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Soldier Mike Nichols has come to Sweetness, Georgia, for one reason: to get help for his troubled black Lab, a decorated rescue dog, at the town's new military dog training facility. He doesn't e…

The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty – the most famous sea story of all time.More than two centuries have passed since…

Segunda edición de lujo, con imágenes internas en color, del mismo ensayo publicado en primera edición con Tektime en a precio económico. El carácter de la obra es histórico. Asuntos comunes entr…

A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years…

One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's bes…

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subco…

A Malayan White Mischief.‘On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Mary’s Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Mary’s. She helped with jumble sales and had recent…

The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.The Lyons teashops were one o…

Family trees are best viewed on a tablet.A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.In the dawn of the …

The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambiti…

Please note that this edition does not include illustrations.The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glorie…

The history of Renaissance France is rich and varied.The Renaissance in France, as elsewhere in Europe, saw glory crowned amidst conflict and squalor. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, F…

From the makers of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' comes 'Empire's Children' – a tie-in edition to a six part TV series for Channel 4 – which tells the story of Empire, and follows the personal journ…

Through the lives of three outstanding naval officers – each considered the most brilliant commander of his generation – David Crane offers a unique portrait of the Royal Navy at a time when it h…

Серия книг представляет собой сборники фрагментов, выбранных из почти 1400 литературных памятников и документов, созданных в славянской и иных этнических системах за последние две тысячи лет, и с…

Данная книга рассказывает об истории проникновения в Пакистан коммунистической идеологии и появления там Пакистанской коммунистической партии.

Данная книга посвящена истории проникновения коммунистических идей в Британскую Индию и создания Коммунистической партии Индии.

В романе раскрываются трагические страницы истории Дальневосточного края и всей Советской страны в годы Большого Террора 1937-1938 годов двадцатого века, связанные с заговором в дальневосточной …

Книга Уолтера Адамсона предлагает панорамный обзор и амбициозное критическое переосмысление европейского модернизма, определившего культурный ландшафт начала XX века. Рассматривая это направление…

Книга, ставшая основой культового сериала НВО, написана человеком, принимавшим участие в съемках. Автор лично посещал зону отчуждения и тщательно документировал собственные впечатления. Эндрю Лив…