For the first time, the history of one of the most significant and longest-lasting Luftwaffe combat units is presented. Operating against Tito and his partisans in Yugoslavia, Nachtschlachtgruppe...
Instructive text and 275 color photos guide readers through all the necessary steps to create natural looking garden pools and swimming ponds. Imagine paradise in your own gardena combination of...
This book has been created as a primer showing the best available and rare photographs of Panzers with units at the front. Covered are the Panzers I, II, 38(t), III, IV, Panther and Tiger tanks on...
What was successively titled the 4th Bomb Wing, 3rd Bomb Division and finally 3rd Air Division entered combat with the VIII Bomber Command in May 1943. Under the charismatic leadership of Gen....
W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his...
The historical study of crime has expanded in criminology during the past few decades, forming an active niche area in social history. Indeed, the history of crime is more relevant than ever as...
Collectible porcelain Christmas plates by Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl and other popular commemorative series, including Mothers' Day, Jubilee, and Childrens' Day plates. Over...
This collection of over 250 contemporary retro-style cheesecake, glamour, and hot rod pinup photographs żeby Northern California artist Marilee Caruso takes women from all backgrounds and...
This facsimile reprint of the very rare 345th Bombardment Group (M) war book appears here in a new quality edition. The 345th Bombardment Group, the famed Air Apaches, flew against the Japanese in...
Cloth dolls from their ancient ancestors to present day examples. Over 500 illustrations and explanatory text provide the most comprehensive study guide for this area in doll collecting available...
In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed aby the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent...
The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny appear here in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny's fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy in...
Merlin Mission Books 1-4 of the #1 New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series boxed together for the first time ever!Beyond the realms of time and space are lands that exist only in myths...
This work meets a long-standing need in the helping professions aby being the first and only comprehensive book devoted to these priority-defining and goal-setting values clarification strategies...
The fourth in a series of seasonal watercoloring books based on artist Kristy Rice's cutting gardens, this book celebrates winter's blossoms such as amaryllis, hollyberry, hellebores, and...
On March 6, 1944, and the Eighth Air Force would launch a full scale assault on the German capital of Berlin. "High Noon over Haseluenne" is a microcosm look at one bomb group that flew the...
'The chief thing is that they all need him' -thus Dostoyevsky described Prince Myshkin, the hero of perhaps his most remarkable novel. As the still, radiant center of a plot whose turbulent...
Following the high casualties in close-quarter combat in Russia, in 1942 the Wehrmacht established the Close Combat Badge in three grades and was awarded to those after a specific number of...
This new, extensively researched volume is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment during America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Included...
Lavishly illustrated and extensively researched, this fascinating book chronicles the widening accessibility of jewelry between 1860 and 1960. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, only the affluent...
Stunning vintage and contemporary wearable art accessories are presented in 575 color photographs including close-up shots detailing the intricacy of handwork involved. An exquisite assemblage of...
The uniforms and equipment of the elite German Fallschirmj ger is the subject of this detailed, illustrated study. Authentic items - smocks, dress tunics, boots, insignia, helmets, visor caps,...
This respected reference for collectors of wristwatches includes hundreds of watches in nearly 2000 photos, which celebrate both the style and mechanics of the designs. Watches from around the...