Biography
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Duty, Honor, County: The Life of Arthur McArthur Jr. [Hardback]
Dr. A.K. Brackob(Author)
$39.99ISBN: 9781592110247
Published by : Vita Histria
On September 15, 1906 Arthur MacArthur Jr. became the twelfth man in the history of the United States Army to be awarded the rank of Lieutenant General, the highest rank in the Army up to that time. This great honor, which marked t... .... Learn More -
Ovid in Exile [Paperback]
Professor Adrian Radulescu(Author)
$24.99ISBN: 9781592110209
Published by : Vita Histria
The Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17) was a rock star of the newly-founded empire ruled by Caesar Augustus. A sensitive, artistic soul, his verse, focused on the art of love, attracted the Roman youth of his day and made him a cele... .... Learn More -
John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom [Paperback]
Academician Camil Muresanu(Author)
$29.99ISBN: 9781592110124
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawin... .... Learn More -
Bugs and Bullets: The True Story of an American Doctoron the Eastern Front during World War I [Paperback]
Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne(Author); Ernest Latham PhD()
$29.99ISBN: 9781592110186
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Romania entered World War I in the summer of 1916 woefully unprepared to sustain a war on its own. The country faced near collapse as its Allies did not follow through on their promises and the Central Powers advanced into the king... .... Learn More -
Sigmund Freud und sein Buch, Der Mann Moses: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ägyptologischer und anthropologischer Sicht [Paperback]
Rolf Krauss(Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781906137649
Published by : Golden House Publications
Series: Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie
Volume: 22
Freud’s study about Moses and monotheistic religion combined Egyptology and anthropology in a critical analysis of the biblical faith. This book reviews the Egyptological and anthropological bases of Freud’s arguments. ... .... Learn More -
The Life and Works of W.G. Collingwood: A wayward compass in Lakeland [Paperback]
Malcolm Craig(Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781784918712
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
The son of a watercolour artist, William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) studied at University College, Oxford where he met John Ruskin, whose secretary he later became and with whom he shared a wide range of interests. Collingwood... .... Learn More -
From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956–1971 [Paperback]
Graham Connah(Author)
$61.00ISBN: 9781784919580
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological tra... .... Learn More -
The Horsieman: Memories of a Traveller 1928-58 [Paperback]
Duncan Williamson(Author)
$18.95ISBN: 9781912476404
Published by : Origin
Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candor and intimacy, recounting a childhood spen... .... Learn More -
The Long Horizon [Paperback]
Iain R. Thomson(Author)
$18.95ISBN: 9781912476572
Published by : Origin
The Long Horizon is an extraordinary book. Much more than simply the chronicle of a life spent farming in the Scottish Highlands, it is also a wonderful collection of stories, both factual a... .... Learn More -
Forgotten Dreams: Revisiting Romanticism in the Cinema of Werner Herzog [Paperback]
Laurie Ruth Johnson(Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9781640140639
Published by : Camden House
Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual
Werner Herzog (b. 1942) is perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but his films have never been read in the context of German cultural history. And while there is a surfeit of film reviews, interviews, and scholarly artic... .... Learn More
