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Salerno 1943
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $21.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $21.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
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Salerno 1943
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
The Allies invade southern Italy
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American invasion force landed on the beaches of the Gulf of Salerno, only a few dozen miles to the south of Naples. Italy had just surrendered, and the soldiers in the landing craft... Read more >
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Road to Valor
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
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City of Fortune
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $14.99
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $14.99
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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The Borgias
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Read by Enn Reitel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
The Hidden History
Written by G.J. Meyer
Read by Enn Reitel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait... Read more >
German Airborne Divisions: Mediterranean Theatre 1942-45
Written by Bruce Quarrie
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Following the battle for Crete in May 1941, Hitler refused to undertake any further large-scale airborne operations due to the high casualty rate. The Fallschirmjäger subsequently took up a new role as elite 'line' infantry, and they served in the Mediterranean from 1942 to 1945, taking part in the conflict in... Read more >
Written by Bruce Quarrie
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Following the battle for Crete in May 1941, Hitler refused to undertake any further large-scale airborne operations due to the high casualty rate. The Fallschirmjäger subsequently took up a new role as elite 'line' infantry, and they served in the Mediterranean from 1942 to 1945, taking part in the conflict in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Italian Navy and Air Force Elite Units and Special Forces 1940-45
Written by Piero Crociani
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy’s navy and air force in World War II. Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla used frogmen, ‘two-man torpedoes’ and explosive ram-boats. The Italian Air Force formed a special commando unit... Read more >
Written by Piero Crociani
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
This volume assesses the formidable Special Forces fielded by Italy’s navy and air force in World War II. Italian Navy Special Forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla used frogmen, ‘two-man torpedoes’ and explosive ram-boats. The Italian Air Force formed a special commando unit... Read more >
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Italian Navy & Air Force Elite Units & Special Forces 1940-45
Written by Piero Crociani
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
This volume assesses the formidable special forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II, both before and after Italy's surrender in September 1943. The Italian Navy special forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla (Xa MAS) used frogmen, 'two-man torpedoes'... Read more >
Written by Piero Crociani
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
This volume assesses the formidable special forces fielded by Italy's navy and air force in World War II, both before and after Italy's surrender in September 1943. The Italian Navy special forces were particularly active and respected in the Mediterranean, where 10th Motor-Torpedo Boat Flotilla (Xa MAS) used frogmen, 'two-man torpedoes'... Read more >
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Rome
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $18.95
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as a city, as an empire, and as an origin of Western art and civilization.
Starting on a personal note, Hughes takes us to the Rome he... Read more >
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $18.95
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as a city, as an empire, and as an origin of Western art and civilization.
Starting on a personal note, Hughes takes us to the Rome he... Read more >
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Italian Light Tanks
1919-45
Written by Filippo Cappellano and Pier Paolo Battistelli
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. This would largely influence the development of Italian armour during the interwar period... Read more >
1919-45
Written by Filippo Cappellano and Pier Paolo Battistelli
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $17.95
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. This would largely influence the development of Italian armour during the interwar period... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Italian Light Tanks
1919-45
Written by Filippo Cappellano and Pier Paolo Battistelli
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $13.95
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s the Italian army had just one single tank type... Read more >
1919-45
Written by Filippo Cappellano and Pier Paolo Battistelli
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $13.95
The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s the Italian army had just one single tank type... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Second War of Italian Unification 1859-61
Written by Frederick Schneid
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $15.95
The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. Overshadowed by subsequent conflicts, the war saw the first widespread use... Read more >
Written by Frederick Schneid
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $15.95
The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. Overshadowed by subsequent conflicts, the war saw the first widespread use... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Second War of Italian Unification 1859-61
Written by Frederick Schneid
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $20.95
The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. Overshadowed by subsequent conflicts, the war saw the first widespread use... Read more >
Written by Frederick Schneid
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $20.95
The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. Overshadowed by subsequent conflicts, the war saw the first widespread use... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Road to Valor
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $25.00
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $25.00
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Road to Valor
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $12.99
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $12.99
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend: the man who not only won the Tour de... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Garibaldi
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
This book looks closely at the life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Born on July 4, 1807 in the city of Nice, the turning point in his life occurred in April 1833 when he met Giovanni Battista Cuneo, a member of the secret movement known as "Young... Read more >
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
This book looks closely at the life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Born on July 4, 1807 in the city of Nice, the turning point in his life occurred in April 1833 when he met Giovanni Battista Cuneo, a member of the secret movement known as "Young... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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City of Fortune
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $32.00
The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage of Venice to the pinnacle... Read more >
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $32.00
The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage of Venice to the pinnacle... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
City of Fortune
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
How Venice Ruled the Seas
Written by Roger Crowley
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99
“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times
The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Rome
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $35.00
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.
Starting on a... Read more >
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $35.00
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.
Starting on a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Rome
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $14.99
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.
Starting on a... Read more >
A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $14.99
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.
Starting on a... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Venice
Pure City
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $21.00
Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial—a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city.
The Venetians’ language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island people, linked to the sea and to the tides rather than the land... Read more >
Pure City
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $21.00
Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial—a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city.
The Venetians’ language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island people, linked to the sea and to the tides rather than the land... Read more >
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