Discover the textures of everyday life in colonial Hawaii-from missionary households and sugar plantations to hula schools and military bases-through the eyes of the people who lived it.Daily Life in Colonial Hawaii offers a rich, ground-level view...Loe edasi...
Discover the textures of everyday life in colonial Hawaii-from missionary households and sugar plantations to hula schools and military bases-through the eyes of the people who lived it.Daily Life in Colonial Hawaii offers a rich, ground-level view...Loe edasi...
A brilliant memoir from the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable ManuscriptsChristopher de Hamel is one of the world s best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where h...Loe edasi...
Im Jahr 1970 stand ein australischer Farmer namens Leonard Casley vor dem Ruin. Die Regierung hatte gnadenlose Produktionsquoten fur Weizen eingefuhrt, die ihm die wirtschaftliche Existenz raubten. Statt den Bankrott zu akzeptieren, fand Casley ein a...Loe edasi...
Stellen Sie sich eine Stadt vor, in der die Oberflache einer Marslandschaft gleicht und bei 50 Grad im Schatten das absolute Nichts herrscht. Doch unter der roten Erde, in einem Labyrinth aus verlassenen Minenschachten, bluht eine geheime Gesellschaf...Loe edasi...
In 1971, a wealthy libertarian real estate developer named Michael Oliver decided that the only way to escape taxes and government overreach was to build a brand new country from scratch. His plan was audacious: dump barges of sand onto the Minerva R...Loe edasi...
Auf der abgelegenen Osterinsel, beruhmt fur ihre kolossalen Steinstatuen, existiert ein noch groeres, ungelostes Geheimnis: Rongorongo. Ein System von Glyphen, kunstvoll in Holztafeln geschnitzt, das moglicherweise eine der wenigen unabhangigen Erfin...Loe edasi...
In 1860, the Victorian Exploring Expedition set out from Melbourne to achieve the ultimate prize: becoming the first Europeans to cross the Australian continent from south to north. Led by Robert OHara Burke and William John Wills, the lavishly fund...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197777695)
In 1815, the Russian vessel Rurik set off on a three-year voyage through the Pacific and Arctic oceans in a quest to find the worlds most elusive geographic feature, the Northwest Passage. Financed by a wealthy Russian count and commanded by a fame-...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Black Inc., ISBN-13: 9781743824481)
A groundbreaking account of the people and places that have shaped Aboriginal MelbourneIn Wheres All the Community? Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited, Julie Andrews paints a vivid portrait of the Aboriginal community in Melbourne, from 1835 to today.Dra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197777701)
In 1815, the Russian vessel Rurik set off on a three-year voyage through the Pacific and Arctic oceans in a quest to find the worlds most elusive geographic feature, the Northwest Passage. Financed by a wealthy Russian count and commanded by a fame-...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040631324)
Between 1949 and 1972, Australia became the largest centre of violent Croatian nationalism outside of Europe. This book reveals how radical Croatian groups - responsible for bombings, armed incursions, and political violence across two continents - w...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040515990)
Between 1949 and 1972, Australia became the largest centre of violent Croatian nationalism outside of Europe. This book reveals how radical Croatian groups - responsible for bombings, armed incursions, and political violence across two continents - w...Loe edasi...
Die gigantischen Steinkopfe der Osterinsel, die sogenannten Moai, faszinieren die Menschheit seit Jahrhunderten. Lange Zeit erzahlte man sich eine tragische Geschichte von okologischem Selbstmord: Ein isoliertes Volk, das im blinden Wahn immer groere...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Feb-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Melbourne University Press, ISBN-13: 9780522881912)
Was Robert Menzies out of step with the swinging 1960s, or did he shape the profound changes that it wrought Menzies led Australia for over half the decade, finally retiring in 1966 as our oldest prime minister. His reputation for stability and conti...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Feb-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Melbourne University Press, ISBN-13: 9780522881721)
For generations, Indigenous peoples in Australia have faced systemic barriers to justice and are often denied the right to determine their own legal and cultural futures. Defending the Defenceless is a powerful exploration of Indigenous self-determin...Loe edasi...
