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Counting down the 500 experiences every traveller should have in a lifetime, this is the travel list to end all travel lists. And trust us, we know. At DK Travel, we've helped travellers get closer to destinations around the world for over 30 years. We've celebrated the world's most...

There's simply no better getaway in the United States than a visit to one of the country's 62 national parks from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, from Maine to America Samoa. Profiled in this all-new ninth edition of National Geographic's enduring and informative guide, you'll find expert travel...

Discover the greatest places to experience right now in our epic annual bestselling guide that ranks the world's hottest countries, regions, and cities. Featuring our traditional top 10 lists plus NEW top 10 categories, amazing photography and insider tips, you'll find mountains of inspiration...

Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook to Southwest USA, written by destination experts, combines must-see sights with hidden gems and offers essential tips for both planning and on-the-ground adventures. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility. Inside this...

«Культура скасування» стала звичною частиною сучасного життя в країнах Заходу. В ім’я прогресу, рівності, толерантності та справедливості все більше слів, ідей, наукових досліджень і поглядів оголошуються єретичними. Іноді аргументовано, та зазвичай імпульсивно інтернет-натовпи в соцмережах...

Благодаря приключенческой литературе и кинематографу в массовом сознании утвердился стойкий стереотип восприятия классического пирата: одноногий или одноглазый увалень с серьгой в ухе, пестрой бандане на голове, попугаем на плече и абордажной саблей в руке. Он пьет ямайский ром, чертыхается...

У книзі доктора історичних наук Марини Гримич мова йде про едмонтонську школу української та українсько-канадської фольклористики, засновником якої є Богдан Медвідський, що є не лише відомим дослідником, а й непересічним організатором науки. З книги можна дізнатися про його наукові праці, а...

A Diary from Dixie is a book by an American writer, who was born in a famous slave-owning state, South Caroline, Mary Boykin Chesnut. Basically, this book is a specific chronicle of the Civil War that was described from within her circle of society. Secretly from her husband, Mary Chestnut was...

Benjamin Franklin is the only one of America’s founding fathers to have signed all three of their foundational documents: The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. These documents underpinned the establishment of the United States of America as a...

Luther Standing Bear (1868 - 1939) was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota author, educator, philosopher, and actor. He worked to preserve Lakota culture and sovereignty, and was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans...

At the end of the Second World War, the victorious Allies split Germany into three zones of occupation, and Berlin into four sectors, one each for the British, Americans, French and Soviets. It did not take long for the wartime alliances to crumble into distrust, obstruction, acrimony, and the...

On 6 June 1944 British, American, Canadian and French troops landed in Normandy by air and sea. This was one of the key moments of the Second World War, a long-anticipated invasion which would, ultimately, lead to the defeat of Nazi Germany. By the day’s end a lodgement had been effected and...

CIA Paramilitary Operations in Tibet is the story of how the US government – primarily through the CIA and often in cooperation with India – came to harness, nurture, and encourage Tibetan defiance in one of the most extreme covert campaigns of the Cold War. In particular, it details an...

By the end of 1780 the war for American independence appeared to be approaching a stalemate. After five years of war, Washington’s armies remained in the field. Once France, and then Spain, joined the war, Lord Sandwich as First Lord of the Admiralty was faced with a constant struggle to balance...

Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the book gives a chronological review of the history of the Ranger from the 17th century to the present...

A severe social and political crisis in El Salvador during politicians, religious figures and activists through strikes but organised the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) and launched an armed insurrection against the government in early 1981. Within months, the FMLN established...

As the United Nations armed forces found themselves struggling to quell a Series of armed rebellions, towards the end of 1962 the United States increased its military role in the Congo Crisis by providing the Congolese government with a small air force recruited by the Central Intelligence...

In the spring of 1870 an Anglo-Canadian military force embarked on a 1,200 mile journey, half of which would be through the wilderness, bound for the Red River Settlement, the site of present day Winnipeg. At the time the settlement was part of the vast Hudson's Bay Company controlled...

In early October 1966, the fresh and inexperienced 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the US Army was conducting a Series of routine patrols in War Zone C. A lucky discovery of a rice cache led to the uncovering of a planned base area being established by the Viet Cong insurgents of South Vietnam...

Based on the written testimonies and personal archives of two veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to the famous US 82nd Airborne Division, this book tells the story of two young Americans who unwittingly became actors in one of the greatest crusades against tyranny the...

While the first volume in this mini-Series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year – between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this...

Between 1973 and 1989, various Western powers and Libya were entangled in a seemingly never-ending exchange of blows. Supposedly launched in retaliation for one action or the other, this confrontation resulted in a number of high-profile, even though low-scale, clashes between the Libyan Arab...

