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Vikings - An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids

For three centuries, the Vikings changed the political world of northern and western Europe. This encyclopedia explores exactly how they ...

A Short Environmental History of Italy - Variety and Vulnerability

The Richness and the Fragility of Italy's Humanised Environment This book, a translation of the author's original Italian Breve Storia de...

Movin' On - The Legacy of Ron West and the Rock Band Missouri

Coming of age during the British Invasion of the early 1960s, Ron West was inspired to pursue a career in music. His interest in bands li...

"Mein Stendal" - Ein Stadtporträt in Fotos und Gedanken

Stendal ist ... ja, was eigentlich? Eine Stadt mit Geschichte und Gegenwart, das kann man sagen. Eine Rolandstadt und auch eine der Backs...

Black American History For Dummies

Go deeper than the Black History you may think you know! Black American History For Dummies reveals the terrors and struggles and celebra...

Hungarian Liberals

Romans and Natives in the Danubian Provinces (1st-6th C. AD)

This volume presents the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces, held at the University "Alexand...

A concise history of Hungary - Millenniumi magyar történet

The Britannias - An Island Quest

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A dazzlingly brilliant book' Hannah Dawson 'Fascinating, often exhilarating ...

Du Bois on Religion

Phil Zuckerman here gathers together Du Bois's writings on religion, and makes a compelling case for Du Bois to be recognized among the l...

The rise and fall of the great powers

Alpine Passes of Switzerland - Journey to Modernity

For centuries, the Alps were an almost insurmountable barrier on the way from Europe's north to the south, and vice versa. The Romans rep...

Ancient Advanced Technology in South America

There are a host of ancient ruins in South America, claimed by the Inca, inherited by the Inca, conquered by the Inca and built by the In...

ISRAEL - CENTER OF HISTORY and CENTER OF THE WORLD

The Bible shows at great length and depth that Israel is God's special, chosen Covenant nation and people. That Divine Choice and Covenan...

The Last Days of Pompeii - 1887

Fa'a Siamani - Germany in Micronesia, New Guinea and Samoa 1884-1914

The Independent State of Samoa, Papua New Guinea, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republics of the Marshall Islands, of Nauru and...

Der Untergang des alten Dresden in der Bombennacht vom 13./14. Februar 1945 - The Destruction of Dresden in the Night of 13-14 February 1945

Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung von Ursachen, Ablauf und Auswirkungen der sinnlosen Zerstörung der Elbestadt kurz vor Ende des Zweit...

Virginia Barbecue - A History

Resistance and Integration - Peronism and the Argentine Working Class, 1946 1976

This book analyses the relationship between Peronism and the Argentine working class from the foundation of the Peronist movement in the ...

Boon Island - A True Story Of Mutiny, Shipwreck, And Cannibalism

A harrowing true tale of fraud, mutiny, shipwreck, and cannibalism on the desolate rock known as Boon Island.

Report Made to the Chamber of Deputies on the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies

This scarce antiquarian book contains a report made to the Chamber of Deputies concerning the abolition of slavery in the French colonies...

Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond

Edgar Allan Poe, the renowned author of tales of mystery and madness, arrived in Richmond in 1810 at the age of one and left the city for...

The Abbey and Bishopric of Ely

A study of the formation of a large estate by Ely Abbey during the tenth and eleventh centuries.

A History of East Asia - From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century

The second edition of Charles Holcombe's acclaimed introduction to East Asian history from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century.

Illustrated Military History of Hungary

Egy könyv, amely olvasmányos formában, ugyanakkor a tudományos követelményekből nem engedve mutatja be Magyarország hadtörténetét. Egy ha...

Maulbronn

Bildband mit ausführlicher historischer, theologischer und kunstgeschichtlicher Beschreibung des Klosters Maulbronn. Die Fotografien stam...

A short History of the World

Venice - City of Pictures

A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as, "La Serenissima"--a unique and compelling story for both love...

Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Hungary

A History of Britain in Just a Minute

The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hila...

A Wall in Palestine

The West Bank Barrier is expected to be completed in 2010. Declared illegal by the United Nations International Court of Justice, this ne...

The magyars the birth of a european nation

Traveler, Scholar, Political Adventurer - A Transylvanian Baron at the Birth of Albanian Independence: The memoirs of Franz Nopcsa

The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travelers and ...

Discovering Texas History

"Broad in scope, yet succinct, Discovering Texas History is a thorough, informative, and readable guide to modern Texas history from seve...

Berlin - Gestern und heute / Yesterday and Today

Keine andere Stadt Mitteleuropas wandelte ihr Stadtbild in den vergangenen 100 Jahren schneller als Berlin. Zunächst war es die Entwicklu...

Native Peoples A to Z (Volume One) - A Reference Guide to Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere

The Native Peoples of the Americas flourished in the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years prior to contact with Europeans. These Nat...

Early New England People - Some Account Of The Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Prescott, Titcomb, Sewall, And Longfellow, And Allied Families

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. ...

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

"First edition published in Dutch as "Gouden eeuw. Het raadsel van de Republiek" by Uitgeverij SUN, Nijmegen, 2002 and à Uitgeverij SUN, ...

A short history of Africa

Frontiers of Citizenship

An engaging, innovative history of Brazil's black and indigenous people that redefines our understanding of slavery, citizenship, and nat...

1939-1940 New York World's Fair

After enduring 10 harrowing years of the Great Depression, visitors to the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair found welcome relief in the fa...

White Shell Water Place (Softcover)

This anthology, a companion to the Santa Fe 400th Anniversary Commemoration publication, "All Trails Lead to Santa Fe," affords Native Am...

A history of the United States

The Árpád-line

The Defence system of the Hungarian royal Army in the Eastern Carpathians 1940-1944

Japan: Profile of a nation

Dannemora

The discovery of iron ore near Chateaugay Lake in 1831 started the settlement later known as the town of Dannemora. In 1832, several loca...

The History of Saudi Arabia

The revised edition of this comprehensive survey follows the political, military, religious, economic, and diplomatic history of the King...

Civilization and its discontents

The Habsburg monarchy 1809-1918

'Tell it All' - the Ordeals of a Woman Against Polygamy Within the Mormon Church During the 19th Century

A 'first wife' tells the story of her life The author of 'Wife No. 19,' Ann Young was in measure inspired in her own literary efforts and...

SHORT HIST AMERN REVOLUTION PB

The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive, this outstanding narrative history trace...

A Pocket History of the United States

Stories of the Old West

Saddle up for a wild ride through those thrilling days of yesteryear. In Stories of the Old West, Steven Price serves up a heapin' helpin...

The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

Covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece and the Aegean Islands from c. 3000 1100 BCE.

Gotha, World*Heritage*Town - A Walk

"Es gibt wenige Städte in Deutschland, welche gleich bei dem ersten Anblick das Auge des Fremden so zu fesseln vermögen, wie die Haupt- u...

Blood on the Stone - Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade

'Blood on the Stone' is a gripping account of the cartel, warlords, gun runners and shadowy traders who populated Africa's bloody diamond...

Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532 50 - Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru

Volume 33 of the publications of the Hakluyt Society (1874) contains detailed eye-witness descriptions of sixteenth-century Peru.

An illustrated history of Britain

The Beginnings of Chinese Civilization

This book presents a collection of archaeological and anthropological writings by Li Chi, the founding father of modern archaeology in Ch...

Discovering Lot West Ackley and Descendants in Oswego County, NY, 1813-1984 - null

This book traces the descendants of Nicholas Ackley in the fifth through the eighth generations in Oswego County, NY: Lot West Ackley, Ar...