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How to Defeat the Saracens: Guillelmus Ade, Tractatus Quomodo Sarraceni Sunt Expugnandi; Text and Translation with Notes
ISBN: 9780884023760 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fall of the crusader-controlled city of Acre to the Muslims in 1291 inspired many schemes for crusades to recover Jerusalem and its environs. One of these proposals is "How to Defeat the Saracens, " written around 1317 by William of Adam, a Dominican who traveled extensively in the eastern Mediterranean, Persia, and parts of India. The treatise, poorly known even among specialists, presents a five-pronged plan for retaking the Holy Land. In particular, it focuses on cutting off economic and military support for Egypt. William s personal experience in the lands he describes comes through,...
The fall of the crusader-controlled city of Acre to the Muslims in 1291 inspired many schemes for crusades to recover Jerusalem and its environs. One ...
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The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Great War
ISBN: 9780719084584 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Food is critical to military performance, but it's also central to social interaction and fundamental to our sense of identity. The soldiers of the Great War didn't shed their eating preferences with their civilian clothes and the army rations, heavily reliant on bully beef and hardtack biscuit, were frequently found wanting. Nutritional science of the day had only a limited understanding of the role of vitamins and minerals, and the men were often presented with a diet that, shortages and logistics permitting, was high in calories but low in flavour and variety. Just as now, soldiers on...
Food is critical to military performance, but it's also central to social interaction and fundamental to our sense of identity. The soldiers of the Gr...
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438,22 |
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Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military
ISBN: 9781597976893 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Changing the Rules of Engagement documents the lives of American women who have shattered the glass ceiling and performed extraordinary feats while serving their country in the military. By telling their stories about their remarkable careers in traditionally male-dominated environments, Martha LaGuardia-Kotite demonstrates how tenacious and courageous women can achieve the unimaginable.Among the pioneering women profiled are Vivien Crea, who as vice commandant of the Coast Guard held the highest position of any woman in the history of the U.S. military; Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart...
Changing the Rules of Engagement documents the lives of American women who have shattered the glass ceiling and performed extraordinary feats w...
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112,60 |
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The Volunteer: A Former IRA Man's True Story
ISBN: 9781612045283 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This is the best account of the life of an IRA volunteer yet written." The Irish Times "No better explanation of why ordinary people turn to terrorism has ever been written. O'Doherty's compelling story is a brilliant, firsthand account of how the boy next door became a bomber.... O'Doherty traces his early involvement with the IRA with disarming honesty and humour.... Most riveting, however, is the story of his disillusion with the romance of republicanism and his complete denunciation of violence. ... The Volunteer is an excellent study of the civilian turned terrorist turned civilian."...
"This is the best account of the life of an IRA volunteer yet written." The Irish Times "No better explanation of why ordinary people turn to terroris...
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57,61 |
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The Black Carib Wars: Freedom, Survival, and the Making of the Garifuna
ISBN: 9781617033100 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Black Carib Wars, Christopher Taylor offers the most thoroughly researched history of the struggle of the Garifuna people to preserve their freedom on the island of St. Vincent. Today, thousands of Garifuna people live in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the United States, preserving their unique culture and speaking a language that directly descends from that spoken in the Caribbean at the time of Columbus. All trace their origins back to St. Vincent where their ancestors were native Carib Indians and shipwrecked or runaway West African slaves--hence the name by... In The Black Carib Wars, Christopher Taylor offers the most thoroughly researched history of the struggle of the Garifuna people to preserve... |
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445,69 |
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Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm
ISBN: 9781780394657 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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153,50 |
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The Battles That Changed History
ISBN: 9781849023559 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pratt describes sixteen battles, writing with a thrilling style. He explains clearly why he has chosen these battles, and how they actually did change history, his thesis is that the underdog can win, changing the lives of the people for good. The gripping accounts range from Alexander the Greats overthrow of the Persian empire in the 4th century BC to World War IIs Battle of Midway. Pratt gives the background information leading up to the battles, the people involved and the important aftermath. The style is such that it will hold the attention of children, as well as adults. The book comes...
Pratt describes sixteen battles, writing with a thrilling style. He explains clearly why he has chosen these battles, and how they actually did change...
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107,57 |
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First Forts: Essays on the Archaeology of Proto-colonial Fortifications
ISBN: 9789004187542 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proto-colonial archaeology explores the physical origins of the world culture that evolved out of contacts made in the Age of Exploration, from Columbus to Cromwell. The early defended sites show how colonizing Europeans first responded to the challenges of new environments and new peoples, and how their choices led to conquest, adaption, or failure. Fortifications, once necessary to protect the colonies, are now essential clues to understand their history. The first comparative study of proto-colonial fortifications, First Forts is a collection of essays written by leading...
Proto-colonial archaeology explores the physical origins of the world culture that evolved out of contacts made in the Age of Exploration, from Columb...
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679,90 |
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For Your Tomorrow: Canadians and the Burma Campaign, 1941-1945
ISBN: 9781412015363 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,54 |
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Memory and Amnesia: The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy
ISBN: 9781571817570 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a rich variety of sources such as official newsreels, school textbooks, the work of contemporary historians, memoirs, official documents, legislation, and monuments, this book explores how the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) influenced the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco's death in 1975. The author traces the development of official discourse on the War throughout the Franco period and describes the regime's attempts to achieve political legitimacy. Although there was no universal consensus regarding the events of the Civil War, general agreement did...
