Stories of the Stones explores how ancient monuments - standing stones, megaliths and earthworks - have been reimagined across the centuries in folklore, literature, art and popular culture. From medieval myths to Romantic fascination and from folk-h...Loe edasi...
Stories of the Stones explores how ancient monuments - standing stones, megaliths and earthworks - have been reimagined across the centuries in folklore, literature, art and popular culture. From medieval myths to Romantic fascination and from folk-h...Loe edasi...
Absorbing and exhilarating . . . This book will literally expand your horizons MICHAEL PALINA panoptic, deeply researched and compelling history of our nation PATRICK BARKHAMA fascinating, immersive history of Britains footpaths and routeways fr...Loe edasi...
Sari: Nineteenth-Century Science, Technology and Medicine: Sources and Documents
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040852170)
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves t...Loe edasi...
Sari: Nineteenth-Century Science, Technology and Medicine: Sources and Documents
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040852095)
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289480)
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with co...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040611357)
This book presents an alternative argument to the established opinion that witchcraft began to decline in the eighteenth century and that by the early twentieth century at the latest, it had largely ceased to exist.The idea that witchcraft disappeare...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040591543)
This book presents an alternative argument to the established opinion that witchcraft began to decline in the eighteenth century and that by the early twentieth century at the latest, it had largely ceased to exist.The idea that witchcraft disappeare...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235670488)
The Counter-Culture of Conscience: Protestant Nationalism and the Irish RepublicFor three centuries, a remarkable and often overlooked tradition ran through the heart of Irish political life, the tradition of the Protestant who chose Ireland over com...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235758582)
The Wearing of the Green: The Life of James Napper TandyJames Napper Tandy, ironmongers son, Dublin municipal agitator, Volunteer artillery commander, co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen, French général de brigade, and the revolut...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235714274)
Warwickshire, England. February 14, 1945.A farm worker walks into a field to cut a hedge and never returns home.By evening, neighbors find him dead near his tools. A billhook lies by the hedge. A pitchfork stands upright in the soil. The ground tells...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233041341)
Flannan Isles, Scotland. December 1900.A lighthouse that should never go dark does exactly that.When the relief ship reaches Eilean Mòr, the signal is gone. No light. No horn. No response. Inside the tower, everything suggests interruption. A ch...Loe edasi...
From the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth century, a wide network of English-speaking men, women, and children took up residence in the Ottoman Maghrebi regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. There they formed expatriate communities, engaged wi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040466841)
The sources in this volume concentrate on British investments in Latin America-both material and imaginative-including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, J...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040697764)
The sources in this volume concentrate on British investments in Latin America-both material and imaginative-including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, J...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837723393)
This is the first scholarly study of Britains oldest pilgrimage site in continuous use, St Winefrides Well. Since the martyrdom of its titular saint in the seventh century, pilgrims have flocked to the shrine in Holywell, north Wales, in search of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Wales Press, ISBN-13: 9781837723409)
This is the first scholarly study of Britains oldest pilgrimage site in continuous use, St Winefrides Well. Since the martyrdom of its titular saint in the seventh century, pilgrims have flocked to the shrine in Holywell, north Wales, in search of...Loe edasi...
Intrigue, espionage, and deception. The truth behind 8,000 once top-secret files, so explosive their authors never dreamed they would be released.Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britains Cold War forgery empire. Their secre...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798215439036)
The Celts did not decorate their world. They communicated through it — through tattooed skin and dyed textiles, through sword scabbards whose ornament announced region and rank, through hillforts positioned on ridgelines to command the horizon...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798215753125)
Shot and Left for Dead: Robert Adrain, The Irish Revolutionary Who Invented Modern StatisticsRobert Adrain arrived in America in 1798 as a wounded fugitive, shot by one of his own men at the Battle of Antrim, hunted by a former employer, fleeing a fa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233448713)
Sacred Islands of Ireland takes you across the western edge of the Atlantic where stone, sea, and devotion shaped a distinctive Irish spiritual world, built on discipline, endurance, and place memory.From Skellig Michael and its monastic severity to...Loe edasi...
In this guide-thats-not-a-guide, metal detectorist cousins Ellie and Lucie explore their local landscape, getting to grips with the hobby, history and themselves along the way. Enchanting and visceral DR MADELEINE PELLINGBrilliantly witty and mag...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Pan Macmillan, ISBN-13: 9781035097333)
Sensational Daily MailPublished for her centenary, Elizabeth II is a brilliant new portrait of the late Queen, full of fresh revelations. From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of Charles III, it is the essential story of her life and...Loe edasi...
THE MAJOR NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE QUEEN: AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Impeccably researched . . . Hugo Vickers offers us his piercing insights into the innermost workings of the Royal family - DAILY MAILHis knowledge of royalty and aristoc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233804601)
The British Redcoats, with their distinctive uniforms and unwavering discipline, stood out in numerous historical engagements. Their ability to adapt to different environments and combat situations was unparalleled. Whether facing formidable ene...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233578670)
Druids and Monks in Medieval IrelandThe Hidden Clash Between Celts and ChristiansIn the mist-covered landscapes of ancient Ireland, a silent struggle unfolded—one that would reshape the spiritual and cultural identity of an entire nation. This...Loe edasi...
From the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth century, a wide network of English-speaking men, women, and children took up residence in the Ottoman Maghrebi regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. There they formed expatriate communities, engaged wi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233537431)
865 AD. The year that changed England forever.A vast Viking force—known as the Great Heathen Army—landed on the shores of Anglo-Saxon England with one goal: conquest.But this was no ordinary raid.These were not scattered bands of raiders...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040864098)
Residential Housing and Nuclear Attack (1984) considers the likely effects of a nuclear attack and examines the effectiveness of proposed civil defence measures. It looks in particular at the degree of protection residential housing is likely to prov...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040881101)
Originally published in 1976 the theme of this book was that the advance of the British economy between 1660 and 1780 was not continuous and, contrary to a widely held view, there was a pause or at best retarded growth between about 1725 and 1750. Su...Loe edasi...
