SIMONS - History 1

How Australia's public broadcaster reinvented itself for the digital age Today, the ABC offers things that were unimaginable twenty years ago: twenty-four-hour news coverage, an entire app of kids' ……続きを見る

In 1751, amid failing harvests and rising paranoia, Ruth Osborne - an elderly and impoverished woman - was accused of witchcraft in the Hertfordshire town of Tring. What followed was not a trial, bu……続きを見る

"Simons brings his vast knowledge of aviation history to bear on the B-36." – The NYMAS Review The story of the Consolidated B-36 is unique in American aviation history. The aircraft was an interest……続きを見る

Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London is the story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first 'star' animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived on English shore……続きを見る

The first diecast model buses date back more than sixty years, manufactured by well-known names like Lesney, Corgi and Dinky. Few buses and coaches were initially produced, and early models were tre……続きを見る

The astonishing true story George Henry Thompson - a Black man who found himself leading a 2,000 strong Protestant mob in fierce sectarian rioting that tore Belfast apart in August 1872. This caused……続きを見る

While history books are filled with tales of brutal territorial conquests, few remember the bizarre international crisis sparked entirely by the felling of pine trees. The border between Maine and N……続きを見る

Learn about escobar's incredible climb to power, his unrelenting quest for cash, and the evil tactics he used to maintain his position of authority. He created a web of corruption and horror with ch……続きを見る

《耶路撒冷三千年》暢銷書作者、劍橋大學歷史學博士 賽門・蒙提費歐里 Simon Sebag Montefiore 開創歷史書寫新局面，又一史詩巨作 一部與眾不同，從「家族」角度詮釋的全新世界史 權力的世襲從未真正消失 只是換了……続きを見る

This work offers a groundbreaking exploration of the urgent need for creativity and innovation in contemporary military thought. In an era characterised by the ceaseless flux of global dynamics, tra……続きを見る

Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise……続きを見る

The Narcotic Drug Problem is a comprehensive and insightful examination of the complex issues surrounding narcotic drugs, authored by Charles E. Terry and Mildred Pellens. First published in 1928, t……続きを見る

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars,……続きを見る

An inspiring new take on a history we thought we knew In 1919, the brother of one of the West’s most famous Indian traders was shot to death in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation. Part history, pa……続きを見る

From its origins in the poetic tradition and its refinement in the southern salons of the 16th century, to its 18th**-century theatrical heyday and patriotic revival in modern times, this book intro……続きを見る

Een uniek stuk geschiedenis! Het waargebeurde, avontuurlijke en bloedstollende verhaal van de ondergang van het grootste koopvaardijschip van de VOC, de Batavia, in 1629. Bijna 400 jaar geleden voer……続きを見る

China's rise is assaulting the natural world at an alarming rate. In a few short years, China has become the planet's largest market for endangered wildlife, its top importer of tropical trees, and ……続きを見る

This book asks an important question: If you were born in rural England in 1837 and died in 1901 and never travelled more than thirty miles in any direction would you have seen a hippopotamus before……続きを見る

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, fro……続きを見る

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The Romanovs A ……続きを見る

Highlighting the critical role of midwestern farmers in the creation of the American Century Though often left out of the story of the making of the American Century, the farmers of the Midwest were……続きを見る

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of Stalin: An "epic history on the grandest scale” (Financial Times) about the most successful dynasty of modern times, a family wh……続きを見る

“Simon Schama has re-examined the role of Baron Edmond de Rothschild [1845-1934] and his son James [1878-1957] in the Jewish settlement of Palestine... He refutes Herzl’s charge that the colonies we……続きを見る

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of cent……続きを見る

Putting his unique spin on our sporting life, Peter FitzSimons celebrates the tall tales and true, the outrageous yarns and the knockabout humour from the footy fields, cricket grounds, dressing roo……続きを見る

[本書為固定版型，建議使用平板或較大螢幕閱讀] ◎全球銷售百萬冊、譯為48種語言《耶路撒冷三千年》作者親自改寫 × 全彩大開本 × 精美插畫！ **◎鎖定重要的關鍵瞬間，將3000年的歷史濃縮成30**個重要的故事！ ◎謝哲……続きを見る

"A fascinating insight into one of the Cold War's most interesting concept aircraft . . . [with] new information, photographs and first-hand accounts." ーFlypast During the 1950s, plans were being d……続きを見る

Available together in one ebook volume for the first time, three of Simon Scarrow's action-packed novels of the mighty Roman army. Introducing heroes Macro and Cato - for everyone who loves tales of……続きを見る

你會忍不住愛上這座城市， 它是人類的瑰寶，這本書值得一讀再讀！ ──美國前總統　比爾．柯林頓 作者扎實的研究加上栩栩如生的描繪功力， 使得這本書無論是對學者還是門外漢，都將如視珍寶。 ──美國前國務卿　季辛……続きを見る

In the second volume of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people from 1492 thr……続きを見る