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	Amerigo Vespucci: The Man Who Gave His Name to America In 1507, European cartographers were redrawing their maps of the world and naming new-found lands of theWesternHemisphere. They settled on the name "America," in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine explorer. Here we meet Amerigo as he really was: a slaver and jewel trader; a rival of Columbus; a sorcerer. Filled with anecdotes, this readable account goes fromMedicean Florence to the Sevillian court of Ferdinand and Isabella, across the Atlantic to the New World.	$25.00 Add:
	An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar Secret societies from the Freemasons to the Ordo Templi Orientis claim descent from this religious order of warrior monks. A private army of the pope, the Templars were established to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land but grew to become the most powerful organization in the Middle Ages. James Wasserman provides a riveting history of the Order and the many mysteries that surround it through a lavish assemblage of 170 illustrations: manuscripts from the Crusades, romantic...	$20.00 Add:
	Churchills War, Vol 2: Triumph in Adversity Using never-before-published diary records from secret British government archives, David Irving takes a close look at how Churchill's decision to prolong the war with Germany led to the ruination of the British empire.	$45.00 Add:
	Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe In 1683, the seemingly invincible Ottoman army was camped out at the gates of Vienna. The future of Europe was in the balance. Read about this pivotal moment in the bloody rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. It’s Islam vs Christianity. It’s East vs West. It’s yesterday vs. today. A rich portrait covering in fascinating detail a battle that is still going on across the globe.	$28.00 Add:
	Falsehood in Wartime The object of this volume is not to cast fresh blame on authorities and individuals, nor is it to expose one nation more than another to accusations of deceit. Falsehood is a recognized and extremely useful weapon in warfare, and every country uses it quite deliberately to deceive its own people, to attract neutrals and to mislead the enemy. The ignorant and innocent masses in each country are unaware at the time that they are being misled, and when it is all over only here and there are the...	$16.00 Add:
	Look to Germany. The Heart of Europe Returning to Germany for the Olympics in Berlin, the new Germany impressed the author so much that he drew from Hitler's photographer Hoffman the pictures and added descriptions to them. Over 300 unique photos with text of all aspects of German life. A great document.	$30.00 Add:
	Montségur and the Mystery of the Cathars On March 16, 1244, after a year-long siege, more than 200 Cathars were captured in their fortress stronghold ofMontseacutegur in the Pyrenees and burned alive by troops of the Inquisition. While some Cathar enclaves survived into the next century, this was virtually the death blow for the Cathars. History has recorded that, on the night before the fall of the fortress, four high-ranking Cathars carried away a great treasure from Montseacutegur, a fact that led rebel Huguenots of the 17th...	$19.00 Add:
	Nemesis at Potsdam The author gives an account of the horrifying expulsion of 15 million German-speaking men, women and children from East Central Europe in the months after the end of WWII. Millions died. The story of that atrocity is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world.	$30.00 Add:
	Rasputin: Neither Devil Nor Saint Perhaps no man in history has had the fantastic lies told about him as has Father Grigory Rasputin. A healer and holy man of great repute—one who tended to the health of the wealthy classes as much as the poverty-stricken, Rasputin has emerged in history as part devil and part mesmerizer. Nothing could be further from the truth, according to Dr. Elizabeth Judas, one who knew Father Rasputin personally and the authoress of this important work. Rasputin: Neither Devil Nor Saint, first...	$15.00 Add: