164円 According to Wikipedia: "Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (319/318 BCー272 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house[6] (from ca. 297 BC), and later he became King of Epirus (306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (288-284, 2...

421円 A collection of three character studies of some of the most influential military minds in history: Sir Francis Drake, Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte.

2,588円 Lucilla Andrews was only eighteen when, as a volunteer nurse at the beginning of the second world war, she experienced the grim realities of wartime . Young, inexperienced and coming from a comfortable and sheltered background, she found herself dealing with survivors from Dunkirk and the victims...

661円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE OLD HOME CHAPTER II. UPHEAVALS CHAPTER III. THE VOYAGE CHAPTER IV. BEGINNINGS CHAPTER V. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW CHAPTER VI. A THEOLOGICAL TRAGEDY CHAPTER VII. COLONIAL LITERARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER VI...

3,824円 WINNER OF THE 2013 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORY WINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK HOUSE NATIONAL CULTURAL AWARD COMMENDED FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARD For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World ...

1,313円 An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today. Since leaving England aged 21 with an invitation to a Karachi wedding and a yearning for adve...

1,969円 Aces High is the vivid chronicle of aerial warfare over the Western Front in World War One and the personalities that characterised the era. These were the airmen who became legends in their own lifetimes: Albert Ball, Manfred von Richthofen (also known as the Red Baron), Mick Mannock, René Fonck...

1,520円 The Hazard Mesh, first published in 1946, is the work of a 28-year-old naval officer who disobeyed wartime regulations by keeping a diary 'in the field' during the Normandy D-Day landings and subsequent Libération de la France. This was John Antony Crawford Hugill (1916-1987), who had been plucke...

2,519円 In Cook's relatively short and adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific and the Arctic and Antarctic bringing about a new comprehension of the world's geography and its people's. He was the linking figure between the ...

241円 Thomas Jefferson : The American Revolution (A Short Biography for Children) Thomas Jefferson was a draftsman of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president . He was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Best Children's Biographies : Write a biography for kids by thinking a...

1,440円 Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. It was this aff...

260円 *Includes descriptions of the voyage from crew member Antonio Pigafetta's journal. *Includes maps and pictures of important people and places in Magellan's life.*Includes a Table of Contents. Most versed in nautical charts, he knew better than any other the true art of navigation, of which it is ...