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Book cover of Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach

A Flawed Victory

by Adrian R. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003

The Allied victory at Omaha Beach was a costly one. A direct infantry assault against a defense that was years in the making, undertaken in daylight following a mere thirty-minute bombardment, the attack had neither the advantage of tactical surprise nor that of overwhelming firepower. American forces...
Book cover of How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009

In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable. Its vast territory accounted for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. What accounts for this improbable decline? Here,...
Book cover of In the Name of Rome

In the Name of Rome

The Men Who Won the Roman Empire

by Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016

A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy.   “In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them.  His heroes are never flavorless and generic,...
Book cover of Caesar: Life of a Colossus
by Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

As Adrian Goldsworthy writes in the introduction to this book, “in his fifty-six years, Caesar was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator . . . as well as husband, father, lover and adulterer.” In this landmark biography,...
Book cover of They Flew the Hurricanes
by Adrian Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006

The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots including Douglas Bader thought it was superior to the Spit but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat. Adrian Stewart has produced a gloriously atmospheric...
Book cover of Planet of Destiny
by Adrian Holland
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012

An epic space opera, adventure…This thrilling twelve part series combines aspects of mythology with new technology, as the human race evolves into its true Galactic Human form.It was now time for the final phase of Earth's evolution. Everything was in place, and the cosmic forces seemed unstoppable,...
Book cover of Greece and Rome at War
by Peter Connolly, Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012

The renowned archeologist’s classic guide to twelve centuries of ancient military development, beautifully presented in colorful illustrations and diagrams. Generations of archeologists have been inspired by Peter Connolly’s beautifully rendered, highly detailed illustrations of ancient...
Book cover of Caesar's Civil War

Caesar's Civil War

49–44 BC

by Adrian Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014

Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. Legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for...
Book cover of Rome's Greatest Defeat

Rome's Greatest Defeat

Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest

by Adrian Murdoch
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008

Over four days at the beginning of September AD 9, half of Rome's Western army was ambushed in a German forest and annihilated. Three legions, three cavalry units and six auxiliary regiments—some 25,000 men—were wiped out. It dealt a body blow to the empire's imperial pretensions and was Rome's...
Book cover of Cuba: Land of Opportunity - the Life and Times of George Clarke Musgrave
by Adrian Musgrave
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014

The Great War of 1914 - 1918 has taught the world more in geography and history than a century of ordinary education would have imparted. It has destroyed many inherited prejudices and shattered the complacency which was shackling the imagination that built up the British Empire. As peace introduces...
Book cover of At Korsun: A Historical Tale From Ukraine
by Adrian Kashchenko
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016

17 century Ukraine. Cossack Mykyta returns home to Korsun after ten years of absence. There, he meets a young woman Prisya, falls in love and gets married. They are happy together but things are not that happy for Ukraine. The country and its people suffer under the Polish rule. An uprising is brewing....
Book cover of Blood Feud

Blood Feud

Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports' Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era

by Adrian Dater
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2006

In Blood Feud, Colorado Avalanche beat writer Adrian Dater not only submits that the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry was the most feverish match-up in recent years, but also that there was none better played. No fewer than twenty players have or will eventually make it to the Hall of Fame; the best scorers...
Book cover of Rorke's Drift
by Adrian Greaves
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012

The story of the bravest battle ever fought. On 22nd January 1879 a force of 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed and destroyed the British invading force at Isandlwana, killing and ritually disemboweling over 1200 troops. That afternoon, the same Zulu force turned their attention on a small outpost at...
Book cover of Poems of Passion
by Adrian Sturgess
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012

This is a collection of 11 poems, written over a span of some years. The subject matter of these poems generally lies in the realm of love found, love lost or some other aspect of love.
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