Author: Jac Weller
Publisher: Frontline Books
Keywords: peninsula, wellington
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2012-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 184832653X
ISBN-13: 9781848326538
This classic account of Wellingtons tactics and strategy in the Peninsular War is one of the best single-volume works ever written on the epic campaign.Jac Weller covers all the battles with the French in which Wellington was involved. Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca and Vitoria are among the famous battles that he brings to life once more, with the aid of meticulous research, extensive visits to and photographs of the battlefields themselves, and an unwavering ability to cut a clear path through tangled military events.Wellington in the Peninsula brilliantly demonstrates how a great commander fi
Authors:RUTH DRAN, AVI KATZ,
Publisher: MAZO PUBLISHERS
Keywords: peninsula, little
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2011-09-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1936778874
ISBN-13: 9781936778874
"The Little Peninsula" is set in 17th century America, what is known today as Bayonne, New Jersey. For fifteen thousand years before white men, the explorers and pirates, embark on the land, Indians have lived there harmoniously with nature, taking from the land only what is needed. Land ownership is unknown to them. For much of the time, "The Little Peninsula" and her inhabitants coexist with only minor problems and oftentimes humorous events ... that is until the aliens arrive. Then all havoc breaks loose. Big Owl, Old Woody, The Admiral Sea Gull, The General Pigeon, and many more of their
Author: C. W. Shepherd
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Keywords: iceland, peninsula, west, north
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2008-10-09
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0559163959
ISBN-13: 9780559163951
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
Author: Stephen W. Sear
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: campaign, peninsula, richmond, gates
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0618127135
ISBN-13: 9780618127139
To the Gates of Richmond charts the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, General George McClellan"s grand scheme to march up the Virginia Peninsula and take the Confederate capital. For three months McClellan battled his way toward Richmond, but then Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces. In seven days, Lee drove the cautious McClellan out, thereby changing the course of the war. Intelligent and well researched, To the Gates of Richmond vividly recounts one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
Author: Jacilee Wray
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Pre
Keywords: peninsula, olympic, peoples, native
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0806135522
ISBN-13: 9780806135526
The Native tribes of Washington State?s Olympic Peninsula share complex histories of trade, religion, warfare, and kinship. Yet few books have depicted the indigenous people of this region from a Native perspective. "Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula" introduces readers to nine tribes: the Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Skokomish, Squaxin Island, Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah. Written by members of the Olympic Peninsula Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee and enhanced by photographs and maps, the book is divided into sections focusing on e
Author: Melanie Wiggins
Publisher: IUniverse
Keywords: bolivar, peninsula, stories, law, own, made
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-10-19
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0595141919
ISBN-13: 9780595141913
Bolivar Peninsula, at the entry into Galveston Bay, attracted a colorful parade of characters including pirates, military adventurers, smugglers, settlers and oil drillers. In isolated environs everybody did what they wanted, and for years there was only one sheriff who never arrested a soul except a girl who refused to dance with him. Old-timers add their escapades to the narration.
Authors:Mike M. Mochizuki, Michael OHanlon,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: peninsula, korean, crisis
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-07-29
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0071589791
ISBN-13: 9780071589796
"In describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O’Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place." --Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University IN EARLY 2002, in his fateful state of the union address, President Bush described North Korea as being a member of the "Axis of Evil." Since then, the U.S. has gone to w
