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  • Aikido to Zen

    The Story of Martial Arts

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Martial arts, both traditional and modern styles, enjoy widespread popularity, and many people practise them non-competitively whether for self-defence or physical development. Stars like Bruce Lee and films such as The Karate Kid have further contributed hugely to the perception of martial arts in Western popular culture.Aikido to Zen explores the development of martial arts across the world, ... Leer más

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  • Spying for the Raj

    The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya

    de Jules Stewart ...
    In the 1860s, Captain Thomas Montgomerie trained natives to be surveyors, and had them explore the region covertly. These men, known as pundits, were disguised as lamas (holy men). This book talks about these servants of the Raj who managed to map the Himalayas and Tibet, helping the British to consolidate their rule in the Indian sub-continent. ... Leer más

    $14.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Khyber Rifles

    From the British Raj to Al Qaeda

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in the no-mans land between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Khyber Rifles fought for the British Raj against their own kith and kin.Jules Stewart tells the story of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton, the man who raised the Khyber Rifles in 1878, and describes the Khyber Rifles in action. ... Leer más

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  • Madrid

    The History

    de Jules Stewart ...
    At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also the most enigmatic of Europe's capitals: hard to decipher for the Spanish and for foreigners alike.Its intense character and the abrupt manner and hectic lifestyle of the Madrileños can make even ... Leer más

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  • Crimson Snow

    Britain's First Disaster in Afghanistan

    de Jules Stewart ...
    In the mid-nineteenth century, the British and Russian Empires played the 'Great Game,' a rivalry for supremacy in Central Asia. To secure a 'buffer zone' in Afghanistan, between India and Russian territory, Britain launched the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1838. Initial success, including the imposition of a puppet regime supported by too few troops (a situation that has great resonance today), was ... Leer más

    $10.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Savage Border

    The Story of the North-West Frontier

    de Jules Stewart ...
    For centuries, Pakistan's North West Frontier has been seen as a lawless wilderness, which more recently has given sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden and other fundamentalist Muslim leaders. This, the first significant book on the territory for 40 years, includes first hand accounts of life and soldiering on the Frontier since the Second World War. It also tells how the British and invaders before and ... Leer más

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  • Madrid

    Midnight City

    Series series
    Spain’s top city for tourism, Madrid attracts more than six million visitors a year. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart relate the story of a city and its people through the centuries, while their carefully curated listings give a nod to well-known attractions and sights, as well as hidden gems. Spain’s art capital, with its ‘Golden Triangle’ of museums and myriad art galleries, Madrid is also a city ... Leer más

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  • Cádiz

    The Story of Europe's Oldest City

    This is the tale of Western Europe's oldest continuously inhabited city, a 3,000-year history of war and seafaring, culture and commerce, liberalism and resistance. Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart offer a vibrant account of Cádiz past and present, from its ancient founding myths to its reinvention as a trendy tourist destination. They illuminate Cádiz's experiences under Roman and Moorish rule; ... Leer más

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  • Frontier Fighters: On Active Serivce in Warziristan

    The Memoirs of Major James Cumming

    These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the Northwest Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2. He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken.Cummings served in two Frontier units, the South Waziristan Scouts and the Corps of Guides. Waziristan, ... Leer más

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  • Strike Up the Band

    New York City in the Roaring Twenties

    This is the story of the zest for life that gripped New York in the post-war years of the 1920s. The decade ushered in an era of almost unprecedented prosperity and economic expansion that made New York the powerhouse of America and fuelled a wave of creativity in music, fashion, literature and architecture. Strike Up the Band explores how the city became a magnet for a host of outstanding ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Policing the Big Apple

    The Story of the NYPD

    de Jules Stewart ...
    Policing the Big Apple is the story of America’s largest and the world’s most celebrated law enforcement agency. The book covers the full saga of policing New York City, from 1625 in then New Amsterdam, when Johann Lampo became the first cop on the beat, through 1930s battles with the Mafia, to 1990s Zero Tolerance and the NYPD’s role in making New York one of the safest cities in the USA. As well ... Leer más

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  • Gotham Rising

    New York in the 1930s

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    New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today – from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich - only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in the city's 400-year history. After the roaring twenties, the catastrophic Wall Street Crash and ... Leer más

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