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Kallan Garrik is hunting the soulstealers who killed his wife. His determination and skill at eliminating these murderous predators earn him command of the elite Hunter's Brigade. A position known as The King's Steel. Thirty moons of tracking and killing have left him jaded and hollow. So, he is caught off guard when a routine investigation puts him on the trail of the most powerful and bloodthirsty adversary of his career. A trail of victims...

A dynamically written visual history of the world's largest transit system in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory packed with compelling information, as well as fascinating graphics and illustrations.New York wouldn't be New York without the subway. This one-time engineering marvel that united and expanded the city has been a cultural touchstone for the last 114 years. Subway is a complete, concise history of the transit system,...

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Excerpt from BannockburnThe legend of an army of men, devotedly believed for many centuries, is now dead but it died only a very short time ago. It is therefore wrong to sneer at those who rewrite certain portions of history in the light of recent investigation, for the very effort to rewrite is stimulating. We now know far more of Nelson than we did in the centenary year of Trafalgar, for the blue book published last year shows that the men w...

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Excerpt from A History of Modern Europe From the Middle of the Sixteenth CenturyA potentate who keeps a very small army and don't mean any harm. Henry kingsley.HE said potentate's own statement was l'empire, c'est la Paix. But, whether he spoke sincerely or not, he was forced into war to justify his seizure of power and to show himself worthy of being a Napoleon. He found himself fighting, just because he had, or thought he had, the means. On ...

Excerpt from The Resseguie Family: A Historical and Genealogical Record of Alexander Resseguie of Norwalk, Conn, , And Four Generations of His DescendantsThe property which he possessed in France having been lost through the Revolution, he retired to Malta, where he was living when the place was surrendered to Bonaparte in 1798. He died the same year and was buried on the island. He was the author of quite a number of published works, both in ...

Excerpt from Stephen Lincoln of Oakham, Massachusetts: His Ancestry and DescendantsThomas, b. Sept. 15, 1667, m. Esther Smith, daughter of Samuel. She was born Jan. 6, 1671.Mary, b. 1679, m. Nathaniel Shove, son of George and Hopestill (newman) Shove. He was b. Jan. 29, 1668.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importan...

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Local History and AntiquitiesAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cas...

Excerpt from The Ancestry of Daniel Bontecou, of Springfield, Mass: A Record of Forty Successive Generations, Extending Through Thirteen CenturiesPepin the 0141, sometimes called Pepin of Landen, the founder of the family, is said to have been born about 560. He was of a Brabant family and took his designation from Landen (now in Liege, Belgium). Rebelling with other of the great lords of Austrasia, against the rule of Brunehaut, who was regen...

Excerpt from The Bontecou Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Pierre Bontecou, a Huguenot Refugee From France, in the Lines of His SonsThe work originated in the desire of the compiler to trace his lineal descent on the maternal side. Nothing like a genealogy was at first contemplated, but, the discovery of each fact developing a desire for further knowledge, the work continued to grow until its present proportions were reached.About the...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Originally written in 1914 for the six hundredth anniversary of the battle, this book details the history surrounding the Battle of Bannockburn.

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Local History and Antiquities It is difficult to decide how to write the names of men and places. Colchester to a student of Roman things has not the significance of Camulodunum. Yet it has seemed better to give modern names throughout, for the place is the same, and the general student profits though the expert may be annoyed. Similarly common sense dictates that one should write Beauchamp and Ode...

First published in 1928, this book provides a guide to the history of Europe from the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo up until the outbreak of World War One. Throughout the text a chronological perspective is maintained, so as to show how various European trends, such as German and Italian unification, advanced together.