History 26

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary****Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These……続きを見る

Hillsboro, Oregon, always seemed destined to be an important railroad town. When the first trains arrived in Hillsboro in 1871 under the banner of the Oregon & California Railroad, the town began to……続きを見る

REVIEW My daughter and I have just done a 3 point turn today and I feel like an instructor, I did exactly what I read and after 4 attempts Claire was doing it on her own. Brilliant book, left rever……続きを見る

"MAN LERNT DAS MATROSENLEBEN NICHT DURCH ÜBUNGEN IN EINER PFÜTZE." FRANZ KAFKA Es ist überraschend, wie sehr die Seemannssprache längst vergangener Zeiten bis heute die deutsche Sprache prägt. Grund……続きを見る

Volume Four: British Invasion (1963 – 1966) tells how Ford Motor Company and Team Lotus joined to conquer the Indianapolis 500, inaugurating the modern era of higher automotive technology supported ……続きを見る

The definitive collection of first-hand accounts of the world's outlaw motorcycle gangs, with contributions by Sonny Barger, Hunter S. Thompson, Ed Winterhalder, William Queen and many more Outlaw b……続きを見る

Oktober 1989: Honecker schließt die letzte offene Grenze der DDR. Die Welt hält den Atem an. Es folgen 38 bewegende Tage, bis sich die Mauer öffnet. Über 50 Zeitzeugen nehmen uns Tag für Tag mit hi……続きを見る

The crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 903 was one of the worst commercial aviation accidents in history. 16 nations were represented among its passengers. One of them was an Egyptian movie star w……続きを見る

Visualizzazione creative di storia è un manuale pratico da usare in classe. Attraverso un percorso guidato, l’insegnante può usare uno strumento per approfondire in maniera facile e divertente lo st……続きを見る

The Atlantic & Great Western Railroad was one of the earliest and largest east-west railroad projects in the United States. It was the dream of American builders William Reynolds of Pennsylvania and……続きを見る

This book is packed with fun and exciting activities that enable the child to make sense of the world that they live in and relate it to their own experiences in order to enhance their personal and ……続きを見る

This accessible introduction to the history of early childhood education emphasises the role of history and philosophy in early childhood practice today. Firmly grounded in current policy from acros……続きを見る

Pose ce qui s'appellera le management de la civilisation. "De la civilisation" parce que c'est la terminologie entendue du moment de distribution de la lettre aux masses humaines ; "management" dans……続きを見る

Located in what was considered the "lost provinces," the small school that became Appalachian State University provided a much-needed education for the economically depressed population of western N……続きを見る

US Navy rail operations on Oahu began in 1908 with construction railroads used to help build the shipyard. Expansion of Pearl Harbor to include the submarine base and the naval magazine on Kuahua Is……続きを見る

An incredible 30,000 flights – at least – arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don’t, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wro……続きを見る

Super VC-10 G-ASGC, now preserved at Duxford Air Museum, hurtled across the North Atlantic at a speed that was just below the maximum the aircraft was allowed. The Flight Engineer was in his element……続きを見る

Mustang Designer tells the story of American wartime fighter development, including engines and armaments, as part of a nationwide program of aircraft builders and fliers, focusing on Edgar Schmued,……続きを見る

18th and 19th CENTURY ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA is a lively and entertaining account of the three types of women one would normally find, legally, or illegally, on board a ship during the 18th and early ……続きを見る

Stopping speeders by throwing logs in front of their car? Having a man walk in front of the car waving a red flag, to warn it is coming? Putting the initials of the driver on a piece of metal to act……続きを見る

While current literature stresses the importance of teaching about the 9/11 attacks on the US, many questions remain as to what teachers are actually teaching in their own classrooms. Few studies ad……続きを見る

The central assumption of The Textbook as Discourse is this: interpreted in the flow of history, textbooks can provide important insights into the nature and meaning of a culture and the social and ……続きを見る

This book contains the rules for manners copied as a penmanship exercise by a teenage George Washington with a translation and comments in modern English for today's youth and young adults. These 'R……続きを見る

O campo da educação vem se ampliando, abrindo-se para novos temas e novas perspectivas de análise. Na esteira dessas novas possibilidades insere-se esta obra, na qual a educação é vista como parte d……続きを見る

Tout était au mieux dans le bon vieux temps, s’écriait naguère un vieillard morose en considérant les tombeaux du cimetière du P. La Chaise ; maintenant tout est d……続きを見る

Perte de contrôle au-dessus des Etats-Unis Un décollage de Chicago permet de se rendre compte qu'une série de facteurs a priori anodins peut amener à frôler la catastrophe lorsqu'ils se cumulent. Mi……続きを見る

Echange de place à bord d'un avion Lors d'un vol où la malchance et la technique se liguent pour retarder l'avion, et persuadé que le responsable des services commerciaux manque de motivation, un co……続きを見る

Cohabitation en plein en vol entre un pilote chevronné et un apprenti Après le remplacement de ses ailes, un Boeing 737 doit subir un vol d'essai. Dans cette histoire, l'équipage est "mixte". Ce son……続きを見る

Mise à l'épreuve à bord de l'avion pour un jeune pilote Comment un jeune copilote très sûr de lui découvre lors d'un vol derrière le rideau de fer, sous la férule d'un ancien de la RAF qu'il y a un ……続きを見る

Panique au décollage ! L'explosion d'un moteur au décollage de Moscou donne l'occasion de découvrir qu' Hergé n'a rien inventé dans sa description des pays de l'Est… Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invit……続きを見る