Sails, Skippers and Sextants. A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations, Hardback - George Drower

Fifty stories showcasing the impact made by inspiring individuals and inventions on the development of the sailing world as we know itIllustrations...

Reducere. An inviting history of China from the days of the ancient Silk Road to the present, this book describes a civilization more open and engaged with t...

Anatomy of a Nation explores over 800, 000 years of British identity by examining 50 documents that tell the story of what makes Britain unique: it...

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The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Karl ShawNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Discover the power of the book through 50 of the most influential texts ever written - from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly ...

Reducere. This book tells the story of today's Spanish provinces of Valencia, Castello and Alacant (Alicante), with their profound Moorish legacy.

Newly researched information, good selection of illustrations, good index.Illustrations: 50 black and white illustrations

An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia -and what it means for today's divided worldPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s)...

Reducere. Bang-Bang Boys, Jedburghs, and the House of Horrors is an authoritative look at the history of the training and operations of the Office of Strateg...

Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East. This book begins with the first intimations of the existence of Georgians...

Publisher: Anness PublishingAuthor(s): Evans JeremyNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 188 x 228 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

An examination of world history, told through 50 key documents.

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The history of Maine has always been inextricably tied to its coastline. The sea first brought settlers, and the rich fishing and shipbuilding indu...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, through the perspective of fif...

DescriptionWhat do the Mona Lisa, the light bulb, and a Lego brick have in common? The answer - intellectual property (IP) - may be surprising, bec...

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the...

Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; ...

The reconsideration of the Duke of Wellington as a military commander, focussing on his qualities as a general and on the reputed qualities of his ...

Reducere. The Janowska Road, by Leon Weliczker Wells, originally published in 1963, remains one of the most important accounts of Jewish life during the Holo...

Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly...

This is the story of plant life on Earth, retold through a remarkable record of spectacular fossils. Palaeobotanist Paul Kenrick explains the impor...

Recent American political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, reveal profound disquiet with the highly centralized political regi...

Reducere. DescriptionBarbecue: It's America in a mouthful. The story of barbecue touches almost every aspect of our history. It involves indigenous culture, ...

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, told through the story of fifty of t...

A collection of the greatest goalscorers in the history of British football. Profiles of 50 of the greatest, including Bloomer, Dean, Greaves, Law,...

A decolonised reading list for anyone who wants to redress the racial bias of their education and to rethink what are considered the 'classics' of ...

Designed specially for undergraduate course use, this textbook is both an introduction to the study of American slavery and a reader of core texts ...

Using original letters, diaries and newspapers, the stories of Melusine and Henrietta are vividly told, bringing these influential women back to li...

The preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba.Editor(s): Alejandro de la Fuente

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Reducere. DescriptionNow available in English for the first time, Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to pre...

DescriptionThe 5, 000-year-old Iceman discovered frozen in the Alps may have treated his gallstones, Lyme disease, and hardening of the arteries wi...

Reducere. DescriptionBristol Bay in Southwest Alaska is one of the great commercial fisheries on earth. More than half of the world's sockeye salmon return t...

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Reducere. Peter Weltner's 'An Old Man Sails a Paper Boat, a Chapbook, ' is a collection of twenty-four poems, is an evocation of age, of memories...." There'...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Published to celebrate the life of Mike Peyton, 'the world's greatest yachting cartoonist', with personal tributes from successful and well-known s...