Holland: 809 books

A devastating Viking raid leads Corban on an epic quest – the first in an extraordinary adventure series. Corban and Mav are twins born to the lord of an Irish coastal farmstead. Mav has the Second Sight, and is her father's favourite; Corban, however, is a deep disappointment. Exiled for refusing...

A "fresh...thrilling" (The Guardian) account of the Graeco-Persian Wars. In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and men. The terrorist...

Intuition is the language of the soul, and we’re all born with the natural ability of an inner-knowing. As we go through life, we have a inborn tendency to pull away from what was once totally natural to us. In 101 Ways to Jump-Start Your Intuition , psychic medium John Holland guides you...

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Find out about WWII's longest battle. This is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the naval campaign that kept supply lines open and enabled Britain to continue to fight. Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws...

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Battle of Britain is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in history. Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research and interviews with participants to bring colour, detail...

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,...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES. ____________ Why was North Africa such a key component in Britain's success over Mussolini and his Italian Army? How did they blunt Italy's actions? What challenges did they face? And what new technologies were brought...

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Learn about the fall of Europe in the Second World War in one of the most successful military strategies of modern warfare in this accessible, insightful and authoritative account. Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws on the...

A vivid historical account of the social world of Rome as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account...

A grand narrative history of the re-emergence of Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire. At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. Weak, fractured, and hemmed in by hostile nations, they saw no future beyond the...

Given the phenomenal change in attitudes about life after death, public interest in the Other Side is ever-increasing. Born Knowing will show you that even after the loss of a loved one, you’re never truly alone. Born Knowing is John Holland’s first book. In an open and candid way, he explains...

Welcome to a world of insanity, wicked monks, sublime landscapes,  romantic heroines, golems, vampires, and wanderers.... Essays on the relationship between fantasy fiction and the Gothic,  including the Gothic clazzics Bram Stoker's Dracula, Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, Ann...

She stepped onto the world stage as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the election of 2008. Previously, she had only been a small town mayor and the governor of a state with slightly more than half a million people. Still, there was something about her. She was pretty, fierce in her conservatism...

Somalia Religious Radicalism and Tribal Politics. War Provocations, Somalia Religious Tribalism and cause of War. A Book on Somalia. During the last decade or so, but especially during the last year and a half, Somalia has become one of the main battlefields in the US global "war on terror", together...