The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H.G. Wells
6 best books like The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H.G. Wells (H.G. Wells): Warriors Of The Steppe: Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.C. To 1700 A.D., A History of Japan, 1334-1615, A History of Japan, 1615-1867, The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, A History of Japan to 1334, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
| Author | Erik Hildinger |
| ISBN | 0306810654 |
The nomadic peoples of central Asia—Huns, Bulgars, Magyars, Mongols—are still known to us for their legendary fighters Attila, Genghis Khan, and Timur Lenk (Tamerlane), as well as for their feats of calculated brutality. (Timur Lenk would leave piles of severed heads in his conquered cities;...
A History of Japan, 1334-1615
| Author | George Bailey Sansom |
| ISBN | 0804705259 |
This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization from 1334 to 1615 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan.
Taken...
A History of Japan, 1615-1867
| Author | George Bailey Sansom |
| ISBN | 0804705275 |
This is the concluding volume of a three-volume work that culminates the life study of the West's most distinguished scholar of Japanese history. A straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1867, the three volumes constitute the first large-scale comprehensive...
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
| Author | Michael Dylan Foster |
| ISBN | 0520271025 |
Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued...
A History of Japan to 1334
| Author | George Bailey Sansom |
| ISBN | 0804705232 |
This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1334 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan.
Taken...
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and his Mongol Horde were good news for the world. Really. Not convinced? Consider the following:
1. Genghis Khan was an advocate of human rights, specifically freedom of religion, freedom from torture and free trade (he got two of the Four Freedoms right, which is pretty impressive...
