noel - History 1

'A splendid, exciting book' Daily Mirror 'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express Only three s……続きを見る

The story of the amazing discovery of Archimedes' lost works Drawings and writings by Archimedes, previously thought to have been destroyed, have been uncovered beneath the pages of a 13th-century m……続きを見る

The runaway bestselling exposé about Canada's most infamous mafia family is finally available in English, updated to include shocking events and revelations that followed its newsmaking publication ……続きを見る

'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Depa……続きを見る

Françoise Noël explores the social context of Canada’s most famous family to show how family ritual and communal events structured everyday life between the wars. 続きを見る

I HAVE endeavoured in writing and compiling this book, to emphasize not only actual deeds and historical facts, but to aspire to an even higher goalーto conjure to life for a few brief moments the "……続きを見る

Françoise Noël explores the social context of Canadas most famous family to show how family ritual and communal events structured everyday life between the wars.続きを見る

IN her unpublished Mémoires, which she began, but never completed, and only a few pages of whichーpossibly all that she wroteーhave been preserved, Sophie Arnould tells us that she was born in 1745,……続きを見る

In this thoughtful and compelling book, leading Spanish literature scholar Noël Valis re-examines the role of Catholicism in the modern Spanish novel. While other studies of fiction and faith have f……続きを見る

Comme la Conférence permettra de finaliser les plans du grand débarquement des Alliés en Europe, Joseph Staline a été invité à y participer. Mais le maître du Kremlin n'ira pas à Québec : de fait, s……続きを見る

Septembre 1944. Dans le giron de l’armée américaine dont l’avancée est irrésistible, Gabriel Saint-Onge, un correspondant de guerre montréalais, rend compte avec son appareil photo et sa caméra de l……続きを見る

A Chronicle of growing up in Derry, from childhood through adolescence, to adulthood and one of the most remembered days in the history of Ireland, January 30, 1972 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday. It is t……続きを見る

Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans. Typically, when people talk about "t……続きを見る

In The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956, Noël Burch and Geneviève Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War II, paying particu……続きを見る

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French-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In Along a River, award-winning hist……続きを見る

2016 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award ー Shortlisted 2015 Speaker's Book Award ー Shortlisted Explore the history of tourism in the Nipissing Passageway, from Mattawa to Georgian Bay, beginning wit……続きを見る

Teach yourself the art of hand reading, chapters include, the hand of man, the lines of the hand, method of reading and health in the hand. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back……続きを見る

Saint-Nazaire à coeur. Saint-Nazaire n'est pas une ville ordinaire. Destinée à n'être que l'avant-port de Nantes au milieu du XIXe siècle, elle connaît une croissance vertigineuse comme tête de pont……続きを見る

Des faubourgs populaires de Paris dans les années 1940 à Dien Bien Phu, suivez l'itinéraire d'un jeune garçon pris dans la guerre d'Indochine. Claude est né à Belleville en 1934. Orphelin, il passe ……続きを見る

Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In the fifth edition, coauthors ……続きを見る

A major rediscovery and reevaluation of a lost strand of English literature from one of today’s most brilliant scholars. Nonsense verse in England is generally thought to have its origins in Edward ……続きを見る

Herndon Davis, an artist and journalist, dedicated his life to depicting the major landmarks and personalities of Colorado in watercolor, oil, and pen and pencil. Best known for the Face on the Barr……続きを見る

*A Timberline Book Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts, Second Edition* is the newest, most thorough guide to Denver’s 51 historic districts and more than 331 individually landmarked properties.……続きを見る

A Short History of Denver covers more than 150 years of Denver’s rich history. The book recounts the takeover of Native American lands, the founding of small towns on the South Platte River at the b……続きを見る

A wonderfully engaging and entertaining history of the great dons of the last two hundred years, by one of our leading historians of ideas. Rich in anecdote, and displaying all the author’s customar……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'histoire a des sources ignorées et profondes qui échappent aux plus patientes investigations. Au berceau des peuples, des races et des dynasties veillent des légendes qui semblent des f……続きを見る

François de Bassompierre was born at the Château of Harouel, in Lorraine, on Palm Sunday, April 12, 1579, “at four o’clock in the morning.” His family, which was one of the most ancient and illustri……続きを見る

Set against the backdrop of Iran’s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa’-ed-Dowlehーotherwise known as Prince Arfa (1853–1902)ーare packed wi……続きを見る

The letters of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester, dating predominantly from about 1636 until 1643, cover a wide range of issues and vividly illustrate her centrality to her illustrious fam……続きを見る