Author : Christian Ludwig
Publisher :
Release Date : 1763
ISBN 10 : BSB:BSB10691053
Pages : 1054 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download A Dictionary English, German and French PDF Format Full Free by Christian Ludwig and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nir Arielli
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-08
ISBN 10 : 9780674982239
Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (982 downloads)
Download From Byron to bin Laden PDF Format Full Free by Nir Arielli and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes people fight for countries other than their own? Nir Arielli offers a wide-ranging history of foreign-war volunteers, from the French Revolution to Syria. Challenging notions of foreign fighters as a security problem, Arielli explores motivations, ideology, gender, international law, military significance, and the memory of war.
Author : Steven E Maffeo
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2012-09-15
ISBN 10 : 9781612513256
Pages : 226 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (513 downloads)
Download Most Secret and Confidential PDF Format Full Free by Steven E Maffeo and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but it also includes French and American activity. In addition the book examines how commanders used the information to develop strategy and tactics and win--or sometime lose--battles. A naval intelligence officer himself, author Steven Maffeo illustrates the role of this ""dark craft"" by concentrating on the experiences of Lord Nelson and his contemporaries. A profoundly complex figure, Nelson epitomized the active acquisition of intelligence and the bold execution of decisions based on an understanding of the material, and Maffeo offers fresh and illuminating information that supports the admiral's high regard for intelligence work. Reading at times like a cloak-and-dagger mystery, the story is filled with examples of how Nelson and his associates dealt with intelligence obstacles and how the outcomes affected their own futures, and, in some cases, the history of the modern world. Maffeo's anecdotes give marvelous insight into the thoughts of the era's important figures, Bonaparte, Pitt, Spencer, and Cochrane--not to mention C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin. The author's winning combination of vibrant narrative and zeal for accuracy assures this book a place in the libraries of military and intelligence professionals, historians, and Forester and O'Brian aficionados.
Author : Richard Ramsay Armstrong
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 9781409250234
Pages : 469 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (25 downloads)
Download Richard Ramsay Armstrong's Book of His Adventures PDF Format Full Free by Richard Ramsay Armstrong and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of Richard Ramsay Armstrong, RN, 1833 - 1910. 3 years on the Coast of Africa for suppression of the slave trade. Then the Crimea, and 6 months with the Naval Brigade. He survived cholera but was wounded 5 times. Back at home the doctors thought he would die. Instead, he emigrated to NZ, to try farming. It didn't work out, so, he went to be a planter in Fiji. This failed, but he had to survive many hazards: a hurricane wiped him out. Then he was the official at Lord Howe Is. He became the thorn in the side of speculators who got his dismissal on trumped up charges. Back in Australia several schemes failed to make his fortune. He never mentions his family and though he fathered 6 children, he always seems to have been off on some project, giving the impression of a poor family man! This is confirmed by his wife's occasional diary which is included after his work. There are extensive footnotes and a substantial appendix examining some of Armstrong's stories in detail.
Author : Katherine Cowley
Publisher : Tule Publishing
Release Date : 2022-03-01
ISBN 10 : 9781956387049
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (387 downloads)
Download The True Confessions of a London Spy PDF Format Full Free by Katherine Cowley and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one said being a spy for the British government would be easy. When Miss Mary Bennet is assigned to London for the Season, extravagant balls and eligible men are the least of her worries. A government messenger has been murdered and suspicion falls on the Radicals, who may be destabilizing the government in order to compel England down the bloody path of the French Revolution. Working with her fellow spies, Mr. William Stanley and Miss Fanny Cramer, Mary must investigate without raising the suspicions of her family, rescue her friend Miss Georgiana Darcy from a suitor scandal, and solve the mystery before anyone else is harmed—all without being discovered, lest she be exiled back to the countryside. This is the perfect job for a woman who exists in the background. Can Mary prove herself, or will this assignment be her last?
Author : David S.T. Blackmore
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
ISBN 10 : 9780786457847
Pages : 402 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (457 downloads)
Download Warfare on the Mediterranean in the Age of Sail PDF Format Full Free by David S.T. Blackmore and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the last battle fought entirely under oars in 1571 and the first fought entirely under steam in 1866, naval warfare in the Middle Seas and adjacent Atlantic waters was dominated by the sailing warship. This exploration of that distinct period in military history begins with an overview of the galley warfare that dominated the Mediterranean for millennia and a discussion of the technological developments, including the sail and the cannon, which led to the galley’s demise. Subsequent chapters discuss the role of sailing ships in every major conflict on the Mediterranean from the 16th century Eighty Years War to the late 19th century Austro-Prussian-Italian War. In addition to the major battles, the book also highlights smaller encounters between single ships or light squadrons, important conflicts often overlooked in naval histories.
Author : Charles E. Orser Jr.
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2018-09-17
ISBN 10 : 9783319954264
Pages : 267 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (954 downloads)
Download Archaeologies of the British in Latin America PDF Format Full Free by Charles E. Orser Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes chapters by historical archaeologists engaged in original research examining the role of the British Empire in Latin America. The archaeology of Latin America is today a rapidly expanding field, with new research being accomplished every day. Currently, the vast amount of research is being focused on the Spanish Empire and its agents’ interactions with the region’s indigenous peoples. Spain, however, was not the only international power intent on colonizing and controlling Latin America. The British Empire had a smaller albeit significant role in the cultural history of Latin America. This history constitutes an important piece of the historical story of Latin America. Archaeologies of the British in Latin America presents the results of original research and begins a dialogue about the archaeology of the British Empire in Latin America by an international group of archaeological scholars. Fresh insights on the complex history of cultural interaction in one of the world’s most important regions are included. It will be of interest to historical archaeologists, Mesoamerican archaeologists engaged in pre-contact research, Latin American and global historians, Latin American anthropologists, material culture specialists, cultural geographers, and others interested in the cultural history of colonialism in general and in Latin America in particular.
Author : Shannon Bradley Green
Publisher : FriesenPress
Release Date : 2021-06-02
ISBN 10 : 9781525564024
Pages : 282 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (564 downloads)
Download The Last Best West PDF Format Full Free by Shannon Bradley Green and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the 1880's, a time of great excitement in the world: Canada had opened the west. The Last Best West transports us to the private world of the aristocrat Lady Adela Cochrane, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Stradbroke and her husband, Thomas Cochrane. She couldn’t be more different than Alice Bradley, British immigrant from the working class, and her husband eastern Canadian Billie Bradley, who were seeking relief from the economic downturn of their day. The Last Best West brings themes of upstairs, downstairs British life to western Canada. Lady Adela and Thomas were completely unprepared to build the town of Mitford and create businesses from the opportunities awaiting them. Alice and Billie suffered the extreme capriciousness of the harsh life offered to them as pioneers. Connect with the resiliency, courage and excitement lived by these two couples as they find out what life is like in The Last Best West.
Author : Christian Ludwig
Publisher :
Release Date : 1763
ISBN 10 : IBNF:CF990987391
Pages : 1044 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download A Dictionary English, German and French, Containig Not Only the English Words in Alphabetical Order, Together with Their Several Significations; But Also Their Proper Accent, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, Idioms, and Proverbs, by Mr. Christian Ludwig Now Carefully Revised, Corrected, and Throughout Augmented with More Than 12000 Words, Taken Out of Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary and Others, by John Bartholomew Rogler, A.m PDF Format Full Free by Christian Ludwig and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Fry
Publisher : Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-10-03
ISBN 10 : 9780857906595
Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (96 downloads)
Download A New Race of Men PDF Format Full Free by Michael Fry and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War opened and closed Scotland's greatest century: a pitiless part in the defeat of Naploeon in 1815, a huge blood-sacrifice for the sake of victory from 1914. In between came the greatest contributions to the progress and happiness of the rest of mankind that the Scots have ever made - in everything from the combine harvester to the mackintosh to anaesthesia. It was a supremely successful achieving society yet one not without deep flaws, in its urban poverty, its destruction of the environment, its religious intolerance, its moral hypocrisy, its crushing of Highland culture. Michael Fry shows, with an emphasis always on the human story, how a succession of deep crises undermined the usually tranquil and prosperous surface of life in Victorian Scotland to leave a legacy of paradox that the modern nation has even today yet to overcome.
Author : Stuart Pearson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05
ISBN 10 : 9781784183752
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (183 downloads)
Download Great Scottish Heroes PDF Format Full Free by Stuart Pearson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate 50 of Scotland's most exceptional and influential individuals with biographies noting how they helped to change the world Which Scottish anti-slavery campaigner lost a son in a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War? Was the enemy of Scotland's first "freedom fighter" not England, but ancient Rome? What was the laboratory accident that led to one of the greatest discoveries in modern medicine? How did the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 influence the legal foundation of the greatest superpower the world has ever seen? Which singing superstar overcame a learning difficulty to become a worldwide inspiration? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in Great Scottish Heroes, covering 2,000 years of Scottish history and encompassing outstanding leaders in a broad range of pursuits, including the arts, exploration, medicine, sports, religion, and politics. Even a brief list of Scottish inventions shows the nation's influence upon our world: television, penicillin, the steam engine, the telephone, the vacuum flask, to name only a few. Scotland has for centuries produced a great number of exceptional, heroic individuals out of all proportion to its small population and geographical size. This concise but wide-ranging book offers biographies of 50 Scottish heroes and heroines, but in truth there are a hundred others, and more, who would qualify for inclusion. These men and women helped to shape the world, and continue to do so today. Great Scottish Heroes shows how they achieved such remarkable success. If you are a Scot by birth, descent, or adoption, this book will make you even prouder of your countrymen. If you are not Scottish, you will wish you were.
