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The Mayan Prophecies : Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization

25 reviews
Adrian Gilbert, Maurice Cotterell

Element Books Ltd, 1996

Dodgy...
The blurb on the back reads "The present world will end on 22 December 2012. So prophesied the Maya 5,000 years ago..." - yet on page 4 the authors indicate that the Maya appeared around 500AD, which by my reckoning is only 1,500 years ago. Such internal inconsistencies riddle this book, and make it unreliable. On the face of it - and ignoring the 2012 prophecy, which uses some pretty ...

POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe, 1939-1945
Adrian Gilbert

John Murray, 2006

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; ...

Sniper: Master of Terrain, Technology, And Timing, He Is A Hunter Of Human Prey And The Military's Most ...

13 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996

A Good, Sound Study On Military Sniping
As a sargeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and student of military science, I found Mr. Gilbert's book to be a well-rounded history and description of the skills, tactics, and training of military snipers. The book commences with the impact of highly skilled marksmen on the outcome of the American Revolution and Civil War, and how firearms technology developed in the many decades since. The bulk of ...

The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids

34 reviews
Robert Bauval, Adrian Gilbert

Three Rivers Press, 1995

AMAZING
Next to Grahm Hancock, Robert Bauval is the creme de la creme of astro-archeology. Everything you thought you knew about the pyramids is WRONG. In the future the work of Bauval and Hancock is the marker that determines our understanding of ancient works like The Great Pyramid. We are in a 'new age' of understanding our past thanks to the works of geniuses like Bauval and Hancock. AMAZING

Stalk and Kill: The Thrill and Danger of the Sniper Experience

6 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998

Very good read.
It contains everything: rich history, amazing stories, and an huge bibliography. A pleasure to read.

2012: Mayan Year of Destiny

7 reviews

A.R.E.Press, 2007

quite interesting
The author presents his ideas well and supports his theories with examples. Enough pictures and explanations to decipher the confusing stone carvings.

The Holy Kingdom

20 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

BANTAM BOOKS/ SKYLARK BOOKS, 1998

Based on ancient manuscripts; excellent.
A vital book. The smear of misread manuscripts is not new and one that various powerful interests have tried through the ages. Anhun, or Annhun Nigri, was indeed Arthur lst as the whole picture presented by an understanding of the interlocking Welsh genealogies shows. Blackett and Wilson have stuck to the ancient record and tried to understand how one Arthur figure could have battled and beaten ...

Going To War In Ancient Greece (Armies of the Past S.)
Adrian Gilbert

Franklin Watts Ltd, 2004

Magi: Uncovering the Secret Society That Read the Birth of Jesus in the Stars

5 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

Invisible Cities Press Llc, 2002

sometimes slow going but worth the trek
I have been fascinated by The Magi since childhood and have done extensive reading in many areas to find a writer who at least had a clue! Gilbert certainly does! While he could have minimalized the ancient military history and cut a bit faster to the chase, his 25 year quest is a rewarding read. Familiarity with Hancock, Bauval, Baigent and Lincoln as well as Gurdgieff might make this a smoother ...

Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Earliest Times...to the Present Day

2 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

The Lyons Press, 2003

Text book for military history class
Fortunately, I had not read the other review on this book when I first purchased it, or else I might have passed on it My social studies department bought 48 of these books after spending a summer searching through countless books which covered military history from the beginning of time to present. I finally picked Gilbert's Encyclopedia of Warfare because it had the best overview of all major ...

The End of Time: The Mayan Prophecies Revisited

1 review
Adrian Gilbert

Mainstream Publishing Company, 2006

Interesting subject, poor write up
This book recounts the authors trip to various locations on the South American continent, interspersed with these recollections are various details about Mayan culture & their prophecies. The travel diary style seems to add nothing to the subject, and comes across as self-indulgent. The author has a poor writing style, using many filler words, and puffing out sentences to far greater length than ...

Sniper One on One: The World of Combat Sniping

1 review
Adrian Gilbert

Trans-Atlantic Publications, 1995

Great historial background resource
This book references many other sniper experts and resources which I would recommend reading as well (especially "93 Confirmed Kills" with Carlos Hathcock. I would say this would be a good start in building knowledge on the subject of sniping and it's development.

Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics

Springer, 2007

Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers to develop a predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, energy, information). These flows have objectives (e.g., minimization of effort, travel time, cost), and the objectives clash with global constraints (space, time, resources). The result is ...

The French Revolution (History Topics)
Adrian Gilbert

Franklin Watts Ltd, 2003

How hard was life for people in medieval times? Why did the French Revolution happen? Why did it take so long for women to get the vote? What was the Cold War? Find the answers to these and many more questions in these lively, informative books, which aim to support topics in the upcoming Key Stage 3 History schemes of work. Through an exciting mixture of colour and black-and-white photography and artwork, fact boxes and biography panels, each ...

Signs in the Sky

3 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

A. R. E. Press, 2005

Discoveries of great significance
Gilbert takes the Biblical prophecy about signs in the sky heralding the end of the age and the birth of a new one, to mean the movement and position of the constellations. He explores the significance of the constellation Orion by investigating its importance in ancient Egypt, in other kingdoms of the Middle East and in esoteric knowledge. The astrology that he investigates has nothing to do ...

Signs in the Sky: The Astrological & Archaeological Evidence for the Birth of a New Age

6 reviews
Adrian Gilbert

Three Rivers Press, 2001

Excellent effort put into this book
First I want to say that the reader will be pleased with the amount of research that carries into this book. Many authors in fact omit much of the research they worked hard at, but I am surprised at the amount of supportive evidense here. (A mini Bible plus). Second this book does not stick to biased religions making it more balanced for the person who just likes plain straight up reality rather ...

Orion Mystery, The: Unlocking the secrets of the pyramids
Robert Bauval, Adrian Gilbert

Arrow, 2001

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