Don Quixote's Delusions: Travels in Castilian Spain
 Fails to tilt my windmill: Quixote aficionados breed an unquestioned loyalty to their hero. Cervantes' novel is justifiably the most translated and printed book after the bible and indeed, adherents like myself will re-read our much-thumbed tomes on a [... more]
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Letters from Egypt: A journey on the Nile, 1849-1850
A different view of Nightingale: I haven't read any biographies of Nightingale but this book certainly provides a view of her that you won't get from the standard myths about her. She was driven and deeply religious and I sometimes had the feeling that [... more]
$24.95
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Himalaya
Beautiful and interesting book about a fantastic trip: "Himalaya" is a book written by Michael Palin as an alternative account of a trip that was filmed and first shown as a TV program on BBC TV. (This program has also been shown on many other [... more]
$41.35
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MOSHE DAYAN (Great Commanders)
Amazing Bio about an Amaziing Man: Martin Van Creveld's biography of Moshe Dyan is unlike any military biography I have read. The author is, in my opinion, the best military historian ever. Van Creveld's writing is clear, precise, and very blunt to the [... more]
$27.95
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Richard the Lionheart: The Mighty Crusader
Richard as a Crusader and Commander: In this short book, we have an excellent study of military career of Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade. The entire book is basically geared toward that campaign where Richard squared off with Saladin. It [... more]
$19.95
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The Making of a Legionnaire: My Life in the French ...
A very fun read. Highly recomended.: This is a fantastic little read. Unlike some other Legion books it's not quite as raw. Perhaps the author's modesty is the reason why. But his story is again the one of the classic alienated young man who throws [... more]
$32.95
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EMPEROR'S LAST VICTORY: Napoleon and the Battle of Wagram
Serviceable work describing Napoleon's last major victory: This is a serviceable version of Napoleon's last major victory--at Wagram, as he defeated the Austrian Army under Archduke Charles. The battle was a monster of its kind, with a huge number of [... more]
$34.95
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LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND: Liberation and Capture Missions
Good SOF history and analysis for direct action mission: Most books on US special operations forces do not try and cover the whole subject, with those that do tending to be either surveys, hagiographies, or picture books. Most writers tend to focus on a [... more]
$32.95
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In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
A Sound Theory With An Interesting Narrative: Roman-era expert Adrian Goldsworthy has written an outstanding history of seven centuries of Roman generalship with his latest volume, In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire. This is [... more]
$24.95
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STEEL FROM THE SKY: The Jedburgh Raiders, France 1944
Author: Roger Ford Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 940.542140922 EAN: 9780297846802 Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 0297846809 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2004-07 [... more]
$32.95
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Blood in the Sea: HMS Dunedin and the Enigma Code
Poignant Tale of World War 2 and Modern Memory: Author Stuart Gill succeeds in doing something very rare among the thousands of WW2 books in print: juggle several points of view to tell a fast-moving story of a largely unknown tragedy. Like a good film [... more]
$19.95
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The Head of God (-)
Delve into Historical Fact or Fiction?: Well worth the read, "The Head of God" provides more than a few credible stories of factual information for the average reader. This novel delves into many threads including the historical links between [... more]
$30.00
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