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  • Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail, 1700–1860

    Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

    by Rif Winfield, John Tredrea, Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, Manuel Blasco Felip ...
    "A beautiful work . . . certain to become the standard work in English on the Spanish sailing navy." —Seaways' Ships in ScaleThis book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have covered the British Navy, two have been devoted to the French Navy and one each to ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Loquat

    Botany, Production and Uses

    by Manuel Agustí, Josep Armengol, Maria Luisa Badenes, Manuel Blasco, Julián Cuevas González, Vittorio Farina, Elisa González-Dominguez, Qigao Guo, Liang Guolu, Juan José Hueso, Yuanyuan Jiang, Francisco Legaz, Hailan Lin, Shoukai Lin, Dahe Lin, Shunquan Lin, Shiwei Ma, Belén Martínez-Alcántara, Amparo Martínez-Fuentes, Carlos Mesejo, Julia Morales, Ana Quiñones, Carmina Reig, Esteban Soler, Jincheng Wu, Bisha Wu, Xianghui Yang, Peng Ze, Lifen Zhang ...
    Series series Botany, Production and Uses
    Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) is a subtropical evergreen fruit tree indigenous to China. Records show it has been cultivated in China for over 2000 years. From this beginning, loquat has spread to more than 30 countries around the world. Grown in various regions of Asia, the Mediterranean and across the Americas, loquats suit both temperate and subtropical areas, sharing the same ... Read more

    $141.59 USD

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  • Conquistador

    Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

    by Buddy Levy ...
    In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.” —Hernán CortésIt was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Last Days of the Incas

    by Kim MacQuarrie ...
    The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Conquest

    Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico

    by Hugh Thomas ...
    Series series Gift for History Buffs
    Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Argentine Fight for the Falklands

    by Martin Middlebrook ...
    An account by the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War.Avoiding involvement in the issue of sovereignty and concentrating entirely upon the military story, this history is a unique and balanced look at the 1982 war for the islands that the UK called the Falklands and Argentina called the Malvinas, a ten-week conflict ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Conquest of the Aztec Empire

    A Chronicle of the Collision of Two Worlds (long non-ilustrated version)

    by Alejandro Toulet ...
    Trying to understand the conquest of the Aztec Empire entails penetrating one of the most fabulous and sad episodes of the history of mankind. It is well known that the Spaniards, led by Hernan Cortes, conquered the Aztecs; the most powerful civilization of Mesoamerica. However, there are many questions regarding the actual events. For instance: how did Hernan Cortes communicate with the Aztecs? ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : the Treasure Ships of the Pacific

    With an Annotated List of the Transpacific Galleons 1565-1815

    by Shirley Fish ...
    During the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the transpacific treasure galleons sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco. In Manila, the vessel was loaded with the scented spices of the East, luxurious silks from China, exquisite hand crafted lacquerware from Japan and a multitude of Oriental goods that the Spaniards of New Spain longed to own. The returning galleon from Acapulco to Manila, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Golden Empire

    Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America

    by Hugh Thomas ...
    From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fought the French and expanded the Spanish empire, and the bold conquistadors who were his agents. Thomas ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Chaco War 1932–35

    South America’s greatest modern conflict

    by Alejandro de Quesada ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The Chaco War was massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost a 100,000 lives.An old fashioned territorial dispute, the contested area was the Gran Chaco Boreal, a 100,000-square mile region of swamp, jungle and pampas with isolated fortified towns. The wilderness terrain made operations difficult and costly as the war see-sawed between the two sides.Bolivian troops, ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid - A Tactical Analysis: Attacking

    by Athanasios Terzis ...
    Series Book 1 - Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid - A Tactical Analysis Book Set
    Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid:A Tactical Analysis - AttackingA Chance for You to Learn Mourinho's 4-2-3-1System of Play, Tactics, Each Player's Responsibilities,Positioning & Movement With Every Possible Phase of Play The long awaited study of Jose Mourinho's tactics is finally here with an extensive analysis of his Real Madrid team's 4-2-3-1 formation.You can now see a full analysis of Real Madrid ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Conquistador Voices (vol I)

    The Spanish Conquest of the Americas as Recounted Largely by the Participants

    by Kevin H Siepel ...
    The Spanish Conquest: What Really Happened?Conquistador Voices is for readers who might like to learn more about events related to the 15th-century “discovery” of the Americas by Europeans, events that were likely broad-brushed and sanitized in their schoolbooks. This two-volume set tells the stories of four important Spanish explorers or military leaders—Columbus and Cortés in vol I, and Pizarro, ... Read more

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