Christian History: An Enthralling Guide to the Story of Christianity, From Its Early Origins Through the Crusades and Knights Templar to Modern Times ... by Billy Wellman (25 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

Four manuscripts in one book: • History of Christianity: An Enthralling Overview of the Most Important Events that Shaped the Christian Church • Early Christianity: An Enthralling Overview of Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, the Conversion of Constantine, and Other Events in Christian History • The Crusades: An Enthralling Overview of an Event in Christian History That Took Place in the Middle Ages • The Knights Templar: An Enthralling History of the Rise and Fall of the Most Influential Catholic Military Order From its ...

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Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes – explorer, consul, soldier, spy by Antony Wynn (Lume Books) (69 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

Percy Sykes was sent by Army Intelligence in the 1890s, first as an explorer and spy, then to open consulates along Persia's eastern borders. His job was to deter Russian expansion towards India. In his time, Sir Percy Sykes was a legend of empire: unpaid, he rode through thousands of miles of the harshest desert, marsh and mountain, often with his indomitable sister. He did whatever he felt necessary to protect his country's interests: when consul at Meshed during a very turbulent time, he bugged the Russian consulate and, armed ...

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Escaping Alcatraz: The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History by Michael Esslinger (65 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

NOTE: This book contains graphic depictions of extreme crime and violence. Its content may not be suitable for all readers. ** Escaping Alcatraz was the winning title of the 2018 International Book Awards in the True Crime category. ** Under the cover of night on June 11, 1962, using only crude homemade tools, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin tunneled their way out of Alcatraz, America's most secure maximum security prison. Enacting a complex escape plan, the trio broke free from the cellblock, made it undetected ...

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Marginal Man: Life of Emilio Goggio by Paul Redvers Brown (19 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

A nineteen-year-old boy made a promise to his eighty-three-year-old grandfather. He would write a book about his life, finally setting the record straight. Fifty-five years later, it's done. This is that book, and I was that boy. I imagined it would be a tribute to the man I loved, something like the letter our family received eight months after my grandfather died in 1979. It was from the University of Toronto Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, expressing their condolences and deep regrets. Here is part of what they had to ...

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The Victorious Blood: Will Show You What Happened In Karbala Thirteen Hundred Years Before. by Hussin Alkheder (45 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

The Victorious Blood portrays a bloody epic which is over thirteen hundred years old. It took place in Karbala, a small town on the bank of the Euphrates river in Iraq. It was between the grandson of the prophet of Islam, al-Hussain bin Ali, who commanded an army that did not exceed a hundred warriors. And Yazid bin Mu'awiyah, the son of the founder of the Umayyad state. His army consisted of thirty thousand soldiers under the command of Omar bin Saad. In The Victorious Blood, you will be taken into the heat of the battle itself and ...

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence (Open Road Media) (2,240 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

The classic account of war and adventure in the Middle East that transformed T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia Originally intended as a study of the great cities of the Middle East, Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence's masterful account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. As a liaison officer for the British Forces in North Africa, Lawrence advised local tribesmen in their rebellion against the Ottoman Turks. He fought alongside future king Emir Faisal and played a crucial role in convincing rival Arab leaders to coordinate ...

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A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving (624 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This classic study profiles serial killers, gentleman murderers, and every stripe of madman in between Benjamin Pitezel should never have trusted H. H. Holmes. In 1894, the two men conspired to fake Pitezel's death for the sake of a $10,000 insurance settlement. But Holmes decided murder would be simpler. He killed his partner, kidnapped three of his children, and tried to claim the insurance money as his own. The scheme unraveled and Holmes killed the children as well. When he was caught, the police had no idea they had captured ...

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True Crime Trivia: 350 Fascinating Questions & Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Serial Killers, Mysteries, Cold Cases, Heists & More by Michelle Tooker (Beguile Media) (177 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Are you the ultimate true crime fan? How much do you know about your favorite cases? Play true crime trivia to find out: ?Did a serial killer roam the Titanic? ?Which food is the most shoplifted? ?How many killers get away with murder each year? ?Did a fax machine identify the Black Dahlia? Discover the answers to 350 eye-opening questions like these in True Crime Trivia. Each question is multiple choice or true/false so you can play trivia against yourself or your friends. Correct answers include surprising stories and shocking ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs