Spinne über das Land kommt.
Für Liebhaber von Heimatromanen und für alle, die die Schönheit der bayerischen Alpen und die Kraft der Natur zu schätzen wissen, ist 'Die schönsten Heimatromane von Ludwig Ganghofer' ein absolutes Muss.
'Days to Remember - The British Empire in the Great War (Illustrated Edition)' offers a profound exploration of the First World War's impact on the vast expanse of the British Empire, weaving together a tapestry of narratives that reflect varying literary styles.
John Stevens Cabot Abbott's 'The Life of King Philip, War Chief of the Wampanoag People' is a meticulously researched biography that delves into the life and leadership of King Philip, a prominent figure in Native American history.
