Longtime activist, author, and antifeminist leader Phyllis Schlafly is for many the symbol of the conservative movement in America. In this provocative new book, historian Donald T. Critchlow sheds new light on Schlafly's life and on the unappreciated role her grassroots activism played in transform[...]
Louis IX has long been known both as a saintly crusader and as the founder of effective royal administration in France. But, in spite of a vast amount of research, the details of what happened under his rule and why it happened have been little understood. Synthesizing this research from a thematic [...]
This wide-ranging study of medieval Europe's response to the challenge of Islam examines the relationship between ideas of crusade and mission, between European projects for military conquest and those for the conversion of Muslims to Christianity. Covering the years from the emergence of Islam to t[...]
The Second Crusade (1145-49) was an ambitious and unprecedented attempt to expand the borders of Christianity in the Holy Land, the Baltic and the Iberian peninsula. Because the expedition to the Levant proved a spectacular failure, historians have largely ignored the impact of this important event.[...]
1192. Returning from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Sir John de Wolfe, a Devon knight, finds England simmering with rebellion. Discovering a body washed up on the shores of the River Exe, its throat cut, Sir John deduces that he was a king'[...]
This title is a re-creation of one of the bloodiest and most significant episodes of early medieval history: the First Crusade, and the taking of Jerusalem in 1095-99.[...]
Helps you to make your way through "Azeroth" and of "The Burning Crusade" and "World of Warcraft" using city and region maps and discover connections to other regions, sub-regions, dungeons and towns. This title features an index that provides a listing of various NCPs, named enemies and beasts in t[...]
In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the centre left for war as an instrument of policy. Thanks to massive deception and self-deception by media and politicians, even the anti-globalisation mo[...]
'I AM TOLD HE IS SUCH A GIANT, THIS BOHEMUND, THAT HE CAN PICK UP AND CONSUME A MAN WHOLE' 1096. The Pope has called for a crusade to free Jerusalem, and half the warriors of Europe have responded. Among them is the Norman, Count Bohemund, one-time enemy of Byzantium, whose help is required if progr[...]
The bloody Albigensian Crusade launched against the Cathar heretics of southern France in the early thirteenth century is infamous for its brutality and savagery, even by the standards of the Middle Ages. It was marked by massacres and acts of appalling cruelty, deeds commonly ascribed to the role o[...]
This is a translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi, a contemporary chronicle of the Third Crusade, 1187-1192. Told from the viewpoint of the European crusaders, it recounts the fall of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 and the subsequent expeditions to r[...]
The fantastic saga of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series continues in this "New York Times" bestselling installment that captures all the excitement and intricate plotting of the original.[...]
This Mass Market Boxed Set contains the three volumes of the Legends of Dune: "Dune: The Butlerian Jihad," 0-765-34077-1"Dune: The Machine Crusade," 0-765-34078-X"Dune: The Battle of Corrin," 0-765-34079-8 "Dune: The Butlerian Jihad"Frank Herbert's "Dune" series is one of the great creations of imag[...]
She's come to stop crime across the globe and bring peace to the universe. Captain America and Spider-Man are on her side; Thanos and Mephisto stand against her. So how can she be the bad guy? Jim Starlin's 1990s cosmic collection culminates when the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Infi[...]
The Goddess has half of the Marvel Universe on her side, but if she doesn't get her way, she's ready to destroy all of it! The Fantastic Four and the Avengers are turned against each other in her cosmic inquisition, and while Adam Warlock seeks answers within, could an even bigger crisis loom if ult[...]
The Young Avengers are the heroes of tomorrow. But two of their members - twin brothers Wiccan and Speed - are boys without a past. When Wiccan's powers begin spiraling out of control, the team sets out to find the one person who might be able to help: the Scarlet Witch, who may be the twins' mother[...]
From 1950 to 1960, millions of Americans throughout the United States willingly and enthusiastically participated in Radio Free Europe's ""Crusade for Freedom."" They signed ""Freedom Scrolls"" and ""Freedom Grams,"" participated in fund-raising dinners and lunches, attended Crusader meetings, march[...]
Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians, his memoirs of this eventful period of U.S. history have become the single most important record of the war. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as E[...]
"The war in Iraq has been a victory of moral fervor over moral clarity. The first without the second is a curse on itself. James Carroll brings to bear-I hope not too late-the moral clarity we so badly need." -Garry WillsWith the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the p[...]
He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he began as a taxidermist and an adventurer who tracked tigers in Borneo with friendly headhunters,[...]
Marketing Jesus to modern America.Founded as a local college ministry in 1951, Campus Crusade for Christ has become one of the world's largest evangelical organizations, today boasting an annual budget of more than $500 million. Nondenominational organizations like Campus Crusade account for much of[...]