Author : Derek Sumeray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-20
ISBN 10 : 9780747809401
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (89 downloads)
Download London Plaques PDF Format Full Free by Derek Sumeray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's buildings are dotted with commemorative plaques. Many are the famous blue plaques, indicating where a famous person was born, lived, stayed, or if a significant event took place there, or an earlier use of the site. This book is a comprehensive gazetteer of all of London's plaques. Using Derek Sumeray's classic book as a basis, this thoroughly revised new edition arranges plaques alphabetically by area, providing a text that is linked to London's geography and, therefore, of greater use to a resident or visitor wanting to explore the famous people and events commemorated in that area.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-11
ISBN 10 : 9781472916372
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (916 downloads)
Download The Adlard Coles Nautical Quiz Book PDF Format Full Free by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adlard Coles Nautical Quiz Book is perfect for seafaring quizzers. It's divided into six nautically-flavoured categories, covering 1,000 questions. Categories range from Geography, Famous people and History to Culture, Science and Trivia. Each round is graded as easy (Able Seaman), medium (Midshipman) or tough (Hard Tack). A random sprinkling of nautical 'did-you-knows' adds a little salt to the mix and there's a quick-fire section at the end to keep everyone on their toes. · In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle? · What did Dee Caffari achieve in 2006? · Name the first vessel to reach the North Pole in 1958 · What does the god Neptune (aka Poseidon) carry? · What is the Saffir-Simpson scale? · What was the proper name of 'Bogie's Boat'? The Adlard Coles Nautical Quiz Book is the perfect stowaway for cosy evenings aboard or ashore.
Author : Regina Jeffers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-03-23
ISBN 10 : 9781569758267
Pages : 345 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (758 downloads)
Download Captain Wentworth's Persuasion PDF Format Full Free by Regina Jeffers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, romantic and insightful, this novel retells the love affair at the heart of Jane Austen's Persuasion from the perspective of the suitor--Captain Wentworth. Written in the language of the era, Captain Wentworth's Persuasion re-creates the original style, themes and sardonic humor of Jane Austen's novel while turning the entire tale on its head in a most engaging fashion. Readers hear Captain Wentworth's side of this tangled story while gazing into his thoughts and emotions. Wentworth initially suffers rejection and frustration because the titled Elliots do not consider him good enough for their daughter Anne. Despite her feelings for Wentworth, Anne allows others to persuade her to break off their engagement. Eight years later, when Wentworth returns from fighting against Napoleon's army, the difficult years of war have reversed fortunes. Now it is he who is rich, having won many prizes in battle, while the Elliots are deeply in debt and in danger of losing their good name. Will Wentworth seek revenge by choosing another woman over his former love? Can he walk away from Anne, or will the memory of her lips and her touch capture his love once again?
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-08-30
ISBN 10 : 9781473878556
Pages : 224 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (878 downloads)
Download Military Connections PDF Format Full Free by Keith Langston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles and associated historic events. Memorably the Southern Railway (SR) created a Battle of Britain class of Light Pacific locomotives, which were named in recognition of Battle of Britain squadrons, airfields, aircraft and personnel. The Great Western Railway (GWR) renamed some of its express passenger Castle Class engines after Second World War aircraft. Names were displayed in varying styles on both sides of the locomotives, additionally some nameplates were adorned with ornate crests and badges. Long after the demise of mainline steam, rescued nameplates are still much sort after collectors' items, which when offered for sale command high prices. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives at work and explains the origins of the military names.
Author : Terry Breverton
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-04-26
ISBN 10 : 9781780873404
Pages : 384 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (873 downloads)
Download Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions PDF Format Full Free by Terry Breverton and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invention and innovation are what distinguish the human race from all of the other species on Earth. Throughout history the imagination and pioneering spirit of human kind has compelled us to question why we do things in a certain way and, more importantly, how we can do things better. Celebrating the ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness that has led to some of the most amazing technological leaps through the ages, Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions examines the key innovations and breakthroughs of all time and the genius behind them. Starting with the building of the pyramids in ancient Egypt and the discovery of the solar system, moving through surgery, dynamite and rockets, to modern technology such as the smart card and genetic engineering, Terry Breverton springs many surprises. He uncovers fascinating and little-known facts: for example, that Price, not Fleming, discovered penicillin; that Swan, not Edison invented the electric light, and that Wallace, not Darwin first advanced the theory of evolution. Tracing the sheer persistence of brilliant men and women across the globe, who fought the prevailing ideas of their times and advanced technology, Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions will inspire anyone interested in the history and developments that have changed our lives and shaped our planet's future.
Author : John R. Bawden
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-28
ISBN 10 : 9781351030083
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (3 downloads)
Download Latin American Soldiers PDF Format Full Free by John R. Bawden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible volume, John R. Bawden introduces readers to the study of armed forces in Latin American history through vivid narratives about four very different countries: Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Chile. Latin America has faced many of the challenges common to postcolonial states such as civil war, poorly defined borders, and politically fractured societies. Studying its militaries offers a powerful lens through which to understand major events, eras, and problems. Bawden draws on stories about the men and women who served in conventional armed forces and guerrilla armies to examine the politics and social structure of each country, the state’s evolution, and relationships between soldiers and the global community. Designed as an introductory text for undergraduates, Latin American Soldiers identifies major concepts, factors, and trends that have shaped modern Latin America. It is an essential text for students of Latin American Studies or History and is particularly useful for students focusing on the military, revolutions, and political history.
