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The Complete Atlas of World History
1997
NON-FICTIONText, maps, and illustrations present the history of the world from 4,000,000 BC to 1997.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Denmark
2010
NON-FICTIONDK Eyewitness Denmark will lead you straight to the best attractions this diverse and beautiful country has on offer. The guide explores Denmark area by area from the vibrancy of Copenhagen to the uns...
DK Eyewitness Denmark Travel Guide
2018
NON-FICTIONThis guide will help you explore Copenhagen, learn about the country's Viking history, its beautiful natural landscape, Danish design, and the art of hygge, and get hotel and restaurant recommendation...
Timechart of Military History
2003
NON-FICTIONFive thousand years of warfare are the subject of this spectacular, full-color book.
Hitler's Northern War
2001
NON-FICTIONAdolf Hitler had high hopes for his conquest of Norway, which held both great symbolic and great strategic value for the Fuhrer. Despite early successes, however, his ambitious northern campaign found...
Admirals of the World
2014
NON-FICTIONThis work provides biographies of more than 500 men and women who have served as admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral. While officers from the U.S., British, French and Japanese navies make up the b...
Agincourt: A New History
2005
NON-FICTIONThe definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.
Azincourt
2008
FICTIONCornwell's masterful novel follows an English archer through the brutal Agincourt campaign — mud, terror, and the long-bow's devastating power.
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
1984
NON-FICTIONA landmark work that recounts the Crusades entirely from the perspective of the Arab chroniclers who lived through them.
Slaughterhouse-Five
1968
MILITARY HISTORYSlaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
1776
MILITARY HISTORYGibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely c...
The Age of Fable
1800
MILITARY HISTORYDrawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myths...
Ivanhoe
1800
MILITARY HISTORYThe father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years. Infusing his works with romance, action, and suspense, he ...
Henry IV, Part 1
1598
MILITARY HISTORYPresents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.