Gavin Daly 
Storm and Sack [EPUB ebook] 
British Sieges, Violence and the Laws of War in the Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815

Between 1940 and 1945, Britain”s Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry …

The attacks and blockade on Yemen by the Saudi-led multinational coalition have killed thousands and triggered humanitarian disaster. The longstanding conflict in the country between the Huthi rebels …

Anahita was the most important goddess of pre-Islamic Iran. From her roots as an ancient Indo-European water deity her status was unrivalled by any other Iranian goddess throughout the course of thre …

Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c. 1700 –1900 provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to 40 days in a lazaretto to ensu …

A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. ‘An utterly engrossing book.’ ZOE WILLIAMSFor centuries we’ve dismissed delusions as something for do …

Soldiers and Students (1975) adopts an original approach to the confrontation of deprived and possessing parties under conditions of scarcity. With reference to the course of conflict, the actions of …

Cruel Habitations (1974) looks at the pre-industrial background in which housing problems are rooted, with the decay of towns and the unsuccessful attempts to better their condition by public health …

"The Glory Of The Coming" is an ancient Historical war story book written by Irvin S. Cobb. Irvin S. Cobb has emerged as a well-known American writer, slapstick comedian, and columnist iden …

A thoughtful and provocative biography of the controversial Pope who led the Catholic Church during World War II There is a claim that Hitler”s rise to power was left unchallenged by the inaction of …

No event in American history was more pivotal-or more furiously contested-than Congress”s decision to declare independence in July 1776. Even months after American blood had been shed at Lexington a …