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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii,…
The year is 1838. Emperor Napoleon I rules most of Europe after defeating all of his enemies twenty-eight years earlier. Paris is preparing for an imperial double wedding in the summer; the next summer it will celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the revolution as well as the emperor’s 70th birthday.
But all is not…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES, THE REVELATORY ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
”I put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang on to that love and look after it. You must protect it.”Diana, Princess of Wales
From the Sunday Times bestselling author and Royal…
Saint Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) has become a defining figure in the history of medieval religion and one of the main exemplars of the ”feminine turn” in late medieval religious culture. Despite a hagiographical tradition and historiography that has placed Catherine at a mystic remove from the politics…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
A new biography of Catherine de’ Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose author uses neglected primary sources to recreate the life and times of a remarkable – and remarkably traduced – woman. History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite…
Kategorier: Högre utbildning och vidareutbildning Konst Konst: teman och motiv Pedagogik Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
An attempt to understand and reinvigorate the educational model of North Carolina’s famous art school Black Mountain College. Text in English and German.
The Clone Wars are over, but for those with reason to run from the new galactic Empire, the battle to survive has only just begun. . . .
The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos-the galaxy’s finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango…
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY’A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade’ Saul David, The TimesA bold new approach to the Second World War from one…
Kategorier: Lärarhandledningar och lärarmaterial Pedagogik Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Undervisning i specifika ämnen
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This long-awaited, carefully researched, and beautifully photographed guide to Imperial Glass Corporation’s Lace Edge glassware explains their many variations and compares them to related pieces by Imperial as well as other manufacturers. Imperial’s Lace Edge was produced from the early 1930s to the late…
This book is a compilation of helmets collected over the past thirty years, and is intended as an illustrated reference source on the elaborate head dress of the Imperial German Army from 1880-1916. Displaying many rare helmets in full color, large format photographs, the book covers most branches within the army and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The book details the history of Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945, covering not only the formation of the schools, but also evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots, other aircrew, and ground crew maintenance personnel. Includes numerous photographs, many of which have not…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Where the preceding two books of this pioneer series focused on the World War I German aviators featured on Sanke postcards, this final volume examines additional postcard presentations of First World War German airmen as published by Liersch, NPG, Hoffmann, Rothenberg and other more obscure companies. Once again, the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Among the major powers of World War II, the uniforms and equipment of the Japanese army have received the least coverage. This new, detailed volume presents the subject with a superb collection of actual vintage items, and rarely seen World War II era photographs. Among the subjects covered are: the Imperial Japanese…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The images in this volume are from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. The first one hundred images illustrate uniforms of the Russian Army from 1907-1920. Herbert Knötel’s Berlin grouping consists of forty-five images done on the post-World War II scene, and…
This second volume in the Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs series, contains over 500 never before published photographic images of the Imperial German military forces. Contained in this volume are photographs of: machine gun troops and their equipment; assault…
The Imperial Glass Company produced a wide range of beautiful glassware in many patterns and forms from 1901 to 1984. A thorough text and over 540 beautiful photos explore the many patterns, unique items, art glass pieces, private mould objects, wares made for customers to alter or decorate, and the glassware made in…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This third volume in the series further provides the reader with an insight into the wide range of uniforms, weapons and field equipment used by the Imperial German Army during World War I. Using over 600 period photographs and color images from items out of private collections and museums, the author displays a broad…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This third volume in the series further provides the reader with an insight into the wide range of uniforms, weapons and field equipment used by the Imperial German Army during World War I. Using over 600 period photographs and color images from items out of private collections and museums, the author displays a broad…
Imperial Cape Cod was the favorite pattern produced by the Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio, for many years, from its inception as a Mother’s Oats premium in 1932 until Imperial’s closing in 1984. This beautiful and durable pattern was produced in crystal and several colors, as well as with a…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The last of O’Connor’s series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first in alphabetical order. Among the 43 biographies included in this volume are: Althaus, Böhme, von Cassel, Dornheim, Flörke, Friedewald, von Grone, Hehnelt, and von Wühlisch.
