Laurie - History 1

BR’s Southern Region witnessed huge changes in the 1960s. At the beginning of the decade steam operation could be seen on many branch lines and byways but by the end steam had disappeared and many o……続きを見る

During the 1960s, British Railways withdrew its thousands of steam locomotives from the national network. The process started gradually in the early 1960s but accelerated towards the end of the deca……続きを見る

The Pumpkin Spice Café Cookbook, inspired by Laurie Gilmore’s #1 New York Times bestselling series Welcome to the cozy small town of Dream Harbor, where the townsfolk love a sweet treat and the arom……続きを見る

This compelling Divine Repatriation Story about the theft of an 800-year-old Lakshmi-Narayan sacred statue from a temple shrine in Nepal has all the makings of a mystery novel. Except it is true. La……続きを見る

The World's First Author Was a Woman! Welcome to the world of Enheduanna. She walked the earth over 4,000 years ago and she is hailed by many as the first author in history. Her bestsellers were wri……続きを見る

In the summer of 1936, fourteen-year-old Maxwell Breeze was playing in the waters of the Erie Canal in Brockport when a dog jumped into the canal and climbed his back, and the boy drowned. The owner……続きを見る

Mount Desert Island possesses a rich and diverse history of boatbuilding. Chester Clement was the first of the "lobsteryacht" builders, and Bunker and Ellis elevated the concept. Henry Hinckley star……続きを見る

A fast-growing legal system and economy in medieval and early modern Rome saw a rapid increase in the need for written documents. Brokers of Public Trust examines the emergence of the modern notaria……続きを見る

Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields……続きを見る

À tous les mois, Le Devoir de littérature propose de revisiter l’œuvre d’un écrivain du Québec, à la lumière de l’actualité. Avec ce projet réalisé par Le Devoir en collaboration avec L’Académie des……続きを見る

Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, thi……続きを見る

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world ……続きを見る

Westover, a girls' school in Middlebury, Connecticut, was founded in 1909 by emancipated "New Women," educator Mary Hillard and architect Theodate Pope Riddle. Landscape designer Beatrix Farrand did……続きを見る

L'histoire du Titanic est toujours en cours et en constante évolution. La véritable histoire sans fioritures du Titanic a eu lieu il y a plus de 110 ans. Il a culminé avec son naufrage et les enquêt……続きを見る

Les recherches concernant la présence française en Amérique du Nord permettent d’affirmer que 70.000 Français et Européens sont passés par la Nouvelle-France entre la fondation de Québec en 1608 et ……続きを見る

Une ancienne légende que nous a conservée un historien arménien du XIIIe siècle, nous apprend que l’apôtre de l’Arménie, saint Grégoire l’Illuminateur, s’étant retiré dans les âpres solitudes du mon……続きを見る

Revue et augmentée, la collection offrira plus d'informations aux chercheurs. En vedette dans ce numéro, les ancêtres de familles : Tardif, Phaneuf, Lavoie, Boucher, Morin, Tessier, Simard, Plamondo……続きを見る

En vedette dans ce tome : les familles Lefebvre, Desjardins, Couture, Giguère, Lemieux, Godin, Roberge, Giroux, Fortin et Lessard. 続きを見る

This book is a tribute to the Egyptian Goddess Seshat and her important role as a goddess of writing, wisdom, scribes, books, libraries, and letters. This book also explores her work with numbers, r……続きを見る

In Navigating Rocky Terrain, a nature memoir in essays, Laurie Roath Frazier explores the subterranean in search of footholds to move forward in an ever-changing landscape. The journey begins soon a……続きを見る

En mai 1945, une commission médico-légale de l’Armée rouge autopsia 13 corps trouvés près de la chancellerie du Reich à Berlin. 13 procès-verbaux furent alors dressés. L’acte 12 attribué à un cadavr……続きを見る

The destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon -- all within one hour on September 11, 2001 -- demonstrated America's shocking vulnerability to terrorism……続きを見る

The ideological roots of the British Empire have been widely discussed in early modern studies, as have maritime settings in the period’s imaginative writing. However, these perspectives have not ad……続きを見る

World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. Highly relevant today, World War II has much to teach us, not only about the profession of arms, but also abou……続きを見る

The Gospel of Luke…or the Gospel of Domitilla? Did a woman write much of the New Testament? 95 AD. Rome lives under the shadow of the emperor Domitian’s paranoia. The childless emperor is a reaction……続きを見る

Although the Surrey towns of Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge were for many years served by the London bus network, there were also a number of small scale locally based operators running bus services……続きを見る

A social history of tubercular hospitals and Canada's indigenous population, built around "poignant and at times heartbreaking" firsthand accounts ( Choice). Featuring oral accounts from patients, f……続きを見る

"Haunted mansions, phantom nuns and a poltergeist wedding crasher . . . The book's pages are filled with accounts of ghostly sightings." ー Deseret News Uncovering ghost stories in Salt Lake City le……続きを見る

Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family a……続きを見る

Are you planning to travel to California or have you recently moved to the state? Do you have friends or colleagues from the area and want to impress them with your knowledge of California's history……続きを見る