James Hawes: 7 books
by James Hawes
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 7, 2019
«Non conosco una storia di questo grande paese scritta meglio.»
Philip Pullman
«Un libro eccellente… pieno di senso dell’umorismo, e con grande attenzione alle somiglianze tra passato e presente.»
The Spectator
«Una lettura obbligata.»
The Economist
«Spaventosamente...
by James Hawes
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Everybody knows the face of Franz Kafka, whether they have read any of his works or not. And that brooding face carries instant images: bleak and threatening visions of an inescapable bureaucracy, nightmarish transformations, uncanny predictions of the Holocaust. But while Kafka's genius is beyond...
The Shortest History of Germany
From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel—A Retelling for Our Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
2,000 years of history in one riveting afternoon
A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s...
Exploiting Childhood
How Fast Food, Material Obsession and Porn Culture are Creating New Forms of Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Children deserve to live a life that is safe from exploitation and harm, but are we failing in our duty to protect them?
Childhood today is big business - it is impossible for any child growing up to avoid pervasive and intense marketing from companies. Whether it be for fatty foods resulting...
Englanders and Huns
The Culture-Clash which Led to the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe.
Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades,...
Cold War Navy SEAL
My Story of Che Guevara, War in the Congo, and the Communist Threat in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
For the first time, a Navy SEAL tells the story of the US's clandestine operations in North Vietnam and the Congo during the Cold War.
Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit a mercenary...
PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels
Treasure Island, Captain Blood, Sea Hawk, The Dark Frigate, Blackbeard, Pieces of Eight, Captain Singleton, Facing the Flag, Swords of the Red Brotherhood, Gold-Bug, The Ghost Pirates and many more
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Sale with the iconic pirate-villains and outlaws, experience great sea adventures and dangerous treasure hunts! You will find it all in this passionately edited collection: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces...