Details: September 7th, 1940. The Isle of Dogs, heart of London's docklands, suffers the first terrible night of a
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Details: From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan ? an
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The one & only Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great & heroic mind; his action-packed rule; & how in conquering one-fifth of the worlds inhabited l&, he changed the course of history forever. A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar. A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength & wisdom. A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation. From a young scholar to one of historys most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan ? an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great & Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. It should have been a golden age, with an empire to dwarf the lands won by the mighty Genghis Khan. Instead, the vast Mongol nation is slowly losing ground, swallowed whole by their most ancient enemy. A new generation has arisen, yet the long shadow of the Great Khan still hangs over them all ? Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built, this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nations warriors to the ends of the known world. & when he is weary, when he is wounded, he must face his own brothers in bloody civil war. ...

Alexander The Great Opinions of this powerful commander rage on as mightily as his empire once did. Was he the great civiliser of the East or a destroyer of ancient cultures? Was he a hero or a tyrant? A defender or a murderer? One thing that is certain is that he was one of the most brilliant & courageous warriors in recorded history. Today, we know him as Alexander The Great. Genghis Khan This superb documentary provides an insight into the life of arguably the worlds greatest conqueror. Genghis Khan defeated more of the world than any other man in history. His brilliance as a leader & military strategist enabled him to unite the Mongol tribes & outmanoeuvre every army that dared to come before him, leaving behind a dynasty that would last for generations. Attila The Hun This is the compelling story of the 5th century conqueror they called ...

One of the most revered of contemporary filmmakers, Werner Herzog kept a diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be robber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill to access a rich rubber territory. This title offers a glimpse into the mind of Herzog during the making of the film. ...

Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl
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- would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death & his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France. Supremely evocative & brilliantly told, this is narrative history at its most colourful & compelling
- the true story of those who fought for an English kingdom of France. This book has 512 pages & is 12.6 x 4.5 x 19.6 cms


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In the sixteenth century the king of Spain issues his soldiers with a three-pronged mission: to find gold, spread the word of Christianity & claim new territories for Spain. The conquistadors, as they become know, set off into the world to do just that, & nothing was to standing their way. Their amazing journeys took them from Florida to Machu Picchu via the Amazon & Lake Titicaca at a time when, thirty years after Columbus discovered America, Europeans still thought that the lands he had claimed were merely islands between Europe & Asia. The conquistadors ...

Presents the author's vision of a New Deal for a fairer society. This book argues that the time is ripe for another era of great reform. It outlines a programme for change, explaining what can be done to narrow the wealth gap. It shows how a fresh political coalition can both support & be supported by reform, making our society more democratic. ...

Baseball evoked all that was sound in the world of sports: team spirit & fair play. But the national pastime has exemplified much of what is wrong with the American sporting scene. This book examines the office of the commissioner of baseball & offers an assessment of how the commissioner truly acts as the conscience of America's game. ...

Leading MBS author Gill Edwards provides a revolutionary approach to healthcare. She shows how every symptom or illness is a wake-up call & that we need to free ourselves from our limiting past, & shift our consciousness to achieve health & happiness. ...