Black Book of Communism, The Item#: BK2533 The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression Written by Stephane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Panne, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek, Jean-Louis Margolin Translated by Jonathan Murphy Edited by Mark KramerAlready famous ... Price: $42.50 |
Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander Item#: BK2198 Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution by Francis Casimir KajenckiGeneral Casimir Pulaski, an experienced and accomplished cavalry commander, came to America in 1777 to fight for American independence. He had passionately ... Price: $29.95 |
Clash of Moral Nations, The Item#: BK2443 The Clash of Moral Nations: Cultural Politics in Pilsudski's Poland, 1926-1935 by Eva PlachThe May 1926 Coup d'Etat in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or "cleansing." The event has been explored in terms of the ... Price: $42.95 |
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1) Item#: BK2469 Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1): The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230-1466 Written by Stephen Turnbull Illustrated by Peter DennisThroughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most ... Price: $16.95 |
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2) Item#: BK2470 Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2): The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185-1560 Written by Stephen Turnbull Illustrated by Peter DennisThe original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and ... Price: $16.95 |
Early Polish Modern Art Item#: BK2434 Early Polish Modern Art: Unity in Multiplicity by Marek BartelikThis groundbreaking work examines four avant-garde groups that emerged in Poland toward the end of World War I: the Formists, the Poznan Expressionists, the Young Yiddish group and ... Price: $84.95 |
First Polish Americans, The Item#: BK2521 The First Polish Americans: Silesian Settlements in Texas by T. Lindsay BakerThis award-winning history was the first to provide a detailed and well-documented account of the first organized Polish immigrant communities in America. Author T. ... Price: $19.95 |
Heart of Europe: The Past in Polands Present Item#: BK2520 Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present by Norman DaviesThe image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative ... Price: $21.95 |
History of Poland, A Item#: BK2433 A History of Poland by Anita J. PrazmowskaThe turbulent history of Poland has long attracted international interest. In this wide-ranging survey, Anita J. Prazmowska explores the story of Poland from early settlements, through to the emergence ... Price: $19.95 |
Hussite Wars 1419-36, The Item#: BK2454 The Hussite Wars 1419-36 Written by Stephen Turnbull Illustrated by Angus McBrideIn 1415, the judicial murder of the religious reformer Jan Hus sparked a major uprising in Bohemia. His death led within a few years to the 'Hussite' revolution ... Price: $17.95 |
Kosciuszko: Military Engineer of the American Revolution Item#: BK2351 Thaddeus Kosciuszko: Military Engineer of the American Revolution by Francis Casimir KajenckiThis military biography of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (Thaddeus or Thad in English) concentrates on his remarkable engineering achievements in the American ... Price: $34.95 |
Land of the Winged Horseman: Art in Poland 1572-1764 Item#: BK2182 Land of the Winged Horseman: Art in Poland, 1572-1764 by Jan K. Ostrowski Translated by Krstyna MalcharekIn its golden years of the Baroque era, Poland expressed creative ties to east and west in extraordinary works of fine and decorative art. ... Price: $19.95 |
Main Currents of Marxism Item#: BK2437 Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown Written by Leszek Kolakowski Translated from the Polish by P.S. FallaRenowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and ... Price: $25.95 |
Medieval Polish Armies 966-1500 Item#: BK2472 Medieval Polish Armies 966-1500 Written by David Nicolle and Witold Sarnecki Illustrated by Gerry EmbletonThis book describes the organization and illustrates the equipment of the armies that shaped the remarkably varied and colourful history ... Price: $17.95 |
Napoleons Polish Lancers of the Imperial Guard Item#: BK2453 Napoleon's Polish Lancers of the Imperial Guard Written by Ronald Pawly Illustrated by Patrice CourcelleThis book draws on original regimental records to give by far the most detailed account ever published in English of the organization and ... Price: $15.95 |
Napoleons Scouts of the Imperial Guard Item#: BK2452 Napoleon's Scouts of the Imperial Guard Written by Ronald Pawly Illustrated by Patrice CourcelleDriven out of Germany after his defeat at Leipzig in 1813, Napoleon seemed to face disaster. Some 345,000 Allied troops were converging on France ... Price: $15.95 |
Nation in the Village, The Item#: BK2415 The Nation in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland, 1848-1914 by Keely Stauter-HalstedHow do peasants come to think of themselves as members of a nation? Keely Stauter-Halsted explores the complex case of the ... Price: $19.95 |
On Poland and Poles - Jaroslaw Krawczyk Item#: BK2293 Exquisite publication on Poland's history by Jaroslaw Krawczyk. Richly illustrated, this is a colorful story describing Poles' efforts, in their thousand-year history, to find the place among other nations, sometimes "with fire and sword", sometimes ... Price: $69.95 |
POL- AM Item#: BK2419 POL-AM, a History of Polish Americans in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1862-1945 by Florence Waszkelewicz ClowesIn the nineteenth and twentieth century, Polish immigrants came to Pittsfield seeking work in the woolen mills. They settled in the ... Price: $14.95 |
Poland Item#: BK2396 Poland: A Novel by James A. MichenerLike the heroic land that is its subject, James Michener's Poland teems with vivid events and unforgettable characters in the sweeping span of eight tumultuous centuries. In a tradition of resistance to ... Price: $7.95 |
Poland Between East and West Item#: BK2532 Poland Between East and West: The Controversies over Self-Definition and Modernization in Partitioned Poland by Andrzej WalickiHarvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies: The August Zaleski Lectures Harvard University, 18-22 April 1994Lecture ... Price: $7.00 |
Poland: An Illustrated History - Pogonowski Item#: BK2188 Poland: An Illustrated History by Iwo Cyprian PogonowskiInsightful presentation of Poland's millennial history deftly balances brevity with scope and the provincial with the continental - a unique perspective that rewards the reader time and ... Price: $16.95 |
Poland: Proud History, Great Future Item#: BK2185 Polska: Dumna Historia, Wielka Przyszlosc - Poland: Proud History, Great Future This bilingual Polish/English book presents Polish history and contemporary Poland in brief from an enormous wealth of source material pictures, of which are both ... Price: $49.95 |
Polish Armies 1569-1696 (1) Item#: BK2455 Polish Armies 1569-1696 (1) Written by Richard Brzezinski Illustrated by Angus McBrideFew people will realise that at one time the Polish state was one of Europe's great powers. One of the chief instruments of her success was undoubtedly her ... Price: $15.95 |
Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2) Item#: BK2456 Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2) Written by Richard Brzezinski Illustrated by Angus McBrideThe 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, ... Price: $15.95 |
Polish Kings and Royal Families Item#: BK2352 Polish Kings and Royal Families Text by Anna Rosner Illustrated by Marek SzyszkoThe book includes The Piasts, The Jagiellons, and Free election leaders.Publishing House: Elipsa, Warszawa 2006 Softcover book measuring 8" x 9" 80 pages, ... Price: $29.95 |
Polish Winged Hussar 1576-1775 Item#: BK2468 Polish Winged Hussar 1576-1775 Written by Richard Brzezinski Illustrated by Velimir VuksicThe Polish hussar was, to quote one of many foreign visitors impressed by them, 'without doubt one of the most spectacular soldiers in the world'. Most ... Price: $17.95 |
Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, The Item#: BK2545 The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, c. 1500-1795 Edited by Richard ButterwickThe Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was, according to legend, a picturesque backwater ruled by an anarchic and selfish nobility that reduced its monarchy ... Price: $104.95 |
Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights Item#: BK2458 Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights Written by Stephen Turnbull Illustrated by Richard HookBy 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result ... Price: $19.95 |
Teutonic Knight: 1190-1561 Item#: BK2471 Teutonic Knight: 1190-1561 Written by David Nicolle Illustrated by Graham TurnerThe Military Order of Teutonic Knights was one of the most famous Crusading Orders, on a par with the Templars and the Hospitallers. Having originally focused ... Price: $17.95 |
Traitors & True Poles Item#: BK2441 Traitors & True Poles: Narrating A Polish American Identity, 1880-1939 by Karen MajewskiDuring Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's reemergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a ... Price: $24.95 |
Travellers History of Poland, A Item#: BK2528 A Traveller's History of Poland by John RadzilowskiPoland is a major European country with over 38 million inhabitants and a land area comparable to Spain. It has played a major role in European history, but its subjugation by foreign powers in ... Price: $14.95 |
True Heroes of Jamestown Item#: BK2370 True Heroes of Jamestown by Arthur L. WaldoTrue Heroes of Jamestown is a fascinating foray into the earliest era of European settlement in North America and further back into relations between Poland and England, which led to the presence of ... Price: $14.95 |
United States and Poland, The Item#: BK2534 The United States and Poland by Piotr S. WandyczFrom the Preface: "This book is a survey and a tentative synthesis. Based largely on published studies and documents it necessarily reflects the paucity of works in this field. This is ... Price: $64.50 |
Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Item#: BK2465 Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Written by Gordon L. Rottman Illustrated by Ronald VolstadWhile much has been published on the armed forces of the USSR during the 1980s, surprisingly little is available on the forces supplied by the other member ... Price: $17.95 |
White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920 Item#: BK2568 White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920 and "The Miracle on the Vistula" by Norman DaviesSurprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history.In White Eagle, Red ... Price: $29.95 |