Milk glass is a favorite of many glass collectors and fanciers, and this detailed, well-researched book is a welcome addition to the field. Using 225 color photographs and almost 500 black and white catalog illustrations, the authors provide a comprehensive look at milk glass produced from the 1930s through 1984 by the…
In 1892, the men of Biddle University met their counterparts form nearby Livingstone College for a ”match game of ball” on a snow-covered field in Salisbury, North Carolina, 23 years after Princeton and Rutgers had inaugurated college football. The Biddle and Livingstone players had no idea they were…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This three volume set on Imperial German swords, daggers, and bayonets is a follow-up to the authors successful and highly acclaimed four-volume series on World War II German (2005), and his equally heralded three-volume series on World War II German swords (2006) – both sets from Schiffer Publishing. These new…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This three volume set on Imperial German swords, daggers, and bayonets is a follow-up to the authors successful and highly acclaimed four-volume series on World War II German (2005), and his equally heralded three-volume series on World War II German swords (2006) – both sets from Schiffer Publishing. These new…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This three volume set on Imperial German swords, daggers, and bayonets is a follow-up to the authors successful and highly acclaimed four-volume series on World War II German (2005), and his equally heralded three-volume series on World War II German swords (2006) – both sets from Schiffer Publishing. These new…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book, the second in a planned three-part series, looks at the remainder of Sankes aviator cards numbered 544-685. Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German World War I aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but no author until now has focused on…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This is the first book of its kind that focuses solely on this subject and answers many of the questions that both novice and experienced collectors have had with regard to yosegaki hinomaru and senninbari. Through an extensive use of color photographs, the book provides illustrations of common artifacts as well as…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This long-awaited work is a detailed reference on the officer’s headdress of the Imperial German army from 1871-1918. Described and shown in full color are helmets from the following subjects: generals, infantry, cavalry, artillery, technical troops, communication troops, train, semi-military forces, medical and…
During the period 1890-1910 the German Army of Kaiser Wilhelm II was ablaze in color, particularly the Garde and Cavalry regiments. In this superb new volume the author brings to the student of uniforms, as well as the art and military historian, the true glory of this brief, but most colorful time. Carl Becker was a…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This monumental, two volume set, several years in preparation, includes over 400 color photographs, illustrations and period images from the finest collections in the United States and Europe. For the first time, collectors will see a comprehensive full color photographic lexicon picturing helmets from every unit of…
Working on the some of the finest elegant glass of the depression era, W.J. Hughes added his own creativity by cutting it with his Corn Flower pattern. Depression Glass and Elegant Glass dealers and collectors finally have the full color, indispensable identification and price guide for the popular Corn Flower. The…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
These books present in detail the field-grey uniforms, helmets, weapons, and equipment used before and during the First World War. The origin and the many formations in existence at the outbreak of the war, and newly raised will be outlined, followed by a section on uniforms. The many carefully selected black and white…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
These books present in detail the field-grey uniforms, helmets, weapons, and equipment used before and during the First World War. The origin and the many formations in existence at the outbreak of the war, and newly raised will be outlined, followed by a section on uniforms. The many carefully selected black and white…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Where the preceding two books of this pioneer series focused on the World War I German aviators featured on Sanke postcards, this final volume examines additional postcard presentations of First World War German airmen as published by Liersch, NPG, Hoffmann, Rothenberg and other more obscure companies. Once again, the…
This second volume in the Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army 1900-1918: A Study in Period Photographs series, contains over 500 never before published photographic images of the Imperial German military forces. Contained in this volume are photographs of: machine gun troops and their equipment; assault…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This third volume in the series further provides the reader with an insight into the wide range of uniforms, weapons and field equipment used by the Imperial German Army during World War I. Using over 600 period photographs and color images from items out of private collections and museums, the author displays a broad…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
During the thirty years prior to World War I, the Kaiser’s Imperial Germany provided some of the finest examples of military fashion ever seen. The light cavalry, or Hussars, on parade were among the most elaborate and colorful regiments in military history. It was a time of regimental loyalty, honor and…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
During the thirty years prior to World War I, the Kaiser’s Imperial Germany provided some of the finest examples of military fashion ever seen. The light cavalry, or Hussars, on parade were among the most elaborate and colorful regiments in military history. It was a time of regimental loyalty, honor and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is the culmination of many years’ work from two authors who have ”lived and breathed” the subject for the past forty years: one, a military antiques dealer of international standing; the other, an extremely knowledgeable collector of German World War I uniforms and equipment. Using mostly…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The Imperial German Navy of WWI is a series of books (Warships, Campaigns, & Uniforms) that provide a broad view of the Kaiser’s naval forces through the extensive use of photographs. Every effort has been made to cover all significant areas during the war period. In addition to the primary use of…
In the beginning of the nineteenth century, tsar Alexander I set new conditions for Russian immigration policy. Immigrants from troubled German lands were to be sent into the Northern Black Sea Steppe during a state-sponsored colonization. Categorized by officialdom as “German colonists,” the newcomers soon established…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: historia, politik och försvar Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
På slottet Downton Abbey, eller Highclere Castle som det heter i verkligheten, har aristokrater och tjänstefolk levt i århundraden. Författaren Lady Fiona Carnavon är idag bosatt på slottet. Med hjälp av bevarade texter och fotografier från Highclere Castles privata arkiv tecknar hon en spännande berättelse om livet på…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: historia, politik och försvar Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
På slottet Downton Abbey, eller Highclere Castle som det heter i verkligheten, har aristokrater och tjänstefolk levt i århundraden. Författaren Lady Fiona Carnavon är idag bosatt på slottet. Med hjälp av bevarade texter och fotografier från Highclere Castles privata arkiv tecknar hon en spännande berättelse om livet på…