Category: History
A Collection of Mostly Old Books on the History of Battles, Campaigns, Sieges in Past Centuries, Military Technics, Arms, Fortifications, …
Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, …
"[The Book of] Revelation has served as a "language arsenal" in a great many of the social, cultural, and political …
The 100 most influential books ever written : the history of thought from ancient times to today – Seymour-Smith
The Book of Yu — The Book of Xia — The Book of Shang — The Book of Zhou.;"A wonderfully …
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a …
A new translation, with an Introduction, by Gregory Hays Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121–180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of …
New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is a spectacular and informative guide to …
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and …
It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to …
New York Times Notable Book for 2011Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the …
«Moi, je suis un homme du peuple, et j’écris pour le peuple. Je raconte ce qui s’est passé sous mes …
Romola (186263) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of …
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it–with …
While it has often been recognised that the development of Christian orthodoxy was stimulated by the speculations of those who …
