A must for Star Wars fans young and old, this stunning guide to the galaxy is chock-full of amazing pop-ups, fold-outs and flaps. It contains tons of facts, pictures and trivia about the trilogy. A real collector's item.

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author World War I Sites by Books LLC Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: World War I defensive lines, World War I memorials and cemeteries, World War I museums, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, List of war cemeteries and memorials on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Imperial War Museum

Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97.As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BCE to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we... Less

Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke of Baseer's trackers. Wanted for a crime she didn't mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find....

Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker - with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body....

Ten huge and tireless creatures land in England and, using their deadly rays and crushing strength, threaten the very existence of humankind....

Why do we have Rwandas, Bosnias, and Somalias? This book explores the sources of such bitter, prolonged conflicts that result in immense human tragedies of civilian deaths and mass refugee flows. The author argues that such conflicts, and not wars between states, are the wars of the future. What can the United Nations and other international institutions do about them? Can organizations designed to manage conflicts between states successfully manage wars whose origins are domestic? The author develops some ideas about conflict resolution and peace derived from such recent experiences of war.

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Road to War: Volume II of the Course Books by Rick Austinson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New The Road to War is the second in a series of five episodic- collections, chronicling the adventures of one Hunter Jusenkyou. The Road to War tells a story in an unusual way; instead of the traditional linear novel, this book, like the last, is divided into a series of short stories. Stories appear in chronological o

"I am a survivor of the Guatemala civil war." In 2004, Laurie Levinger left her home in Vermont for Guatemala where she planned to teach English to Maya university students. But on the first day of class, Levinger became the student instead of the teacher when a young man named Fernando introduced himself by saying "My father was killed when I was four months old. I am a survivor of the Guatemala civil war." Shocked, Levinger's first thought was "What war?" Beginning in 1960, fighting between the Guatemalan military and guerrilla fighters raged across this Central American country. By 1980, this violence-which began with a CIA-backed coup and efforts by the United Fruit Company to protect its financial interests-turned into the massacre of Maya people in every corner of... Less

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author History of the Wars, Books I and II: The Persian War (Dodo Press) by Procopius Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Procopius of Caesarea (c. 500-c. 565) was a prominent Eastern Roman scholar of the family Procopius. He is commonly held to be the last major ancient historian. The writings of Procopius are the primary source of information for the rule of the Roman emperor Justinian. He was the author of a history i