Monthly Archives: August 2011
A major new biography of the most gifted, ruthless, and powerful leader in modern Irish history.
Mick : the real Michael Collins Peter Hart Ireland History War of Independence, 1919-1921 Biography, Collins, Michael, 1890-1922 New York : Viking, 2006 Hardcover. Originally published: London : Macmillan, 2005. 1st American ed. and printing. xxi, 485 p., [16] p. … Continue reading
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The history of the Potemkin takes a severe list to port.
Red mutiny : eleven fateful days on the battleship Potemkin Neal Bascomb Russia History Revolution, 1905-1907, Potemkin [battleship] Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Hardcover. 1st ed. and printing. xiii, 386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 … Continue reading
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A dramatic tale of false identity, murder, and bigamy that riveted France during the reign of Louis XIV – proving conclusively that France has always produced more libertines than liberty and is congenitally incapable of enlightenment.
The would-be commoner : a tale of deception, murder, and justice in seventeenth-century France Jeffrey S. Ravel La Pivardiere, Louis de, sieur Du Bouchet, 1661-1702 Trials, litigation, etc. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Hardcover. 1st ed. and printing. xxv, 288 … Continue reading
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Another chapter in the phony history of the Cold War.
The popular history of the Cold War has the United States going to the brink of thermonuclear confrontation with the Soviets over Berlin and Cuba. Led by our young war-hero president in both cases we snatched peace from the jaws … Continue reading
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The history of the explosive that changed the world.
Gunpowder : alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world Jack Kelly Gunpowder History New York : Basic Books, c 2004 Hardcover. 1st ed., and printing. x, 260 p., ill., 25 cm. Sources. Index. … Continue reading
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