Michael Howard Books

It was meant to be a simple task of repossessing an executive jet from Nigeria... Mike became embroiled in a mess created by an English aristocrat involved in illegal currency dealing. At the same time, Mossad agents were plotting the kidnapping of a Nigerian diplomat in Kensington. To escape certain death from two groups of very angry Nigerians, Mike took off from Lagos International Airport, without permission, only to have the Nigerian Air Force waiting to shoot him down. They didn't succeed but Mike was arrested in The Ivory Coast where he finally landed. In a horrible twist, Mike's friends, two engineers who helped him escape, were jailed in Nigeria for two years. This incredible true story will make you hold your breath, laugh and cry.

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Produced in association with the Musee Marmottan Monet, this beautifully illustrated book looks at the life and work of the leading light in the Impressionist movement.

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Through a selection of paintings, drawings and sketches by more than 20 painters, and extracts from their writings, this book provides an insight into the lives of the men and women who forged the Impressionist movement. Personalities featured include Renoir, Monet, Degas and Pissarro.

With prints ranging from the 1860s through the 1920s, Claude Manes nearly seventy years of productivity are fully represented to confirm his artistic eminence as one of the founders of Impressionism. A total of sixty works from each stage of his career ore seen in striking prints. A fascinating introduction reveals the Parisian life and Monet's influences, including the Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige which led to the design of his own famous garden.

A tour de force of both European and military history, The Franco-Prussian War is a superb account of this hugely important conflict, ideal for the student, historian and general reader alike. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Bertrand Taithe.

In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive war, and - in highly controversial passages - considers the relationship between war and politics.

Focusing on the historical significance, this book showcases the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, highlighting its original construction as the longest suspension bridge in the world in 1926. It features rare images documenting the planning, construction, and the people behind the bridge's creation. Additionally, the vintage photographs capture the bridge's evolution over the decades, emphasizing its enduring role as a symbol of the Philadelphia-Camden metropolitan area.