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No less than 27 out of the 50 states' names in the USA are based in American Indian languages. Additionally, six out of 13 of Canada's provinces and...

From the Prairie to the Pacific is the story of one man's journey from rural North Dakota to the cockpits of U.S. Navy jet fighters and ultimately...

The Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic writing system that still resonates today for its graphic representation of things, people, pharaohs and concepts....

For the last century and a half, Central and Eastern Europe has undergone substantial changes both economically and politically. This book gives a...

Rare materials on Belarus are a potential treasure trove for the English language reader. A blank spot on the map for many, Belarus is an undiscovered...

Beschreibt das Leben und die Bräuche der Menschen in Hawaii zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Entdeckung.

Beschreibt das Leben und die Bräuche der Haida und Kwakiutl Indianer im Nordwestpazifik.

Beschreibt das Leben und die Bräuche der Marquesas Kopfjäger.

The subantarctic islands circle the lower part of the globe below New Zealand, Australia, Africa and South America in the ‘Roaring Forties’ and ‘Furious...

The KGB of Cold War renown was the successor to a series of equally infamous and lethal state security agencies that date from the early days of the Russian...

In just 11 years, Alexander the Great’s armies marched 22,000 miles (35,000 km), subjugated Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt, conquered the mighty Persian...

"A vital, understated contribution to the body of Holocaust literature."- Kirkus Reviews...

Ever since man first took to the air, combat aircraft have been at the cutting edge of aviation technology, resulting in some of the greatest and most...

Little more than ten years ago drones were barely used, but now more than 50 countries have them in service and they are not only changing how wars are...

The war in the Middle East was a struggle between the Ottoman Turks, British, French and Russians for control of the lands and peoples held by the Ottoman...

Since the advent of special forces units in World War II, governments and armies have trained small, elite teams of soldiers to perform operations deemed...

The Western Front, running from the Belgian coast in the north to the Swiss border in the south, was to prove the decisive battlefront of World War I. It was...

The first truly total war, the ‘war to end all wars’, shocked the world with its scale and brutality. Men from both sides went to war in August 1914...

Man's age-old question answered --- definitvely and authoritatively --- at last!