"Every once in awhile a writer of particular skills takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight." That's how David McCullough described Mark Kurlansky's _Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World_ , a work that revealed how a meal can be as important as it
The Sword and the pen : selections from world’s greatest military writings
✍ Scribed by 1895-1970, Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir; Adrian, Liddell Hart; Adrian, Liddell Hart
- Book ID
- 110504699
- Publisher
- New York : Crowell
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780690000528
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
145,313;"A Martin Dale book.";Bibliography: p. 275-280
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