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Operation Hebron
2000
FICTIONWritten by a "real spy", "Operation Hebron" is a novel of a covert operation launched by the Israeli government to have one of its top spies elected as President of the United States. Author Eric Jord...
The People's Army in the Spanish Civil War
2020
NON-FICTIONWhy did the Spanish Republic lose the Spanish Civil War – and could the Republic have won? These are the key questions Alexander Clifford addresses in this in-depth study of the People’s Army and the ...
Modern Warfare in Spain
2011
NON-FICTIONDuring the Spanish Civil War, foreign military officers wrote highly elaborate reports of their experiences at the front. One was attaché Col. Stephen O. Fuqua of the U.S. Army, who had once held the ...
Spain in Arms
2019
NON-FICTIONThis detailed military history of the Spanish Civil War dispels long-held misconceptions and sheds significant new light on the conflict. Spain in Arms chronicles the development of the Spanish Civil ...
La danza de la serpiente
2016
NON-FICTIONEspaña, verano de 1914. Falta muy poco para que estalle la Primera Guerra Mundial. En Santander, la ciudad costera que la corte real ha puesto de moda, los veraneantes disfrutan de los baños de ola y ...
Victory in the East
1994
NON-FICTIONA paperback of John France's new analysis of the strategies and battles of the First Crusade.
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.