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Von Osvaldo Tetaze-Maia

Synopsis

In the middle of the 60s, a North American businessman and his Realtor decided to buy the London Bridge that would be auctioned by the City of London, and then they would install it in their Real E...

Printed Version € 13,78 | E-Book Version € 3,75

Eyptian Battle of Kadesh, 1300 BC

An Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

In the simulation the Egyptian tactical maneuver will have three phases, the first being the establishment of divisive defensive devices; the second is the erosion and, if possible, the destruction...

Printed Version € 7,30 | E-Book Version € 3,41

France Campaign, 1914

A German Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The scenario of the wargame that will be used will reinforce four key factors for the campaign's success, and if the original Schlieffen Plan had been maintained, they would certainly have been tho...

Printed Version € 10,62 | E-Book Version € 3,41

World War One, 1914 - 1918

A Historical Simulation of the Central Powers Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Considering the principal historical assumption that the Central Alliance had better military leadership capable of innovating (technology) and maneuvering (flexible planning), based primarily on t...

Printed Version € 14,96 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Peloponnesian Spartan War, 431 - 404 BC

A Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

It will be simulated, based on the summary and analysis of the historical fact, which are the main factors of the strategy adopted by the Peloponnese League (Sparta), concluding by outlining a new ...

Printed Version € 12,21 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Mantinea, September 418 BC

An Argive Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

In the simulation it will be considered the hypothesis of what might have been the final tactical result if the Argive left wing had been reinforced by exploring a technique similar to the oblique ...

Printed Version € 6,71 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Punic Wars, 264 BC

A Carthaginian Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Let us consider, to make the next simulation possible, that the political power of Carthage (the suffetes and the families descended from kings) would have understood the risk of living in the shad...

Printed Version € 10,25 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Medieval Kingdoms in Great Britain, 410 to 1453

A Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The simulation will cover more than a thousand years (410 to 1453 AD) of the history of the island of Great Britain, from the end of the Roman province - that is, the end of the Old Age in the area...

Printed Version € 7,82 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Cannae, August 2nd, 216 BC

A Roman Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Tactics should have sought to guard against the surprises of the Carthaginian device. Initially, leaving aside the pride of the Equites citizens, the cavalry would have been balanced on both flanks...

Printed Version € 6,68 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Battle of Azincourt, October 25, 1415

A French Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

As an outline of the tactical maneuver that will be tested in the wargame - simulated battle - of chapter 3, we present the model of the Sicilian Opening, where we will consider a hypothesis (compa...

Printed Version € 8,21 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Crusades in the Levant, 1096 to 1291

A Catholic Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Since the Persian Empire reinstated a Jewish state in Palestine - after its Diaspora by the Assyrians and Babylonians - through the Empire of Alexander and successors to the Roman Empire, there has...

Printed Version € 9,91 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Matrix for a Study of Military History

Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Based on a summary of the historical fact I seek to highlight the decisive fact (s) causing the negative result (s) before playing the simulation through a board wargame - the actions on the “other...

Printed Version € 6,73 | E-Book Version € 3,41

LIFE OF CONSTANTINE BY EUSEBIUS COMMENTED

CHRISTIANITY AND BIOGRAPHY Von EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA

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There probably was not in the whole church during the first decade of the fourth century, a more learned Christian than Eusebius of Caesarea. Phrases such as the one quoted at the beginning of this...

Printed Version € 9,53 | E-Book Version € 3,92

LITERAPHY

The dialogue between Literature and Geography Von Jamescley Almeida de Souza

Synopsis

The book is aimed at all scholars of space in Literature and for all geographers who wish to see the geographical reality through literary texts. Anchored in the interdisciplinarity between Topoana...

Printed Version € 12,21

Thirty Years' War, 1618 to 1648

A Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

Historians still argue about the reasons for the bohemian (Czech) Wallenstein during the war. Some see him as a German patriot, others as a great mercenary. He did not have Gustavo Adolfo's tactica...

Printed Version € 10,47 | E-Book Version € 3,41

D. and the Attorney

Von Fauno Mendonça

Synopsis

A romance that speaks about an Attorney and Count Dracula. The scenes occur in England, Ireland and Finland. Some surprises wait for you, dear reader.

Printed Version € 17,20

Land Battles in the 16th century

An Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

In the simulation, all the possibilities of the study's purpose are completed, when the past of history is analyzed based on the theory of the present and designed for similar situations in the fut...

Printed Version € 10,43 | E-Book Version € 3,41

Naval Battles in the Mediterranean in the 16th century

An Historical Simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

In the simulations of these naval battles we will use combined adaptations between the board games "War Galley" and "Flying Colors" of GMT Games, thus characterizing well to have been a century of ...

Printed Version € 7,30 | E-Book Version € 3,41

War, Warburg and the World War I press photos

The press photography collection of World War I in the Warburg Archive: report of a research Von Leão Serva

Synopsis

This book is a new study on an unknown collection of war photos of the WW1 found in the Warburg Institute Archive in London. The photos were gathered by Aby Warburg (1866-1929), years before his fa...

Printed Version € 59,15

Battle of Edgehill, 1642, in the English Civil Wars

A historical simulation Von André Geraque Kiffer

Synopsis

The English Civil Wars, between 1642 and 1651, were a series of political machinations between Parliamentarians - the “Roundheads” - and Royalists - the “Gentlemen” -, mainly over the form of gover...

Printed Version € 8,31 | E-Book Version € 3,41

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