Woolf - History 1

Ladies and gentlemen, step right up… On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlan……続きを見る

Mankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells the story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, gr……続きを見る

Humankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells our story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, ……続きを見る

In 1962, George Ruble Woolfolk, perhaps the foremost Black historian in Texas at the time, published his most well-known work Prairie View: A Study in Public Conscience, 1878–1946, a history of the ……続きを見る

The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that jo……続きを見る

A man who rose from nothing. A duchess with everything to lose. One irresistible transaction that exposes the truth behind luxury and desire. In this witty and incisive short story, Virginia Woolf p……続きを見る

In the glittering world of high society, everything has a price. In this sharp and witty short story, Virginia Woolf explores the intersecting lives of Oliver Bacon, London's most successful jewelle……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered why the memories that haunt us most are often the quietest ones? To the Lighthouse is widely acknowledged as Virginia Woolf's most poignant and experimental novel, a work tha……続きを見る

〓 Step into the extraordinary world of Virginia Woolf with The Complete Works, a comprehensive collection of her literary masterpieces. This definitive eBook gathers all her iconic works, including……続きを見る

Tracing the origins of daily prayer from the New Testament and Patristic period, through the Reformation and Renaissance to the present, this book examines the development of daily rites across a br……続きを見る

Triumph und Leistungen einer Weltmacht: Greg Woolf, einer der international renommiertesten Historiker für das antike Rom, betrachtet die Geschichte der römischen Republik und Kaiserzeit als Einheit……続きを見る

'Intellectual freedom depends on material things. Poetry depends on intellectual freedom. And women have always been poor...' In these two classic essays of feminist literature, Woolf argues passion……続きを見る

〓 Deceit sparkles in high society. In The Duchess and the Jeweller, Virginia Woolf unpacks a world where diamonds and deception go hand in hand. This sharply satirical short story peels back the la……続きを見る

〓 In a glittering room of pearls and prestige, a deal is struckーbut who holds the real power? In The Duchess and the Jeweller, Virginia Woolf unveils a biting and elegant short story about a cunni……続きを見る

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. Spann……続きを見る

Setenta y cinco años después de su primera publicación, Tres guineas, que puede leerse como una elaboración de los temas ya planteados en Un cuarto propio, es un texto que aun se disfruta con placer……続きを見る

Of the billions of pieces of correspondence that have been sent through the ages- via messenger, pony express, post office, email and carrier pigeon - many have proved to be either significant, hist……続きを見る

En octubre de 1928, Virginia Woolf fue invitada por dos universidades de mujeres para impartir una clase magistral sobre literatura feminista y la lucha por la igualdad de género. Durante su discurs……続きを見る

The London Scene is a collection of essays by the English writer Virginia Woolf. The essays are an exploration of early 1930s London. The original five essays that make up The London Scene ("The Doc……続きを見る

A cornucopia of some of Britain's oldest and most beloved native trees, this book weaves together their rich history, folklore and traditions. This lovely book will enable the reader to identify Bri……続きを見る

Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ……続きを見る

Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics has been unjustly neglected in comparison with its more famous counterpart the Nicomachean Ethics. This is in large part due to the fact that until recently no complete t……続きを見る

First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions betw……続きを見る

Tudor Kings and Queens is the ideal, handy guide to what is a perennially popular era in British history. Beginning with the accession to the English throne of Henry VII, the author guides the reade……続きを見る

First published in 1938, as Europe drifted towards war with the rise of fascism in Europe, "Three Guineas" is a book-length essay structured as a letter from Virginia Woolf to an unnamed corresponde……続きを見る

Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the gloves herself. Big Ben was striking as she stepped out into the street. It was eleven o'clock and the unused hour was fresh as if issued to children on a beach. ……続きを見る

Warum zieht es den Menschen in die Stadt, weshalb sind Städte überhaupt entstanden und warum gehören sie zum Menschsein dazu? Greg Woolf geht diesen Fragen nach und erzählt vom Aufstieg und Fall ant……続きを見る

This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in late 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just lo……続きを見る

The land that now comprises Middleton Place lies in one of the earliest areas inhabited by Englishmen in South Carolina. In 1674, just four years after the first colonists settled at Charles Town, L……続きを見る

In this title, originally published in 1920, Leonard Woolf traces the history of economic imperialism and explores the relations of Europe and Africa since 1876. This analysis of economic imperialis……続きを見る