Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came from, Paperback - Richard Davenport-Hines

Reducere. It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic trage...

One May night in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five of the greatest artists of the 20th century sat down to supper.Publisher: Faber & FaberAutho...

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Reducere. Richard Davenport-Hines examines how licit medicines developed into a huge illegal business. Drawing on evidence from different continents and cult...

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Omu universal face parte din Co-lectia de economie, un proiect al Editurii Publica sustinut de Unicredit Bank. In aceasta biografie originala, Rich...

WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo sca...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Michael J. HathawayIllustration(s): 24 b/w illus. 1 table.Number of pages: 296Publication date: 202...

Reducere. Breaking the straight trance of received TITANIC history, San Francisco author Jack Fritscher reclaims gay history by writing a pitch-perfect sex e...

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Reducere. Origins of Form is about the shape of things. What limits the height of a tree? Why is a large ship or office building more efficient than a small ...

Reducere. Did the Covid virus jump naturally from an animal species to humans, or did it escape from a laboratory experiment? In this essay, science writer N...

Atlas of Vanishing Places takes you on a voyage to all corners of the world in search of the lost, disappearing and vanished places.Publisher: Auru...

Robbie and Jenna have a problem - Tiddles, the class hamster, has eaten their teacher! As the two friends stumble upon more overgrown and threateni...

The hilarious second book in Nigel William's comic trilogy set in Wimbledon, delightfully re-issued with a stunning new cover.

This is a complete history of the ships built at Leith from c. 1850 until the end of World War I and features the shipyards that eventually became ...

Reducere. A large number of American citizens trace their ancestry back to German immigrants who entered this country over the last centuries. This book is w...

Reducere. Now available in paperback In this second book in the acclaimed Henry Books series, curious little Henry has a new question for his parents: "Where...

Many people have a love of maps. But what lies behind the process of map-making? Here is an accessible and enlightening guide to the sometimes hidd...

DescriptionA page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever chang...

Why great powers decline, from Spain to the United States The extent and irreversibility of US decline is becoming ever more obvious as America los...

They Came to Slay investigates just how D&D became such a powerful mechanic for queer people to examine, explore, and come to terms with who they a...

Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS...

Offers a gallery of the Halo universe, with over 400 images including sketches and concept, detailed interiors and sweeping landscapes, spacescapes...

Reducere. By the author of the acclaimed The Rise and Fall of the British Empire comes a "grand tour of the lives and impact of this truly remarkable breed."...

Reducere. In 1969, while a student in South Africa, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid and tortured, detained and eventually deported. In...

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An insight into the man at the heart of the world's most infamous maritime disasterPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Clifford IsmayIllustr...

The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Nicholas ThomasIllustration...

Reducere. Where did the George and Olive Osmond's family get their roots and looks? Who handed them down their musical talents? Are you related to them? They...

A compelling, lively expose revealing how the world's accountants are ruining the world for their own benefit.

An eye-popping peek into entertainment industry from the magnetic force who has worked with an impeccable roster of stars throughout his storied ca...

Master teachers focused on engaging introductory students and non-majors.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Robert (Princeton University) TignorNu...

An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.The islands of...

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders corporation, first looking at this major in...

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Tthe extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.Illustrations: 35 integrated colour

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard C. WhiteLao Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But the journey of imagination beg...

In deference to Sherlock Holmes's wishes, Dr Watson kept the tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra a secret. However before he died he arranged that the...

And this is where our story really begins. Set between England and the wintry land of Liminus, a world enslaved by the monstrous Gamp and populated...

Reducere. Songs and stories about seafaring have a timeless and universal appeal. These songs, drawn from recordings and archives of Maine singers and collec...

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Steven Harper pays tribute to a respected teacher with this biography of a distinguished William Smith Mason Professor of History at Northwestern U...

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previ...

Reducere. Beginning with the nature of the prophetic role and prophetic books in Israel, Old Testament scholar Aaron Chalmers leads the reader through the va...

Reducere. In the early morning hours of October 19, 1968, a fire spread rapidly through a suburban home in Wilmington, Delaware, killing three sleeping victi...

Fun informative guides on how people in the past solved technological problems.

DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

Reducere. To eight-year old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic comforter in whose absence nothing is real or alive. To his older brother, Robert, his mo...