An account of the mid-nineteenth-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes.
An account of the mid-nineteenth-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes.
Argues that the Gospels should not be taken literally, that Jesus did not exist, and that there is a connection between Egyptian mythology and Christianity.
A history of a British Army regiment, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, recounts the battles, tactics, leadership, and day-to-day living of soldiers during the American Revolution, from Lexington and Concord to the final battle at Yorktown.
Discusses the invention by Wolfgang von Kempeden of a mechanical man made of wood and powered by clockwork, and its impact on the history of technology.
Documents the divisive efforts by Hungarian Rezső Kasztner and a group of Zionist activists to rescue Jewish deportees during World War II, tracing his efforts to aid Schindler, bargains with Eichmann, and assassination in Israel.
" ... Grayling has distilled the work of hundreds of authors and more than one thousand texts using the same techniques ... that produced the holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. Their wit and advice, human stories, tragedies and yearnings, love and consolati…
