The Sea Their Graves: An Archaeology of Death and Remembrance in Maritime Culture - David J. Stewart

DescriptionLike other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly dis...

Overview of one of the most revealing fields of archaelogical research.

Reducere. DescriptionFor more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses...

Reducere. For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwreck...

An extraordinarily open and moving account of Susan Sontag's final months, written by her son and drawing on previously unpublished letters and jou...

The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple - Jean M. Evans

On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital wa...

Reducere. The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, riverme...

The ghosts of the past will not be silenced. The tenth instalment in the worldwide bestselling DCI Daley series. Kinloch must face further tragedy ...

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

A World at Sea sharpens and expands our understanding of how the maritime world contributed to global transformations in the early modern world, fr...

The first ever full account of all the Luftwaffe's naval operations, detailed yet highly readable account, contains a superb collection of rare pho...

This collection centres on the remarkable life and career of the writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), active in Great Britain in the la...

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DescriptionThe arduous development of a dedicated naval air arm for Germany's resurgent military was fraught with the kind of fierce interservice r...

Reducere. This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sove...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael J. JarvisIn an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner's...

Publisher: Lang Syne Publishers LtdAuthor(s): John MackayIllustration(s): 8 illustrations (2 colour)Number of pages: 32Collection: Scottish Clan Mi...

Teach your little ones all about the seaside through numbers with this charming board book. Designed for young readers from 18 months, with beautif...

This volume is an archaeological exploration of the conflict landscapes encountered by volunteers of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civi...

Reducere. The Life of the Prophets in their Graves by the late Muhaddith of Mecca, Sayyid Muhammad ibn al-Alawi al-Maliki is a simple yet profound overview c...

A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societ...

Reducere. Experienced archaeologist Dr. David E. Graves has assembled a helpful collection of over 115 significant up-to-date discoveries from the Old Testam...

David Harrison has contributed to the academic study of tourism over the last thirty years. This book brings together a collection of his published...

Publisher: International Maritime OrganizationNumber of pages: 21Publication date: 1981Dimensions: 209 x 75 x 2Cover type: BookRedescopera farmecul...

Uncovering the insect logic that informs contemporary media technologies and the network society.

A critical examination and exploration of developments in archaeology inspired by John Barrett.Illustrations: B/wEditor(s): Roger C.P. Doonan

This small collection of poems in Rosemary for Remembrance relating to the two world wars began after an emotional visit to the D-Day landing sites...

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonAuthor(s): Tom LawsonNumber of pages: 592Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 150 x 216 ...

Contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts. Each decision is published as soon as possible after it has been given, i...

What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are...

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Reducere. The Donner Party is almost inextricably linked with cannibalism. In truth, we know remarkably little about what actually happened to the starving t...

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"Examines the philosophic-historical conditions of literary theory"--

Reaching back to early experiments with digital writing in the mainframe era and then moving through the personal computer and Internet revolutions...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

Reducere. Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, ...

Reducere. In this hardback, English edition of The Life of Tilkpemaye. Fr. Bazzi takes his reader on a 12-month journey into a day in the life of the village...

In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolv...

Contributor(s): Author: T. J. ClarkWhy do we find ourselves returning to certain pictures time and again? What is it we are looking for? How does o...

The devastation of disease, the pace of death and fears of contagion not only altered the practices of mourning and burial during the calamitous he...

History is recorded in many ways. According toauthor James Deetz, the past can be seen most fullyby studying the small things so often forgotten.Ob...

Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the polit...

Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. All family names that still adorn buildings, streets and charity foundations. While the men blazed across A...

This book tells the story of London's maritime history from the the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day.Publisher: Pen & Sword Book...