Confrontations between Libya, and the USA and France reached their highest point in the period between April 1986 and early 1989. In response to a Libyan-instigated and supported Series of terror attacks against US citizens and interests in Europe, in April 1986 the USA launched Operation El...

During 1779, armies under the command of American General George Washington and British General Sir William Clinton were locked in a strategic stalemate. Washington’s Continental forces were deployed around Middlebrook, in northern New Jersey, while Clinton’s forces defended New York. The entry...

Before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg - for many, the most significant engagement of the American Civil War - a private battle had been raging for weeks. As the Confederate Army marched into Union territory, the Federal Forces desperately sought to hunt them down before they struck at...

This book introduces the reader to an unknown Ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official...

The end of the Cold War introduced an altered global dynamic. The old bond of East/West patronage in Africa was broken, weakening the first crop of independent revolutionary leadership on the continent who no longer had the support of one or other of the superpowers. With collapse of the Soviet...

There are few memoirs available of German Panzer crews that focus on the climactic last 12 months of the war on the Eastern Front, 1944-45. What makes Bruno Friesen's account virtually unique is his family background: his parents came from a German-speaking Mennonite community in Ukraine, and...

Ninety miles from the US coast of Florida, dictators and zealots ruled the island of Cuba for hundreds of years. The last half of the 20th century saw dictator Fulgencio Batista deposed by rebel leader Fidel Castro and his followers. Proclaiming himself a supporter of Cubanism not Communism...

The 5th Battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment was the first rifle battalion in the regular British Army. Raised in 1797, it marked a significant step in the development of British light infantry and rifle corps. Lieutenant Colonel Francis de Rottenburg, the battalion’s commander for...

With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying...

The role of African-Americans, most free but some enslaved, in the regiments of the Continental Army is not well-known; neither is the fact that relatively large numbers served in southern regiments and that the greatest number served alongside their white comrades in integrated units. 'They...

In the Battle in America series well-known historical illustrator Peter Dennis breathes life back into the 19th century paper soldier, supplying all the artwork needed to create the armies which fought for and against the Union across the United States. Here the blue and the grey regiments can...

In the Battle in America series well-known historical illustrator Peter Dennis breathes life back into the 19th century paper soldier, supplying all the artwork needed to create the armies which struggled for Liberty across the states of the colonial new world. Here Washington's army can clash...

Devised by Kelly Johnson and initially operated by the CIA, the U-2 is the world’s most famous ‘spyplane.’ It flew at unprecedented altitudes and carried the most sophisticated sensors available, all in the greatest secrecy. Operating from remote locations and without markings, they often...

Devised by Kelly Johnson and operated by the CIA from 1956-74, the U-2 is the world’s most famous ‘spyplane.’ It flew at unprecedented altitudes and carried the most sophisticated sensors available, all in the greatest secrecy. The second volume of We Were Never There concentrates on the period...

"The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada" by Stephen Leacock is a captivating exploration of the rich and diverse history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Leacock, a renowned Canadian writer and historian, delves into the early periods of Canadian history, shedding light...

Є постаті, які кардинально змінюють хід історії. Часто їхня доля складається трагічно. Ця книжка — не тільки прискіпливе дослідження останніх миттєвостей життя таких людей. Це і портрет епохи, в якій вони жили, воювали та мирилися, кохали й зраджували, народжували дітей… Знамениті монархи...

Сім'я Рокфеллерів - одна з найбагатших та найвідоміших сімей в американській історії. Постать та доля кожного її члена - унікальна. У цих мемуарах онук відомого американського нафтового магната Джона Рокфеллер розповідає історію свого надзвичайного життя. Протягом 13 останніх років життя до...

Канада — нудна й багата країна, де живуть люди, які досконало розмовляють двома мовами. Дороги тут ідеальні, а корупції немає. Засніженими преріями бігають стада бізонів, а десь поміж хмарочосами Торонто й Монреаля бородаті канадці грають у хокей. Це, безумовно, правда, коли йдеться про хокей і...

Американська війна в Афганістані, що тривала з 2001 по 2021 рік, стала найдовшим збройним конфліктом в історії США. Книжка військового аналітика Картера Малкасяна надає вичерпне розуміння всього конфлікту, розкриває політичну, економічну та соціальну складові війни. Спираючись на власний досвід...

«Історія Америки» у її розширеному одинадцятому виданні починається з перших відомостей про Північноамериканський континент і охоплює період розвитку Сполучених Штатів Америки аж до президентства Дональда Трампа. Жвавий, захопливий стиль оповіді, добре організований і щедро ілюстрований матеріал...