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The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00A comparative and interdisciplinary study arguing for a more sophisticated appreciation of the rise of the Hunnic Empire. more...
Chile: The Making of a Republic, 1830-1865
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 38.00This book examines the formative period of Chile's history, and combines an analysis of the ideas and assumptions of the Chilean political class with a narrative of the political process from the consolidation of the Conservative regime in the 1830s, to the beginnings of liberalization in the early 1860s. more...
Semper Fi in the Sky
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.95Here, one of America?s most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines? gallant defense of Wake Island, where Captain Henry ?Baron? Elrod destroyed two... more...
Clear the Bridge!
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 17.95Tang carried the war to the enemy with unparalleled ferocity. This is her story as told by her skipper. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Memory and the Mediterranean
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 18.95A grand sweep of history by the late Fernand Braudel?one of the twentieth century?s most influential historians? Memory and the Mediterranean chronicles the Mediterranean?s immeasurably rich past during the foundational period from prehistory to classical antiquity, illuminating nothing less than the bedrock of our civilization and the very origins... more...
The Terracotta Army
Transworld 2010; US$ 13.34The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries of all time. 6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they are thought to represent real members of the emperor's army. This is the remarkable story of their creation,... more...
The Rise of the New Model Army
Cambridge University Press 1980; US$ 47.00This is a meticulously-researched and highly controversial study of the origins and development of parliamentary and extra-parliamentary politics during the English Civil War. Professor Kishlansky challenges the fundamental assumptions upon which all previous interpretations of this period have been based. It is his contention that during the years... more...
Pirates Of Barbary
Random House 2011; US$ 13.33From the coast of Southern Europe to Morocco and the Ottoman states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Christian and Muslim seafarers met in bustling ports to swap religions, to battle and to trade goods and sales - raiding as far as Ireland and Iceland in search of their human currency.Studying the origins of these men, their culture and practices, Adrian... more...
The Second World War
Random House 2011; US$ 22.66In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the... more...









