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Discusses the history, development, and social characteristics of the Venetians and describes their armor, ships, and some of the battles in which they engaged.
Discusses the history, development, and social characteristics of the Venetians and describes their armor, ships, and some of the battles in which they engaged.
A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition--never more so than since …
"A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition--never more so than since…
Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity and relays his extraordinary journey…
Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt, not the Lebanon which a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains.