Year of the Fire: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910, Paperback - Stephen J. Pyne

Reducere. In the summer of 1910, wildfires int eh Northern Rockies scorched millions of acres, darkened skies in New England, and deposited soot on the ice i...

Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. I...

Reducere. A provocative rethinking of how humans and fire have evolved together over time--and our responsibility to reorient this relationship before it's t...

Reducere. Electronic computers are arguably the greatest invention of the 20th century. They are the enablers for many of the technologies that the developed...

There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. In five days that small fire...

A fascinating insight into one of history's greatest catastrophes

A history of British theatre fires. Foreword by Matthew KellyPublisher: Headfield PublishingAuthor(s): Rodney HardcastleNumber of pages: 295Publica...

DescriptionIn March of 1967, Ken Killmeyer became a crew member of USS Forrestal CVA-59, the first of the super aircraft carriers. In 1995, Ken was...

Reducere. Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-ce...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the New York Times bestselling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbin...

Reducere. September 12, 1910: The world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony and the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his ...

Reducere. On April 30th, 1665 Samuel Pepys wrote "Great fears of the sickenesse here in the City, it being said that two or three houses are already shut up....

An inspiring, aspirational and practical guide to building fires both indoors and out.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Sally CoulthardIllustration...

Reducere. How did he walk through walls, escape drowning, and shatter iron chains that were tightly wrapped around him?The rare photos in this book might hel...

Reducere. Elizabeth Mapp-Flint seeks to regain her status as the leader of Tilling society by holding a New Year's Eve party to which Lucia brings two unexpe...

Reducere. In "The Story of the Seer of Patmos, " author Stephen Haskell walks readers right into the life of John the Beloved, explaining in great detail the...

WinstonChurchill was far more than a just successful wartime leader. International war correspondent, WWI soldier and Nobel Prize winningwriter, Ch...

Reducere. To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary air...

Reducere. Much of evangelicalism has forsaken a Word-based approach to Christian spirituality, so to help us recover a model of biblical piety, J. Stephen Yu...

Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its immense, terracot...

Reducere. The Story of the Chinese Zodiac. As the new year approaches, each animal wants it to be named after them, but no one can agree. The Jade Emperor de...

Reducere. Drawing on exhaustive research, this remarkable, intimate account tells the story of how World War I reduced Europe's mightiest empires to rubble, ...

"Methamphetamine was a huge part of this case . . . It was a horrible murder driven by drugs." -- Prosecutor Cal Rerucha, who convicted Matthew She...

Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of ...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Stephen PopeIllustration(s): 60 b/w photos, 10 colour mapsNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. This judicious history of modern Mexico's revolutionary era will help all readers, and in particular students, understand the first great social up...

Reducere. In 1994, a wildfire on Colorado's Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemin...

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Reducere. A national bestseller, the fast-paced and gripping account of the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 from acclaimed science journalist Gina Kolata, now fea...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1859, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, known everywhere as A&P, began as a mail-order business located at 31 Vesey Street in...

Reducere. Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels. Dominoe...

Reducere. An Evangelical Book Club Selection. Evangelical Christians agree that a dreadful destiny awaits those who reject God s presence now. According to t...

This WORKBOOK is designed for use with Living God's Word, a whole-Bible survey that invites readers to see how their faith journey relates to the b...

Reducere. DescriptionPlanting vineyards and producing grapes in what is still the world's coolest vine-growing region has always been difficult. From the day...

'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, includi...

The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain.

"Originally published as Origenes Geist und Feuer: Ein Aufbau aus seinen Schriften"--Title page verso.

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Prima...

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they sh...

Reducere. The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon. One of the most...

Level 5: The Story of the Internet - Stephen Bryant

Reducere. DescriptionIn October 1871, a massive forest fire incinerated the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It was the deadliest fire in North American history,...

New in paperback - A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666....

A vivid account of the life and work of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who designed and built the system of intercepting sewers, pumping stati...

* The classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Thomas PakenhamIllustration(s): Section: 16...

Publisher: BookLife PublishingAuthor(s): Robin TwiddyNumber of pages: 24Collection: How It HappenedPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 255 x 260 x 10...

Reducere. Today, some two million American Indians inhabit the United States, less than one percent of the nation's population. Their origins have always bee...

Packed with rare and unpublished images, this is the definitive story of an iconic British brand - Bass.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Ha...