A personal account of Commodore Perry's landmark expedition to Japan and life in the antebellum navy George B. Gideon Jr. served as second assistant engineer aboard the USS Powhatan from 1852 to 1856. From his position on the steam frigate, Gideon traveled to Singapore, Labuan, Borneo, Hong Kong,
When Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan is offered the chance to test-fly a new B-2 bomber in strategic warfare training sorties, he jumps at the chance. This is McLanahan's chance to reconfirm his flying skills. By the author of 'Flight of the Old Dog' and
Now in John Murray B-format, the famous exploration of Northern Greece by the great twentieth century travel writer known to generations for A Time of
Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910-1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland. Leading experts in Irish history, literature and culture address Ireland's entrance into modernity as a response to the lingering memory of the national leader
Další z Donleavyho románů, v nichž nad hladinu jiskřící vtipem tu a tam vytryskne temná ponorná řeka melancholie, se odehrává během druhé světové války a těsně po ní. Balthazar B. je v jistém smyslu protipólem Sebastiana Dangerfielda z Donleavyho prvotiny Zrzoun: je to