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A Smithsonian Best History Book of the Year Winner of the Littleton-Griswold Prize Winner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Winner of the Order of the Coif Award Winner of the Sidney M. Edelstein Pri……続きを見る

**THE FIRST BOOK IN THE LEGENDARY SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JULIAN STOCKWIN. PRAISE FOR THE KYDD NOVELS** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A true master of the art' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The very best of historical nautical fic……続きを見る

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR 'A beautiful and evocative story' TIME OUT '[Markham] can write rings around all of us . . . ' ERNEST HEMINGWAY 'A vivacious account of an eccentric life' DAILY M……続きを見る

'Brilliant, hilarious... My book of the year' INDIA KNIGHT 'A wonderful book' CRAIG BROWN, Mail on Sunday 'Funny, bloodcurdling and moving' Daily Mail The cruel teachers. The pashes on other girls. ……続きを見る

THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF BRITAIN'S FIRST EVER RAILWAY MURDER 'A fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of Victorian London . . . unputdownable' Daily Telegraph 'A cunning and suspenseful ……続きを見る

The Isle of Man TT - the world's most dangerous race - as seen through the eyes of Cummins, Martin, McGuinness and Dunlop. THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world……続きを見る

Trace the evolution of the supercar through the technology that drives it. With an introduction by David Coulthard. This is the definitive story of the science behind the art of supercar design. Wri……続きを見る

Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Que……続きを見る

Raised on a bankrupt farm along the Mississippi River, Allen E. Paulson would become owner of the Fortune 500 aerospace empire Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. He began his career as an airplane me……続きを見る

Batavia is the greatest story in Australia�s history. The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle……続きを見る

Pochi hanno sentito parlare della “guerra del Chaco Boreal”, della “guerra del Khalkhin Gol” o della “guerra del Calcio”, e ancora meno sanno cosa è successo in queste cosiddette “guerre dimenticate……続きを見る

This book offers an intellectual history of the libertarian case for markets in education. Currie-Knight tracks the diverse and evolving arguments libertarians have made, with each chapter devoted t……続きを見る

This book examines the origins of higher learning, and then traces education exchange to the aftermath of World War II, when the United States was internationally recognized as the epicenter of crit……続きを見る

This book examines school acts in the long nineteenth century, traditionally considered as milestones or landmarks in the process of achieving universal education. Guided by a strong interest in soc……続きを見る

Understand the Hungarian Mentality through 33 Captivating Stories of Inherently Magyar Personalities Whether you’re in search of your Hungarian roots, are living in or travelling to Hungary or you’r……続きを見る

This book explores diverse contemporary paradigms of educational praxis and learning in Latin America, both formal and non-formal. Each contributor offers a unique perspective on the factors which l……続きを見る

A former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitimacy is under attack. Why teach science? The answer to that que……続きを見る

Wireless Morse code began a new age of communications, magically sending invisible waves through the ether received at some distant place. Among the first universities to experiment in this unknown ……続きを見る

Go behind the scenes to explore the history, racing, celebrity fans, and after hours of racing's most glamorous and prestigious round in the F1 championship with The Life Monaco Grand Prix. Monaco s……続きを見る

The Ford Boss Mustang is the most iconic pony car ever created, and this book covers it more extensively than any other. Boss Mustang: 50 Yearsーa fully expanded version of Mustang Boss 302ーinclude……続きを見る

A roll-call and history of the ex-students of Brighton College who fell in the Second World War. Eighty years on from the beginning of the Second World War it is easy to forget that, for a time, dem……続きを見る

Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling when viewed as junction points in historyーconnecti……続きを見る

The Enterprisers traces the emergence of the "modern" school in Russia during the reigns of Peter I and his immediate successors, up to the accession of Catherine II. Creation of the new, secular, t……続きを見る

五四一百週年，杜威訪華一百週年回顧 為什麼民主社會特別需要重視教育？ 民主社會，每個人需要對教育有什麼認識？ 杜威深入淺出地爬梳人類文明及教育發展，探討民主社會裡教育應有的樣貌。這些分析，不只巨觀指出……続きを見る

五四一百週年，杜威訪華一百週年回顧 在政治與社會混亂的時代，聆聽百年前杜威提出的解方。 「社會哲學與政治哲學」、「教育哲學」，美國哲學家杜威主講，一代學者胡適口譯，帶給新生中國的兩大講座。上世紀給轉型……続きを見る

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns was commissioned at the RAF College Cranwell in 1959 after completing flying training on Piston Provost and Meteor aircraft. Following nine years service as an op……続きを見る

Explore 60 of the best rail-trails and multiuse pathways with this official guide All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted into public multiuse trails. Here, the experts……続きを見る

Explore 50 of the best rail-trails and multiuse pathways with this official guide All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted into public multiuse trails. Here, the experts……続きを見る

To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel -- full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats o……続きを見る

Nagasaki during the Tokugawa (1603–1868) was truly Japan's window on the world with its Chinese residences and Deshima island, where Western foreigners, including representatives of the Dutch East I……続きを見る