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  • The Hammer of Witches

    A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum

    by Christopher S. Mackay ...
    The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl

    by Michel Launey, Christopher Mackay ...
    Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning with basic syntax and progressing gradually to more complex structures. Each grammatical concept is ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • False Prophets and Preachers

    Henry Gresbeck’s Account of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster

    Series series Early Modern Studies
    In February 1534, a radical group of Anabaptists, gripped with apocalyptic fervor, seized the city of Münster and established an idealistic communal government that quickly deteriorated into extreme inequality and theocratic totalitarianism. In response, troops hired by the city's prince-bishop laid siege to the city. Fifteen months later the besieged inhabitants were starving, and, in the dead of ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Quantifying Counterfactual Military History

    by Brennen Fagan, Ian Horwood, Niall MacKay, Christopher Price, A. Jamie Wood ...
    Series series ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society
    Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    3 Stories About - Poverty & Struggle

    A trio of classic tales perfect for a commute, walk or quiet night in

    by Anton Chekhov, O Henry, Mary Mackay ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Tom McLean, David Shaw-Parker ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 22 min

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

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  • Malleus Maleficarum

    by Heinrich Kramer ...
    Translated by Montague Summer ...
    The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Art of Maneuver

    Maneuver Warfare Theory and Airland Battle

    by Robert Leonhard ...
    The Art of Maneuver shows how true maneuver-warfare theory has been applied in campaigns throughout history. With a genius for apt analogy the author shows how our obsession with fighting and winning set-piece battles causes us to overlook an enemy’s true vulnerabilities. But as low-intensity conflicts promise to become the dominant warfare of the future, the importance of maneuver in attacking an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Understanding Modern Warfare

    by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale, Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck, C. Dale Walton ...
    Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military professionals and students of military history. Key features include: incisive coverage of the debates surrounding contemporary and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Blackett's War

    The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

    by Stephen Budiansky ...
    A Washington Post Notable BookIn March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • How to Fight a War

    by Mike Martin ...
    Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from over-ambitious goals to disregarding intelligence, terrain, or enemy capabilities. This not only wastes the lives of civilians, the enemy and one's own soldiers, but also fails to achieve geopolitical objectives, and usually lays the seeds for more ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Science of Bombing

    Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command

    by Randall Thomas Wakelam ...
    After suffering devastating losses in the early stages of the Second World War, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force established an Operational Research Section within bomber command in order to drastically improve the efficiency of bombing missions targeting Germany. In The Science of Bombing,Randall Wakelam explores the work of civilian scientists who found critical solutions to the navigational ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Military Power

    Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

    by Stephen Biddle ...
    In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic ... Read more

    $30.29 USD