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About the book: Where is your heart? Does it reside in the house of bigotry and hate, or in the home of selflessness and love? In all societies where...

David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to...

'He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.' ― Victor Hugo...

The author traces the Queen Mother’s formative years, her family life in the palace environment, her growing adoration and ascension to the British throne,...

The struggle for naval supremacy and the naval arms race inspired by HMS Dreadnought may have captured the headlines, but the opening stages of the naval...

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the élite of Hitler’s armies in World War II. SS-Totenkopf is an in-depth examination of one of the most famous – or...

For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne – longer than any dynasty in English history – and yet its origins were in Anjou in...

Gumilev holds a unique position in the history of Russian poetry as a result of his profound involvement with Africa. He extensively wrote both poetry and...

The Glock series of handguns represents one of the greatest steps forward in pistol design since the introduction of the Colt M1911. Inspired by the Austrian...

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." – Samuel Johnson From plagues and poverty to...

Small arms have developed hugely since the introduction of the machine gun in the 1870s. Magazine-fed rifles, submachine guns, automatic pistols and, later,...

"…and they laid all waste with dreadful havoc, trod with unhallowed feet the holy places, dug up the altars, and carried off all the treasures of the holy...

Pułkownik w stanie spoczynku prof. dr hab. Franciszek Kusiak nauczał najpierw podchorążych Wyższej Szkoły Oficerskiej im. Tadeusza Kościuszki we Wrocławiu...

Este libro ha sido pensado para estudiantes de español que desean aprender nuestra lengua y, a la vez, adentrarse en la historia y la cultura de América...

Beschreibt das Leben, die Muster, die Kopfjagd und die Tätowierungen der Stämme auf Borneo in Indonesien.

Beschreibt das Leben und die Bräuche der neuseeländischen Maori. Insbesondere die Kopfjagd und das Tätowieren.

The 5th SS Division Wiking was the first 'international' – i.e. largely non-German – Waffen-SS division and the only German panzer division comprised...

‘I swear to thee, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and Chancellor of the German Reich, loyalty and bravery. I vow to thee, and to the superiors whom thou shalt...

During Japan’s Warring States period, centuries of strife had left the country divided and leaderless. Those who filled the power vacuum were the daimyo,...