It was not by chance nor by a trick of fate that Javier Mariátegui dedicated himself to gardening. He grew up among gardens. Both his grandmothers ...

The Von Bock memoirs, which appear here for the first time, allow the reader to see the entire drama of the Second World War through the eyes of on...

The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that f...

Geoffrey Blainey is often described as Australia's 'greatest living historian', a writer whose prolific output includes such iconic books about the...

Manchester in the late 1960s and early 1970s revolved around the exploits of one man -- George Best. At his side throughout this exciting period wa...

This is the groundbreaking classic exposé of the Bush family, cited by all that followed it, yet still unmatched. Exhaustively documented by intens...

Given the focus on foreign affairs and national security following 9/11, it is easy to overlook the domestic and economic legacies of the George W....

The George W Bush Presidency reshaped American politics through its policies and its use of executive power. This volume engages fundamental debate...

While candidate George W. Bush promised a humble foreign policy, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks President Bush implemented a highly...

The life of Washington reveals to us the state of society in our land, the manners and customs of the people, their joys and griefs, one hundred ye...

Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories - who spent ten and a half years behind Sovi...

A tribute to one of the top fighter aces of the World War II, this new full length biography appears here in its first edition. Marseilles' wartime...

The life of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Walter Nowotny - in photographs, documents, and commentary. Nowotny was highly decorated for his 258 aerial vic...

This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Mölders in more than 480 rare photographs, documents and comm...

Though he entered combat late in May 1942, Carl Emmermann sank twenty-six Allied ships in only four combat patrols while commanding U-172, becoming...

First established by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918, the badge for wounded soldiers was reestablished by the Wehrmacht during the Spanish Civil War, and...

This book packs the wallop of a .30-30 rifle. Legendary hunting guide Gerry Bracewell recounts tales of extraordinary toughness and perseverance in...

No one living in New York can escape from George Gershwin. His music still comes in unrestrained and sometimes paralyzing abundance through the rad...

Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them ...

Ghosts and Ballyhoo: Memoirs of a Failed L.A. Music Journalist chronicles Thomas Wictor's ten years in the Los Angeles music industry and his quest...

When Giacomo Meyerbeer died in 1864 at the age of seventy-two, he was widely regarded as having written the greatest operas since Mozart. And yet, ...

My brother officers. Are they human? Thus reads the first journal entry of twenty-three-year-old John Verney, graduate of Eton and Oxford, lover of...

Suniti Namjoshi grew up between the rich and the poor, between the ruling house of the Ranisaheb and the servant woman Goja, between the East of ex...

When Josephine Knowles left for the Klondike gold fields with her husband in 1898, she didn’t know she would be facing a constant battle with cold,...