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Charles the Fat and the End of the Carolingian Empire
This is a major study of the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire and the reign of its last ruler, Charles III 'the Fat' (876–888). The l...
Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, Etc
Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with...
The nail-biting tale of sabotage set in the desolate frozen wastes of two ice-bound oil fields, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense....
The classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense....
Pro Android 4 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for sm...
'Fabulous' Eloisa James 'Smart, sexy, and always romantic' Julia Quinn 'For a smart, witty and passionate historical romance, I recommend anything by ...
The classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and...
This is the first major study in English of the queens of the Ottonian dynasty (919-1024). The Ottonians were a family from Saxony who are often regar...
The Ambiguity of Greatness
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant...
Carte adaptată pentru un serial TV la ABC, cu Eva Longoria în rolul principal. „Rareori am citit o carte care să mă determine să mă văd într...
A comprehensive and accessible survey of the great Carolingian empire, which dominated western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries....
The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean’s masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navarone....
On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a...
In the Preface to his volume on Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants in this series, Trevor Wilson mentions his hesitation at the invit...
A tense and nerve-shattering classic from the highly acclaimed masster of action and suspense....
The Story of St Kilda
For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth ...
A classic tale of espionage, secret missions and exotic locations which out-Bonds Bond, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense....
The Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, 1765-1954
Kama Maclean covers the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, which is not merely a major Hindu religious pilgrimage but the largest religious gathering in ...
From de Gaulle to Chirac
How is it that the modest pace of change which typified the French economy a century ago gave way after 1945 to a new, revived capitalism and a superi...
Pro Android 2 shows how to build real-world and fun mobile applications using Google's latest Android software development kit. This new edition is up...
Pro Android 5 shows you how to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the Android 5 SDK. This book updates the best-selling Pro Android and covers...
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for the National Book Award The Nation's "Most Valuable Boo...
Violence, Image, Voice and Text
Focusing on the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA), A Revolutionary History . . . delivers a fresh perspective on the ambitions, ideologies an...
The tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set in Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense....
Twenty-five years ago the Burmese people rose up against their military government. The unarmed demonstrators were cut down, leaving more than 5,000 d...
On the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to India
The famous hippie trail--forty years later!...
The Great Revolt of Jews Against Romans, 66-74 CE
A definitive account of the great revolt of Jews against Rome and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple "Deeply impressive. . . . Essential for all ...
English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800
Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an...
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic....
Before they had an empire in the East, the British travelled into the Islamic world to pursue trade and to form strategic alliances against the Cathol...
An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong – a classic early Cold War thriller from the a...
The Second Rule of Scoundrels
Lady Philippa Marbury is . . . odd The brilliant, bespectacled daughter of a double marquess cares more for books than balls, for science than the sea...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Foundation Myths of a Roman City
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ep...