anne - History 90

A historic guide to Washington, D.C.’s neighborhoods, featuring photographs, maps, and beautiful drawings. - Get off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D.C.’s ……続きを見る

What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point, a destination and a place to turn. It’s furnished with pillar boxes, newsstands and tram stops, and lamp-post……続きを見る

Koh Tao--a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, surrounded by pristine beaches, swathed in sunshine, and a mecca for tourists, divers and backpackers. But "Turtle Island" has its dark side. In 2014……続きを見る

The author, Roger Annett, experienced first-hand the events detailed here. Flying with 215 Squadron, and co-piloting Argosy transport aircraft deep over Malayan jungle terrain from 1963 to 65, he is……続きを見る

This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arr……続きを見る

A German air force officer’s first person account of aerial battle during the invasion of Sicily in WWII. In an account of unusual power, Luftwaffe ace Johannes Steinhoff draws from his personal Wor……続きを見る

The story of the World War I fighter pilot the Red Baron himself sought to emulate . . . German air ace Oswald Boelcke was a national hero during World War I. He was the youngest captain in the Germ……続きを見る

The phrase “midlife crisis” today conjures up images of male indulgence and irresponsibilityーan affluent, middle-aged man speeding off in a red sports car with a woman half his ageーbut before it b……続きを見る

“An excellently researched mixture of history and biography about a maverick Victorian woman who made beauty her business.” ーBarbara Goldsmith, New York Times-bestselling author Harriet Hubbard Aye……続きを見る

An account of WWII rescues that “pays tribute to the audacity and heroism of the men and women of the French Resistance and Allied military personnel” (Warship World). The Shelburne was one of the l……続きを見る

This lively history of the American Revolution explores the combat that took place in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, spa……続きを見る

A comprehensive look at campaigns, battles, and military developments in these dramatic decades. Part of a multivolume history spanning from AD 284-641 that offers detailed accounts of campaigns, ba……続きを見る

**“An unusual history of an unusual soldier of Rome who rose to Emperor . . . an engaging history of a fascinating subjectーVery Highly Recommended.” ー**Firetrench This is the only fully illustrate……続きを見る

A history of the Revolutionary War and British occupation in this part of New York, from the Culper spy ring to the prison ships where thousands died. The American Revolution sharply divided familie……続きを見る

An in-depth military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus and Marcus Aurelius Probus. This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (“Aurelian,” reign……続きを見る

“A fascinating account of the significant changes underway in Saudi Arabia based on years of excellent reporting on the ground.” ーBruce Riedel, director of the Brookings Institution Intelligence Pr……続きを見る

A detailed overview of the tumultuous events of this pivotal period, in which a divided Rome was plagued by assassination, civil wars, and invading hordes. This ambitious series offers a comprehensi……続きを見る

New Orleans history is steeped in coffee. Café du Monde and Morning Call started serving café au lait more than a century ago. Outside the Cathedral of St. Louis in Jackson Square, early entrepreneu……続きを見る

"Det indre Tyskland har allerede nu i februar som med ét slag forandret sig, og forandringen er endda meget påfaldende. De tyske borgere er urolige, lette at ophidse, næsten forpinte, man har en for……続きを見る

Tochter eines Künstlers, Gattin eines Gelehrten, der selbst als Staatsminister noch redlicher Mann blieb, jetzt im Kerker, vielleicht zu einem gewaltsamen plötzlichen Tode bestimmt, habe ich Glück u……続きを見る

Ann Eliza Webb was born into Mormonism in 1844. Her first years were spent just across the road from Brigham Young. Ann Eliza was one year old when her mother became one of the first wives to be sub……続きを見る

Research into the history of Christian missions in the context of colonialism has focused primarily on missions as institutions and on the ways in which people were integrated into the economic, pol……続きを見る

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generationーand how t……続きを見る

"Anarchists have much to learn from Indigenous struggles for decolonization. [A] thought-provoking collection" Lesley J. Wood, Professor, York University, Toronto **"Vigorously affirming anarchism’s……続きを見る

A look at the Statue of Liberty as a timeless work of art and as a political statement by those who conceived it and by their contemporaries in the late 19th century. This is the first essay in Outd……続きを見る

Les pensées du renard est une compilation des observations de Christian Lalanne, qui nous livre ses appréhensions et déductions sur son environnement. Ce livre offre un regard perspicace sur la natu……続きを見る

William Redfern is Australia's first medical graduate. His pioneering work in public health medicine is acknowledged with the William Redfern Oration given at the annual congress of the Royal Austra……続きを見る

Weltmacht, Wirtschaftsmacht, wachsende Spannungen in den internationalen Beziehungen: China erzeugt in Europa zunehmend Angst. Doch das muss nicht sein, zeigt Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: Europa, s……続きを見る

Dianne Hollis graduated from college and embarked on a quest to find two things--an ideal job and the perfect man. Time proved that finding either one of them was no easy task. Struggling with diffi……続きを見る

GOOD-EVENING, Mrs. Hardy, said a pleasant voice, as the speaker tapped with her hand upon the half-open door of Mrs. Hardy's cottage. Mrs. Hardy was a washerwoman, and her visitor knew that sometime……続きを見る