The Battle of Okinawa was the deadliest campaign of the Pacific during World War II. The Americans had come back from the demoralizing defeat at Pearl Harbor to mount a ferocious attack against the Japanese. To be able to invade Japan, the Americans had to take Okinawa. But the Japanese, determined to defend their h...

Theatre in Dublin,1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances is the first comprehensive, daily compendium of more than 18,000 performances that took place in Dublin’s many professional theatres, music halls, pleasure gardens, and circus amphitheatres between Thomas Sheridan’s becoming the manager at Smock Alley Theatre i...

Theatre in Dublin,1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances is the first comprehensive, daily compendium of more than 18,000 performances that took place in Dublin’s many professional theatres, music halls, pleasure gardens, and circus amphitheatres between Thomas Sheridan’s becoming the manager at Smock Alley Theatre i...

During his short life, Tupac Shakurーbetter known by his stage name 2Pacーbecame a living legend, and his status is just as legendary even after he's long been gone. At the age of just 20, Tupac took the world by storm. He was a talented rapper, actor, and music mogul, but perhaps most importantly, he was a storytel...

⚔️ When empires crumble, legends are born. In The Dark Ages Collection, Charles Oman delivers a sweeping chronicle of the centuries that followed the collapse of Rome ー an era of chaos, transformation, and the birth of a new world. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Oman reveals how invading tribes...

〓️ Before the dream of success, there was the discipline of self-mastery. In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, one of history's greatest minds reveals the habits, principles, and perseverance that built a life of influence and achievement. Written in Franklin's own words, this remarkable life story traces his...

The first book published in English to focus exclusively on the exploits of the fighter aces of the Aviación Militar in their fight against the elite pilots of the better armed Nationalist force. At the start of the Spanish Civil War, most young fighter pilot officers joined the rebels, while the high ranking office...

Operation Desert Storm reveals how two 101st Airborne intelligence soldiers averted disaster during the Gulf War. “During Desert Storm the Air Force and the Armor forces were the thunder but the 101st was the lightning.” General Norman Schwarzkopf, April, 1991. Camp Eagle II, Saudi Arabia Operation Desert Storm chro...

The Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5/5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the major British fighting scout of the last 18 months of the war in France. It equipped several major squadrons, the first being No 56 Sqn in April 1917. This unit became famous for the number of aces it had among its pilots, including Albert Bal...

The Luftwaffe excelled at ground attack and in doing so helped revolutionised modern warfare. Whether flying in support of panzer columns during the invasion of Poland and the destruction of France, deployed against British airfields and cities, sent against Soviet tanks, or thrown into the defence of the Reich, Ger...

●詳載約600個注釋●收錄近千張第一手史料　　時代的記憶．庶民的圖記　　畫報，是以採用手繪圖畫或攝影圖片記載人類社會的一種圖象文獻。　　清末民初，正是中國社會處於改朝換代的大變革時期。歷經內憂外患、列強侵略，畫報客觀地記錄了適逢此動亂時代之中國社會政治、經濟、文化、外交、科學、藝術、教育等領域所發生的各種情況，若干題材也...

A Silent Revolution? explores how urban women managed wealth at a time when they were thought to have little independence - including economic - and shows that women were in fact important players in the world of capital. Peter Baskerville situates women in their immediate gendered and familial environments as well ...

This is a remarkable book about a man (perhaps the most important and original philosopher of our age), a society (the corrupt Austro-Hungarian Empire on the eve of dissolution), and a city (Vienna, with its fin-de siècle gaiety and corrosive melancholy). The central figure in this study of a crumbling society that ...

**'Compelling and important' - Rana Mitter, The Observer 'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden Hand The gripping story of Taiwan's rich past and precarious present from one of the country's top foreign correspondents.** With all...

Chechnya's modern history is marked by its fluctuating ties with the Russian Empire and, later, the Soviet Union. A notable dark chapter was in 1944 when Joseph Stalin ordered the mass deportation of Chechnya's entire population. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, tensions between ethnic Russians and Cheche...

Pontiac's War erupted in the Great Lakes region of North America just as the French and Indian War came to a close in 1763. The French, who had initially established a European presence there, were usurped by the British, whose relations with indigenous peoples were notoriously less diplomatic and more destructive. ...