|
|
1
|
The Paris Gun of 1918, and The Century Leading To It [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
Alone in the annals of history stands a super-weapon that terrorized Paris during Germany's last desperate campaign to win World War I. The Paris Gun was a marvel of technology. It required the work of astronomers, geographers, physicists, chemists, and other scientific experts to create a weapon that could fire on Paris from behind German lines--a range of 81 miles (130 kilometers). The shell traveled through the edge of space, and calculations had to be made to account for the earth's rotation... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 29867 - Reading Time: 85-119 min.
Category: History
|
3 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
|
|
|
2
|
Understanding Titles and Ranks of Nobility [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
 Why does Marie von Reibnitz Kent go by the monicker of Princess Michael? If you've ever wondered what the difference is between a duke, a grand duke, or an arch duke--and how and why such things came to be, here are some answers. It turns out that the ranks and titles of nobility follow a strict hierarchy that cuts across national boundaries and dates back to medieval and ancient times. As to military ranks, what is a field marshal? What's a five star general? Who is the second highest military ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 11691 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: History
|
|
| List Price: |
$1.00 |
| You Pay: |
$0.85 |
| You Save: |
15% |
|
|
|
3
|
The First Reich, or Holy Roman Empire [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
When Adolf Hitler promised the German nation he would make them in to a thousand year Reich, a Third Reich, he was not just chattering. He was a shrewd manipulator of public opinion, who recognized the suffering of his adopted people (he was Austrian, not German) after their massive losses and defeat in World War I. He made many promises, including a return to the original First Reich--the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. This article traces the history of the First Reich, and its surpris... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 7757 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: History
|
3 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
4
|
The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Patterson
|
|
 A secret buried for centuries.... Thrust onto Egypt's most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut's reign was fiercely debated from the outset. Behind the palace's veil of prosperity, bitter rivalries and jealousy flourished among the Boy King's most trusted advisors, and after only nine years, King Tut suddenly perished, his name purged from Egyptian history. To this day, his death remains shrouded in controversy. The keys to an unsolved mystery.... Enchanted by the ruler's tragic story a... more info>>
Category: History
|
3 Reader Ratings:
|
| List Price: |
$26.99 |
| You Pay: |
$20.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$0.00 |
| You Save: |
100% |
|
|
|
5
|
The Very Last Day of the Eastern Roman Empire (And The 1,480 Years Leading To It) [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
May 29, 1453: one of the world's great empires breathed its last breath and died under a pounding by the world's first super siege gun. That empire was the ancient Roman Empire--its surviving Eastern half, which outlived the Rome of the West by a thousand years. The people of Constantinople wouldn't know what 'Byzantine' meant--they considered themselves to be Romans. Orban's great bombard, named Basilica, pounded the impregnable walls for weeks. It was capable of tossing stone balls weighing ne... more info>>
Words: 22419 - Reading Time: 64-89 min.
Category: History
|
2 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
|
|
|
6
|
Holocene: The Missing 6,000 Years [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
What really happened during that early twilight zone of human existence--after the last Ice Age, but before people started writing things down? We live in an epoch called the Holocene, which began about 12,000 years ago, and of which we know relatively little except for the past 6,000 years since writing was invented. But there are mysterious megaliths around the world, and strange cities built by skull cultists who kept their dead around--and other evidence that all is not what we may think. Wi... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 5000 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: History
|
110 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
7
|
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Glenn Beck
|
|
FUNNY.OUTRAGEOUS.TRUE. Have you ever wondered why some of the biggest problems we face, from illegal immigration to global warming to poverty, never seem to get fixed? The reason is simple: the solutions just aren't very convenient. Fortunately, radio and television host Glenn Beck doesn't care much about convenience; he cares about common sense. Take the issue of poverty, for example. Over the last forty years, America's ten poorest cities all had one simple thing in common, but self-serving po... more info>>
Category: History
|
13 Reader Ratings:
|
| You Pay: |
$19.99 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$0.00 |
| You Save: |
100% |
|
|
|
8
|
Walk Near Rome 300 A.D. [Part 1 of 2] [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
Be a tourist in ancient Rome during the time of Diocletian. Savor the smells, the sights, the thrills of the ancient world capital as no standard history text can offer. First of two unforgettable parts crammed with detailed info and interesting explanations. Part 1 brings you from a rural villa to the outskirts of Rome. Part 2 (coming soon) walks you through the city itself. Infonana offers entertaining and informative nonfiction for digital readers on the go. (Published: 2002)
Words: 6400 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
Category: History
|
111 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
9
|
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Leanda De Lisle
|
|
 Mary, Katherine, and Jane Greyâ€"sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation's destinyâ€"are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle's new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were victimized in the notoriously vicious Tudor power struggle and whose heirs would otherwise probably be ruling England today. Born into aristocracy, the Grey sisters were the great-granddaughters of Henry VII, grandnieces to Henry ... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$30.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$25.50 |
| You Save: |
15% |
|
|
|
10
|
It Seemed Like a Good Idea: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoes [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by William R. Forstchen, Bill Fawcett
|
|
 Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentions--and sometimes the worst--have set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intended. In this entertaining, fact-filled chronicle, William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett explore the watersheds of history that began as the best of ideas and ended as the worst of fiascoes. A Holy War--The Medieval Crusades for religious liberation become centuries of slaughter and destruction. Sibling Rivalry--Leif Erikson spares his sis... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Category: History
|
15 Reader Ratings:
|
| You Pay: |
$10.50 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$9.45 |
| You Save: |
10% |
|
|
|
11
|
The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968 [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Keith Nolan
|
|
 On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines' Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as "the Magnificent Bastards," struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position. Yet the BLT 2/4 Marines defy the brutal onslaught. Pressing forward, America's finest warriors rout the NVA from their fortress-hamletsâ€"often in deadly hand-to-hand combat. At the end of two weeks of des... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$7.99 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$7.59 |
| You Save: |
5.01% |
|
|
|
12
|
Walk In Rome 300 A.D. [Part 2 of 2] [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
Enjoy a walk through living, breathing ancient Rome during the rule of Diocletian. The smells, the sights, the sounds, all come to life in this final part of a two-part series filled with delightful detail and startling observation. (Published: 2002)
Words: 6400 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
Category: History
|
78 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
13
|
1898 [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by David Traxel
|
|
In this remarkable evocation of the American past, David Traxel chronicles the extraordinary events of 1898--a year without rival in United States history for its extravagant adventure and far-reaching significance. Displaying a rare combination of graceful writing and authoritative scholarship, 1898 examines the lives of politicians and homemakers, outlaws and reformers, in telling the story of America's metamorphosis from a rural, isolationist society into a commanding presence on the world st... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$15.95 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$14.35 |
| You Save: |
10.03% |
|
|
|
14
|
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Ronald Takaki
|
|
A dramatic new retelling of our nation's past by today's preeminent multiculturalism scholar, Ronald Takaki, this book examines America's history in "a different mirror"--from the perspective of the minority peoples themselves. Beginning with the colonization of the "New World" and ending with the Los Angeles riots of 1992, this book recounts the history of America in the voices of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Ameri... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$11.99 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$10.79 |
| You Save: |
10.01% |
|
|
|
15
|
Crisis Among The Stars: Dawning Revolution in Cosmology [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
|
|
The author proposes a dramatic new conjecture to explain dark matter, dark energy, and the accelerating expansion of the universe. These three baffling mysteries are signaling the need for a new revolution in cosmology. Only a century ago, the great debate was whether the sun was the center of the universe, and if the Milky Way was the entire universe. Edwin Hubble helped confirm, only in the 1920s, that our galaxy is one of many, and that the universe is expanding. This article traces the histo... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 30751 - Reading Time: 87-123 min.
Category: History
|
2 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
|
|
|
16
|
The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Taylor Branch
|
|
A GROUNDBREAKING BOOK about the modern presidency, The Clinton Tapes invites readers into private dialogue with a gifted, tormented, resilient President of the United States. Here is what President Clinton thought and felt but could not say in public. This book rests upon a secret project, initiated by Clinton, to preserve for future historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. During his eight years in office, between 1993 and 2001, Clinton answered questions and told stories in ... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| List Price: |
$35.00 |
| You Pay: |
$20.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$0.00 |
| You Save: |
100% |
|
|
|
17
|
The Coming of the Third Reich [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Richard J. Evans
|
|
There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world's most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$18.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$16.20 |
| You Save: |
10% |
|
|
|
18
|
1492 [PRE-ORDER ONLY: Available: Nov 03, 2009] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
|
|
  The world would end in 1492?so the prophets, soothsayers, and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. Ours began.In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year. Everything changed in 1492: the way power and wealth were distributed around the globe, the way major religions and civilizations divided the world, and the increasing interconnectedness of separate economies that we now call globa... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| List Price: |
$25.99 |
| You Pay: |
$22.09 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$14.36 |
| You Save: |
44.75% |
Available: Nov 03, 2009
|
|
|
19
|
Fighter Wing [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Tom Clancy
|
|
The #1 New York Times bestselling master of the military genre puts readers right in the cockpit. Tom Clancy's explorations of America's armed forces reveal exclusive, never- before-seen information on the people and technology that protect our nation. Here, the acclaimed author takes to the skies with the U.S. Air Force's elite: the Fighter Wing. With his compelling style and unerring eye for detail, Clancy captures the thrill of takeoff, the drama of the dogfight, and the relentless dangers ou... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$7.99 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$7.59 |
| You Save: |
5.01% |
|
|
|
20
|
Pyramid Quest [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert M. Schoch
|
|
The Egyptologist acclaimed for re-dating the Great Sphinx at Giza sets his sights on one of the true mysteries of antiquity: the Great Pyramid of Giza. What is the Great Pyramid of Giza? Ask that basic question of a traditional Egyptologist, and you get the basic, traditional answer: a fancy tombstone for a self-important pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. This, Egyptologists argue, is the sole finding based on the data, and the only deduction supported by science. By implication, anyone who dissen... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$28.95 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$24.61 |
| You Save: |
14.99% |
|
|
|
21
|
Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About British History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Judy Parkinson
|
|
From civil wars to world wars ... from the Black Death to the Bard to the Blitz, here is the sweeping saga of the storied history of Britain in bite-sized chunksWas Bloody Mary the same as Mary, Queen of Scots? How many King Henrys were there?and which was which? Who won the Wars of the Roses?and why does it matter anyway? From the darkest days of the Hundred Years War to the brutal religious battles of the sixteenth century to the eponymous age of Queen Victoria?on whose empire the sun never se... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$16.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$14.40 |
| You Save: |
10% |
|
|
|
22
|
Truman [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by David McCullough
|
|
The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters--Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson--and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man--a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined--but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. The l... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Category: History
|
13 Reader Ratings:
|
|
|
|
|
| Great |
Good |
OK |
Poor |
|
| You Pay: |
$22.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$18.70 |
| You Save: |
15% |
|
|
|
23
|
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Charles C. Mann
|
|
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, which had running water, immaculately clean s... more info>>
Category: History
|
17 Reader Ratings:
|
| You Pay: |
$16.00 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$14.40 |
| You Save: |
10% |
|
|
|
24
|
D-Day [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Antony Beevor
|
|
The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up ... more info>>
Category: History
|
|
| You Pay: |
$32.95 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$28.01 |
| You Save: |
14.99% |
|
|
|
25
|
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Eric Haney
|
|
Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside--until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action--to reveal the never-before-told story of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force). He is a master of espionage, trained to ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Category: History
|
44 Reader Ratings:
|
| You Pay: |
$7.99 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$7.59 |
| You Save: |
5.01% |
|
![Mid-Length [29867 words]](/images/medium.gif "Mid-Length [29867 words]")
![Short [11691 words]](/images/short.gif "Short [11691 words]")
