A Great and Rising Nation. Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic, Hardback - Michael A. Verney

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Michael A. VerneyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 312Collection: American Beginni...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Michael A. VerneyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 320Collection: American Beginni...

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This book tells the story of HMS New Zealand, a battlecruiser paid for by the people of New Zealand in 1909, and when Japan was perceived as a thre...

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Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was instantly popular, attracting thousands of candidates in its first century. Camilla Russell looks to the ...

Reducere. Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more t...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 23Cover type: Har...

A visual exploration of chemistry, The Stardust That Made Us is the third stunning STEM title from Colin Stuart and Ximo Abadia, following the succ...

Bulent Gokay examines Turkey's recent remarkable political and economic transformation within the context of broader regional and global change to ...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerIllustration(s): heavily illustratedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2010Dimen...

Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. They had engulfed him in various ways throughout his long career and he had always turned to face them...

DescriptionExplore the most enduring empire of the ancient Near East Few nations were able to not only parry but also defeat the mighty Roman Empir...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Benjamin (Independent Scholar) ZawackiNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 164 x 24...

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A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empirePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Eleanor Hubb...

Reducere. Agrippina the Younger attained a level of power in first-century Rome unprecedented for a woman. According to ancient sources, she achieved her suc...

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This compelling book centres on the Great Central Railways early history

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DescriptionCruisers were the Navy's maids-of-all-work employed in a greater variety of roles than any other warship type. Smaller faster and far mo...

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A Brief Illustrated History of Exploration charts the history of exploration all the way from the first explorers, through to contact with the East...

Reducere. Did you know that the Achaemenid Persian Empire stretched from North Africa to Central Asia?If ranked by population percentage, the Achaemenid Empi...

DescriptionOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to...