Adrian Gilbert si addentra nell'antica conoscenza esoterica e nei misteri religiosi, esplorando le connessioni nascoste tra storia, mitologia e tradizioni spirituali. Il suo stile di scrittura è caratterizzato da un'indagine approfondita su significati velati e sulla saggezza delle civiltà antiche. Il lavoro di Gilbert mira a rivelare aspetti sconosciuti del passato, offrendo ai lettori prospettive alternative sulla coscienza umana. Il suo approccio distintivo attrae coloro che cercano profonde intuizioni sui fondamenti esoterici del nostro mondo.
Chi erano i tre Re, i tre saggi testimoni della nascita di Gesù? Da dove venivano e per quale motivo intrapresero il viaggio fino a Betlemme? Adrian G. Gibert risponde a queste e ad altre domande un una nuova esplorazione della leggenda dei Magi.
Il libro è un'indagine sul mistero delle piramidi. Perché gli egiziani costruirono le piramidi quando non si ha traccia di monumenti simili in epoche precedenti? Perché furono distribuite in modo casuale nel deserto e non raggruppate in un unico luogo? Perché, se davvero si tratta di tombe, furono costruite di dimensioni così imponenti?
I Maya, popolo misterioso che edificò straordinarie piramidi nelle foreste tropicali dell'America centrale, sono ancora circondati da enigmi irrisolti: da dove arrivarono, perché scomparvero improvvisamente e perché costruirono templi così eccezionali? Decodificando le loro complesse rappresentazioni astronomiche, gli autori rivelano il significato delle profezie, giungendo alla conclusione che la nascita e la fine della civiltà coincidono con i cicli delle macchie solari e che le antiche civiltà dell'America centrale furono fondate dagli antichi egizi sopravvissuti alla scomparsa di Atlantide.
Just under 300,000 Allied servicemen from Britain, the Commonwealth and the United States were captured in Europe and North Africa between 1939 and 1945. Using a wealth of new sources, POW describes their experiences. Prisoners' day-to-day lives are vividly rendered: the workings of the prison-camp system; the ways in which prisoners maintained contact with the outside world through letters, parcels and the benign agency of the Red Cross; artistic and intellectual endeavours; as well as unacknowledged aspects of camp life such as the development of sexual relations - both heterosexual and homosexual. Everyday life is offset by high drama, as POW tells of the secret organisations who smuggled escape aids to the prisoners. In return they furnished their home nations with intelligence from occupied Europe. Although few men were actively engaged in escape attempts, many provided tacit support or were engaged in sabotage and other resistance activities.
Surveys the armed forces and battles of the First World War, including the Western and Eastern fronts and the war in the Middle East, covering such topics as recruiting, uniforms and equipment, trench warfare, naval campaigns, and the use of tanks and airplanes.Surveys the armed forces and battles of the First World War, including the Western and Eastern fronts and the war in the Middle East, covering recruiting, uniforms, equipment, trench warfare, naval campaigns, tanks, and airplanes.
From an award-winning and bestselling historian, the first comprehensive military history in over fifty years of Hitler's famous and infamous personal army: the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was one of the most feared combat organizations of the twentieth century. Originally formed as a protection squad for Adolf Hitler it became the military wing of Heinrich Himmler's SS and a key part of the Nazi state, with nearly 900,000 men passing through its ranks. The Waffen-SS played a crucial role in furthering the aims of the Third Reich which made its soldiers Hitler's political operatives. During its short history, the elite military divisions of the Waffen-SS acquired a reputation for excellence, but their famous battlefield record of success was matched by their repeated and infamous atrocities against both soldiers and civilians. Waffen-SS is the first definitive single-volume military history of the Waffen-SS in more than 50 years. In considering the actions of its leading personalities, including Himmler, Sepp Dietrich, and Otto Skorzeny, and analyzing its specialist training and ideological outlook, eminent historian Adrian Gilbert chronicles the battles and campaigns that brought the Waffen-SS both fame and infamy.
A profile of the world of the combat sniper offers readers a perspective on their endeavors in World War II and Vietnam with a collection of firsthand accounts that describe training, historical battles, and modern-day roles. Reprint.
The present world will end on 22nd December 2012, so prophesized the Maya 5000 years ago in their inscriptions deep within the Central American rainforests. Who were the Maya? Where did they come from and why did they suddenly disappear? Will we suffer floods, volcanic eruptions and choas in 2012?
In this explosive book, the authors show that after the Roman conquest, Britain retained its culture; its royal families intermarrying with the Caesars. There were two kings named Arthur -- one, the son of the emperor Magnus Maximum, the other his sixth-century descendant. Their lives rolled into one and elaborated upon by medieval poets, they became the single King Arthur of myth and legend. The authors reveal the burial grounds of both Arthurs as well as a secret historical current linking our times with the mysteries of Arthur and the Grail. From the Paperback edition.
