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Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surf……続きを見る

Did the Labour Party, in Morgan Phillips' famous phrase, owe 'more to Methodism than Marx'? Were the founding fathers of the party nurtured in the chapels of Nonconformity and shaped by their emphas……続きを見る

Fortune Makers analyzes and brings to light the distinctive practices of business leaders who are the future of the Chinese economy. These leaders oversee not the old state-owned enterprises, but pr……続きを見る

A obra Aproximando universidade e escola: ensino de histórias e culturas indígenas, tendo como principal mote atividades desenvolvidas no projeto de extensão do curso de História da Universidade Fed……続きを見る

A Brief History of The Video Game Industry: The First Generation is a new book by Bestselling Author Michael R. Carpenter. Why have video games become so popular? What was the type of hardware/softw……続きを見る

In March 2004, Capt. Jason Whiteley was appointed the governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent districts. His job was to establish and oversee a council structure for Iraqis tha……続きを見る

It is commonly believed that during the interwar period, Kemalist secularism successfully eliminated religion from the public sphere in Turkey, leaving Turkish national identity devoid of religious ……続きを見る

The book chronicles the American Revolution in the most unusual way. Not a record of the events or the political ramifications of those events but the intellectual response of the revolutionaries ha……続きを見る

Frances Erskine Inglis was born in Edinburgh in the year 1804. Her father, William Inglis, belonged to a distinguished Scottish family, related to the Earls of Buchan, and was a grandson of a gallan……続きを見る

"Time For Me to Fly" is a dramatization of actual events that occurred leading up to the 17th and final mission of the B-17 Bomber "The Rusty Nail" and its crew on July 29th 1944. The story is prese……続きを見る

P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towa……続きを見る

When Peter Carey offered to take his son to Japan, 12-year-old Charley stipulated no temples or museums. He wanted to see manga, anime,and cool, weird stuff. His father said yes. Out of that bargain……続きを見る

Written by Norbert L. Mercado, The Children of Mars is novel about an unusual friendship that took place between a Filipino guerrilla and a Japanese Captain in the darkest days of the Japanese occup……続きを見る

What does it mean to watch two-hour long news programmes every evening? Why are some people 'addicted' to the news while others prefer to switch off? Television is an indispensable part of the fabri……続きを見る

This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market……続きを見る

Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane’s landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-politic……続きを見る

Fort Braddock, April 3, 1821. Dear Jim, IT is now springーthe buds are bursting through all the wilderness about me; but the cold rains which are constantly descending, make my condition so cheerles……続きを見る

The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wro……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page par l'éditeur. Les Pensées pour moi-même est le titre d'une série de réflexions divisées en 12 livres rédigées entre 170 et 180 par l'empereur Marc Aurèle qui r……続きを見る

Marc-Aurèle - Pensées pour moi-même Traductions de Auguste Couat et de Jules Barthélemy Saint Hilaire suivi de - Ernest Rénan - Marc Aurèle ou la Fin du monde antique - Gaston Boissier - La Jeunesse……続きを見る

In 1852 a priest from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri made a translation into English from what was then the latest French edition. This French edition came from the press in 1850. With the English t……続きを見る

In November 1916, a young Afro-Brazilian musician named Donga registered sheet music for the song "Pelo telefone" ("On the Telephone") at the National Library in Rio de Janeiro. This apparently simp……続きを見る

A brief biographic sketch of the author of The Compleat Angler, first published in 1653. This a a good background piece on Walton. Well illustrated.続きを見る

The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two, alongside D-Day and Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now, because Cas……続きを見る

FIVE-FINGERED JACK. What fun it is down by the sea at low tide! Scrambling among the slippery rocks, we quickly fill a bucket with curious things. Some are dead, others very much alive; but all have……続きを見る

Two men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war whic……続きを見る

The progress of the sport of football in this country, and a corresponding growth of inquiry as to the methods adopted by experienced teams, have prompted the publication of this book. Should any of……続きを見る

The Epic of Gilgamish by R. Campbell Thompson The first complete academic translation of Gilgamesh. "This is one of the first essentially complete academic translations of the epic of Gilgamesh. It ……続きを見る

Few forces are more powerful than a group of people united by a common cause. Collective objectives, known as movements, have been known to radically alter the course of human history. This book tra……続きを見る

At the end of the Renaissance, the Western world was beginning to change. Explorers brought back treasures from other lands. Merchants helped develop the rudiments of a modern economy. The new Prote……続きを見る