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In the cool, darkened room of the improvised Patriot Hospital in Charleston, a young man in the uniform of a Continental, read aloud to his much-bandaged friend. The subject of their attention was a……続きを見る

Banished beyond the seas. A saga of Van Diemen's Land. Van Diemen's Land (VDL) was the early name of Tasmania (changed in the 1850s) The British Government used VDL as a dumping ground for her worst……続きを見る

The North-West Passage had thwarted the attempts of many expeditions by the mid nineteenth century, but none were so famous as the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew. After two years wi……続きを見る

Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arct……続きを見る

In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on his third and final expedition into the Canadian Arctic to force the Northwest Passage. After two ye……続きを見る

From the cars we drive to the instant messages we receive, from debate about genetically modified foods to astonishing strides in cloning, robotics, and nanotechnology, it would be hard to deny tech……続きを見る

Byward Market had been freshened during the night by a heavy fall of powdery snow, that knew no peace from a bitter wind which drove it, in stinging clouds, up and down the street. The thermometer h……続きを見る

A PEOPLE'S PORTRAIT OF A PERIOD OF MOMENTOUS CHANGE IN IRISH HISTORY. Independence Memories is a fascinating social history, from living and inherited memory, of the period surrounding Irish Indepen……続きを見る

En esta profunda investigación sobre la historia de los monasterios y de las prisiones, Jane Brox pone al descubierto uno de los aspectos más olvidados de nuestras agitadas vidas contemporáneas, y p……続きを見る

Heigh ho, the New Year is again upon us with its open houses, its “hope you’re wells,” and its “bye bye’s.” Let what will grow dull or rusty, the sweeping scythe of old Time is ever sharp and busy. ……続きを見る

On July 15, 1966, Navy corpsman Mark V. Dennis vanished from the face of the earth. He was a passenger on a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, code name "Rose-6" when it was shot down near Quang Tri Prove……続きを見る

Frederick E. Hoxie is director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library. He coedited (with Joan Mark) E. Jane Gay's With the Nez Percés: Alice Fle……続きを見る

Joie et amour pour une idéale vie est un ouvrage de citations énigmatiques, transmises par écriture spirituelle en lien avec le Divin. Cette œuvre est également un guide choisi pour aider les couple……続きを見る

The Mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding smallー
So soft and slow the great wheels go they scarcely move at all;
But the souls of men fall into them and are powdered into dust,
And in……続きを見る

A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson which addresses fundamental questions about the character of English society during a period of decisive change. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Re……続きを見る

A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and social change in early modern England. Collectively, the essays in the……続きを見る

In John Oxley's 'Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales', readers are taken on a captivating journey through the uncharted territories of Australia in the early 19th centur……続きを見る

Imagine an alternate universe awaiting on the other side of a custodial closet in the garden of the world famous Mai Kai. A portal that transport you to the heyday of pop tiki culture, the 1950s. A ……続きを見る

América empezó a poblarse hace miles de años y los pueblos originarios crearon muchos modos de vivir, estar en sociedad, gobernarse. En 1492, Colón abrió un camino por donde no dejaron de llegar eur……続きを見る

This book is a record of events that happened at Callan Park before 1960. It is a journey of discovery that uncovers facts and manoeuvring not published before. In time dramatic changes did happen; ……続きを見る

A beautifully illustrated art history and cultural biography, The Street of Wonderful Possibilities focuses on one of the most influential artistic quarters in the late nineteenth and early twentiet……続きを見る

To the superficial glance it might seem that he who would urge a revival of witchcraft is confronted by a task more Herculean than that of making dry bones liveーin that the bones he seeks to revivi……続きを見る

On the mainland of Greece, facing the islands called the Cyclades and the Ægean sea, the promontory of Sunium stands out on Attic soil: and there is a harbour for any one coasting along the headland……続きを見る

Irish women on the Move: Migration and Mission in Spain, 1499-1700 is an original work, drawn from archival sources from across the Iberian peninsula. It examines the history of a dynamic and enterp……続きを見る

For the last fifty years or more South Africa has been an attractive field for the hunter in search of large game. Along in the middle of the century it was the paradise of the sportsman, as the rea……続きを見る

Australia, Wilkommen (1990) documents the rich and varying contribution made by Germans in Australia. Originally welcomed as hardy pioneers, German settlers were responsible for discovering and open……続きを見る

Fondée en 1919 en Allemagne, à Weimar, l’école pionnière du Bauhaus accueillit jusqu’au début des années 1930 une communauté bouillonnante d’artistes. C’est en côtoyant pendant de nombreuses années ……続きを見る

The book highlights the urban imagination in contemporary Chinese science fiction, in order to assess the capacity of Chinese society to conceive of the future. The author argues that ‘the future’ i……続きを見る

The British author Ford Madox Ford published a book titled ''The Good Soldier'' is a Tale of Passion in 1915. It takes place just before World War I and details the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham's ma……続きを見る

From a detailed account of a German Spy in South County Dublin, to the great engineer William Dargan whose legacy was the railway system that still traverses the country, this wonderful book by the ……続きを見る