History and Archaeology

Livys Early History of Rome tells of a small monarchical states struggle to survive.

Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian MutinyFollowing the publication of 1st Earl Roberts' account of the Mutiny of the Indian Army, Forty-One Years in India in 1902, and his subsequent death in 1914, a packet of letters came to light, telling the story of his personal experiences and adventures during the stirring days of 1857-58 as told to his father, mother, and sister.

THE ECHOES OF A BULLET IN THE NIGHT MEANT BUCK SURRATT MUST KILL OR BE KILLED.

A nostalgic trip down the British high street, remembering once famous names such as Woolworths, Athena and C&A and also featuring current favorites, including the ubiquitous Tesco and Marks & Spencer which started life as a penny market stall to become a retail giant that has had to adapt to survive.

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Step into the turbulent and thrilling world of the Spanish Renaissance with The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez De Guzman: A Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.

Israel is not just another nation.

How did a Native American woman become a famous ballerina?

Take a stroll back in the ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome with this historical reference book.

"e;The Southern Plantation: A Study in the Development and the Accuracy of a Tradition"e; by Francis Pendleton Gaines is a scholarly exploration of the southern plantation system, examining its evolution, cultural significance, and the myths that have shaped its historical legacy.

Learn more about the Native American Indians in this educational book for 6th graders.

The constitution is a big book with big words.

Amid the armed conflict and broken treaty signings of nineteenth-century America, the highly successful horse culture of the plains, the Sioux Indians clutched to their way of life.

My destiny with God is a testimony of my family life during the Communist era in Romanian 1947 1989, where my husband was in political prison for 9 years as an American Citizen.

Did you know that desserts, though barren, are abuzz with life?

Why did the African-Americans fight so hard for their civil rights?

This book, which was first published in 1918, consists of literary translations of San Carlo Apache mythological tales.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.

Includes 30 IllustrationsIn this expert survey Air Force Historian Robert Miller explores the Epic story of the Berlin Airlift, the confrontation of Democracy and Communism as the world teetered on the brink of the Third World War.

'Socrates was one of that small number of adventurers who, from time to time, have enlarged the horizon of the human spirit.

¿Por qué está gritando el cuervo de Morrigan?

The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 sparked a guerilla resistance unparalleled in modern history in scale and ferocity.

William G Baker, a Near East expert, university professor, retired military intelligence officer, native Arabic and Hebrew linguist, and author, answers the following questions in this book: What was the Diaspora and why were Jews persecuted?

You've seen Pocahontas in movies but have you heard her true story?

The Poems of Walt Whitman:Patriotic PoemsBy Walt WhitmanI Poems of WarII Poems of After-WarIII Poems of AmericaIV Poems of Democracy

"e;This book provides a strategic overview of the war that is interweaved with fascinating personal accounts, its campaigns and battles.

What has dance got to do with the Trinity, a hospital bed to do with gratitude, or email to do with prayer?

Different countries carry revolutions differently.

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

The Whispering Gallery: Being Leaves from the Diary of an Ex-Diplomat, which first appeared anonymously in 1926, takes the form of a portrait gallery, consisting of brief biographical sketches of public figures.

[Illustrated with over two hundred and sixty maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Crimean War]"e;The journalist William Howard Russell (1820-1907) is sometimes regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of reforms in the British military system.

In these pages, you can find the story of a very famous poet who lived in sixth-century Arabia, contemporaneous with Justinian, the Eastern Roman emperor.

You probably think that learning about the Great Depression is depressing.

Following on from the first in this series, No High Adobe, which was published in 1950, in this 1952 follow-up, Adobe Doorways, author Dorothy L.

Amid the armed conflict and broken treaty signings of nineteenth-century America, the highly successful horse culture of the plains, the Sioux Indians clutched to their way of life.

An evocative account of the infamous nightlife district of pre-communist Beijing, from the internationally acclaimed author of the book Midnight in Peking.

Learn more about the Native American Indians in this educational book for 6th graders.

A must-buy book for everyone interested in history and skeletons in the regal cupboards.

Step into the life of Philip H.

In the heyday of its water commerce, Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho was the scene of more steamboating than any other lake, salt or fresh, west of the Great Lakes.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries England underwent a startling series of transformations.

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books about pirates:Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy The Madman and the Pirate- R.

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States.

This book, which was first published in 1952, first began as a history of San Angelo and the adjacent region drained by the Conchos rivers.

Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past.