In June 1593, a ghostly ship drifted into an Irish harbour. Only 16 crewmen remained alive, and the deck was littered with the dead.
This was the melancholy homecoming of the ship Desire, one of a f……続きを見る
Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama – Jennifer Wingate examines everyday expressions ……続きを見る
著者：Gavin Gatehouse
出版社： University of Wales Press
発売日： 2024年05月15日
In 1880, Griffith Evans, an army veterinary surgeon in India, made the seminal discovery that blood parasites – then universally considered benign – were pathogenic. Spurned by peers and colleagues,……続きを見る
Each working day 500 million people across the planet experience the miracle and misery of commuting. Whether undertaken by car, bus, train or bicycle, the practice shapes our days and creates a tim……続きを見る
著者：Jay Ingate
出版社： Taylor & Francis
発売日： 2019年04月01日
The establishment of large-scale water infrastructure is a defining aspect of the process of urbanisation. In places like Britain, the Roman period represents the first introduction of features that……続きを見る
著者：Adam Sheingate
出版社： Oxford University Press
発売日： 2016年05月31日
Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants. In Building a Business of Politics, Adam Sheingate traces the history of political consultants from its origin……続きを見る
Redressing the neglect of World War I memorials in art history scholarship and memory studies, Sculpting Doughboys considers the hundreds of sculptures of American soldiers that dominated the nation……続きを見る
The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandalーsome of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with bir……続きを見る
'Captivating and emotional' 5* reader review
'A riveting and heart wrenching read' 5**** reader review***
From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's……続きを見る
著者：Iain Gately
出版社： Penguin Publishing Group
発売日： 2008年07月03日
A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day
Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and ……続きを見る
"A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty" ( Los Angeles Times).
Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the ……続きを見る
