'Our Glorious Past'
Author: David Marples
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 3838266749
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Author: David Marples
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 3838266749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raj Kumar
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9788178357607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steve Soper
Publisher: Steve Soper
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 789
ISBN-13: 0978786106
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Serge Brunier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-11-30
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780521791489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStargazers who may have missed the last total solar eclipse of the 20th century this past summer have just been given another chance to observe this "once in a lifetime" occurrence. Inside Glorious Eclipses they will find startling images and rich personal accounts that fully capture this event and other recent eclipses. The book will also insure that readers will not miss another eclipse in the next 60 years! Specially designed in a beautiful, large format, the volume portrays eclipses of all kinds--lunar, solar, and those occurring elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond. Brunier and Luminet have gathered together all aspects of eclipses, and carefully selected a host of lavish images. The authors detail the history of eclipses, the celestial mechanics involved, their observation, and scientific interest. Personal accounts of recent eclipses are also included as well as all relevant information about forthcoming eclipses up to 2060. Complete with NASA maps and data, Glorious Eclipses is the ultimate source for all those interested in these remarkable (and rare) celestial events. Serge Brunier is chief editor of the journal Ciel et Espace, a photo-journalist, and the author of many nonfiction books aimed at both specialists and the general public. Jean-Pierre Luminet is an astrophysicist at the Paris-Meudon Observatory and director of research at the Centre pour la Recherche Scientifique. He is the author of many popular astronomy books, including Black Holes (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
Author: Gordon Corrigan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1605986054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe glory and tragedy of the Hundred Years War is revealed in a new historical narrative, bringing Henry V, the Black Prince, and Joan of Arc to fresh and vivid life. In this captivating new history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relations. The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over English claims to both the throne of France by right of inheritance and large parts of the country that had been at one time Norman or, later, English. The fighting ebbed and flowed, but despite their superior tactics and great victories at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt, the English could never hope to secure their claims in perpetuity: France was wealthier and far more populous, and while the English won the battles, they could not hope to hold forever the lands they conquered. Military historian Gordon Corrigan's gripping narrative of these epochal events is combative and refreshingly alive, and the great battles and personalities of the period—Edward III, The Black Prince, Henry V, and Joan of Arc among them—receive the full attention and reassessment they deserve.
Author: Anurag Mehta
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788176760331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Iain Manley
Publisher:
Published: 2012-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789881998408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an overview of the history of Singapore, discussing the culturally diverse population, its history as a center of trade, and its time spent under the rule of the British Empire.
Author: Brian Drohan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1472826906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter China's November 1950 intervention in the war and the subsequent battle of the Chosin Reservoir, UN forces faced a new onslaught in the spring of 1951 with over 350,000 veteran troops attacking along the Imjin River. The US 3rd Infantry Division took the brunt of the attack along with the attached British 29th Infantry Brigade which included the Gloucestershire Regiment (the “Glosters”). The heroic defence of the American and British forces would pass into legend, most especially the doomed effort of the Glosters, as they sought to buy time for the rest of the UN forces to regroup and organise an effective defence of Seoul, the South Korean capital city. Featuring full colour commissioned artwork, maps and first-hand accounts, this is the compelling story of one of the most epic clashes of the Korean War.
Author: Paul Gascoigne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-10-13
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1849837457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven people who don't know football know who 'Gazza' is. The man born as Paul John Gascoigne to a working-class family in the North-East has found headlines on the front pages almost as often as the back pages throughout his life, thanks in great part to his more than colourful lifestyle. But it is for his time as a footballer of the very highest order that Gazza's name will forever live in sporting history. During a career that spanned more than ten different clubs, among them Newcastle United, Tottenham, Lazio and Rangers, and which included countless unforgettable England performances, Gazza established himself as one of the sport's all-time greats: a master of skill, flair and invention like none that his country had produced before nor perhaps ever will again. Told in Gazza's own unique voice and fully illustrated with hundreds of photos from the moments that he feels defined his career,Glorious: My World, Football and Meis a celebration, offering an unrivalled insight into the mind of this greatest of footballers.
Author: Lisa Hau
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-03
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 1317558049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays investigates histories in the ancient world and the extent to which the producers and consumers of those histories believed them to be true. Ancient Greek historiographers repeatedly stressed the importance of truth to history; yet they also purported to believe in myth, distorted facts for nationalistic or moralizing purposes, and omitted events that modern audiences might consider crucial to a truthful account of the past. Truth and History in the Ancient World explores a pluralistic concept of truth – one in which different versions of the same historical event can all be true – or different kinds of truths and modes of belief are contingent on culture. Beginning with comparisons between historiography and aspects of belief in Greek tragedy, chapters include discussions of historiography through the works of Herodotus, Xenophon, and Ktesias, as well as Hellenistic and later historiography, material culture in Vitruvius, and Lucian’s satire. Rather than investigate whether historiography incorporates elements of poetic, rhetorical, or narrative techniques to shape historical accounts, or whether cultural memory is flexible or manipulated, this volume examines pluralities of truth and belief within the ancient world – and consequences for our understanding of culture, ancient or otherwise.