Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since "Bravo Two Zero."
If fate is against me and I'm killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I'm wounded, don't let me be crippled. But above all, don't let me fuck up the[...]
Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante s Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance and a spirited woman who teache[...]
This 1950 book studies the way in which the Ministry of Aircraft Production planned production during the Second World War.[...]
Reissued here is one of the most influential works of Western political thought and rhetoric, first published in 1790.[...]
Title: Field Sports of the North of Europe; comprised in a personal narrative of a residence in Sweden and Norway, in the years 1827-28. With numerous engravings.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the w[...]
A thrilling page-turner that also happens to be the biography of one of Russia's most controversial figuresThis is how Emmanuel Carrere, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young p[...]