"Walter Schmid, a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps, was one of hundreds of thousands of POWs interned in the United States during World War II. Drafted into the German army at twenty, he had fought for only five months when captured in Tunisia in May 1943. Schmid was sent first to POW camps in Oklahoma (Gruber, Bixby, and McAlester) and was soon transferred to New Mexico in July 1944. Walter Schmid worked in southern New Mexico's Mesilla ..."
"Julius Caesar stands out as the most famous and readily recognized of Roman names. Who has not heard his famous expression, Veni, Vidi, Vici? Brilliant general, shrewd politician, insightful observer of human affairs, Julius Caesar's reputation is richly deserved. This specially illustrated text focuses on Caesar's Gallic Wars. It has been designed to facilitate the process of translation and make it more natural for readers, since the ..."