Talty, Stephan.
Summary: In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2742 TALSǧur, Philippe-Paul
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2742 SEGNafziger, George F.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 NAFZamoyski, Adam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 ZAMLieven, D. C. B.
Summary: In his major new history of the Russian conflict immortalized by Tolstoy in "War and Peace," Lieven provides an examination of the period from the Russian perspective, demonstrating that Napoleon's defeat in 1812 by the Russian army was just the beginning of what would be the longest military campaign in European history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 LIECate, Curtis
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1985
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 CATSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: For the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean tells the story of one of history's bloodiest battles through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEAAkunin, B. (Boris)
Summary: "Detektivnyĭ roman Borisa Akunina, deĭstvie kotorogo razvorachivaetsia na fone groznykh sobytiĭ voĭny 1812 goda, iavliaetsia khudozhestvennym prilozheniem k sed'momu tomu proekta 'Istoriia Rossiĭskogo gosudarstva'. Takoĭ pary syshchikov v istorii kriminal'nogo zhanra, kazhetsia, eshche ne bylo..." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Izdatelʹstvo AST 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 FIC AKUSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISBlack, Jeremy.
Summary: Explores both the military and diplomatic events that focus on the actions of the British during the War of 1812, comparing it to other conflicts in Europe during this time frame.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 BLAHaythornthwaite, Philip J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1990
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 HaythPalmer, Alan Warwick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1967
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 PALCornwell, Bernard
Summary: "If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Napoleon
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 1992
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAPRothenberg, Gunther Erich
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 ROTNapoleon
Summary: Creating the fighting force -- Preparations for war -- A military education -- The combat arms -- Generalship and the art of command --Army organization -- Strategy -- Fortification -- The army in the field -- The operational art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 NAPZamoyski, Adam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 ZAMNicolson, Adam
Summary: The author uses the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.2745 NICBarbero, Alessandro.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 BARChrastil, Rachel
Summary: "A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I. Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.08 CHRCornwell, Bernard
Summary: An illustrated account chronicles in detail events ranging from Napoleon's escape from Elba through Waterloo's three major battlefield events.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.2 CORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 CORForester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The press of the Readers club 1942
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FORAdkins, Roy.
Summary: "On October 21, 1805, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. In what came to be known as the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's Royal Navy, under the command of Lord Horatio Nelson, clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain. Their landmark victory set the British on their vast imperial course."-Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006