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Fighting for Time: Rhodesia's Military and Zimbabwe’s Independence [Hardback]
Charles D. Melson(Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9781952715068
Published by : Casemate Academic
From the 1960s through 1970s there were a series of conflicts in Africa involving Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal in conflict with the so-called Frontline States. There was an international element with the Cold War and saw American interest ... .... Learn More -
Maritime connections across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Paperback]
Dr Asger Nørlund Christensen(Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9789088909863
Published by : Sidestone Press
Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
Maritime connections across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Hardback]
Dr Asger Nørlund Christensen(Author)
$195.00ISBN: 9789088909870
Published by : Sidestone Press
Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
The Complete History of the Black Death [Hardback]
Ole J. Benedictow(Author)
$165.00ISBN: 9781783275168
Published by : Boydell Press
The Black Death was a disaster of huge magnitude, shaking medieval Europe and beyond to its economic and social core.
Building upon his acclaimed study of 2004, Ole Benedictow here draws upon new scholarship and research to present a comprehen... .... Learn More -
Malta in World War II: Contemporary watercolours by Alfred Gerada [Paperback]
Albert Ganado(Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9789993276166
Published by : Midsea Books
A unique collection of watercolors of World War Two in Malta which have never been seen before, executed on site by the Maltese war artist, Alfred Gera. He painted with vigor and enthusiasm capturing the whole gamut of life and action during warti... .... Learn More -
Bath Quays Waterside: the archaeology of industry, commerce and the lives of the poor in Bath’s lost quayside district [Paperback]
Cai Mason(Author); Philippa Bradley(Editor)
$22.00ISBN: 9781911137160
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Series: Wessex Archaology Occasional Paper
Excavations at Bath Quays Waterside represent the first detailed archaeological investigation of industrial buildings and housing within a ‘slum’ district on the southern edge of the city. The area was first developed in the early 18th... .... Learn More -
Testimone a Chernobyl: La Catastrofe che Sconvolse l’URSS [Paperback]
Francesco Bigazzi(Author)
$23.00ISBN: 9788856404425
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Libro verità | Nuova Serie
Volume: 44
Text in Italian.
On May 9, 1986, thirteen days after the Chernobyl disaster, eight reporters were allowed to enter the scene of the tragedy. Among them was Francesco Bigazzi, the correspondent of Ansa agency. Since that day, Bigazz... .... Learn More -
A Quite Impossible Proposal: How Not to Build a Railway [Paperback]
Andrew Drummond(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781912476886
Published by : Origin
In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool. Despite rock-solid arguments in favour of such a railway, neither government nor the big railway companies lifted a ... .... Learn More -
English Local History: An Introduction [Paperback]
Kate Tiller(Author)
$25.95ISBN: 9781783275243
Published by : Boydell Press
This is a book for anyone wanting to explore local history in England. It summarises, in an accessible and authoritative way, current knowledge and approaches, bringing together and illustrating the key sources and evidence, the skills and tools, ... .... Learn More -
Learned Lives in England, 1900-1950: Institutions, Ideas and Intellectual Experience [Hardback]
William C. Lubenow(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275502
Published by : Boydell Press
This book explores the tangled relationships between knowledge and politics during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. Changes within universities, particularly in Oxford, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics, made them, more ... .... Learn More
