Overview :Conscious even then of his political career ahead, Churchill found himself reluctantly supporting British atrocities and held what many woul... Read More
Overview :In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the indepen... Read More
Overview :The ultimate guide to mental toughness by James "Iron Cowboy" Lawrence--the greatest endurance athlete in human history. Lawrence's accompli... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This w... Read More
Overview :Taking Back Desire studies film, television and video art texts through a Lacanian prism to restore a sense of queer as troubling identity a... Read More
Overview :Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the ... Read More
Overview :For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z, this "sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel--a look at where we're going if we don't qui... Read More
Overview :Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of th... Read More
Overview :By the author of the acclaimed The Rise and Fall of the British Empire comes a "grand tour of the lives and impact of this truly remarkable ... Read More
Overview :T. E. Lawrence's classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom made the Arab revolt a legend and helped turn him into the mythical "Lawrence of Arabia." S... Read More
Overview :The catholic, or general, epistles of the "other apostles"--James, Peter, Jude, and John--are sometimes overshadowed by the stirring theolog... Read More
Overview :An infantry officer's view of the fall of the Sikhs The author of this book served with No 6 company of HM 24th Regiment-an infantry regimen... Read More
Overview :A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling--a crowning achievement of the twentieth century--and how it shaped our knowledge of... Read More