The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World (O'Neill Lindsay)(Pevná vazba)

The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World (O'Neill Lindsay)(Pevná vazba)

By the early eighteenth century, the rapid expansion of the British empire had created a technological problem: communication and networking became increasingly vital yet harder to maintain. As colonial possessions and populations grew and more individuals moved around the globe, Britons both at

The Gunpowder Plot: Terror in Shakespeare's England (Travers James)(Pevná vazba)

The Gunpowder Plot is perhaps the most famous and well-documented event in British Early Modern History. This means the story can be told through original dialogue recorded at the time to a greater extent than any other of the period. James Travers' new account exploits this potential for dramatic

British Railway Stinks: The Last Railway Chemists (Smith David)(Pevná vazba)

The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry on their privatisation in 1996. Whatever their expertise, every railway chemist or 'stink' has been asked the same question: 'What

Between the Lines: Early Advertising in Singapore: 1830s - 1960s (Various)(Pevná vazba)

Between the Lines: Early Advertising in Singapore welcomes us to the rush world of early print advertising in Singapore. This comprehensive pictorial collection not only gives us a vivid overview of two centuries' worth of advertising copy and artwork but also acts as a fascinating insight into the

Einstein's War - How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World (Stanley Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity. Until then Einstein's masterpiece of time and space had been

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War (Moore Jason)(Pevná vazba)

The Soviet Air Force had just started to re-equip with modern fighters when the Germans opened Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Hundreds of fighters were destroyed in the first few days, but many of these were obsolete biplanes and monoplanes. The remaining fighters,

Inexcusabiles: Salvation and the Virtues of the Pagans in the Early Modern Period (Frigo Alberto)(Pevná vazba)

Darker Shades: The Racial Other in Early Modern Art (Stoichita Victor I.)(Pevná vazba)

British Battle Tanks: World War I to 1939 (Fletcher David)(Pevná vazba)

When British soldiers charged across the Somme in September 1916, they were accompanied by a new, revolutionary weapon--the tank. After a stuttering start, armored behemoths such as the Mark IV, Mark V, and Whippet Tank played a crucial role in bringing World War I to an end. Marking the centenary

Modern Times: British Prints, 1913-1939 (Farrell Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

A look at the artistic and technical innovation of British printmaking from World War I to the eve of World War II, as artists from the Grosvenor School and beyond harnessed an emerging modernist style Throughout the tumultuous decades of the early twentieth century, the graphic arts flourished in

Sherman Tank, Vol. 5: The M4a4 British" Sherman in World War II" (Doyle David)(Pevná vazba)

Terry O'Neill (O'Neill Terry)(Pevná vazba)

The ultimate record of the work of a world-class photographer. Capturing the iconic, candid, and unguarded moments of the famous and the

Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe (Grafton Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The Letter to the Colossians (McKnight Scot)(Pevná vazba)

In the letter to the Colossians, Paul offers a compelling vision of the Christian life; his claims transcend religion and bring politics, culture, spirituality, power, ethnicity, and more into play. This exegetical and theological commentary by Scot McKnight delves deeply into Paul's message in

Islamism & Fundamentalism in the Modern World (El-Sayed Lilah)(Pevná vazba)

The Strangest Secret (Nightingale Earl)(Pevná vazba)

I'd like to tell you about the strangest secret in the world... Live this new way, and the floodgates of abundance will open and pour over you more riches than you may have dreamed existed. Money? Yes, lots of it. But what's more important, you'll have peace. You'll be in that wonderful minority

The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 (Armitage David)(Paperback)

This text was the first edited collection on the burgeoning history of the early modern Atlantic world and has had a huge impact on the many fields of Atlantic Studies. This second edition features two new essays on science and global history respectively, as well as a revised Introduction and

The Art of Prowling (Wade G. A.)(Pevná vazba)

In the run-up to World War II, the British government published a number of training booklets for the newly recruited Home Guard, covering everything from house-to-house fighting to patrol tactics. In this book, perhaps the most unusual of the batch, trainees are instructed in the art of sneaking

Bangkok Thai: The Busaba Cookbook (Busaba)(Pevná vazba)

Busaba is modern Bangkok dining. Having opened its first restaurant on London's Wardour Street in 1999, the chain now has 13 restaurants across the capital and its suburbs, with a number of locations winning consumer and trade awards.Bangkok Thai: The Busaba Cookbook takes everything the

Women, Credit, and Debt in Early Modern Scotland (Spence Cathryn)(Pevná vazba)

This text provides the first full-length consideration of women's economic roles in early modern Scottish towns. Drawing on tens of thousands of cases entered into burgh court litigation between 1560 and 1640 in Edinburgh, Dundee, Haddington and Linlithgow, Women, credit and debt explores how

Treasures of the British Museum (Caygill Marjorie)(Pevná vazba)

The BM is the greatest treasure house in the world and it could fill many books with pretty pictures ... but this is more than that. A choice selection of topics, some well known and obvious (Sutton Hoo, the Royal Cemeteries at Ur, the Elgin Marbles), others less obvious (the Folkton Drums, the

Around the World in 80 Maps (Hibbert Clare)(Pevná vazba)

Sumptuously illustrated with 80 maps from the British Library's unrivaled collection, this gorgeous book whisks the reader around the globe. Like that of Jules Verne's famous hero, the journey begins and ends in London, plotting an eastwards route with stop-offs at some of the world's most

The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne Nathaniel)(Pevná vazba)

'A perfect work of the American imagination.'-D.H Lawrence 'The Scarlet Letter is so terrible in its pictures of diseased human nature as to produce most questionable delights. The reader's interest never flags for a moment...Hawthorne, when you have studied him, will be very precious to you. He

The Naked Soul (Lindsay Alexander)(Pevná vazba)