History of other lands books

This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture;...  Read More >>

La France et l'Arménie à travers l'art et l'histoire: esquisse / par Frédéric Macler, ... Date de l'édition originale:...  Read More >>

This book studies the legal reasoning of Mālik ibn Anas. It emphasizes that the Sunnī schools of law emerged during...  Read More >>

Theharrowing account of Shackleton s ill-fated attempt to traverse Antarctica andthe struggle to survive the world...  Read More >>

This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.  Read More >>

A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth and how it holds the key to all our futures...  Read More >>

Farthest north. Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen month's sleigh...  Read More >>

The Battle of Goose Green was the first and longest land conflict of the Falklands War, which was fought between...  Read More >>

The fascinating true story of the years fighting in the Falklands, and one man's struggle to readjust to ordinary...  Read More >>

A portrait of daily life in tenth-century China during the turbulent period of transition following the disintegration...  Read More >>

Written by Arctic explorer Robert Edwin Peary, this two-volume memoir, published in 1898, recounts his exploration...  Read More >>

Written by Arctic explorer Robert Edwin Peary, this two-volume memoir, published in 1898, recounts his exploration...  Read More >>

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* The fascinating true story of the years fighting in the Falklands, and one man's struggle to readjust afterwards...  Read More >>

"Forty years after the U.S.S. ""Scorpion"" sank, killing 99 men, former submariner Sewell explains how the event--officially...  Read More >>

On January 17, 1913, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was alone and near starvationand...  Read More >>

"His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still one...  Read More >>

"His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still one...  Read More >>

His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still one...  Read More >>

Across the 20th century, the Russian literary hero remained central to Russian fiction and frequently ""battled""...  Read More >>

In 1743, four stranded Russian sailors survived the next six years in the Arctic with no provisions. Making a bow...  Read More >>

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Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, this book presents a...  Read More >>