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In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality.

An insider's guide: how to join the Roman legions, wield a gladius, storm cities, and conquer the world. Your emperor needs you for the Roman army!

Explores the integral roles that Métis women assumed to ensure the survival of their communities during the fur trade era and onward.

"A compelling account... and a reminder that a true peace can be built only on justice." -Desmond M. Tutu.

When Deborah Rudacille was a child growing up in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family.

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spain-the individuals who rediscovered them, theories about their origins, their splendor and mystery.

The war between the Heike and Genji clans in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is among the most compelling and significant moments in Japan's history, immortalized in The Tale of the Heike

"Matyszak writes clearly and engagingly... nicely produced, with ample maps and illustrations." -Classical Outlook.

A German skipper disappeared on Sunday, October 9, 2011, in a valley of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. The international press accuses his Marquesan guide of having killed and eaten him.

By the bestselling author of Just My Type: a “thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating” journey into the concept of time “stuffed with fascinating material” (Observer, UK).

The use of child soldiers in the Sudan Civil War has shattered the accepted understanding of why children join armies.

What does jazz mean 20 years into the 21st century? Has streaming culture rendered music literally meaningless, thanks to the removal of all context beyond the playlist?

Michael Higgins broadens our understanding of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by bringing science, engineering, and technology together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings

Her power was rivaled only by her beauty. Her face has become one of the most recognizable images in the world. She was an independent woman and thinker centuries before her time.