Military History

The first popular biography of the legendary Mongol emperor and warlord. Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals....

Mikhail Gorbachev is the man who changed everything. It was Gorbachev's initiative that raised the Iron Curtain; his actions that resulted in one of the era's most symbolic events, the...

Based on multiarchival research conducted over almost three decades, this landmark account tells how a few men set off a war that would lead to tragedy for millions. Stein Tonnesson...

A unique and heartbreaking memoir of a child's imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. 1942: It was towards the middle of the year when my friends...

From the moment of Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865, until Andrew Johnson, his replacement, formally announced postwar plans on May 29, the fate of the country hung in the...

A detailed, incisive thirty-five-year history of the top six members of an inner circle of government advisors-Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Rice-and the...

A major re-examination of one of the most gripping, disturbing periods in British history. The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the...

'The pampered, petulant, self-pitying Prince. A devastating book by Britain's top investigative author' Daily Mail 'Explosive new book delves inside the bizarre, ultra luxury world of Prince Charles' The Sun...

From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery, the inspiring life-story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and...

Nineteen months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR sent twelve "vice consuls" to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on a secret mission. Their objective? To prepare the groundwork for what...

Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just twelve years later they stood...

Discover a feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight the Regency women who succeeded on their own terms and were largely lost to history...

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a...

The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious domain reached deep...

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bancroft Prize Winner ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before...

'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children...

The Eiffel Tower is perhaps the most famous tall building in the world, an icon of its own age and ours. It was the dream-child of French engineer Gustave Eiffel,...

After a three-day romance Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy to become Lady Randolph Churchill. At a time when women were afforded few freedoms, she was a cornerstone...

In Parting the Waters , the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a "compelling...masterfully told" ( The Wall Street...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...

Now the basis for the acclaimed film Memories of My Father , directed by Fernando Trueba. "An irreplaceable testimony of the struggle for democracy and tolerance in Latin America." --El...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public...

In June of 1997, over a century and a half of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end. Chris Patten writes about his experiences as the last governor...

This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom's Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights...

When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they...

As child, Meryl Frank was the chosen inheritor of family remembrance. Her aunt Mollie, a formidable and cultured woman, insisted that Meryl never forget who they were, where they came...

In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of...

General Edward Porter Alexander was the master gunner of the Confederacy, and undeniably one of the great American artillerists. He was involved in nearly all of the great battles of...

Two fascinating biographical accounts of the great medieval ruler Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written...

A compelling biography of the man who would be king, Charles Edward Stuart was the last of the former Stuart Dynasty to challenge the British throne. 200 color illustrations complete...

Author: Ilse KoehnBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis poignant memoir, "Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood In Nazi Germany," chronicles Ilse Koehn's extraordinary experiences growing...

Author: Adolf GallandBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen London, 1955Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and faded blue cloth with bumping...

Author: Paul BrickhillBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bottom of page edges has water staining and some light foxing, doesn't interfere with...

Author: A.J.P. TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name whited out first pageIn this compelling work of historical analysis, A.J.P. Taylor...

Author: Robert K. MassieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has light wear and light creasing to bottom corner front from general use...

Author: A.J.R. CormackBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tapes. This comprehensive reference work, "The World Encyclopedia Of Modern Guns," is...

Author: Sarel Eimerl And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume transports readers to the vibrant world...

Author: Alun EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life with John Ferguson, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This historical account chronicles the vital role of the Royal Australian Navy...

Author: Peter BadmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life with John Ferguson, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This compelling work of military history meticulously chronicles Australia's pivotal role...

Author: John LaffinBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life with John Ferguson, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This compelling work of military history, "Australians At War: Western Front...

Author: Peter StanleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life with John Ferguson, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This compelling work of military history meticulously chronicles the experiences of...

Author: John LaffinBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life with John Ferguson, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralians At War: Special And Secret" is a compelling work of military history that uncovers the hidden...

Author: John LaffinBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life with John Ferguson, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This compelling work of military history chronicles the pivotal role of Australian...

Author: Rochelle NichollsBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life with John Ferguson, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.This compelling work of military history chronicles Australia's involvement in the Korean...

Author: Charlton, PeterBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life with John Ferguson, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on boards.War Against Japan 1942–1945 by Peter Charlton, published in 1989 by...