(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Dec-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750993654)
Between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the century, life changed dramatically for the working-class people of the Black Country. Having survived the hardships of war, they found themselves facing a slew of social issues, all the...Loe edasi...
London. City of ancient churches and bustling markets, palatial townhouses and modest terraces, two millennia of expansion, commerce and street life. This is its story.In Cruickshank s London, Britain s favourite architectural historian offers a tour...Loe edasi...
In his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death and doesn t like them much. Illustrated with Briggs s inimitable pencil drawings, Time for Lights Out is a collection of short pieces, some funny...Loe edasi...
A tale of 117 years of devotion to duty, peacefulness and calm, disrupted forever by a day of inexplicable violence, a communitys battle to have a lighthouse built. Includes extracts from a lighthouse keepers detailed diary written during WWI on Li...Loe edasi...
Brings Scotlands colourful past to life, snapshots of life, work and play in Edwardian and Victorian ScotlandAn entertaining and valuable historical and social record...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478005650)
From their earliest encounters with Indigenous Pacific Islanders, white Europeans and Americans asserted an identification with the racial origins of Polynesians, declaring them to be racially almost white and speculating that they were of Mediterran...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Nov-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478007203)
Many people first encounter Hawai‘i through the imagination—a postcard picture of hula girls, lu‘aus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea. While Hawai‘i is indeed beautiful, Native Hawaiians struggle with the problems brought abo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496218674)
No one had really heard of Chaminade University—a tiny NAIA Catholic school in Honolulu with fewer than eight hundred undergraduates—until its basketball game against the University of Virginia on December 23, 1982. The Chaminade Silversw...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496218698)
No one had really heard of Chaminade University—a tiny NAIA Catholic school in Honolulu with fewer than eight hundred undergraduates—until its basketball game against the University of Virginia on December 23, 1982. The Chaminade Silversw...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750992978)
Founded by Vikings and later earning the nickname Parva Roma (Little Rome) for its religious devotion, Irelands oldest city has been witness to many significant historical events. From the marriage of Strongbow and Aoife to the splendour of the Ge...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351361583)
The migrant letter, whether written by family members, lovers, friends, or others, is a document that continues to attract the attention of scholars and general readers alike. What is it about migrant letters that fascinates us? Is it nostalgia for a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351361590)
The migrant letter, whether written by family members, lovers, friends, or others, is a document that continues to attract the attention of scholars and general readers alike. What is it about migrant letters that fascinates us? Is it nostalgia for a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750993418)
Born into the gap between the eras of austerity and boom, David grew up in Merseyside amid an inexorable tide of progress, developing a fascination with the past. With a vivid eye for detail and boundless childhood curiosity for everything from steam...Loe edasi...
The story of Liverpool’s women is one of diversity and contrast. This iconic port has welcomed countless nationalities over the centuries, both as residents and passing migrants; it has experienced both great prosperity, and crushing poverty. L...Loe edasi...
The story of Liverpool’s women is one of diversity and contrast. This iconic port has welcomed countless nationalities over the centuries, both as residents and passing migrants; it has experienced both great prosperity, and crushing poverty. L...Loe edasi...
John C. Domino examines Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammages progressive jurisprudence during the most tumultuous period in Texas judicial history. This era witnessed numerous seismic shifts, including the manner in which judicial campaigns were...Loe edasi...
John C. Domino examines Texas Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammages progressive jurisprudence during the most tumultuous period in Texas judicial history. This era witnessed numerous seismic shifts, including the manner in which judicial campaigns were...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252051555)
Longstanding Mexican and Puerto Rican populations have helped make people of mixed nationalities-MexiGuatamalans, CubanRicans, and others-an important part of Chicagos Latina/o scene. Intermarriage between Guatemalans, Colombians, and Cubans have fu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2019, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501747793)
"e;Follow the Flag"e; offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provid...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501747786)
"e;Follow the Flag"e; offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provid...Loe edasi...
