'As with all the best novelists, Husband's talent seems to draw its energy from the experience of writing from perspectives far removed from her own as she inhabits other genders, other sexualities, other eras' Patrick Gale Lieutenant Paul Harris returns from the trenches to his father's home after suffering from shell shock.
Barbed Wire University tells the extraordinary tale of Winston Churchill's internment of some of the most gifted Jewish refugee writers, professors, artists, and painters of their generation in a camp on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.
Fought during 1916, the Battle of the Somme was conceived by the French and British as a great offensive to be waged against Germany even as France poured incredible numbers of men into the slaughterhouse that was the desperate defense of Verdun.
A magnificent debut novel, which follows in the spirit of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, in which an alienated student named Lopez joins the Vietnam war to escape from his past and himself.
GENERALMAJOR VIKTOR SCHEMFIL Der Verfasser, als Regimentsadjutant der Tiroler Kaiserjäger selbst am südlichen Kriegsschauplatz, schildert die Grenzschutzvorbereitungen, die Angriffs- und Verteidigungspläne und die Kampfhandlungen im Drei-Zinnen- und Kreuzberggebiet bis zum Abzug der italienischen Truppen im Herbst 1917.
From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures.
Reunimos en un único pack dos grandes libros de reporterismo de guerra: "En las trincheras", con las mejores crónicas de la Primera Guerra Mundial del magistral Agustí Calvet, más conocido por su seudónimo de Gaziel, y "La revancha del reportero", el primer libro del actual corresponsal de guerra de La Vanguardia, Plàcid Garcia-Planas, que ha recorrido todo el Oriente Próximo viajando en varias ocasiones al infierno de Afganistán.
Die außergewöhnliche Lebensgeschichte von Argyris Sfountouris, der das von deutschen Soldaten verübte Massaker von Distomo 1944 überlebte und seitdem für Gerechtigkeit und Ausgleich kämpft.
"e;In searching the history of our own country, when it stood together as a united nation, waging just war, we find England, our mother country, whose language we speak, arrayed against us.
Step into the golden age of ancient Egypt, where ambition, innovation, and divine authority converged to create one of humanity's most enduring wonders: the Great Pyramid of Giza.
'A riveting trip down the corridors of Soviet deception' Sunday Telegraph (Five-Star Review)'Philps' book vindicates the value of truth' Washington Post'Philps has an eye for detail and a heart for those left behind' The Times'A tale of intrigue and suppression' New York Times'A compelling and often horrifying tale of moral degradation and occasional heroism superbly told' Economist'An engaging and insightful account of foreign correspondents living in the Moscow landmark during the Second World War' History TodayReporters.
The Battle of the Atlantic, Canadas longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War, lasted 2,074 days, claiming the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy The years 2019 to 2025 mark the eightieth anniversary of the longest battle of the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic.
'This riotous and engaging biography has it all'GUARDIAN'As much fun to read as a good political thriller'WALL STREET JOURNALThe book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors at WarAt the outbreak of war, the British monarchy was in turmoil.
En la primavera de 1916 Ramón del Valle-Inclán visitó el frente francés mientras se desarrollaba la batalla de Verdún, un enfrentamiento de proporciones colosales que habría de determinar el curso de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
KRIEGSERINNERUNG DER ZWISCHENKRIEGSZEIT IN POLITISCH GOUTIERTEN BAHNEN Zur Heroisierung und Ästhetisierung des Krieges in Kunst, Dichtung und Geschichtsschreibung und der Prägung des Bildes vom "gefallenen Helden".
DER KAMPF IN DEN BERGEN DER SÜDFRONT Eines der wichtigsten und interessantesten Kapitel der Tiroler Landesgeschichte in der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs.
"An diesem Buch ist alles aufregend" schreibt Karl Heinz Janßen 1967 in der Zeit zur Erstveröffentlichung des 'Gutachtens', "seine abenteuerlich Wiederentdeckung, der brisante Inhalt und der brillante Stil", mit dem er den Ersten Weltkrieg 'als Kriminalfall' behandelt.
Diese Ausgabe fasst Arthur Rosenbergs Bücher zusammen, die zuerst mit den Titeln Die Entstehung der deutschen Republik und Geschichte der deutschen Republik 1928 und 1935 erschienen.
Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond.
Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, la Monarquía Hispánica erigió, a lo largo y ancho del globo, el mayor imperio habido hasta la fecha sobre la faz de la tierra.
Las Guerras Apaches fueron el conflicto más largo librado por Estados Unidos, que se prolongó durante un cuarto de siglo y marcó la historia del suroeste americano y el norte de México.
BOOK 11 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhat was Operation Bagration?
BOOK 10 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy were British troops in Burma?
La Primera Guerra Mundial se debió a un conjunto de causas económicas y políticas, y estalló por la sucesión de unos acontecimientos que parecieron inevitables.
"e;One of Hungary's most important twentieth-century writers"e; New York Times"e;Magda Szab 's fiction shows the travails of modern Hungarian history from oblique but sharply illuminating angles"e; EconomistEszter Encsy is an acclaimed actress, funny and outrageous, quick-witted but callous.
La invasión rusa de Ucrania, en la madrugada del 24 de febrero de 2022, trajo al mundo el inquietante recuerdo del estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial de 1914.
