Hammond Atlas of the 20th Century

Hammond Incorporated

1996

Historical events from 1900 to space exploration of a world-wide significance.

The End of Everything

Victor Davis Hanson

2024

An 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

Williamson Murray

2017

Williamson 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...

Trichinopoly

Madras (India : Presidency), F. R. Hemingway

1907

A History of the British Army, Vol.2 (of 2)

J. W. Fortescue

The 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

Protima Mander

Quick 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

David Eltis

1995

This 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

Elizabeth Gilbert

2013

A 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

Christian Jacq

2006

Despite 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...

Agincourt: A New History

Anne Curry

2005

The definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.

Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2008

Cornwell'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

Amin Maalouf

1984

A landmark work that recounts the Crusades entirely from the perspective of the Arab chroniclers who lived through them.

Medieval warfare

Geoffrey Hindley

1971

Medieval Warfare

Tara Steele

2003

Medieval warfare source book

David Nicolle

1995

Brief History of Medieval Warfare

Peter Reid

2008

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

1968

Slaughterhouse-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

Edward Gibbon

1776

Gibbon'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

Thomas Bulfinch

1800

Drawing 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

Sir Walter Scott

1800

The 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 ...