Woolley - History 1

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery is a celebrated 17th-century English cookbook authored by Hannah Woolley, first pub……続きを見る

"California 1849-1913" book written by L. H. Woolley is a compelling historic narrative that unravels the fascinating tapestry of California's evolution from the tumultuous Gold Rush era to the earl……続きを見る

The extraordinary life of Berhane Woldegabriel, Eritrean teacher, journalist and bridge-builder. Berhane Woldegabriel was an Eritrean refugee who settled in the UK for the last thirty years of his l……続きを見る

The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friendsーone a media mogul, the other a famous inventorーwho made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price o……続きを見る

The modern US Army as we know it was largely created in the years between the two world wars. Prior to World War I, officers in leadership positions were increasingly convinced that building a new a……続きを見る

An in-depth exploration of social media and emergent technology that details the inner workings of modern propaganda Until recently, propaganda was a top-down, elite-only system of communication con……続きを見る

From the inauspicious beginnings in 1884 of a town named Bug, the two communities of Sedro and Woolley grew together, consolidated in 1898 by a lifeline of three railways: the Seattle & Northern, Se……続きを見る

Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine. The King’s Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover – and murderer – of King James I. The rise……続きを見る

An analysis of how the complex rituals of Sahafatra culture are used to transform a once barren landscape into agricultural land. 続きを見る

From the bestselling author of ‘The Queen’s Conjuror’, comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper – legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great ‘Herbal’. This is a powerful history of medic……続きを見る

A memoir of the lethal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, by a British soldier who was on the front lines. This is a young cavalry lieutenant's moving and shocking account of front line service in t……続きを見る

"It took us an hour and a half in those days to drive just from Rhododendron to Government Camp…" These days, if you are traveling to Mt. Hood from Portland, it is about a one and a half hour drive ……続きを見る

Geography, this author contends, is the indisputably unique feature of any country. Geography and Japan's Strategic Choices begins by explaining Japan's unique location and topography in comparison ……続きを見る

Successful solicitor and altruist Oliver Watts Hind founded the Dakeyne Street Lads’ Club (popularly known as DAKO) in Nottingham in 1907. By combining the ethos of the Boys’ Brigade with wider educ……続きを見る

First published in 2010. Sir Leonard Woolley was an archaeologist and this book is about his dig at Ur, which is the subject of this classic work, inspired Agatha Christie's Murder in Mesopotamia. W……続きを見る

Epic history of the first Virginia Colony and the true story of Pocahontas, to coincide with the colony’s 400th anniversary in 2007. Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, a gr……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what the Phoenicians have to do with your local supermarket ? Come with me on an interesting journey and find out. this little book certainly isn't boring and it's stuffed ful……続きを見る

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth’s conjuror – the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527–1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next ‘Longi……続きを見る