Praise for Blood and Thunder “Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant ... more »

"Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes reader... more »

From historian James Reston, Jr., comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward adventure and c... more »

Former senator George McGovern and William R. Polk, a leading authority on the Middle East, offer a detailed plan for a speedy troop withdrawal from Iraq. During the phas... more »

The Everglades was once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and Americans have launched the largest environmental projec... more »

"The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer's Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based... more »

Un homme, dont Hugo tait volontairement le nom et le crime, est condamné à mort. Ce sont ses dernières heures que ce livre raconte, à la première personne.

L'affaire Calas, qui sert ici de point de départ à la réflexion de Voltaire, fut l'un des grands débats judiciaires, philosophiques et moraux de la fin du XVIIIème siècle. Jean Calas, un protest... more »

Dieses Werk ist das Ergebnis einer mehr als zehnjährigen Sammeltätigkeit. Jedes band bietet ungefähr 50 Sagen, die in Orts- und geschichtliche Sagen aufgeteilt werden. Ein Klassiker der deutschen Li... more »

En 1880, Paul Lafargue, le gendre de Marx, publiait ce court texte dénonçant les profondes inégalités sociales de l'époque : "Une étrange folie possède les classes ouvrières des nations où règne la ... more »

István Gáll's popular novel, first published in 1970, used the masterly interplay of the past, the recent past and the present to suggest and portray the author's main theme, the adamant survival fr... more »

From the earliest times to the present day, the story of Scotland has been interwoven with tales and traditions of paranormal activity. Ancient legends of ghosts and ghouls, hauntings and horror - f... more »

My Schools and Schoolmasters is Hugh Miller's account of his extraordinary life - from the hardships of is early life in Cromarty, in North Eastern Scotland, where he originally worked as a stonemas... more »

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa is Mungo Park's account of his first expedition to discover the River Niger and the fabled city of Timbuctoo. Travelling with only native guides, or ... more »

"Eine einzige Kerze auf jedem Grab, in dem das Opfer eines ungesühnten Verbrechens liegt, und der Friedhof wäre nachts taghell erleuchtet..." Eindringlich hallen diese Worte, die Vater vor vielen Ja... more »

Keno tom Brooks "Stories aus der Hosentasche". Deutsche Erstausgabe als eBook. Nur bei MobiPocket.

Eine DDR-Geschichte aus der Wendezeit 1989/90, in der eine private Beziehungskrise mit den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen dieser beiden Jahre verwoben ist. Erinnert an den momenta... more »

Documentation on Aspects of Women and Globalization by the Asia-Europe Dialogue Project on alternative political strategies.

My Discovery of England is a classic collection of short stories by Stephen Leacock, a Canadian political economist who gained a worldwide reputation for his humorous essays and stories durin... more »

Indian financial markets are among the most speculative and volatile in the world. To curb unproductive speculation and excessive volatility, the author proposes a Securities Transaction Tax (STT) o... more »