Using a rich variety of sources such as official newsreels, school textbooks, the work of contemporary historians, memoirs, official documents, legisl...
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509,37 |
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Epitoma Rei Militaris
ISBN: 9783598718724 / Łaciński / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben werden durch eine lateinische Praefatio erganzt.
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer un... |
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390,52 |
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Militärtheorie im Späthumanismus: Kulturtransfer taktischer und strategischer Theorien in den Niederlanden und Frankreich (1590-1660)
ISBN: 9783110256628 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 838 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das vorliegende Buch nimmt die Verbindung von Spathumanismus und Militartheorie anhand der zentralen Kulturen der Niederlande und Frankreich in den Blick: Die Gelehrten konzeptualisierten an den Naht- und Schnittstellen militarpolitischer Kulturen und waren in die Konstitutionszusammenhange antiquarischen Wissens eingebunden. Unter dem Gesichtspunkt interner Bruche und Synergien in der spathumanistischen Gelehrtenrepublik werden neben anderen die Werke von Justus Lipsius, Joseph Scaliger, Isaac Casaubon, Claude de Saumaise und Gabriel Naude sowie die philologisch-antiquarische Praxis im... Das vorliegende Buch nimmt die Verbindung von Spathumanismus und Militartheorie anhand der zentralen Kulturen der Niederlande und Frankreich in den... |
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849,66 |
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Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo-Gorkha War (1814-1816)
ISBN: 9780857285195 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did European colonization transform the organization of territory in South Asia? "Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo-Gorkha War (1814-1816)" seeks to connect two historical junctures at which the idea of the modern state as a geographically discernible and territorially circumscribed entity emerged in colonial South Asia. The volume first examines the territorial disputes that emerged along the common frontiers of the Himalayan kingdom of Gorkha (present-day Nepal) and the English East India Company that eventually led to the Anglo-Gorkha War of... How did European colonization transform the organization of territory in South Asia? "Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Ang... |
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360,89 |
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Blueprints for Battle: Planning for War in Central Europe, 1948-1968
ISBN: 9780813136516 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia, the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the end of World War II to the beginning of detente. Informed by material from recently opened archives, this collection investigates the perceptions and actions of the rival coalitions, exploring the challenges presented by nuclear... While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the o... |
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156,72 |
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The Scottish Soldiers of Fortune: Mercenaries in Foreign Service from the 14th to 19th Centuries
ISBN: 9780857068170 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary
There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the trade than others. Mercenaries, both historically and present day, have tended to be hardy men from mountainous, uncompromising countries and climates. In an age of families which expected to have numerous sons to ensure a continuation of the line, 'young gentlemen' of the Quentin Durward variety often took to the sword to make their way in the world. The Scots have always been attracted to the mercenary life-especially at times when there was no... Claymore for hire-the story of the Scottish mercenary
There have always been mercenaries and some nations have a better temperament for the tra... |
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80,19 |
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume 1-1769-1802
ISBN: 9780857068224 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 1 of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the diplomat, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, the author of these substantial and celebrated memoirs. Bourrienne's texts have frequently been published in multi-volume editions in abridged and unabridged form. This Leonaur edition offers the entire work, unabridged, in an accessible three volumes, to enable students of the period to own Bourrienne's work at a reasonable cost. All personal memoirs suffer from a subjectivity that tends to portray... Volume 1 of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the dipl... |
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204,23 |
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume 1-1769-1802
ISBN: 9780857068231 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 1 of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the diplomat, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, the author of these substantial and celebrated memoirs. Bourrienne's texts have frequently been published in multi-volume editions in abridged and unabridged form. This Leonaur edition offers the entire work, unabridged, in an accessible three volumes, to enable students of the period to own Bourrienne's work at a reasonable cost. All personal memoirs suffer from a subjectivity that tends to portray... Volume 1 of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the dipl... |
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131,29 |
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume 2-1802-1813
ISBN: 9780857068248 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the diplomat, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, the author of these substantial and celebrated memoirs. Bourrienne's texts have frequently been published in multi-volume editions in abridged and unabridged form. This Leonaur edition offers the entire work, unabridged, in an accessible three volumes, to enable students of the period to own Bourrienne's work at a reasonable cost. All personal memoirs suffer from a subjectivity that tends to... The second volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of... |
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196,94 |
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume 2-1802-1813
ISBN: 9780857068255 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the diplomat, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, the author of these substantial and celebrated memoirs. Bourrienne's texts have frequently been published in multi-volume editions in abridged and unabridged form. This Leonaur edition offers the entire work, unabridged, in an accessible three volumes, to enable students of the period to own Bourrienne's work at a reasonable cost. All personal memoirs suffer from a subjectivity that tends to... The second volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of... |
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107,90 |
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume 3-1813-1821
ISBN: 9780857068262 / Angielski / Twarda / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The final volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of the diplomat, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, the author of these substantial and celebrated memoirs. Bourrienne's texts have frequently been published in multi-volume editions in abridged and unabridged form. This Leonaur edition offers the entire work, unabridged, in an accessible three volumes, to enable students of the period to own Bourrienne's work at a reasonable cost. All personal memoirs suffer from a subjectivity that tends to... The final volume of a three volume special edition of this famous memoir
Students interested in the age of Napoleon are aware of the writings of ... |
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196,94 |
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