McCullough takes the reader on the extraordinary journey of Henry Knox, the Boston book seller who set off in mid-winter to bring back the heavy British artillery that had been left at Fort Ticonderoga. This is narrative history at its best that brin ..

"This classic book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of Slovakia, from its establishment on the Danubian Plain to the present. While paying tribute to Slovakia's resilience and struggle for survival, it describes contributions to E ..

When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, a remarkable era in world history ended. In this volume, Crowley gives a complete and compelling account of the Holy War for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West that gave rise to today's jihad.

No war in modern times has inflamed the passions of both ordinary people and intellectuals in the way that the conflict in Spain in 1936 did.

A groundbreaking analysis of America prior to the European arrival in 1492.Describes how the latest research of archaeologists and anthropologists has transformed long-held myths about the Americas, revealing that not only was the population of the ..

Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quenchthirst. According to the author of „The Victorian Internet,“ six of them havehad a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming thedefining drink during a pivotal historical period.

The car that would become the DB7 began its gestation in 1991. Developed entirely under the ownership of Ford, this new smaller Aston Martin was intended to add a new higher-volume strand to Aston Martin's range, and when the good-looking car was lau ..

Un gran clásico de la colección Atlas ilustrado. La historiadora María Pilar Queralt nos ofrece un análisis claro, equilibrado y con unestilo ameno de la historia de Espa?a desde la Prehistoria hasta bienentrado el siglo xxi, acompa?ado de interesantes fotografías, tablas,cuadros biográficos…

This riveting read is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious–yet largely forgotten–Pacific battle of World War II. of photos. 3 maps.

Standardwerk der NS-Forschung: Die Schutzstaffel Heinrich Himmlers entfaltete während des Dritten Reiches höchste Aktivität, und das nicht nur als Agent totalitärer Machtvollstreckung. Kater zeigt, dass die SS den ernsthaften Versuch einer Infiltrati ..

1. The Worship of the Sun and the Dawn2. The First Glimpses of Egyptian Astronomy3. The Astronomical Basis of the Egyptian Pantheon4. The Two Horizons5. The Yearly Path of the Sun-God6. The Probable Hor-Shesu Worship7. Methods of Determi ..

Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, „The Decline of the West“ has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an asto ..