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Alexander Clapp
A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.
Dumps and landfills around the world…
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Fonda Lee
Finalist for the Aurora Award, ?Locus Award, Dragon Award, and Ignyte Award! - The Kaul siblings' battle with rival clans reaches new heights in the heart-pounding continuation of the Green…
Sun Tzu
This handsome hardback edition presents Sun Tzu's classic text, The Art of War, gloriously illustrated with traditional artwork in full-color.
The Art of War is one of the most successful…
Martin R Howard
In the tumultuous saga of the Napoleonic Wars, one critical narrative has remained notably absent: a comprehensive medical history. This new volume from Martin R. Howard fills that void, examining…
Christopher Buehlman
The blistering standalone prequel to The Blacktongue Thief. The Daughters' War delivers the gut-punching action of Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes and the montrous mayhem of John Gwynne's The Shadow of…
More than 2,000 years old, this classic of Chinese philosophy lays out a systematic, rational approach to tactics and strategy that leaders worldwide have applied not only to the military…
Mark Galeotti
A masterful account of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine.
Sir Simon Mayall
A powerful new history detailing the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate.
Gustav Milne
Highlights the overlooked importance of, and threat to, the River Thames during the Blitz, WW2.
Rachel Chrastil
"The best modern account" (Wall Street Journal) of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I Among the conflicts…
Brett Gordon
I could probably use a thousand words to try to describe how it is over here and never really quite explain it at all.Sergeant at War: Letters Home from Vietnam…
Matthew W Bates
"Offering a radical rethinking of salvation, this book address controversial topics that have divided the church, such as baptism, election, regeneration, assurance, and justification, offering a new model that encourages…
This book analyses the French war on terror, covering the French contributions to the US-led 'war on terror' and the wars in the Sahel Region since 2013.
This unique volume brings together academics of Russian journalism and media with journalists and editors who reported or continue to report on the country, to explore and reflect on the…
Markus Eberl
An archaeological exploration of the role of creativity and invention in the ancient Maya civilization. Markus Eberl discusses the ways eighth-century Maya (and Maya commoners in particular) reinvented objects and…
Samuel Ramani
Why did Putin invade Ukraine?
Cathy Scott-Clark
An intrepid reporter's fast-paced investigation into the extraordinary life of Viktor Bout, the much-mythologised Russian fixer known as the 'Merchant of Death'.
Conventional narratives of the Cold War revolve around high-level diplomats and state leaders in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow, but this anthology challenges those narratives by revealing how ordinary people across…
Elizabeth Lapina
Depicting the Holy War examines the impact that crusades in the Middle East had on societies in western Europe through the analysis of a heretofore largely ignored type of source…
Warren Chin
This book explores the relationship between the state and war within the context of seismic technological change. Through its analysis, the book questions what will happen to war and the…
Cold War Workers explores how security labour transformed the lives of individuals, families, and communities in Canada in ways that were both predictable and surprising, with the militarization and colonization…
Yihong Pan
Brings the overlooked experiences of Chinese women during the War of Resistance into the light. In 1931, Japan began a brutal occupation of Manchuria, and in 1937, China and Japan…
Dominik Maschek
The late Roman Republic was characterized by severe crises, ranging from the time of the Gracchi to the Battle of Actium and finally ending with the Principate of Augustus. Individual…
Patrick Naughton
The inter-generational impact of modern war on American military families, told through the intertwined experiences of father and son whose only real connection has been through war.
James C. Jones
"A practical guide for civilians to survive the next war"--
Gordon H. Chang
Writing history, the systematic effort to understand the human past, is a demanding intellectual endeavor. For historian Gordon H. Chang, it has also been a personal and moral enterprise intimately…
Joan Johnson-Freese
This book offers a gendered perspective on leadership in war and peace, considering leadership in its complexity and presenting a practical examination of both leadership successes and failures.
Tim Hodkinson
An epic historical adventure from the author of the Whale Road Chronicles. The future of the known world is at stake as an uneasy alliance rises to take on the…
Philip W. Blood
A micro-history of 'Charlemagne's city' in the First and Second World Wars, its inhabitants' embrace of Nazism, and Churchill's response.
Viktoriia Grivina
This unique collection of essays offers a glimpse into life in and around Kharkiv during the first two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Pauli Kidd
'As swift as wind As subtle as forest As fierce as fire As unmovable as mountain.' - The Furinkazan banner of Takeda Shingen Take command of the massed armies of…
This volume features original essays on the ethics of ending wars (jus ex bello). It fills a significant gap in just war theory and sets the stage for other thinkers…
A thorough reassessment of how domestic factors do and do not constrain the use of American military force abroad in the early twenty-first century.
More than two decades have passed…
Christopher Santaigo
"A far-reaching collection of erasures and original poems examining the long shadow of American militarism and imperialism"--
Anita R. Appelbaum
This book encourages the reader to travel back in time to experience the tumultuous era of silent First World War propaganda films that helped shape America's opinion of the dreaded…
From Texas to Virginia, towns, regions, counties, regiments, prisons, and even refugee camps played a significant role in shaping the contours of the Civil War. According to historian Daniel E…
Jill Kastner, William C. Wohlforth
A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivalsIn 2016, the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the US presidential elections. But…
Steven E Woodworth
Winner: Fletcher Pratt Award
Steven Woodworth's previous book, the critically acclaimed Jefferson Davis and His Generals, won the prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award and was a main selection of the History…
DK
Embark on a journey through time to the battlegrounds of Vietnam with this visually stunning and informative book.
With the 50th anniversary of the war's end as a backdrop, this…
James E. Higgins
"Tells the story of American physician Samuel G. Dixon, who served as commissioner of health for Pennsylvania, and his work to control the spread of tuberculosis in the early twentieth…
In 1905, sanitary conditions in Pennsylvania were appalling. Thousands of children died of preventable and curable diseases, tens of thousands in the coal regions hacked themselves to death from black…
Jakub S. Benes
A history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after World War I-and how it changed the course of interwar politics and World War II
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Timothy Zahn
Ocean's Eleven meets Star Wars in this classic adventure set just after Star Wars- Episode IV A New Hope. From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn, and…
Simon Forty, Ian Spring
The Eastern Front was where the war against Nazi Germany was lost and won. More people died there in the battles and destruction than all the other theatres put together…
