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In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer……続きを見る

Naulakha, also known as Rudyard Kipling House, is a Shingle Style home in Dummerston, Vermont where author Rudyard Kipling wrote Captains Courageous. Kipling also wrote The Jungle Books, A Day's Wor……続きを見る

This second volume of John Rule's major two-volume portrait of Georgian England is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of eighteenth-century society, incorporating the exciting new research fin……続きを見る

Seit 2011 tobt ein Bürgerkrieg in Syrien. Beginnend mit einem Aufstand gegen das Regime von Bashar al-Assad im März dieses Jahres hat sich ein Flächenbrand durch das ganze Land gefressen, dem mindes……続きを見る

Stanley Arthur Rutledge was a man of many parts: lawyer, beloved son, soldier, man of letters before his life was cut tragically short on the 16th November 1917. A member of the famed Canadian Corps……続きを見る

Of all the states of the Middle East and North Africa, Libya has long been the country about which the least is known. It is only in recent times that scholars and the general public alike have begu……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: N’ÉTAIT-CE donc pas assez de détruire et de laisser détruire dans Paris, comme dans toute la France, les monuments que nous ont légués nos ancêtres ? N’était-ce donc pas assez d’avoir laiss……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: je me trouvais depuis quelque temps à Boulogne, et comme le jour de mon départ approchait, un matin, mon hôte m’aborde gracieusement et me présentant un rouleau de paperasses assez volumine……続きを見る

Memories of Australian History at school often evoke images of hot classrooms and well-meaning teachers struggling to spin out a thin tale of colonial administration and land settlement, in which no……続きを見る

Maurice Wilson, à l’aube de ses 35 ans, entreprend de se rendre en monoplan monomoteur à cockpit ouvert sur les flancs de l’Everest pour planter le premier drapeau à son sommet Ce projet semble fou ……続きを見る

This is the story of special operations in the second world war as it has never been told before--directly by those who took part. Compiled by Russell Miller from interviews, diaries, letters and co……続きを見る

Souvenirs de la jeunesse de Napoléon Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, mathématicien, historien et bibliophile italien (1803-1869) Ce livre numérique présente &laqu……続きを見る

Galilée - Sa vie et ses travaux Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, mathématicien, historien et bibliophile italien (1803-1869) Ce livre numérique présente «Gal……続きを見る

Concours à l’Académie française et derniers travaux sur Pascal Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, mathématicien, historien et bibliophile italien (1803-1869) Ce livr……続きを見る

Histoire de Flandre - Tome I Constantine Bruno Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, écrivain belge (1817-1891) Ce livre numérique présente «Histoire de Flandre - Tome I», de Constantine Bruno Baron Kervyn de……続きを見る

Lettres à un Américain sur les Sciences en France Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, mathématicien, historien et bibliophile italien (1803-1869) Ce livre numérique présente «Lettres à un América……続きを見る

With the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad linking the two cities in 1850, more people began to build houses and claim land south of Nashville. The railroad added a way station in the community calle……続きを見る

Spread out under the vast Norfolk skies, the Broads have helped define the county. In a panoramic sweep of facts, anecdotes and historical research, Pete Goodrum tells their story. From the Roman oc……続きを見る

The ‘revolution in science’ of this book concerns the natural sciences, that is, knowledge of the external world which we now presume to exist independently of man. 続きを見る

Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its ……続きを見る

'No man has the command of words needed for conveying.the courage and the cowardice; the loyalty and the treachery; the dedication and the dereliction; the strengths and the frailties; the kindness ……続きを見る

Non-fiction account, first published in 1898. The book begins: " Some thirty of her Majesty’s men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or ei……続きを見る

200 Jahre nach Eröffnung des Wiener Kongresses im September 1814 zeichnet der Rostocker Historiker Wolf D. Gruner ein anschauliches Bild des wichtigsten europäischen politischen Kongresses der Neuze……続きを見る

The river, the road, the rails, and the ribbon of canal�these four parallel transportation arteries define the historic corridor that is the Delaware River Scenic Byway. From the French and Indian W……続きを見る

Abrégé de l’histoire romaine (Les 4 Livres) - Florus   Ouvrage traduit par Théophile Baudement (1808-1874).   Ce livre comprend l'édition intégrale……続きを見る

A Fantastic Regimental History of an Illustrious regiment, awarded two coveted stars by the renowned military historian and Times War Correspondent Cyril Falls: “One could be assured that when Mr Ki……続きを見る

The French Army have had numerous foreign regiments in its service for centuries; however, few have the mystique and elite status of the French Foreign Legion. It became a haven for the rough, tough……続きを見る

Written by a famed 19th-century scientist who laid the groundwork for much of modern biology, this influential work remains one of the great classics of natural history and travel. Detailing his eig……続きを見る

Nouvelle édition 2020 revue et augmentée - L’Atlas du Québec compte quatre parties: un répertoire de cartes numériques, un guide d’interprétation d’anciennes cartes géographiques, les descriptions d……続きを見る

The diverse violence of modern Britain is hardly new. The Britain of 1850 to 1950 was similarly afflicted. The book is divided into four parts. 'Getting Hurt' which looks at everyday violence in the……続きを見る