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The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age: Senior Service, 1800-1815 (Jessop Mark)(Pevná vazba)
From Nelson's victory at Trafalgar through Napoleon's final surrender, the British Royal Navy sailed at the center of historical events. This original history reappraises the Navy's contributions and the experiences of seamen, politicians, and civilians when the nation's very existence was in the
In The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection - part fiction, part handbook - as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar
Set in the Royal Navy during the early 19th Century's Napoleonic Wars, O'Brian's epic, twenty-volume 'masterpiece' (David Mamet, New York Times) traces the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician (and spy) Stephen Maturin. Their sharp wit, heart-stopping action, and
Following the disastrous outcome of the Napoleonic Wars and national bankruptcy, Denmark affected a remarkable cultural renaissance, spawning such major talents as Hans Christian Andersen, S ren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian rsted. The Golden Age, roughly spanning the first half of the nineteenth
Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation brought about the flowering of an abundant textile trade, spurred by Western tastes for Eastern spices. This book explores as a history of design and to approach it with from a truly universal
The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but a virtually new Marine Royale had to be re-created by Colbert from 1661. Thereafter, Louis XIV's navy grew rapidly to become the largest and most powerful in the world, at the same time
Marcus Luttrell, author of the #1 bestseller Lone Survivor, share war stories about true American heroism from himself and other soldiers who bravely fought alongside him. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken
The best illustrated and most comprehensive book ever published on the largest land animals the world has ever known.From The Land Before Time to Jurassic Park, images of fantastically large, long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs have captured our imaginations. These are the sauropods: centerpieces
Patrick O'Brien provides the forward to this edition of the most successful Conway Maritime title. This book is the perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. The book is eminently readable and is the first single-volume work to cover in such
For the first time in print a book identifies each regiment and illustrates the change in uniforms, the color of the facings, and the nature and shape of the lace for the officers, NCOs, and private soldiers over the period of the Napoleonic War 17931815. Changes to the uniforms of all the numbered
From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy swept all before it in its numerous victories in the Pacific and Far Eastern waters. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War pulls from many of Osprey's bestselling books on the subject in
The Royal Navy of Nelson's time was such a huge organization, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope. Indeed, during the Napoleonic Wars it was by far the largest employer in the entire world. The Royal Navy was often Britain's last line of defense and many of its most successful
Kiki, a young witch-in-training, has reached the age of 13. According to tradition, all witches of that age must leave home for one year, so that they can learn how to live on their own. Kiki, along with her talking cat Jiji, fly away to live in the seaside town of Korico. After starting her own
A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role
The Beauty of Order in the Animal
Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities provides crucial insight into social entrepreneurship from visionaries in the field as well as other experienced practitioners and renowned
An essential book for anyone involved or interested in the process of digital brand building and digital communication design Digital design plays a crucial role in how customers experience a brand. However, corporate websites and online shops are now only part of interactive brand identity
Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the inception of SIS and the CIA, in the period of the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice had masterminded a remarkable centrally-organised state
Analyzes the impacts of digitalization on the global financial systemDiscusses the emerging transformational challenges, combining business and technological perspectivesLeverages best practices in academia, consulting, and banking across many different countriesOffers a compelling new framework of
An historical and comparative analysis of democratization in Europe since 1800 which highlights the varied factors accounting for both its success and failure in the past, and its present prospects. Case studies are analysed from four key