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Travels in North and Central China

March 25, 2015

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1902 edition by Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., London. Sale Price:$9.41 1402194943
The ‘Old Guard’ in the Philippine War: A Combat Chronicle

March 25, 2015

A combat chronicle of the U.S. Third Infantry Regiment during the Philippine Insurrection, now more commonly known as the Philippine War (1899-1902). The narrative covers the conventional phase of the war through counterinsurgency operations and eventual return to the United States. Appendices list every known combat action in which the Third Infantry was involved from […]
Malayan ferns. Handbook to the determination of the ferns of The Malayan Islands (incl. those of the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and New Guinea)

March 25, 2015

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected […]
A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2nd Edition

March 25, 2015

This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinary multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. Bestselling narrative of the complex history of the ancient Near East Addresses political, social, and cultural developments Contains in-depth discussion of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh Includes numerous maps, illustrations, and […]
Undefeated: America’s Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

March 25, 2015

Based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors, Undefeated tells the courageous story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, and continued to resist through three harrowing years as POWs. Bill Sloan, “a master of the combat narrative” […]
Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome (The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography)

March 25, 2015

Ancient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society, maps served as critical economic, political, and personal tools, but there was […]
Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan: Violence and Transformation in the Karachi Conflict (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series)

March 25, 2015

Synthesizing political, anthropological and psychological perspectives, this book addresses the everyday causes and appeal of long-term involvement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan. Taking Pakistan’s ethno nationalist Mohajir party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as a case study, it explores how certain men from the ethnic community of Mohajirs are recruited to the roles […]
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives (Cambridge World Encyclopedias)

March 25, 2015

This book offers for the first time a comprehensive study of South Asia in one volume, analyzing not only the riches of the past but also the problems and achievements of the present, placing them where appropriate in their global context. The South Asian region, which comprises the present day states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, […]
YOU’LL DIE IN SINGAPORE

March 25, 2015

Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, Charles McCormac, a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he’d die. With sixteen others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began the two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore to Australia. Sale Price:$12.49 1844155404
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

March 25, 2015

From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes The Finish, a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources, Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, […]

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