Lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world - individual and team... Læs mere
Examines the outpouring of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos after the fall of those nations to communist armies in 1975. It focuses on the... Læs mere
William Holden, a true leading man whose career spanned more than 40 years and included over 70 films and three Academy Award nominations, won an Oscar for his role in... Læs mere
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress lived an operational life of only 26 years, but what a life it was. This book provides a chronology of the B-29 from the first feasibility studies and earliest designs in 1934 to the retirement of the last operational B-29 by the Air Force in 1960.
Analyses the dichotomy between the representations of monsters in Victorian British novels and the way... Læs mere
Covers the turbulent history and eventual crash landing of the team (New York Titans) that would become the New York Jets. This book explores the league's constant feuds with the Titans' underfunded and overbearing owner, Harry Wismer.
From 1900 through 2000, the Catholic Church has had nine popes. Their terms of office have ranged from over 25 years (Leo XII) to... Læs mere
Based primarily on 1,900 sources, the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the 1900 Olympic Games,... Læs mere
The birth of modern fantasy in 1930s Britain and America saw the development of new literary and film genres. The work of extraordinary people... Læs mere
Explores how Chaucer transformed the colorless Middle Dutch tale that was his source into the lively and... Læs mere
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War's aftermath, this memoir tells the story of Trinh Do, a boy fighting for survival in newly unified communist Vietnam.