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Hammond Atlas of the 20th Century
1996
REFERENCEHistorical events from 1900 to space exploration of a world-wide significance.
The End of Everything
2024
NON-FICTIONAn instant New York Times bestseller, this “profound book” (Wall Street Journal) charts how and why some societies chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are ...
America and the Future of War
2017
NON-FICTIONWilliamson Murray examines the past to shed light on the present and future challenges between war and peace. The author offers a historical perspective to show that armed conflict between organized p...
A History of the British Army, Vol.2 (of 2)
NON-FICTIONThe work of disbanding the Army began some months before the final conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht. By Christmas 1712 thirteen regiments of dragoons, twenty-two of foot, and several companies of in...
Quick revision to ICSE History and Civics Class 8
NON-FICTIONQuick Revision to *ICSE History and Civics Class 8* is a concise guide that helps students grasp essential concepts quickly and effectively. Covering all chapters from both sections, it includes timel...
The Military Revolution in Sixteenth-century Europe
1995
NON-FICTIONThis ground-breaking study represents a new twist in the already complicated debate on military change in the early modern period. Previous writers have for the most part defined a 'military revolutio...
The Signature of All Things
2013
FICTIONA glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition and the thirst for knowledge-from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
The Conspiracy of Evil
2006
NON-FICTIONDespite the best efforts of the Pharaoh Senusret and his generals, the beautiful acacia tree of Abydos is dying. But the beautiful priestess Isis has an idea: to save the 'Tree of Life', a new pyramid...
The Killer Angels
1974
FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning historical novel depicting the Battle of Gettysburg from multiple perspectives.
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
2013
NON-FICTIONDeeply researched modern account of the three-day battle that decided the Civil War.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
1988
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning single-volume history of the Civil War era. The standard work on the causes, course, and consequences of the conflict.
The Civil War: A Narrative
1958
NON-FICTIONFoote's monumental three-volume narrative history of the Civil War, combining scholarly rigor with the storytelling power of a novelist.
The Red Badge of Courage
1855
MILITARY HISTORYThe Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, w...
The War of the Worlds
MILITARY HISTORYThe ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive comme...
Homage to Catalonia
1938
MILITARY HISTORY[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spani...
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940
MILITARY HISTORYHigh in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mo...
Tao te Ching
1842
MILITARY HISTORY"Within ancient Chinese, a sole character possesses a broad, and sometimes contradictory, range of meanings. Moreover, the Tao Te Ching is rife with terms and expressions that have no exact counterpar...
Catch-22
1961
MILITARY HISTORY*Catch-22* is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is t...