Samuel: 2879 books
Panzer Commanders of the Western Front
German Tank Generals in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2008
Detailed biographies of 5 panzer commanders. Describes what it's like to lead tank units in battle. Includes D-Day, Normandy, the campaign for France, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final battles in Germany.
The Soldiers' Tale
Bearing Witness to a Modern War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
The Soldiers' Tale is the story of modern wars as told by the men who did the actual fighting. Hynes examines the journals, memoirs, and letters of men who fought in the two World Wars and in Vietnam, and also the wars fought against the weak and helpless in concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps,...
by Samuel Oliver Young
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
The stories in this book, historical and personal sketches, owe their being largely to chance. The whole series was unintentionally begun and the letters letters have come from all parts of the state and from several Eastern and Northern states. The stories are highly enjoyable, for each one will bring back some pleasant memory of oldtimes Houston.
by Samuel R. Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2007
The book Liberia communication brings refreshing memory of history. Many dedicated pioneers who sacrifice to make history of communication possible are portrayed with dedication in the book as Pioneers without reward. These pioneers stood the test of time.They suffered, study, worked hard, shared...
Harpoon
Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels.**
ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015,...
Fugitive Landscapes
The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest StudiesIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mexicans and Americans joined together to transform the U.S.Mexico borderlands into a crossroads of modern economic development. This book reveals the forgotten story of...
by Samuel Smiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Character is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. In its noblest embodiments, it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms, for it exhibits man at his best.
The Siegfried Line
The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
The battles for the Germans' last line of defense in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz. How German commanders made decisions under fire.
Triumphant Fox
Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa. Recounts the first battles of Germany's notorious Afrika Korps.
Panzers in Normandy
General Hans Eberbach and the German Defense of France, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
The story of one of Germany's most renowned panzer commanders. Based on Eberbach's own papers and writings. Details on the armored opponent the Allies faced after D-Day.
by Samuel Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The highly individualistic people of North America have always had common experiences that united them. From the Boston Commons to Banff National Park, the people in these accounts sought support and renewal in these shared places and events. Ceremonies support partnerships today as they have in the...
by Robert Louis Stevenson,Samuel Lloyd Osbourne
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about the last two remaining survivors of a tontine, who also happen to be brothers. The book is notable for being the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with...
Captured by Pirates
22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Pirates are primarily known for their swashbuckling attitudes, their freebooting lifestyle, their high-seas adventures and their stolen treasure, but their victims tend to be forgotten. These are the innocent and not-so-innocent voyagers who find themselves suddenly snatched up, brutalized, and franticly...
by Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Charles H. Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore—he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the...