The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces. Or, the Journal of a Tour through those Countries Undertaken to Collect

First published in 1773, and reissued here in its 1775 second edition, this account by Charles Burney (1726-1814) traces one of the journeys he und...

DescriptionProlific Italian artist and author, Bruno Mugnai introduces the Dutch Army of the third quarter of the 17th century in the first of a ne...

When James Boswell persuaded Samuel Johnson to embark on a tour of Boswell's native Scotland in 1773, the adventure resulted in two magnificent boo...

Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides form a natural pair for an OWC because both books, often r...

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In 1773, the great Samuel Johnson-then 63-and his young friend and future biographer, James Boswell, traveled together around the coast of Scotland...

This is the most comprehensive history of the Netherlands available in the English language. It surveys Dutch history from the 16th century, when t...

Reducere. Turkey has gone through significant transformations over the last century--from the Ottoman Empire and Young Turk era to the Republic of today--but...

Publisher: Berghahn BooksNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 229 x 184 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Nils Edling...

Reducere. DescriptionRoland Allen discusses how to conducts successful missions, comparing his own church's methods with the historical descriptions of the f...

Reducere. This book presents a sweeping overview of the historical and philosophical foundations of schooling in the United States. Beginning with education ...

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Reducere. The United States Coast Guard traces its origins to 1790, but was not officially named until 1915. At last there is one definitive volume describin...

Reducere. An abridged classroom edition of Howard Zinn's bestselling history of the United States, with teaching materials to accompany each chapter. Like Vo...

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Nearly thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, debates over paths to market liberalization have produced numerous studies across the socia...

Reducere. This invaluable reference guide illustrates every standard automobile license plate issued in the United States, from 1903 to 1993. Author James K....

Reducere. The Definitive Reference Guide for U.S. License PlatesThis invaluable reference guide illustrates every standard automobile license plate issued in...

New edition of a unit history originally published in 1945 in Germany, compiled from the official history of the VII Corps, summarizing the events ...

Reducere. Faced with the most challenging moment of his life, Mark Lichterman had to ensure his mind was in a state of positivity and gratitude. He would fin...

The history and meaning of the Berlin Wall remain controversial, even three decades after its fall. Drawing on an extensive range of archival sourc...

Reducere. Did you know that Germany is a relatively new country? Its many different states only united in 1871, and it reunited after the fall of the Berlin ...

This second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers a comprehensive overview of German history from its transformation as a loose patchwork o...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Publisher: Sylvia of Durham PublishersAuthor(s): Sylvia HurstNumber of pages: 272Collection: Laugh or CryPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 166 x 24...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Akiko HayashiIllustration(s): 20 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Akiko HayashiIllustration(s): 20 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022...

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Reducere. Kate Cumming was one of the first women to offer her services for the care of the South's wounded soldiers. Her journal provides a look behind the ...

Reducere. 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, History A provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today's costly, e...

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Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to t...

Reducere. The drug policies of the Nordic countries have been relatively strict. Since this seems to contradict the internationally recognized liberal crimin...

Reducere. The value of Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger cannot be overstated. It presents a vivid picture of Irish society on the eve of the Great Famine, e...

Reviews the latest changes in trade policies in post-Soviet countries, and how they affect the dynamics and structure of trade. The publication inc...

A riotous, technicolour account of the evolution of heavy music.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): JR MooresIllustration(s): 19 illustrationsNumbe...

A riotous, technicolour account of the evolution of heavy music.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jr MooresIllustration(s): 19 illustrationsNumbe...

Reducere. Advance Praise for the Inextinguishable Symphony ""A Fascinating Insight into a Virtually Unknown Chapter of Nazi Rule in Germany, Made all the Mor...