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  • The Siege of Petersburg

    The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864

    by John Horn ...
    A revised and expanded tactical study General Grant's Fourth Offensive during the American Civil War.The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the American Civil War. A series of large-scale Union "offensives," grand maneuvers that triggered some of the fiercest battles of the war, broke the monotony of static trench warfare. Grant's Fourth Offensive, August 14–25, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Castaway

    by John Horne ...
    In May of 1831 a British sailing ship has delivered its cargo of fine English furniture to the island of Jamaica for the Walker West India Company, and is returning homeward with a load of raw sugar, molasses and rum. One of the shipmates aboard this vessel, the Arthur Hoyt - is Ship's Mate Edward Tostig, on his third seagoing voyage and just turned 22 years of age in March of that year. Their ... Read more

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  • The Gallery (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A World War II Classic

    by John Horne Burns, Daphne Ulwick ...
    John Horne Burns's The Gallery is a formally daring novel of wartime Naples, set largely around the Galleria Umberto I during the Allied occupation. Composed as a sequence of portraits, monologues, and interlinked episodes, it abandons conventional plot for a modernist mosaic of soldiers, civilians, prostitutes, refugees, and displaced souls. Its style is lyrical, satirical, and unsparing, placing ... Read more

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  • Lee Besieged

    Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18–July 1, 1864

    by John Horn ...
    A vivid account of Grant’s daring but thwarted Second Offensive during the Petersburg siege, where tactical brilliance met fierce Confederate resistance.The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the Civil War. Contrary to popular belief, it was anything but static trench warfare, as John Horn ably demonstrates in Lee Besieged: Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive, ... Read more

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  • The Gallery

    by John Horne Burns ...
    "The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos PassosJohn Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the ... Read more

    $17.19 CAD

  • The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War

    A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859–1865

    by John Horn ...
    Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History. "Splendid . . . will stand among the classics of the discipline." — Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling authorThe 12th Virginia has an amazing history. John Wilkes Booth stood in the ranks of one of its future companies at John Brown's hanging. The regiment refused to have Stonewall Jackson appointed its ... Read more

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  • Ancient Egypt: History, Mythology & Literature

    Illustrated Edition

    by Lewis Spence, Arthur Gilman, George Rawlinson, E. A. Wallis Budge, Gaston Maspero, Agnes Sophia Griffith Johns ...
    Translated by George Rawlinson, E. A. Wallis Budge, Charles F. Horne, James Henry Breasted, Donald Mackenzie0, Flinders Petrie1, Amelia B. Edwards2, Frederic Charles Cook3, James Teakle Dennis4 ...
    Ancient Egypt: History, Mythology & Literature is an enthralling anthology that explores the enigmatic world of one of history's most fascinating civilizations. This collection weaves together a tapestry of narratives that traverse millennia, capturing the essence of Egypt's historical grandeur, mythological intrigue, and literary innovation. Ranging from historical treatises to evocative accounts ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Magical Midlife Alliance [Dramatized Adaptation]

    Leveling Up 7

    by K.F. Breene ...
    Narrated by Full Cast, Karen Novack, Dawn Ursula, Danny Gavigan, John Kielty, Rayner Gabriel, DeJeanette Horne, Holly Adams, Lily Beacon, R.J. Bayley, Ryan Dalusung, Kay Elúvian ...
    Series series Leveling Up

    Unabridged

    11 hours 7 min

    After a disappointing return from the basajaunak lands, it's clear that Jessie and her crew need to form an alliance and fast! A massive battle is materializing, targeting Kingsley. Without more help, they'll never be enough to save Austin's brother from total annihilation.The good news is, gargoyle cairns are interested in meeting her. She's the only living female gargoyle and a connection with ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Football Goes East

    Business, Culture and the People's Game in East Asia

    by John Horne, Wolfram Manzenreiter ...
    Global popular culture and big business have revolutionised the East in a generation. Football, Sport of the masses and now commercial super power, has travelled with this tide of change in the East in its own right.The development of football as a major participatory sport in Japan, Korea and China makes it an ideal case study for analysis of the complex relationship between sport, culture, ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Understanding Sport

    A socio-cultural analysis

    by John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel, Kath Woodward ...
    Series series CRESC
    In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded edition of their classic textbook, John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel and Kath Woodward offer a critical and reflective introduction to the relationship between sport and contemporary society and ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Understanding the Olympics

    by John Horne, Garry Whannel ...
    How did the Olympics evolve into a multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics help us to understand the relationship between sport and society? What will be the impact and legacy of the Olympics after Tokyo in 2020? Understanding the Olympics answers all these questions by exploring the social, cultural, political, historical, and economic context of the Games.This thoroughly revised and ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Inside the Competitor's Mindset

    How to Predict Their Next Move and Position Yourself for Success

    by John Horn ...
    Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
    When it comes to competitive strategy, knowing what your competition is doing is good; understanding why they do what they do and predicting what they are going to do next is best.Leading companies invest a lot of resources into competitive intelligence, so why are they still caught off guard by the actions and reactions of their competitors?In Inside the Competitor’s Mindset, John Horn shares ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD