wired - History 59

The third instalment in Jim Blanchard’s popular history of early Winnipeg, A Diminished Roar presents a city in the midst of enormous change. Once the fastest growing city in Canada, by 1920 Winnipe……続きを見る

Just think what a career he has had, continued Frank. "After various adventures as a newspaper correspondent in Spain, Abyssinia, Ashantee, and other countries, he was sent by the editor of the New ……続きを見る

Will she last out the night, I wonder? "Look at the clock, Mathew." "Ten minutes past twelve! She has lasted the night out. She has lived, Robert, to see ten minutes of the new day." These words wer……続きを見る

The largest county in England, Yorkshire boasts a huge variety of landscapes, from spectacular mountain and moorland scenery, rugged coastline, a haunting medieval legacy, to the proud imprint of th……続きを見る

North Korea is the country with the highest number of military and paramilitary personnel in the world (nine and a half million). International organisations have declared that human rights violatio……続きを見る

The cruel treatment which had long been practised by that singular and secluded people, the Japanese, toward American whalers who were thrown by the misfortune of shipwreck upon their coasts, the in……続きを見る

Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford, Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the 19th of January, 1807. His father, General Henry Lee, had been a great chief in Washington’s army. They sometimes call ……続きを見る

Exam board: Pearson Edexcel; OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level) Put your trust in the textbook series that has……続きを見る

A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift. "A charming look at the history of ……続きを見る

In Memento of the Living and the Dead, Phillip Berryman relates his experiences as a Catholic priest in Panama City starting in 1965, and then, after leaving the priesthood to marry, in Central Amer……続きを見る

“I F you are coming my way, Goddard, we may as well walk back together,” said the Member, putting on his fur-lined coat. Mr. Aloysius Gleam, member for Sunington, was a spare, precisely dressed litt……続きを見る

Energy storage devices are considered to be an important field of interest for researchers worldwide. Batteries and supercapacitors are therefore extensively studied and progressively evolving. The ……続きを見る

Le livre du général-major Aloys Ntiwiragabo constitue une mine d’informations dont la plupart sont restées secrètes jusqu’à nos jours. L’auteur lève le voile sur un pan de situations restées jusqu’a……続きを見る

Women Policing across the Globe provides a cross-cultural comparison of the integration of women in policing across the globe, paying special attention to the unique contributions that women make to……続きを見る

The Wisconsin Story: 150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State offers readers engaging vignettes about everything Wisconsin. From portraits of significant figures like Robe……続きを見る

While we were young and credulous, black-robed theologians impressed upon our minds their theory of creation, according to which the first man was moulded by the divine author of all things in his o……続きを見る

These lectures were delivered in accordance with the terms of the Morse foundation in the Union Theological Seminary, New York, between October 12 and November 4, 1904; and they were afterwards repe……続きを見る

In 2018, toen Een geschiedenis van het onderwijs in Nederland verscheen, scoorde Nederland nog hoog op allerlei internationale onderwijsvergelijkingslijstjes, maar sindsdien lijkt het alsof de neerg……続きを見る

The lectures on “Modern Copper Smelting” embodied in this volume were delivered at the University of Birmingham to the Senior Students in the School of Metallurgy and to others interested in the sub……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre Immense pays. Immenses ressources. Immenses défis. Pour le visiteur, condamné à ne découvrir qu’une infime partie de ce territoir……続きを見る

Ein ebenso unterhaltsamer wie lehrreicher Trip durch Europas Herzland Zwischen Amsterdam und Zürich, entlang des Rheins, erstreckt sich Europas Herzland – von Kaisern begehrt, von Armeen umkämpft, v……続きを見る

The nature and reliability of the ancient sources are among the most important issues in the scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is noteworthy, therefore, that scholars have grown increasingly s……続きを見る

Lo sapevi che la barba prima di diventare di moda era roba da tipi loschi? Una volta era sfoggiata solo da assassini e pirati, poi ai soldati inglesi della Guerra di Crimea fu permesso di farla cres……続きを見る

It will be well to explain at once that the following work has been written at the request and is published at the cost of the Christian Evidence Society, and that it may therefore be classed under ……続きを見る

Rev. Dr. A. Nevile Davidson (1899-1976), minister of Glasgow Cathedral for over thirty years, was one of the most distinguished Scottish churchmen of the twentieth century. A living embodiment of th……続きを見る

Whir, whir, whir, sounded the swish of many silken wings. The swallows had arrived from the South; thousands of them there were, long winged and dusky brown, with faintly russet breasts. So full of ……続きを見る

Em ocasião dos 50 anos do golpe de 1964, o Brasil vislumbrou o crescente fortalecimento de grupos de defesa da ação militar que consolidou a ditadura militar (1964-1985). Entre os aparelhos apropria……続きを見る

First published in 1977. Ethics is the most practical branch of philosophy: its immediate concern is with people's actions. Yet most philosophers do little to relate ethics intelligibly to the human……続きを見る

First published in 1983. Amilcar Cabral was one of Africa’s leading revolutionary figures. Universally recognised as the founding father at the independent state of Guiné-Bissau, he was also the fir……続きを見る

First published in 1980. Of all the concepts deployed in the study of politics the application of the concept of ideology is by far the least precise. Those who have sought to clarify its meaning ha……続きを見る