Memoir & Biography
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Bugs and Bullets: The True Story of an American Doctor on the Eastern Front during World War I [Hardback]
Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne (Author); Ernest Latham (Editor)
£34.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781592110155
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 kingdom. An unexpect... .... Learn More -
Jarmila Novotná: My Life in Song [Hardback]
Jarmila Novotná (Author); William V. Madison (Editor); Brian Kellow (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9780813176116
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
A legendary beauty, hailed as one of the greatest singing actors of her time, Jarmila Novotná (1907--1994) was an internationally known opera soprano from the former Czechoslovakia. Best known for her performances in Der Rosenkavalier, The Marria... .... Learn More -
John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom [Hardback]
Camil Muresanu (Author)
£34.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781592110117
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, drawing the attention ... .... Learn More -
Edward Condon's Cooperative Vision: Science, Industry, and Innovation in Modern America [Hardback]
Thomas C. Lassman (Author)
£35.50ISBN: 9780822945345
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Born in 1902, Edward Condon made significant contributions to quantum theoretical physics. Nearly ten years at Princeton University sealed his reputation as a leading figure in the field. Then, in 1937, he gave it all up to pursue an industrial ... .... Learn More -
The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Opukaha‘ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk [Hardback]
Nick Bellantoni (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9780819576842
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books
Henry ‘Opukaha‘ia (ca. 1792–1818), Native Hawaiian, and Itankusun Wanbli (ca. 1879–1900), Oglala Lakota, lived almost a century apart. Yet the cultural circumstances that led them to leave their homelands and eventually die in Connecticut have str... .... Learn More -
Missionary Life in Persia: Being glimpses at a quarter of a century of labors among the Nestorian Christians [Hardback]
John Ameer (Author); Justin Perkins (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9781463239213
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Kiraz Historic Travels Archive
Volume: 32
An account by the American missionary, Justin Perkins, of his years living among the Christians of Persia, with a new Introduction by John Ameer, setting the activities and experiences of the American missionaries in Persia in their historical con... .... Learn More -
Jacob L. Devers: A General's Life [Paperback]
James Scott Wheeler (Author); Rick Atkinson (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813175980
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897--1979) was one of only two officers -- the other was Omar C. Bradley -- to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944--1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the ... .... Learn More -
Fighting the Cold War: A Soldier's Memoir [Paperback]
John R. Galvin (Author); David H. Petraeus (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9780813176000
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army after forty-four years of distinguished service in 1992, the Washington Post hailed him as a man "without peer among living generals." In Fighting the Cold War: A Soldier's Memoi... .... Learn More -
The Romanovs: Family of Faith and Charity [Hardback]
Maria Maximova (Author); Nicholas Kotar (Author)
£7.00ISBN: 9780884654681
Published by : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
This book shares the story of the last Russian emperor and his family. Their life was not necessarily what one would expect; there was much more than fancy clothes and delicious food. They shared happy memories but also great hardships. They nurse... .... Learn More -
The Right to a Father [Paperback]
Anne Sofie Hardenberg (Author); Pia Christensen Bang (Author); Susan Stanley (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9780996748032
Published by : International Polar Institute
In the ’40s and ’50s many men from Denmark traveled to Greenland to work. Here they met Greenlandic women—which more than once resulted in pregnancies. Many of these men then returned to Denmark, which meant that the children grew up as illegitima... .... Learn More
