933円 The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Chât...

927円 Marianne, Louise and Cassandra Knight were nieces of the great 19th century novelist who gave us Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Jane knew the girls well, reading and sewing with them as they grew up, and they were often the subject of her witty letters. The Knight sisters went on ...

933円 THE A SHAU VALLEYWHERE THE NVA WAS KING . . . In order to prevent surprise attacks on U.S. forces as they were pulling out of Vietnam, someone had to be able to pinpoint the NVA's movements. That dangerous job was the assignment of then-major Alex Lee and the Marines of the 3rd Force Reconnaissan...

198円 ‘Enchanting, often moving and sometimes hilarious’ Daily Mail Full of wit, hilarity, acute observation and a deeply held sense of duty, the Queen Mother’s letters give readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. Edited by William Shawcross, Queen Mother: Counting One's Blessin...

550円 Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina are prominent in the history of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Southern Railway companies. By 1880 they maintained offices in North Carolina's capitol city, on Halifax and Fayetteville Streets (downtown). My eBook is a directory of biographies of railro...

900円 The Medal of Honor starts with an Iowa Congressman who was serving as a committe member on a Navy board. He decided that the country needed an honor system to rewards bravery and valor. He couldn't sell the idea to the Army General Winfield Scott so he passed a bill through Congress and the Navy ...

777円 For the first time, the full story of what happened when Frank brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas January 1960. Las Vegas is at its smooth, cool peak. The Strip is a jet-age theme park, and the greatest singer in the history of American popular music summons a group of friends ...

350円 Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families. Hernán Cortés"Cortés and all of us capta...

1,326円 Condemned to death for the bloodbaths of World War II, they served their sentenceーon the killing fields of Vietnam. The fascinating, true story of the French Foreign Legion’s Nazi battalion WHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAS II WAS HITORY’S BLOODIEST NIGHTMARE. The ashes of World War II were still cooli...

1,396円 This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil war in England, between 1642 and 1649. The book is enlivened by character sketches not only of the leading participants (Charles I, Prince Rupert, Oliver Cromwell), but also of the numerous lesser characters, male and female,...

777円 With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military training in the world. What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, ...

661円 Of Six Mediaeval Women To Which Is Added a Note on Mediaeval Gardens This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Introduction A Tenth-Century Dramatist, Roswitha the Nun A Twelfth-Century Romance-Writer, Marie de France A Thirteenth-Century Mystic and...