Priest - History 1

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air is a groundbreaking scientific work by Joseph Priestley, first published in the late 18th century. This seminal book documents Priestley’s pion……続きを見る

Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy Particularly Including Chemistry is a comprehensive and insightful work authored by Joseph Priestley, one of the most influential figures in ……続きを見る

***The Coping StoneーThe First English Soccer Tour of Australia 1925***tells the little-known but fascinating story of how soccer fought for survival ー and acceptance ー in early 20th-century Austr……続きを見る

"Historian and author John Michael Priest brings to vivid reality the chaos, combat, heroism, and hurting that engulfed the Army of the Potomac's I Corps west of Gettysburg on that bloody Wednesday.……続きを見る

Although New Zealander Lord Rutherford was the first to split the atom, the country has since been known around the world for its nuclear-free stance. In this engaging and accessible book, an altern……続きを見る

The passion play at Oberammergau in Bavaria is one of the oldest theatrical spectacles in the world, with a history of regular performance that dates back to 1634. By the dawn of the twentieth centu……続きを見る

‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie ‘J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that we all became re-acquainted with his……続きを見る

"[A] stirring narrative of the common soldier's experiences on the southern end of the battlefield on the second day of fighting at Gettysburg." ー Civil War News "Stand to It and Give Them Hell" ch……続きを見る

Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to t……続きを見る

The memoirs presented in Women of the Catacombsoffer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in Russian history. The cat……続きを見る

The macabre tale of an eighteenth-century woman immortalised in folklore as the ‘Manchester Mummy’. In 1835, the Manchester Natural History Society opened the doors of its museum. Taking pride of pl……続きを見る

In the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed moment ……続きを見る

"The best battlefield first-person compilation I have read . . . Here it all isーthe tactics, the movement, the truth about warfare." ー The Civil War Times In Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle, histor……続きを見る

In Victory Without Triumph: The Wilderness May 6th & 7th, 1864, John Priest meticulously details the vicious infantry fighting along the Plank Road, Longstreet's counterstrike against the II Corps, ……続きを見る

An immersive Civil War history, Nowhere to Run is a riveting account of the one of the most devasting battles between the Union and Confederate armies. At 12:00 a.m. on May 4, 1864, Ulysses S. Grant……続きを見る

A fresh examination of Pickett's Charge, drawing from numerous soldiers' accountsーincludes maps and illustrations. Both a scholarly and a revisionist interpretation of the most famous charge in Ame……続きを見る

This book analyzes the changing portrayal of GDR literature in German Gymnasium textbooks 1985-2015. Addressing the need for textbook research to broaden its focus from GDR history to GDR literature……続きを見る

Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, by A.I., or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned, locally-based journalists like ……続きを見る

Written by veteran game designers Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley, Bolt Action provides all the rules needed to bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop. Using miniature soldiers……続きを見る

An eye-opening guide to the public execution practice of hanging criminals in body-shaped cages as a crime deterrent or religious punishment. The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain’……続きを見る

This monograph comprises the final publication of a study supported by the British Institute of Persian Studies and undertaken by Seth Priestman and Derek Kennet at the University of Durham. The wor……続きを見る

In 1911, Ohio entrepreneur George E. Sebring was drawn to the raw south-central Florida peninsular wilderness, known for bountiful fishing and game. After cofounding Sebring, Ohio, in 1898, he envis……続きを見る

Victorian Prison Lives is the first account of the process of imprisionment in England between 1830 and 1914 to be drawn largely from the writings of prisoners themselves. The period was in some way……続きを見る

The impact of the Civil War was felt far beyond American shores. Many sites associated with the war remain in Britain and France--the two countries most affected--and traces of it can still be found……続きを見る

This is a historyーthough, intentionally, a brief historyーof the rise of law and economics as a field of thought in the U.S. college and law school academy, though the field has expanded to Europe ……続きを見る

The bayonet was originally developed in the seventeenth century in its early ‘plug’ form, probably as a hunting ancillary. From this starting point it became a military success, helping to abolish t……続きを見る

In "Travels in the United States of America," William Priest offers an insightful exploration of American society and geography during the early 19th century. His narrative is marked by a blend of o……続きを見る

It is commonly believed that C.S. Lewis was a theistic evolutionist, a conclusion based on a few statements that he made in The Problem of Pain and Mere Christianity. A careful study of his writings……続きを見る

The German Empire of 1740 was established on Christmas Day 800 when the Pope placed the imperial crown on the head of Charlemagne in Rome. From that time until far down the Middle Ages the Empire st……続きを見る

Romney Marsh is the largest coastal lowland on the south coast of England. Since 1991 excavations in advance of gravel extraction around Lydd on Romney Marsh, have uncovered large areas of medieval ……続きを見る