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The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmotts fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature. Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhowers Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 194445The...

In 1945, a mysterious Nazi secret weapons project code-named "The Bell" left its underground bunker in lower Silesia, along with all its project documentation, and a four-star SS general named Hans Kammler. Taken aboard a massive six engine Junkers 390 ultra-long range aircraft, "The Bell," Kammler,...

Physicist and Oxford educated historian Joseph P. Farrell continues his best-selling series of expose's on secret Nazi technology, Nazi survival, and post-war Nazi manipulation of various manufacturing technologies, economies and whole countries. Beginning with pre-War corporate partnerships in the USA,...

One continent, 6000 kilometres, ten countries, nine weeks, four pannier bags, one man, no detailed plan... and a bike called Reggie. Secondary school teacher Andrew Sykes moves out of the classroom, climbs onto his bicycle and sets off along the route of the EuroVelo 8, from the southern tip of Greece...

The respected British military historian H. P. Willmott presents the first of a three-volume appraisal of the strategic policies of the countries involved in the Pacific War. Remarkable in its scope and depth of research, his thoughtful analysis covers the whole range of political, economic, military,...

Until April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth was one of the most famous actors of his time. And while it would be a performance at a theater that would make him notorious afterward, he wasnt acting. That night, of course, Booth became one of historys most infamous assassins when he who assassinated President...

In celebration of our history’s rich oral tradition of storytelling, we invite you to bring your flashlight up to your chin and get ready to make your listeners want to sleep with a nightlight. Through the Flashlight’s Beam is a collection of the very best scary story classics including some of the...

Long before British humor master P.G. Wodehouse created the popular novel series based on the much-beloved character Jeeves, he sent up his native country's private school culture in A Prefect's Uncle. When the mischievous prankster Farnie arrives on campus of tony Beckford College and his shocking true identity is revealed, much hilarity ensues.

Lifelong Californian Robert P. Laurence took a three-year walk in New York City, sharing his adventures with friends back home in more than 80 e-mail letters. Now he publishes those letters in an e-book, "Letters From Brooklyn: A Slightly Irregular Memoir of Everyday Life in New York City With a Tour...

This fantastic book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Incas. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about emperors, cities, religion, gods, everyday life and many more. The 'All About' series is an...

This fantastic book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Aztecs. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about the city of Tenochtitlan, religion and gods, Aztec law and many more. The 'All About' series...

Tertium Organum, the first of Ouspensky's major works, was originally published in 1912 in St. Petersburg, and a second revised edition appeared four years later in Petrograd. Nicholas Bessaraboff brought a copy of the second edition with him when he emigrated to the United States before the Russian...

WHEN P. D. Ouspensky was asked if he intended to publish his lectures, he answered: What is the use? The most important is not the lectures but the questions and answers. This book consists of verbatim extracts from talks and answers to questions given by Ouspensky between 1921 and 1946. Chapter I is...

H.P. Blavatsky was born August 12th 1831 in Yekaterinoslav, Russia. After leaving Russia after an unconsummated arranged marriage, Helena became a prolific world traveler. She traveled the world with her second husband, Henry Steel Olcott, visiting Egypt, France, Germany, Mexico, South America, Canada,...