Fallingwater Rising is a biography not of a person but of the most famous house of the twentieth century. Scholars and the public have long extolled the house that Frank Lloyd Wright perched over a Pennsylvania waterfall in 1937, but the full story has never been told. When he got the commission to ... more »

They came together in the summer of 1942. It was as good a rifle company as any in the world. Here is the story of E Company -- men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other -- from the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to their disbanding in 1945. Advancing through Europe, the men of Easy Company ... more »

Here is a sweeping and evenhanded history of the Vietnam War as it was lived by U.S. presidents, Communist leaders, American Marines, Vietcong guerrillas, and South Vietnamese troops. With keen insight, the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war are woven into one engrossing, unforgettable ... more »

The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history. On the sixtieth anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, Andrei Cherny tells a remarkable story with profound implications for the world today ... more »

a selection from CHAPTER I THE REVENGE OF THE MOORS. For more than three centuries the trading nations of Europe were suffered to pursue their commerce or forced to abandon their gains at the bidding of pirates. From the days when Barbarossa defied the whole strength of the Emperor Charles V., to the ... more »

Continuing our exploration of castles from Volume one, this book features a further 30 examples of fortresses throughout Britain, including some of Scotland's famous landmarks. Some now survive merely as romantic ruins, whilst others continue to dominate the surrounding area as ancestral homes to the ... more »

In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of events that sent it hurtling into two world wars.          In 1871 ... more »

A highly informative work that dwells on the history of America and influences from the southern neighbours. Shepherd analyzes the history very closely and gives conclusion based on chronologically explained facts. Engrossing! more »

John Franklin, born in 1786. Many naval experiences, including Trafalgar, before heading an expedition across northern Canada in 1819. Elected F.R.S. and knighted after a second expedition. Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1836 to 1843. Last expedition, 1845, was lost, and Franklin died in 1847 ... more »

The battle for Moscow was the biggest battle of World War II -- the biggest battle of all time. And yet it is far less known than Stalingrad, which involved about half the number of troops. From the time Hitler launched his assault on Moscow on September 30, 1941, to April 20, 1942, seven million troops ... more »

Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford's fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroadone of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U ... more »

Mantras pour le temps présent. Chant global d'une vision tant de l'histoire Humaine, de ses origines et de son devenir. Table : - Prélude pour un Sacre - Fut il dit d'Ages Anciens, pentes de nos rives - Nocturne le parchemin du Cycle des Ténèbres - Voix de haute Sagesse y dessine un rameau vert - Solaire ... more »